The Energon Pub

News Credits: 767 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:36 am

Yeah, DOTM Shockwave sucked, what made him suck even more was the fact that everyone and everything kept hyping him up. The comics hyped him up, the advertising, the team, the characters in the movie, and the only ones that kinda summed him up perfectly were Brains and Wheely. "Oh look, it's Shockwave, we should move along".
And what of the big badass battle everything built up to? Optimus casually kills him along with a whole bunch of other background characters.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:45 am

Dead Metal wrote:Yeah, DOTM Shockwave sucked, what made him suck even more was the fact that everyone and everything kept hyping him up. The comics hyped him up, the advertising, the team, the characters in the movie, and the only ones that kinda summed him up perfectly were Brains and Wheely. "Oh look, it's Shockwave, we should move along".
And what of the big badass battle everything built up to? Optimus casually kills him along with a whole bunch of other background characters.

Yeah, it's such a shame how much he was used as a mere red-herring to hide the surprise of Sentinel Prime's betrayal, which was similarly irksome.

Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:29 pm

At least they hid it well. The only reason I got spoiled was because I read the Transformers Vault before the movie

Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:14 pm

a red herring defines him perfectly.
a decoy, if you will.

Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:35 am

I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be. But I would be open to a classics rendition of his brother Shockblast as the more wild one.

News Credits: 462 · Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:37 am

Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.

But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.

News Credits: 23 · Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:41 pm

For personality: IDW cannot be beat.
For design/animation: Fall of Cybertron.
For voice acting: Animated.

Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:07 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:For personality: IDW cannot be beat.
For design/animation: Fall of Cybertron.
For voice acting: Animated.

I can dig that. A mix of all of them would be fantastic.
Of course, IDW already kinda gave us one of those.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:11 pm

CombaticonsCombine? wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:For personality: IDW cannot be beat.
For design/animation: Fall of Cybertron.
For voice acting: Animated.

I can dig that. A mix of all of them would be fantastic.
Of course, IDW already kinda gave us one of those.

Yeah, like, IDW Shockwave has made use of FOC Shockwave's design and, in my mind, has always had the G1/Animated Corey Burton voice. So he's got 'em all.

News Credits: 22 · Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:00 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.

What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?

News Credits: 462 · Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:11 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.
What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?

A housekeeper The guy in charge of the Decepticon base on Cybertron in Megatron's absence.

So, yeah, a housekeeper.

News Credits: 767 · Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:13 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.
What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?
A housekeeper The guy in charge of the Decepticon base on Cybertron in Megatron's absence.

So, yeah, a housekeeper.

And a scientist. He built and maintained an army of drones, and the space bridge. On top of that his base of operations was referred to as his lab at least once.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:47 am

I like the G1 Shockwave who started it all. I also liked the Prime series version of Shockwave. I think both are awesome.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:06 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I still imagine Marvel Shockwave sounding like Corey Burton.

It is only logical!

That's is who I hear any time I read Shockwave. Though, I'm for the G1 Cartoon.

Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:54 pm

I like Beast Hunters Shockwave also cause of how bulky he was

News Credits: 10 · Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:14 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:G1 comic Shockwave. Such a cold, calculating, ambitious villain. Much better than that lickspittle in the cartoon (though he had a totally rad voice).
I still imagine Marvel Shockwave sounding like Corey Burton.

It is only logical!

Yep. Marvel Shockwave voiced by Corey Burton with a Quakewave toy FTW.

With IDW Shockwave a very close second.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:19 am

sol magnus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:G1 comic Shockwave. Such a cold, calculating, ambitious villain. Much better than that lickspittle in the cartoon (though he had a totally rad voice).
I still imagine Marvel Shockwave sounding like Corey Burton.

It is only logical!

Yep. Marvel Shockwave voiced by Corey Burton with a Quakewave toy FTW.

With IDW Shockwave a very close second.

Absolutely.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:15 pm

I believe IDW Shockwave has the best characterization. In terms of voice acting, I much like Energon's Shockwave

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:19 pm

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:In terms of voice acting, I much like Energon's Shockwave

Which one? Tidal Wave or Shockblast? (both of them were UT versions of Shockwave in Energon)

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:33 am

I like Shockwave2, or Shockwave 7... I can never tell them apart.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:58 pm

Animated Shockwave, definitely. The design was great, I was impressed by how he had two robot modes and a different vehicle mode for each one. And he was dangerously competant, too.

Red 50 wrote:His deep voice, demeanor and mighty build made Shockwave perhaps the best and most intimidating of Prime season 3 villains.

I'd give Predaking that nod, personally, but to each his own.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:06 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.
What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?

A GLORIFIED SECURITY GUARD.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:07 pm

Dead Metal wrote:And a scientist. He built and maintained an army of drones, and the space bridge. On top of that his base of operations was referred to as his lab at least once.

we dont know if he built those drones, he might have had a hand in making the bridge

do you remember when it was called his lab?

News Credits: 60 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:19 pm

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.
What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?

A GLORIFIED SECURITY GUARD.

Remember Dr. Smoov's Shockwave's dilema? :lol:

News Credits: 462 · Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:05 pm

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rated X wrote:I like shockwave from the G1 cartoon series. He is boring just like a scientist should be.
But he wasn't a scientist in the cartoon.
What was he exactly? Just Megatron's 2nd in command until he returned?

A GLORIFIED SECURITY GUARD.

Shockwave was Paul Blart before Kevin James was.