Episode 6 of Transformers Cyberverse Now Online

While I wasn't too impressed by this series at first (I went out of my way to finish up RID first because I incorrectly thought Cyberverse was a direct sequel, so confusion was a part of it), it just keeps getting better and better. The 11 minute format is problematic for telling stories that are neither too serialized nor self-contained, but the 'Bumblebee's mind-blowers' structure was actually a stroke of genius for adapting to the truncated format. Maybe they learned from the mistakes of Machinima?

And THIS episode was simply MARVELous! They actually homaged State Games! (Well, and IDW, but Megatron's rise to power there was also an homage to it) Bee regaining his earliest memories of Megs as his hero, then the memory of his hero ripping his voice box out several years later, all within 10 minutes, could not have been a better use of the available time for establishing who his enemies are, and why. (And it nicely homaged Orion Pax's character arc in War Dawn to boot!)

The only flaw, IMO, was that it still wasn't clear exactly what the war Megatron started was about, or what the Autobots initially thought he was going to do to make Cybertron a better place instead. Eliminating opposition before building a Decepticon army large enough to make a galactic empire is easy enough to understand, and they couldn't cram everything into one ep, so hopefully we'll get more details before too long.

And since using the allspark to crank out an unnatural amount of 'Cons carries shades of the G2 Cybertronian Empire's spawning process, again, things are looking marvelous all over. The only way this show could make me happier is if Jhiaxus actually showed up!

Now if the toyline could only give me a definitive scale for molds I'd want to collect all the male and female seekers in...

Ive been watching this series as the episodes drop and I feel it'd be a lot better if they spaced some things out more. This episode should have a been a two-parter, with the rise and fall of Megatron being better explained. The cliffhanger could have been bumblebee saying "Megatron is my Hero!" and then part two could have ended with the revelation that Megatron tore out his voicebox. Instead, it's all smashed into such a short timeframe that it isnt given enough time to set in. It just feels like Megatron decided to be bad out of nowhere and that suddenly a war was just happening with no buildup.

Bumblevivisector wrote:And THIS episode was simply MARVELous! They actually homaged State Games! (Well, and IDW, but Megatron's rise to power there was also an homage to it) Bee regaining his earliest memories of Megs as his hero, then the memory of his hero ripping his voice box out several years later, all within 10 minutes, could not have been a better use of the available time for establishing who his enemies are, and why. (And it nicely homaged Orion Pax's character arc in War Dawn to boot!)

The only flaw, IMO, was that it still wasn't clear exactly what the war Megatron started was about, or what the Autobots initially thought he was going to do to make Cybertron a better place instead. Eliminating opposition before building a Decepticon army large enough to make a galactic empire is easy enough to understand, and they couldn't cram everything into one ep, so hopefully we'll get more details before too long.

And since using the allspark to crank out an unnatural amount of 'Cons carries shades of the G2 Cybertronian Empire's spawning process, again, things are looking marvelous all over. The only way this show could make me happier is if Jhiaxus actually showed up!

It really does feel like this show is a sort of "Take 2" on the lore that the previous brand team crafted for the Binder of Revelation, as a lot of the story elements that we've seen so far in this show (Bumblebee's damaged voice dealt by Megatron, the AllSpark being launched into space to keep it the out of Megatron's reach, the Ark being launched specifically to pursue the AllSpark, Megatron having been a gladiator who befriended Optimus and called for a political revolution before he and Optimus had a falling out and took opposing sides against each other, Optimus having once been a "file clerk", Shockwave being an eccentric yet creepy mad scientist, etc.) feel like they were lifted wholesale from the Aligned media (the novels, the Prime cartoon, the FOC game, and more).

BeastProwl wrote:Ive been watching this series as the episodes drop and I feel it'd be a lot better if they spaced some things out more. This episode should have a been a two-parter, with the rise and fall of Megatron being better explained. The cliffhanger could have been bumblebee saying "Megatron is my Hero!" and then part two could have ended with the revelation that Megatron tore out his voicebox. Instead, it's all smashed into such a short timeframe that it isnt given enough time to set in. It just feels like Megatron decided to be bad out of nowhere and that suddenly a war was just happening with no buildup.

Transformers Prime didn’t explained the origins of the war and why Megatron started it until the season ones finale

G1 didn’t do it till halfway through season 2 with war dawn. Two seasons of ‘decepticons are just bad’ and even that episode solidified that fact.

Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Beast wars didn’t reveal Megatron motives till code of hero which was one of the last episodes in season 2

I like this for what it is--it is a neat little way to get all the beats of Neo-Generation 1 out to a younger audience, and it's clearly being written by someone who knows their stuff about Transformers. At the same time, I can't help but wish a bit more time was spent on making the bots seem a bit more "real" and that the dialogue wasn't as cardboard. That said, this is the closest we've gotten to a retelling of G1 in animated form.

Randomhero wrote:Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Sure it did. He felt disgruntled over the Autobot domination of Cybertron that came about from the Decepticons having lost the Great War and set out to pursue the AllSpark so that he could harness its power into a weapon powerful enough for him take back Cybertron from what he viewed to be the oppressive tyranny of the Autobot government. And what's more is that he wasn't that far off, what with the rigid curfews, strict regulations, and heavily enforced sense of law and order that had been put into effect on the planet by the Elite Guard ever since word of renewed Decepticon activity hit Cybertron, and which was only further enforced when Longarm was exposed as Shockwave and Ultra Magnus was taking out of commission by the aforementioned Decepticon spy.

Randomhero wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:Ive been watching this series as the episodes drop and I feel it'd be a lot better if they spaced some things out more. This episode should have a been a two-parter, with the rise and fall of Megatron being better explained. The cliffhanger could have been bumblebee saying "Megatron is my Hero!" and then part two could have ended with the revelation that Megatron tore out his voicebox. Instead, it's all smashed into such a short timeframe that it isnt given enough time to set in. It just feels like Megatron decided to be bad out of nowhere and that suddenly a war was just happening with no buildup.

Transformers Prime didn’t explained the origins of the war and why Megatron started it until the season ones finale

G1 didn’t do it till halfway through season 2 with war dawn. Two seasons of ‘decepticons are just bad’ and even that episode solidified that fact.

Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Beast wars didn’t reveal Megatron motives till code of hero which was one of the last episodes in season 2

Okay? Thats not the issue im having here. My personal problem here is that it was handled much too quickly. It wasnt allowed the time it needed and was dealt with much too quickly imo. It jumped from Megatron being idolized to demonized in a matter of minutes.

BeastProwl wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:Ive been watching this series as the episodes drop and I feel it'd be a lot better if they spaced some things out more. This episode should have a been a two-parter, with the rise and fall of Megatron being better explained. The cliffhanger could have been bumblebee saying "Megatron is my Hero!" and then part two could have ended with the revelation that Megatron tore out his voicebox. Instead, it's all smashed into such a short timeframe that it isnt given enough time to set in. It just feels like Megatron decided to be bad out of nowhere and that suddenly a war was just happening with no buildup.

Transformers Prime didn’t explained the origins of the war and why Megatron started it until the season ones finale

G1 didn’t do it till halfway through season 2 with war dawn. Two seasons of ‘decepticons are just bad’ and even that episode solidified that fact.

Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Beast wars didn’t reveal Megatron motives till code of hero which was one of the last episodes in season 2

Okay? Thats not the issue im having here. My personal problem here is that it was handled much too quickly. It wasnt allowed the time it needed and was dealt with much too quickly imo. It jumped from Megatron being idolized to demonized in a matter of minutes.

It’s also the 6th episode of a series that’s gimmick is mainly flashbacks now to build the world. Also all the shows before have mostly explained stuff through dialogue that’s last only a couple seconds. This series is showing you the history. Do you really think this will be the only flashback we get to discuss this topic? This was an introduction to the decepticons through bumblebee. We’re going to get a lot more to flesh out the shows history like we’ve already been getting

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Sure it did. He felt disgruntled over the Autobot domination of Cybertron that came about from the Decepticons having lost the Great War and set out to pursue the AllSpark so that he could harness its power into a weapon powerful enough for him take back Cybertron from what he viewed to be the oppressive tyranny of the Autobot government. And what's more is that he wasn't that far off, what with the rigid curfews, strict regulations, and heavily enforced sense of law and order that had been put into effect on the planet by the Elite Guard ever since word of renewed Decepticon activity hit Cybertron, and which was only further enforced when Longarm was exposed as Shockwave and Ultra Magnus was taking out of commission by the aforementioned Decepticon spy.

That’s fan interpretation and stuff that was hinted at in the almanac but just by going off what the cartoon did for the sake of the common viewer the show never stated what the decepticons were or why Megatron started the war. The series opened using war dawn and saying there was a war and that’s all. Yes there are hints he wanted the allspark but it’s never explained why he wanted it other than “It’s powerful”

Randomhero wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Animated never explained motives of Megatron and the deceptions at all.

Sure it did. He felt disgruntled over the Autobot domination of Cybertron that came about from the Decepticons having lost the Great War and set out to pursue the AllSpark so that he could harness its power into a weapon powerful enough for him take back Cybertron from what he viewed to be the oppressive tyranny of the Autobot government. And what's more is that he wasn't that far off, what with the rigid curfews, strict regulations, and heavily enforced sense of law and order that had been put into effect on the planet by the Elite Guard ever since word of renewed Decepticon activity hit Cybertron, and which was only further enforced when Longarm was exposed as Shockwave and Ultra Magnus was taking out of commission by the aforementioned Decepticon spy.

That’s fan interpretation and stuff that was hinted at in the almanac but just by going off what the cartoon did for the sake of the common viewer the show never stated what the decepticons were or why Megatron started the war. The series opened using war dawn and saying there was a war and that’s all. Yes there are hints he wanted the allspark but it’s never explained why he wanted it other than “It’s powerful”

The first episode literally told us about the "Autobot tyranny" via Blackarachnia's snark and Megatron's desire to harness the AllSpark into a "powerful weapon" when he crush Starscream's wing. Later, Megs reiterated his revolutionary propaganda when he broadcast his being alive to all Decepticon channels throughout the cosmos in the third episode of Season 2, and then told the Constructicons in their debut episode about the Autobots having oppressives the Decepticons off Cybertron after the war was lost. We then saw the strict state of Cybertron in the penultimate episode of Season 3. This was all stated directly in the show itself.

I hate this ten minute format. this "episode" felt like the opening of an actual proper 30 minute long cartoon. just when i was getting into it, it ends.

Randomhero wrote:
It’s also the 6th episode of a series that’s gimmick is mainly flashbacks now to build the world. Also all the shows before have mostly explained stuff through dialogue that’s last only a couple seconds. This series is showing you the history. Do you really think this will be the only flashback we get to discuss this topic? This was an introduction to the decepticons through bumblebee. We’re going to get a lot more to flesh out the shows history like we’ve already been getting

Saying "This other series also did something similar" and "they can fill in the gaps later" doesnt excuse bad pacing, and the gimmicky narrative device doesnt change that fact. Just because development can come later doesnt mean that it shouldn't have come now. The scenes they showed were important, and they weren't merely teases. They show a huge event and get to a revelation to both Bumblebee, and the viewer, and it's given no setup to make the conclusion worthwhile because there isnt enough time in a single episode to do so. As I said in my initial post, they should have made it a two-parter, and hell I'll add that said hypothetical two-parter probably should have been a season finale.

And before I get the "It's a kids cartoon what do you expect" argument, I can use the same logic you've been using to justify that: So were all the others. I'm just saying, I feel these are valid criticisms of the show as a piece of entertainment in general.

Edit* Also, Megatron removing Bumblebee's voicebox so "He would never tell" was dumb. I mean, theyre robots. Im sure writing and typing are not only possible but commonplace. And also, Megatron revealed his plan to Bumblebee, his big plan, and Windblade wasnt given time to react to it at all so we dont know if she knew the whole time or not, because "Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk"

BeastProwl wrote:And also, Megatron revealed his plan to Bumblebee, his big plan, and Windblade wasnt given time to react to it at all so we dont know if she knew the whole time or not, because "Talk talk talk talk talk talk talk talk"

She kept insisting that Bee not access that voice box-damaging memory, and afterward had a demeanor that evoked a sense of "I'm sorry you had to relive that painful memory", as though she knew good and well what it contained.

Sabrblade wrote:She kept insisting that Bee not access that voice box-damaging memory, and afterward had a demeanor that evoked a sense of "I'm sorry you had to relive that painful memory", as though she knew good and well what it contained.

That wasnt conveyed as anything other than sympathy for his voicebox though. It's just poor storytelling in general imo

BeastProwl wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:She kept insisting that Bee not access that voice box-damaging memory, and afterward had a demeanor that evoked a sense of "I'm sorry you had to relive that painful memory", as though she knew good and well what it contained.

That wasnt conveyed as anything other than sympathy for his voicebox though. It's just poor storytelling in general imo

Right because one of the strongest aspects of the franchise is clearly its stellar storytelling.

william-james88 wrote:Right because one of the strongest aspects of the franchise is clearly its stellar storytelling.

That and it's great attention to canon, just look at the aligned continuity

Episodes 7 and 8 aired last weekend in Canada and are now up on Dailymotion.

"Cube" - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v3twe

"Terminal Velocity" - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v3twf

That bot in episode 8 with those containers looked like a dark version of Wheeljack...

ThunderThruster wrote:That bot in episode 8 with those containers looked like a dark version of Wheeljack...

Yeah, they recycled and recolored Wheeljack's character model for that guy.

Hey everyone. We are trying to make the cartoons a more prominant feature on Seibertron. Oddly enough, while the cartoon aspect of the brand is what many fans know Transformers as (at least in terms of fiction), it has taken a back seat lately in terms of prominance in the community. So for anyone out there who does still watch the cartoons, specifically this one, let us know what you liked and disliked as you watch the episodes and we could include it in our own site review.

Cheers!

Count me in as definitely one of the fans who takes in Transformers primarily through the Animated Series (of the trifecta of Toys, Printed Publications, and Animation) -Though I guess since 2007 you could add film as a 4th part of that...

I've seen them all, and pretty much own them all on DVD, or if they don't exist on DVD in North America, I have them through other means... . Some are amazing, some are mediocre, and some are downright awful.

I've mostly avoided posting here because of the old adage ...if you cant say anything nice... If you go back, sure I did post some critical posts regarding the first 2-3 episodes, but after that I stopped because I didn't want to squash anyone's enthusiasm for this show.

I watched episodes 7 & 8 yesterday, and will continue watching, but basically in summation, the nicest thing I can simply say is...This show is not for me.

The jokes are not funny, the animation is awful. The acting is sub-par IMHO. (Honestly, if I listened to Hot Rod, Blurr, and BB's voices on their own, I could not distinguish one from the other). Initially I was going to chalk all this up to Boulder Media being a fledgling company, but in doing some research, they have actually been around since 2000, and were just Purchased by Hasbro in 2016. I was also unaware they were based out of Ireland. Although it is not overtly "Anglo" (for lack of a better term) It could be my latent lack of appreciation for Productions from that particular region. And before anyone goes crying racism or bigotry, that's not the case at all- Lord knows I've tried. As a 42 year old man who loves classic comedy, and who is of English/Irish decent, I'm viewed as a pariah among my own friends because I don't think shows like Monty Python, or Benny Hill are funny. I never liked Danger Mouse as a kid, and I honestly don't know why.

As TF becomes more and more multi generational, I understand it will be hard to appease all demographics. RB Academy will satisfy the youngest viewers (ages 3-8) and Cyberverse mostly kids (ages 8-12).

While it's true Hasbro has attempted to give something to teens and adults by way of the Live Action film series, and the Machinima series - Those for the most part didn't go over so well. Still I always hold out hope for the future. There was 12+ year gap from the time BW ended until Transformers Prime graced TV stations, I can be patient and wait.

Still, if things do change, I'll be the first to post here what I do like, and why. Also it's interesting that members of the staff are actually pointing out the *lack of* discussion in these forums. I know Unicron Trilogy fans are older now, and voice their opinions prominently and proudly, but back when the show was new, I was on another forum, and used to try to muster up discussion about each episode as it aired back in 2002-2003. Each thread would garner little to zero response, to the point I actually gave up probably about half way through.

I wonder if this situation will be the same, with most older fans just not watching, probably not even knowing Cyberverse exists, or discounting it as just another "kids show", with only a few hardcore fans raising any form of discussion at all.

o.supreme wrote:I wonder if this situation will be the same, with most older fans just not watching, probably not even knowing Cyberverse exists, or discounting it as just another "kids show", with only a few hardcore fans raising any form of discussion at all.

That's what we are going to find out.

And thanks for your feedback!

Of Course. I do have a question however. Perhaps I am just showing my age, naive, or out of touch, but... are these episodes actually airing on CN in the United States? Or are they online exclusively? I guess I assumed when an episode is "released" online, that it aired sometime on the actual channel, but I can find no evidence of it even on CN's actual TV schedule.

o.supreme wrote:Of Course. I do have a question however. Perhaps I am just showing my age, naive, or out of touch, but... are these episodes actually airing on CN in the United States? Or are they online exclusively? I guess I assumed when an episode is "released" online, that it aired sometime on the actual channel, but I can find no evidence of it even on CN's actual TV schedule.

It's airing on the CN app a week before it airs on TV, on CN itself on Saturdays, on Hasbro's YouTube channel the next day, on Xfinity OnDemand, and on Teletoon in Canada.

Sabrblade wrote:on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below)

To clarify, this obviously dosen't hinder my ability to see it. I'm sure most kids are pretty savvy anyway, and know as most adults where to get episodes online before they even are provided by Hasbro or CN, I'm just curious about its airing schedule. Is it a single airing, without repeat situaiton? Like pretty much any show CN execs don't favor, which dooms it from the start, so they can air Teen Titans GO! and other awful shows ad nauseum.

CN execs are fickle and hardly give anything a chance, I'm waiting to see what reception the show has when it airs on the UK cartoon network at the end of the month.

Im quickly catching up on cyberverse though, and I'm looking forward to the next couple given what I've heard.

Everything regading this show screams that the real goal is to be streamed more than braodcasted on a time slot. I am definitely getting Youtube vibes from this and i am sure thatshow most kids will be watching it in the years to come.

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below).

That's the Pacific Time schedule. It's on Saturdays at 6:30am Eastern Time, three hours ahead of 6:30am Pacific Time.

Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

ThunderThruster wrote:Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

Thundercracker had his wings retracted in part of Episode 1.

Episode 7 "Cube" is on YouTube.

This one gives us a look at some of prewar Cybertronian society.

Thanks to Seibertronian Sabrblade, we have news that the 7th episode of the Transformers: Cyberverse TV show, titled "Cube" is now online at the Hasbro Youtube station! This episode gives us a look at pre-war Cybertron, as it recounts how Windblade and Bumblebee met, with the game Cube (which Bee is a big fan of) serving as the setting. It also gives us a look at the society of pre-war Cybertron, among which is the setting that the flyers are among the elite of the society.

Check out the video below, and let us know what you think of this new episode, and what you think of the show in general, in the comments section below!

Bumblebee learns how he first met Windblade and they both discover that Starscream is going to sabotage the Cube Championship game.

And that makes 2 episodes in a row with what appeared to be a State Games homage! Since Starscream was the puppet-governor of Vos (I've seen that repeated numerous times, but it's not in the actual text story. Was that tidbit in "The Facts" booklet?), and their delegation sent some 'bots including the Starscream-esque Tornado to bomb Tarn's power plant during the gladiatorial games, Starscream, Ramjet, and Dirge tampering with a cube during a big game sure seems like a retelling with more familiar characters. Add in one team hailing form Polyhex, and this show just sounds more Marvelous every week!

Though granted, their tampering making the cube go berserk and injure the players may be just as much an homage to Dobby messing with the Bludger during that Quidditch match...

I most definitely saw this as an homage/callback to quiditch

...doesn't Starscream know that Bumblebee's on that ship? The one they've been in for several episodes now? I wouldnt be hanging around reliving the glory days of CUBE if that were the case, but I suppose it makes sense that Windblade might wanna show Bumblebee this particular memory, seeing as how it's where they first met and all.

But other than a scene explaining this, there's no scene after the fact showing why this is important in any way to the characters. The episode just ends with another joke.

Also, Bumblebee is racist towards jets unless it's a pretty girl?

Sabrblade wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:Something that's been bugging me so far is the choice to give Windblade retractable wings in bot mode.
While I get the argument that it's less obtrusive for the story and for animation purposes, but non of the other jet form characters exhibit this (so far), and all prior incarnations of Windblade have never been shown to be able to do it either.
I don't know why, but it just niggles at me why this is a thing when wing kibble is a staple of jet formers.

Thundercracker had his wings retracted in part of Episode 1.

Did not spot that. Still the whole thing of retractable wings seems... unusual....

Onto another point, it is interesting how they've already incorporated the more recent colonies thing into the pre-war story.

ThunderThruster wrote:Onto another point, it is interesting how they've already incorporated the more recent colonies thing into the pre-war story.

I get a real strong feeling that this show is like a second attempt at adapting the compiled Cybertronian history given by the Binder of Revelation (which likewise took the colonies idea from the Cybertron cartoon of 13 years ago) into a form of story-told fiction, after the first attempt to do so by the Aligned continuity met its end prematurely.

BeastProwl wrote:...doesn't Starscream know that Bumblebee's on that ship? The one they've been in for several episodes now? I wouldnt be hanging around reliving the glory days of CUBE if that were the case, but I suppose it makes sense that Windblade might wanna show Bumblebee this particular memory, seeing as how it's where they first met and all.

But other than a scene explaining this, there's no scene after the fact showing why this is important in any way to the characters. The episode just ends with another joke.

Also, Bumblebee is racist towards jets unless it's a pretty girl?

He does, but often times the ship is near electric plants (I think that's what it was) so its signals can be jammed. They've tried to make a point that they are being hunted, but the scout ship is hard to find thanks to Windblade trying to actually hide it.

And it is more of a personal connection episode, and considering what happens in the next episode, a nice light hearted episode that also shows some of Cybertron Pre-war and gives us an idea that the modism existed here, adding more detail as to why Cybertron needed change and thus the war.

So Bumblebee isn't really racist, more like he has a history with the jets and the jets tend to be the elites of the society.

If Megaton was against the idea of elitism (implied by him using “till all are one” in his rally speech), how the heck did Starscream end up on his side instead of forming his own third faction?

Also, I like how we now kinda have an idea on why Cybertronian society needed to be reformed

Really glad that Dirge and Ramjet were referred to by name. Now that means they're more likely to get toys than other characters. I know it's just wishful thinking, but I want more Conehead toys!

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:on CN itself on Saturdays

Do you happen to know when on Saturdays? Perhaps the schedule I'm looking at is erroneous. (see below).

That's the Pacific Time schedule. It's on Saturdays at 6:30am Eastern Time, three hours ahead of 6:30am Pacific Time.

Forgive me, because I haven't had cable TV in about a decade but...Last time I did, most carriers had a East Coast & West Coast Feed. I remember distinctly having 2 Cartoon Networks. --As many have said, it seems to be that this show is made more for streaming, and that IS the future, however....I'd think it absurd that it would ONLY air at 3:30am on Saturday mornings on the west coast. I mean I know CN is screwed up, but if that is the case, its way worse than I ever imagined.

Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

notirishman wrote:Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

Well, up until now, I hadn't watched them. But after reading your post, I went looking and found them both on Dailymotion:

Episode 9 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1d

Episode 10 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1e

And IMHO, the Maccadam's episode is the best one of this show yet! It's awesome!

Sabrblade wrote:

notirishman wrote:Hey did any of you non-Canadians get to watch the next two episodes, "Shadowstriker" (episode 9) and "Maccadam's" (episode 10)? If so, how?

Well, up until now, I hadn't watched them. But after reading your post, I went looking and found them both on Dailymotion:

Episode 9 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1d

Episode 10 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vih1e

And IMHO, the Maccadam's episode is the best one of this show yet! It's awesome!

Thanks! Funny enough, I ended up finding these two episodes before I saw your reply! But I'd have to agree, Maccadam's was a great episode! I liked Shadowstriker too!

From regular sources for the animated series so far, and for specifically Transformers: Cyberverse, we have the Canadian listings over on TVpassport and Zap2It for the upcoming episodes 15 to 18 for the currently airing new series of our favourite converting sentient robots-but-not-quite!

The four episodes listed below, with their synopses, airing dates, and titles - which may also contain spoilers if you're waiting for them to be available in US or international channels to view - are the last in the first season of this series, with Episode 18 'Eruption' being the season finale. Check them out, and join the ongoing discussion in the Energon Pub boards!

Episode 15: “King of the Dinosaurs”
Sunday November 4, 2018. “Windblade and Bee uncover a buried Autobot who turns out to be an old friend.”

Episode 16: “The Extinction Event”
Sunday November 4, 2018. “The newly formed team of Autobots must stop Shockwave from destroying all life on the planet.”

Episode 17: “Awaken Sleeping Giants”
Sunday November 11, 2018. “The Autobot team finally discovers the location of the Ark.”

Episode 18: “Eruption” (Season Finale)
Sunday November 11, 2018. “The Autobot team must fight its way through Shockwave and his Decepticons to defend the Ark and awaken Optimus Prime and the other Autobots.”

It's nice to see that there is a reason Shadowstriker is a mish-mesh of parts other than because Shockwave experimented on her.

Agreed that "Macsadam's" is the best episode of the series so far.

this show has been simply awesome the past few episodes. It's really hitting its stride and it's really enjoyable!!!

ThunderThruster wrote:It's nice to see that there is a reason Shadowstriker is a mish-mesh of parts other than because Shockwave experimented on her.

And that the reason also ties into her rivalry/hatred of Bumblebee.

Round Table Review for Transformers Cyberverse Episodes 7 and 8

Episode 7 Cube

Synopsis: Bumblebee learns how he first met Windblade and relives a Golden Age encounter with a young Starscream and his Seekers.



What we liked best

I find it super cool how this show really just embraces all of what may be called G1 into one big package. In this episode we saw that Windblade retained everything we know of her through the IDW comics,like her being a city speaker, comes from caminus - William-James88

I love the idea of Cube, a sport that could be the cybertronian equivalent of football (soccer for US readers!) and a nice introduction for how Windblade met Bee. - ZeroWolf

We got to see Starscream shine, not as a backstabbing weasel, but as an impatient and devious rascal! It was also nice seeing more of the culture aspect of Transformers, since we saw a game of Cube (a mix between rugby and, funnily enough, the fictional Quidditch). Here, we get to see how Autobots and Decepticons used to act like together before the war, something that is more apparent in the later episode "Maccadam's." Something else nice was the appearance of two of the Coneheads (besides a cameo in "Allspark"). And hey, Windblade is from Caminus in this continuity too! And there was this bot that looked like Trailbreaker. I can go on... - notirishman


What we liked least

The main confrontation here is Bumblebee and Windblade vs Starscream, Ramjet and Dirge. Now that sounds like par for the course for a Transformers cartoon, but my problem with taht is that it was a flashback sequence from before the war. After the previous episode, Megatron is my Hero, went out of its way to show that it was not always the same old story and that villains were not always villains, we get this episode here that just discards all that. Starscream and his goons were always villains, which is pretty dull. - William-James88

That not much thought was actually put into Cube past the concept. This would have been a perfect chance to put some cameos into the teams. You could have had future Decepticons and Autobots on the same team, enhancing the idea that the war really separated everyone into two sides. - ZeroWolf

While it was cool seeing the Coneheads, they didn't speak at all... like at all. Also, Bumblebee is totally jet-cist. - notirishman



Our overall thoughts

I found this episode rather dull in general since I did not care much for the backdrop being a Cybertronian Quittish game. I did like seeing Dirge and Ramjet, despite of course making them act just as goons in an era where we could have seen something more interesting. - William-james88

A fun but flawed episode, while the whole subplot with Starscream could have been done away with, it had its moments, I'll echo Williams comments here about Windblades integration with a lot of her IDW backstory appearing, I love it. I also like how it is just not even going to attempt to answer the question about why there is fembots, it just accepts it and moves on. While in terms of the on-going narrative, this episode adds nothing but it is a good character episode - Zerowolf

It was a good, well balanced, fun, episode! It was generally pretty entertaining!- notirishman


Episode 8 Terminal Velocity

Synopsis: Bumblebee explores a nightmarish memory of his visit to Velocitron while Windblade pilots the shuttle in a relentless dogfight with the Decepticon Seekers.



What we liked best

It is always fun when any kids cartoon gives you some semblance of inner machinations, lie the writers really thought something through. I felt that here in a great scene where a group of Seekers, headed by Slipstream, go after Windblade who is piloting a Decepticon ship. The way Windblade looses them is by heading out into space where Slipstream cannot chase her, and I found that super cool since it revealed to me that in this rendition of the franchise, when you take on an earth based alt mode, you take on all its components, including its mechanical limitations. That was a great example of showing and not telling. I also loved everything with Blurr but I won't spoil anything. - William-james88

I liked the dual nature of the episode. We had a creepy showing at what cosmic rust was capable in one half, while in the other there was a frantic dogfight between Windblade and the Seekers. Also Hot Rod! There was also more use of the colony idea. - Zerowolf

Ooh, this episode took a dark turn. Pretty much, this episode introduces the "Plague of Rust" which you can think as Cosmic Rust, but on steroids. It is shown reducing planets to nothing! Blurr was a nice bonus to see, and so was Hot Rod, who are both well personalized in this episode. Back to what I was saying, this is a drastic dark turn for the show, as there is some major death. Also hey, Acid Storm and Thrust were in this episode! - notirishman


What we liked least

It's odd but for a show where the designs are very fun, they settled on the least exciting design for Hot Rod's alt mode. The character has always had a flashier and unique car mode that easily sets him apart from others. But here it is just a box. - William-james88

The dual nature is also a bit of a double edged sword as we could have done with seeing more about Velocitron. There was also a mystery hinted with the worker (who is a reuse of Wheeljacks animation model) but is never played upon. - Zerowolf

It was a bit anticlimactic. Since we didn't get attached to those who end up dieing within 10 minutes, their deaths didn't have much of an impact. We also only saw Blurr use his fast speed once, which I'm indifferent about, actually. But seriously, how did Bumblebee forget/ignore that there was a guy obviously holding a plague that kills planets?- notirishman



Our overall thoughts

Much better than Episode 7 with nice nods to cosmic rust and some fun action set pieces. - William-james88

This is another filler episode or at least it seems it on the surface. Nothing is really advanced but we know a little bit more about the universe this series inhabits. Will we see more about the rust in future episodes? Was Hot Rod aboard the Ark? I can't wait to see what this show has in store. The dramatic shift between this episode and the last cannot be understated, ep 7 was bee and Windblade fighting to stop Starscream being a jerk, ep 8 was about bee and Windblade fighting to stay alive. - Zerowolf

It was a dark episode, but I liked it! But, I mean, Mr. Bee, I don't wanna go... - notirishman

Meanwhile Transformers Animated Derek Wyatt is thinking to himself, "So, they didn't like it when I turned him into a cube, eh? I wonder how they'll like THIS" lol