o.supreme wrote:ok, so admittedly I am not a fan of this show. Still I try to show support where I can. I watched all of season 1, though I cant recall most of it. However when I began to watch season 2 I felt like I must have missed a LOT. But I went back and watched the last episode of season 1 again, I wasn't wrong. There seems to be a BIG hole between these two stories.
Literally the last scene of S1 E18 is Prime waking up, and a Decepticon battleship heading towards Earth, and the Autobots charging into battle. The opening scene of S2 E1 is BB having some dodecahedron looking *thingy* and he then realizes he is on the moon in a full blown battle...
Is this jarring incoherent story telling done on purpose, or was I watching heavily edited versions online?
I gotta agree with you there. I'm okay with Starscream usurping Megatron, but only if it's done in a unique way. I miss the days of Cybertron, where they actually built up Starscream plotting behind Megatron's back as opposed to his G1 self loudly proclaiming to everyone that he'd overthrow Megatron. Animated did a pretty good job with this too, where it decided to have Starscream just start his own micro-faction. Prime had him take command when Megatron was actually down for the count and not just suffering from minor injuries. Hopefully they'll go a unique route with this in future episodes, but it seems unlikely so far.Burn wrote:Oh and we're back to Starscream trying to overthrow Megatron.
Again.
It was a good dynamic back in the day. But come on, stop rehashing things. They had an original premise with S1 and they've thrown it away to rehash.
Hopefully future episodes are better.
There was the time that Megatron (as Galvatron) did just straight up murder Starscream.Burn wrote:The other thing with Starscream/Megatron that threw me, was the beating Megatron inflicted on him.
This was quite possibly the most violent beating Megatron has ever delivered to Starscream in a TF cartoon that I can recall.
And this is aimed at very young kids ...
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:There was the time that Megatron (as Galvatron) did just straight up murder Starscream.Burn wrote:The other thing with Starscream/Megatron that threw me, was the beating Megatron inflicted on him.
This was quite possibly the most violent beating Megatron has ever delivered to Starscream in a TF cartoon that I can recall.
And this is aimed at very young kids ...
Since Starscream's the season-long main antagonist who makes an ambitious power play gambit against both Autobot and Decepticon alike over the course of the remaining episodes, I doubt he's down for the count.Burn wrote:Sabrblade wrote:There was the time that Megatron (as Galvatron) did just straight up murder Starscream.Burn wrote:The other thing with Starscream/Megatron that threw me, was the beating Megatron inflicted on him.
This was quite possibly the most violent beating Megatron has ever delivered to Starscream in a TF cartoon that I can recall.
And this is aimed at very young kids ...
Yeah, but that was quick. Most Megatron on Starscream violence has been quick, a backhand here, a face punch there.
This was a prolonged beating. Megatron took pleasure in beating Starscream to death (well I presume he's dead anyway).
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:Burn, where did you watch this?
Greater levity? Most are thinking it's gonna be another adult-aimed dark series, and fear it could be as bad as the Prime Wars Trilogy webseries that Machinima made.Stargrave wrote:I think I’m needing the Netflix show like yesterday. That’s my issue I bet I’m all focused on that and the greater levity and plot structure I hope it will bring.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Greater levity? Most are thinking it's gonna be another adult-aimed dark series, and fear it could be as bad as the Prime Wars Trilogy webseries that Machinima made.Stargrave wrote:I think I’m needing the Netflix show like yesterday. That’s my issue I bet I’m all focused on that and the greater levity and plot structure I hope it will bring.
Stargrave wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Greater levity? Most are thinking it's gonna be another adult-aimed dark series, and fear it could be as bad as the Prime Wars Trilogy webseries that Machinima made.Stargrave wrote:I think I’m needing the Netflix show like yesterday. That’s my issue I bet I’m all focused on that and the greater levity and plot structure I hope it will bring.
Ah that’s Machinima. This is Netflix. Voltron did pretty well. They do a lot of shows well. I’m highly optimistic and it feels like a safe bet it’ll be better than the Prime Wars.
I have seen some stop-motion series that are better both animation wise and story wise than the live action films. And those have budgets almost three times larger than Netflix shows. It's not about what resources you use, but how you use those resources.Stargrave wrote:I still consider a YouTube series that garnered mostly negative reviews from the fandom different than a show on a platform dedicated to shows and movies that also produces shows and movies. I mean the resources in comparison alone have got to be pretty different.
Stargrave wrote:Ya gotta admit Siege has a lot of potential for something awesome.
william-james88 wrote:Stargrave wrote:Ya gotta admit Siege has a lot of potential for something awesome.
Ya gotta admit, so did Combiner Wars.
Eh, The Battle of the Star Gate did it better.Stargrave wrote:Ugh, I know... that Megatron gun mode finale was pretty boss though
So, Beast Machines with a living population.Stargrave wrote:They had so few characters. I want Siege to be like Neo Tokyo Blade Runner city streets full of Cybertronians and neon signs I want Coruscant on Cybertron.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
All four chapters can be read in English below. I recommend it for whenever you have a day off to read it:Stargrave wrote:That’s aaaaawesome! I love the G1 gun mode dude that made my day. See you’re dialed into the manga and Legends comics I’m totally naive to that whole part of the fandom.
Dude that made my day. Pun intended.
I dunno, man. Cybertron looked pretty Coruscant-y in that show.Stargrave wrote:No! No Beast Machines! Please...after BW being so amazing BM just broke my heart. You did what to Rhinox?!?! I say thee nay!!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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