Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters
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Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters
Transformers Prime was, to me, an amazing reinterpretation of the G1 story and characters for a new era. The animation was top notch and the voice work was out of this world, teaming up industry veterans, newcomers and huge stars (the first voice you hear is The Rock's). It also featured a great cast of classic Transformers characters which payed great homage to their original selves while expanding on the personalities laid down in the G1 era. Let me explain exactly what I just meant by that by starting this list of best Prime characters with...
5. Starscream
This was classic G1 Starscream but now with a sleeker body to compliment his very narcissistic personality. Of all the character on this show, he was probably the one with the least of an update to his G1 personality which gave a nice comforting sense to the series, while letting his more maniacal traits run free (ie: MURDER). Of all characters, he has by far the best introduction.
4. Dreadwing
An honourable warrior, very similar to the Dinobot character from Beast Wars and though it was less original at this point in the franchise, it was still a great role. He was smarter than most other decepticons and didn’t follow the cause blindly. The character was elevated even more with the Candyman himself (Tony Todd) giving Dreadwing a very deep and authoritative voice. It complimented this badass character perfectly.
3. Arcee
I really love how the greatest warrior the autobots had (this side of Optimus) was their smallest member. It gave a nice contrast to the role usually given to her body type. She even had that great 80s staple of the cop who had just too many partners die on him (her) and they made it work. It was great to see her balance out her anger with a softer side that she thought was probably lost.
2. Megatron
This is the best version of the Decepticon character we've ever had on a show and the second best character to own the name (yessss). I love how he had this twisted sense of ideals and his unquenshable thirst for power was a beauty to behold. I also loved how cunning (his genius plan to be able to use the Forge of Solus Prime) and ruthless (his fight against Predaking) this version of the character was. A true warrior who was fearless and would do whatever it took.
1. Soundwave
Soundwave was always awesome in G1. He was the guy who got stuff done and would never b!tch about anything. This is taken to the extreme here with an almost entirely silent role. This gives him an added creepiness factor that had never been shown to this extreme before. His loyalty to the Decepticon cause was also frightening. Calm, calculating, intelligent. As the show progresses, it becomes more and more clear that he was the Decepticon’s greatest asset in their fight vs the Autobots. Of all Decepticons, he was the one you’d want to mess with the least.
Honourable mentions: Knockout, what a fun character! The show also had an interesting take on Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack.
Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters
Transformers Prime was, to me, an amazing reinterpretation of the G1 story and characters for a new era. The animation was top notch and the voice work was out of this world, teaming up industry veterans, newcomers and huge stars (the first voice you hear is The Rock's). It also featured a great cast of classic Transformers characters which payed great homage to their original selves while expanding on the personalities laid down in the G1 era. Let me explain exactly what I just meant by that by starting this list of best Prime characters with...
5. Starscream
This was classic G1 Starscream but now with a sleeker body to compliment his very narcissistic personality. Of all the character on this show, he was probably the one with the least of an update to his G1 personality which gave a nice comforting sense to the series, while letting his more maniacal traits run free (ie: MURDER). Of all characters, he has by far the best introduction.
4. Dreadwing
An honourable warrior, very similar to the Dinobot character from Beast Wars and though it was less original at this point in the franchise, it was still a great role. He was smarter than most other decepticons and didn’t follow the cause blindly. The character was elevated even more with the Candyman himself (Tony Todd) giving Dreadwing a very deep and authoritative voice. It complimented this badass character perfectly.
3. Arcee
I really love how the greatest warrior the autobots had (this side of Optimus) was their smallest member. It gave a nice contrast to the role usually given to her body type. She even had that great 80s staple of the cop who had just too many partners die on him (her) and they made it work. It was great to see her balance out her anger with a softer side that she thought was probably lost.
2. Megatron
This is the best version of the Decepticon character we've ever had on a show and the second best character to own the name (yessss). I love how he had this twisted sense of ideals and his unquenshable thirst for power was a beauty to behold. I also loved how cunning (his genius plan to be able to use the Forge of Solus Prime) and ruthless (his fight against Predaking) this version of the character was. A true warrior who was fearless and would do whatever it took.
1. Soundwave
Soundwave was always awesome in G1. He was the guy who got stuff done and would never b!tch about anything. This is taken to the extreme here with an almost entirely silent role. This gives him an added creepiness factor that had never been shown to this extreme before. His loyalty to the Decepticon cause was also frightening. Calm, calculating, intelligent. As the show progresses, it becomes more and more clear that he was the Decepticon’s greatest asset in their fight vs the Autobots. Of all Decepticons, he was the one you’d want to mess with the least.
Honourable mentions: Knockout, what a fun character! The show also had an interesting take on Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack.
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Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719867)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 1:28am CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 1:28am CDT
Agree with all of them, especially Megatron (yyessss 
) and Soundwave (forgot to mention he kicks more auto-ass in his fights than most of the rest of the show)
However, the only character I would have lobbied to put on the list would have been Doc-Knock. He was the only character that I felt a real sense of character and personality from; while also having his own complete arc (autobody expert - lackey - medic - (starscreams) second-in-command - (kinda) autobot), and from how well this was fleshed out in the show. He was the only one that I felt had a character, and certainly was the only one that I ended up caring about.
) and Soundwave (forgot to mention he kicks more auto-ass in his fights than most of the rest of the show)However, the only character I would have lobbied to put on the list would have been Doc-Knock. He was the only character that I felt a real sense of character and personality from; while also having his own complete arc (autobody expert - lackey - medic - (starscreams) second-in-command - (kinda) autobot), and from how well this was fleshed out in the show. He was the only one that I felt had a character, and certainly was the only one that I ended up caring about.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719869)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 1:49am CDT
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 1:49am CDT
2 Ratchet
1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719874)
Posted by BERSEKAEL on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:13am CDT
the only wheeljack for legion scale.
Posted by BERSEKAEL on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:13am CDT
the only wheeljack for legion scale.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719875)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:26am CDT
You're right, Stalker was such an integral part of TF: Prime, he was definitely robbed of a place on this list
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:26am CDT
Burn wrote:1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
You're right, Stalker was such an integral part of TF: Prime, he was definitely robbed of a place on this list
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719876)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:32am CDT
Yeah ... nice attempt to twist my words there and make me look like a fool, but Va'al and Billy-Jim know what I'm talking about.
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:32am CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
You're right, Stalker was such an integral part of TF: Prime, he was definitely robbed of a place on this list
Yeah ... nice attempt to twist my words there and make me look like a fool, but Va'al and Billy-Jim know what I'm talking about.
Va'al - Hey Will!
Will - Yeah Va'al?
Va'al - Do a list about a series that didn't have Stalker in it.
Will - To piss Burn off?
Va'al - Yep!
Va'al - Maniacal laugh ...
Will - Maniacal laugh ...
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719877)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:39am CDT
he he he
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:39am CDT
Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
You're right, Stalker was such an integral part of TF: Prime, he was definitely robbed of a place on this list
Yeah ... nice attempt to twist my words there and make me look like a fool, but Va'al and Billy-Jim know what I'm talking about.Va'al - Hey Will!
Will - Yeah Va'al?
Va'al - Do a list about a series that didn't have Stalker in it.
Will - To piss Burn off?
Va'al - Yep!
Va'al - Maniacal laugh ...
Will - Maniacal laugh ...
he he he
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719878)
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:39am CDT
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:39am CDT
Meh, Arcee and Dreadwing are nice, the others all scream generic and/or uninteresting as far as I'm concerned.
Incidentally if a top 5 Megatrons list were ever compiled this incarnation would be #4 at best
Incidentally if a top 5 Megatrons list were ever compiled this incarnation would be #4 at best
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719880)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:48am CDT
Doubtful, who would be in front of him?
G1, maybe, though, if we're going by the show, he was really kinda cheesy and difficult to take serious (megatrons definitely don't murder as many
as they should).
The unicron trilogy were as generic as possible, and the rid'01 one was cheesier than G1 Megatron; Animated megatron was okay probably #3 (the show sucked, but he was alright - as a character - at best)
If anything, the war for cybertron megatron would definitely be in there, he had such a well fleshed out character and could murder as many as he wanted, and that really helps solidify his image.
Obviously BW megatron was the best, if going by how a character is built and presented, but prime would easily be the second if this were the case.
And of course they're going to feel generic, they're the same damn characters over and over again. At least the unicron trilogy had the balls to introduce whole casts of new characters to help diversify the many varied shows
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:48am CDT
Shadowstream wrote:Meh, Arcee and Dreadwing are nice, the others all scream generic and/or uninteresting as far as I'm concerned.
Incidentally if a top 5 Megatrons list were ever compiled this incarnation would be #4 at best
Doubtful, who would be in front of him?
G1, maybe, though, if we're going by the show, he was really kinda cheesy and difficult to take serious (megatrons definitely don't murder as many
as they should).The unicron trilogy were as generic as possible, and the rid'01 one was cheesier than G1 Megatron; Animated megatron was okay probably #3 (the show sucked, but he was alright - as a character - at best)
If anything, the war for cybertron megatron would definitely be in there, he had such a well fleshed out character and could murder as many
as he wanted, and that really helps solidify his image.Obviously BW megatron was the best, if going by how a character is built and presented, but prime would easily be the second if this were the case.
And of course they're going to feel generic, they're the same damn characters over and over again. At least the unicron trilogy had the balls to introduce whole casts of new characters to help diversify the many varied shows
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719882)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:56am CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:56am CDT
I really didn't like Arcee. I wanted to like her, I still want to like her, but I don't, and I don't know why.
I would have put Megatron where Arcee is, and then Knockout where Megatron is. Then have Dreadwing and Starscream switch places as well.
I would have put Megatron where Arcee is, and then Knockout where Megatron is. Then have Dreadwing and Starscream switch places as well.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719884)
Posted by Katarn84 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:27am CDT
Fun Fact: in Italian dubbing Prime Megatron and BW Megatron share the same voice actor.
Posted by Katarn84 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:27am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
2. Megatron
This is the best version of the Decepticon character we've ever had on a show and the second best character to own the name (yessss).
Fun Fact: in Italian dubbing Prime Megatron and BW Megatron share the same voice actor.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719885)
Posted by Va'al on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:29am CDT
Wait, you were listening..?
WILL, WE'RE BUSTED
Posted by Va'al on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:29am CDT
Burn wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:1 Knock Out
Didn't really care about the rest.
And another two weeks past and still no mention of Stalker. The conspiracy/vendetta continues ...
You're right, Stalker was such an integral part of TF: Prime, he was definitely robbed of a place on this list
Yeah ... nice attempt to twist my words there and make me look like a fool, but Va'al and Billy-Jim know what I'm talking about.Va'al - Hey Will!
Will - Yeah Va'al?
Va'al - Do a list about a series that didn't have Stalker in it.
Will - To piss Burn off?
Va'al - Yep!
Va'al - Maniacal laugh ...
Will - Maniacal laugh ...
Wait, you were listening..?
WILL, WE'RE BUSTED
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719886)
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:18am CDT
Hardly give a damn about UT megs as he was just balls to the walls crazy, as was rid '01 megs. WFC/FOC megs is brutal and loud, but otherwise just a big name villain for the sake of it.
G1 megatron would bottom my top 5 for the sake of origins, but I otherwise feel like he became a joke way too quickly to be bothered with. Prime Megatron would be #4 as I said, since he's more threatening, but not much deeper as far as I care. From there it's a toss up between Animated, Beast Era, and IDW Megatrons for the top 3.
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:18am CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Meh, Arcee and Dreadwing are nice, the others all scream generic and/or uninteresting as far as I'm concerned.
Incidentally if a top 5 Megatrons list were ever compiled this incarnation would be #4 at best
Doubtful, who would be in front of him?
G1, maybe, though, if we're going by the show, he was really kinda cheesy and difficult to take serious (megatrons definitely don't murder as many
The unicron trilogy were as generic as possible, and the rid'01 one was cheesier than G1 Megatron; Animated megatron was okay probably #3 (the show sucked, but he was alright - as a character - at best)
If anything, the war for cybertron megatron would definitely be in there, he had such a well fleshed out character and could murder as many
Obviously BW megatron was the best, if going by how a character is built and presented, but prime would easily be the second if this were the case.
And of course they're going to feel generic, they're the same damn characters over and over again. At least the unicron trilogy had the balls to introduce whole casts of new characters to help diversify the many varied shows
Hardly give a damn about UT megs as he was just balls to the walls crazy, as was rid '01 megs. WFC/FOC megs is brutal and loud, but otherwise just a big name villain for the sake of it.
G1 megatron would bottom my top 5 for the sake of origins, but I otherwise feel like he became a joke way too quickly to be bothered with. Prime Megatron would be #4 as I said, since he's more threatening, but not much deeper as far as I care. From there it's a toss up between Animated, Beast Era, and IDW Megatrons for the top 3.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719889)
Posted by Deathsanras on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:57am CDT
Posted by Deathsanras on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:57am CDT
It's rather telling about the show and its scripting and plotting problems that in a series literally called Transformers: Prime, Optimus Prime is nowhere on anyone's "best character" list.
Even Dreadwing, who had something like 12 episodes and was killed off for convenience is touted as being better than the star of the entire franchise, after whom the show is named.
On the other hand, there's little doubt in my mind he'd do well on a best Rescue Bots characters list, as he shows a ton more personality and even a dry wit.
Re: Starscream, it's a pity they chickened out and backed out of doing anything interesting with him in the last quarter of the series (or so), by turning him into a shameless, genuinely fawning sycophant, sincerely desperate for Silver Daddy's approval.
Re: Megatron, while he has a very strong and commanding presence, the biggest problem with him is that, after Darkness Rising, he has no agenda. He's as much a passenger as everyone else. Even G1 Megatron had the absurd goal of ruling "the galaxy", BW Megatron was so many steps ahead of everyone else that he had plans atop plans atop plans, TFA Megatron wanted to restore the Decepticons to their homeland, and UT Megatron had G1-like ambitions to make himself godlike-powerful. But in between scavenger hunts, TFP Megatron just seems to sit around on his floating barge, kicking back, yelling at his minions for disturbing him and waiting for the next thing to pop up that he could take advantage of. He wasn't trying to restore Cybertron - that wasn't possible until the Omega Lock and SynthEn - he wasn't trying to conquer Earth - New Kaon/Darkmount was the first move they ever really made and it lasted all of a couple of episodes - and he wasn't even actively trying to hunt down the Autobots. It's not even clear why he or they stuck around on Earth instead of just packing up and going somewhere else. Even the Energon wasn't much of a factor after a while.
Even Dreadwing, who had something like 12 episodes and was killed off for convenience is touted as being better than the star of the entire franchise, after whom the show is named.
On the other hand, there's little doubt in my mind he'd do well on a best Rescue Bots characters list, as he shows a ton more personality and even a dry wit.
Re: Starscream, it's a pity they chickened out and backed out of doing anything interesting with him in the last quarter of the series (or so), by turning him into a shameless, genuinely fawning sycophant, sincerely desperate for Silver Daddy's approval.
Re: Megatron, while he has a very strong and commanding presence, the biggest problem with him is that, after Darkness Rising, he has no agenda. He's as much a passenger as everyone else. Even G1 Megatron had the absurd goal of ruling "the galaxy", BW Megatron was so many steps ahead of everyone else that he had plans atop plans atop plans, TFA Megatron wanted to restore the Decepticons to their homeland, and UT Megatron had G1-like ambitions to make himself godlike-powerful. But in between scavenger hunts, TFP Megatron just seems to sit around on his floating barge, kicking back, yelling at his minions for disturbing him and waiting for the next thing to pop up that he could take advantage of. He wasn't trying to restore Cybertron - that wasn't possible until the Omega Lock and SynthEn - he wasn't trying to conquer Earth - New Kaon/Darkmount was the first move they ever really made and it lasted all of a couple of episodes - and he wasn't even actively trying to hunt down the Autobots. It's not even clear why he or they stuck around on Earth instead of just packing up and going somewhere else. Even the Energon wasn't much of a factor after a while.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719902)
Posted by Yweggo on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:34am CDT
Posted by Yweggo on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:34am CDT
Funny how four out of five are Cons....
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719905)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:39am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:39am CDT
This really should have been a "Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Decepticon Characters" list since they practically dominate this list. No Ratchet, no Wheeljack, no Cliffjumper, no SMOKESCREEN (that's just downright cruel to omit him of all bots). Even Jack and Agent Fowler were among the show's best characters. And no Knock Out? Seriously, no KNOCK OUT?!! Predaking as well deserves a spot on here too.
But thank goodness Optimus was omitted. Easily the show's worst character who 56 episodes to even remotely become interesting.
But thank goodness Optimus was omitted. Easily the show's worst character who 56 episodes to even remotely become interesting.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719906)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:39am CDT
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:39am CDT
You know, I got to thinking about this and I forgot about one character, mostly because he's not a Transformer. So then I went back and read Billy-Jim's original post and it never really precluded humans so ...
3. Agent Fowler
3. Agent Fowler
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719911)
Posted by Tigertrack on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:16am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:16am CDT
I actually was thinking also that making one of the spots 'Humans' would have been good, #5 or #4 just because we finally has humans who were more than just pals. And they were actually interesting, although the kids still too often told the Autobots what they should do, Fowler and Silas and MECH were awesome. They created a Nemesis Prime, carried out autopsies and operations on bots, and we're a fun element and enemy that came off as actually powerful and fanatical enough to scare the robots.
I'm not sure who to take out though. And I did enjoy Smokescreen a lot, even though he seemed to just fill the Hot Rod/ Hot Shot/ Cheetor role from precious series, so I'm not sure he warranted inclusion either.
Fun list to read. Well written reasoning. Good job Will.
I'm not sure who to take out though. And I did enjoy Smokescreen a lot, even though he seemed to just fill the Hot Rod/ Hot Shot/ Cheetor role from precious series, so I'm not sure he warranted inclusion either.
Fun list to read. Well written reasoning. Good job Will.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719913)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:30am CDT
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That's awesome thanks! He makes them sounds really different though, like how BW Megatron and Animated Optimus are the same guy too. Also, interesting to know that the Maximals say "maximise" but the Predacons say "transform".
Oh, ok, this reassures me because at first I thought we were way off in opinion. But this is really close to mine:
As you can see, I was only referring to Megatrons that appeared on shows. So I say he's second behind BW Megs while you say he is third, we are not that far off.
Also, I might be opening a can of worms here, but isn't WFC/FOC Megatron the same character as Prime Megatron?
At first I thought you were joking. I mean Cliffjumper, really? That's like saying Tigerhawk is one of the best Beast Wars characters. And none of those autobots mentioned hold a candle to the Decepticons mentioned, including Knock Out. Looking back, a top 5 for each fraction would have been a good idea, but that wouldn't show how superior the Decepticons were to the Autobots in terms of writing and just how awesome and fun they were. It's like making a top 5 Energon toys list and having the decepticons make up a majority of those toys. I wouldnt want to allude that the autobot toys were as good (except for Divebomb).
But anyways... I still wouldnt include Smokescreen. I really couldnt stand that character when he was introduced, kinda reminded me of Anakin Skywalker from the Prequels before he turned to the dark side. You now, chosen one and all that.
Agent Fowler though is an awesome pick!
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:30am CDT
Va'al wrote:
Wait, you were listening..?
WILL, WE'RE BUSTED
via Imgflip Meme MakerKatarn84 wrote:Fun Fact: in Italian dubbing Prime Megatron and BW Megatron share the same voice actor.
That's awesome thanks! He makes them sounds really different though, like how BW Megatron and Animated Optimus are the same guy too. Also, interesting to know that the Maximals say "maximise" but the Predacons say "transform".
Shadowstream wrote:G1 megatron would bottom my top 5 for the sake of origins, but I otherwise feel like he became a joke way too quickly to be bothered with. Prime Megatron would be #4 as I said, since he's more threatening, but not much deeper as far as I care. From there it's a toss up between Animated, Beast Era, and IDW Megatrons for the top 3.
Oh, ok, this reassures me because at first I thought we were way off in opinion. But this is really close to mine:
william-james88 wrote:
2. Megatron
This is the best version of the Decepticon character we've ever had on a show and the second best character to own the name (yessss).
As you can see, I was only referring to Megatrons that appeared on shows. So I say he's second behind BW Megs while you say he is third, we are not that far off.
Also, I might be opening a can of worms here, but isn't WFC/FOC Megatron the same character as Prime Megatron?
Sabrblade wrote:This really should have been a "Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Decepticon Characters" list since they practically dominate this list. No Ratchet, no Wheeljack, no Cliffjumper, no SMOKESCREEN (that's just downright cruel to omit him of all bots). Even Jack and Agent Fowler were among the show's best characters. And no Knock Out? Seriously, no KNOCK OUT?!! Predaking as well deserves a spot on here too.
But thank goodness Optimus was omitted. Easily the show's worst character who 56 episodes to even remotely become interesting.
At first I thought you were joking. I mean Cliffjumper, really? That's like saying Tigerhawk is one of the best Beast Wars characters. And none of those autobots mentioned hold a candle to the Decepticons mentioned, including Knock Out. Looking back, a top 5 for each fraction would have been a good idea, but that wouldn't show how superior the Decepticons were to the Autobots in terms of writing and just how awesome and fun they were. It's like making a top 5 Energon toys list and having the decepticons make up a majority of those toys. I wouldnt want to allude that the autobot toys were as good (except for Divebomb).
But anyways... I still wouldnt include Smokescreen. I really couldnt stand that character when he was introduced, kinda reminded me of Anakin Skywalker from the Prequels before he turned to the dark side. You now, chosen one and all that.
Agent Fowler though is an awesome pick!
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719919)
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:07am CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:07am CDT
What? A Top 5 list of Prime characters and Knock Out didn't even place?! 
I must admit I really didn't like Prime all that much... but Starscream, Knock Out, Ratchet, and Fowler kept me watching, even after I thought those characters took a nosedive. Starscream in particular went from "Best Starcream Ever" to a bit of a joke, but "Thirst" is still one of my favorite episodes (Starscream/Knock Out spinoff when?).
I liked the idea of Soundwave more than the execution. The impression I initially had with him was that he'd silently, subtly enforce Megatron's will even after the Decepticon Leader died, with his greatest weapon being Starscream's own paranoia. But then in the show Soundwave was barely even there and eventually became little more than a walking teleporter. *yawn*
I must admit I really didn't like Prime all that much... but Starscream, Knock Out, Ratchet, and Fowler kept me watching, even after I thought those characters took a nosedive. Starscream in particular went from "Best Starcream Ever" to a bit of a joke, but "Thirst" is still one of my favorite episodes (Starscream/Knock Out spinoff when?).
I liked the idea of Soundwave more than the execution. The impression I initially had with him was that he'd silently, subtly enforce Megatron's will even after the Decepticon Leader died, with his greatest weapon being Starscream's own paranoia. But then in the show Soundwave was barely even there and eventually became little more than a walking teleporter. *yawn*
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719923)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on August 22nd, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on August 22nd, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT
Pretty definitive list. I like Bee and Optimus as runner however.
Bee for his development and growth in confidence as the show progressed and Optimus for being such a well balanced representation of the character.
Bee for his development and growth in confidence as the show progressed and Optimus for being such a well balanced representation of the character.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719928)
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:19am CDT
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:19am CDT
Hey how about top 5 best human characters 
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719938)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:45am CDT
Tossing in my thoughts (no specific order):
1) Agent Fowler should have made this list. He is probably the most integral human to any transformers story ever. And he wasn't always a friend, and he had the training to do dirty work that the bots needed. He also found a love life and always provided a little bit of humor.
2) Bulkhead. This guy was originally a crazy copter in the UT, then a goofball construction/demolition expert in animated, to a Wrecker in Prime. I love the wreckers, and the fact that Bulk is one is awesome. His body design was top-notch, and his personality was lower-intelligence yet extremely adaptive, compassionate and ultimately the greatest fighter. He also showed off his construction worker backgrounds and he had some of the best one liners ("Bet you don't have the ball-bearings to fight up-close and personal!" "Gotta swat some flies" "pretty big bearings....for a human") Yup. Doesn't help he was my absolute favorite.
3) Soundwave was the capital guy, no question about it. And the fact that he is still out there makes it even more terrifying.
4) Dreadwing was my favorite con, with Knockout right behind him. Both were quite cool, and I loved Dreadwings honor yet how he refused to actually change sides. Knockout was a fancy con (their equivalent to Tracks) and his eventual change of allegiance was pretty nice as a character wrap-up. Breakdown was cool too, and his history with MECH made for a great storyline ending with Cylas' death.
5) Ratchet was definitely a new take, considering how hard he fought for the revival of Cybertron. Magnus needed more time to character develop, as did Wheeljack to me. Things felt a bit rushed. I loved Smokescreen, and he was a brand new "chosen one" and honestly handled his rollercoaster well. Plus, he had my favorite Prime design, so props to him!
That's it. Hope you guys enjoy those opinions
1) Agent Fowler should have made this list. He is probably the most integral human to any transformers story ever. And he wasn't always a friend, and he had the training to do dirty work that the bots needed. He also found a love life and always provided a little bit of humor.
2) Bulkhead. This guy was originally a crazy copter in the UT, then a goofball construction/demolition expert in animated, to a Wrecker in Prime. I love the wreckers, and the fact that Bulk is one is awesome. His body design was top-notch, and his personality was lower-intelligence yet extremely adaptive, compassionate and ultimately the greatest fighter. He also showed off his construction worker backgrounds and he had some of the best one liners ("Bet you don't have the ball-bearings to fight up-close and personal!" "Gotta swat some flies" "pretty big bearings....for a human") Yup. Doesn't help he was my absolute favorite.
3) Soundwave was the capital guy, no question about it. And the fact that he is still out there makes it even more terrifying.
4) Dreadwing was my favorite con, with Knockout right behind him. Both were quite cool, and I loved Dreadwings honor yet how he refused to actually change sides. Knockout was a fancy con (their equivalent to Tracks) and his eventual change of allegiance was pretty nice as a character wrap-up. Breakdown was cool too, and his history with MECH made for a great storyline ending with Cylas' death.
5) Ratchet was definitely a new take, considering how hard he fought for the revival of Cybertron. Magnus needed more time to character develop, as did Wheeljack to me. Things felt a bit rushed. I loved Smokescreen, and he was a brand new "chosen one" and honestly handled his rollercoaster well. Plus, he had my favorite Prime design, so props to him!
That's it. Hope you guys enjoy those opinions
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719941)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:57am CDT
Posted by Alpha Dominus on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:57am CDT
Yeah I can see how this list is gonna confuse and polarize some people. Seriously, no Knockout?
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719943)
Posted by padfoo on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:20pm CDT
Posted by padfoo on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:20pm CDT
Soundwave, became the best character in this series, I eventually found myself cheering for him whenever he was on screen. He was a bit underpowered but used cunning to win. He was truly silent but deadly.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719947)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:35pm CDT
Maybe a top 5 human characters in TF history. Fowler would be number 1 no question, but who would the other 4 be? I felt the best human characters in the film trilogy was Patrick Dempsey, and Kelsey Grammar for being such fun 80s villains, don't know if that would p!ss you all off. Who else should be there? Daniel? Spark Plug? Jack's mom? The mark hammil character in Rescue Bots? Let me know and we can craft that list together.
And while Knockout is one of the most fun characters there, I felt the other 5 brought just a tad more to the show (knock out didnt do anything important in relation to the plot or story). I also really liked those interpretations of the characters and how it was a celebration and general update of a G1 I never lived through. But Knockout was the one I would have included if I had a sixth slot for sure, hence the honourable mention. Who would he have replaced on the list?
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:35pm CDT
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Hey how about top 5 best human characters
Maybe a top 5 human characters in TF history. Fowler would be number 1 no question, but who would the other 4 be? I felt the best human characters in the film trilogy was Patrick Dempsey, and Kelsey Grammar for being such fun 80s villains, don't know if that would p!ss you all off. Who else should be there? Daniel? Spark Plug? Jack's mom? The mark hammil character in Rescue Bots? Let me know and we can craft that list together.And while Knockout is one of the most fun characters there, I felt the other 5 brought just a tad more to the show (knock out didnt do anything important in relation to the plot or story). I also really liked those interpretations of the characters and how it was a celebration and general update of a G1 I never lived through. But Knockout was the one I would have included if I had a sixth slot for sure, hence the honourable mention. Who would he have replaced on the list?
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719950)
Posted by frogbat on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
Posted by frogbat on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:41pm CDT
knock out definitely... he started as a shallow decepticon version of tracks and then evolved...
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719952)
Posted by Evil Eye on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:44pm CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:44pm CDT
No love for Airachnid? She's easily one of the most terrifying villains Transformers has ever had.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719954)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:51pm CDT
Terrifying indeed. She may top the list of the scariest transformers of all time. But her main part in the show was as an enemy to Arcee. She never really did anything important except kill people, creep the rest out and attempt to steal everything
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:51pm CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:No love for Airachnid? She's easily one of the most terrifying villains Transformers has ever had.
Terrifying indeed. She may top the list of the scariest transformers of all time. But her main part in the show was as an enemy to Arcee. She never really did anything important except kill people, creep the rest out and attempt to steal everything
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719973)
Posted by Hiboman on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Posted by Hiboman on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
I'm disappointed that Bulkhead didn't show up on the list. He was my favorite.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719978)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:57pm CDT
That's why we have the comments section. Who else would have been in your top 5 with Bulkhead at the lead?
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 2:57pm CDT
Hiboman wrote:I'm disappointed that Bulkhead didn't show up on the list. He was my favorite.
That's why we have the comments section. Who else would have been in your top 5 with Bulkhead at the lead?
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719982)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:05pm CDT
I personally would've ranked them as follows:
1) Soundwave
2) Starscream
3) Dreadwing
4) Bulkhead
5) Knockout
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:05pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Hiboman wrote:I'm disappointed that Bulkhead didn't show up on the list. He was my favorite.
That's why we have the comments section. Who else would have been in your top 5 with Bulkhead at the lead?
I personally would've ranked them as follows:
1) Soundwave
2) Starscream
3) Dreadwing
4) Bulkhead
5) Knockout
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719994)
Posted by Cobotron on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:30pm CDT
Not a huge fan of the show, but Knockout was certainly one of the best (if not most entertaining) characters. I liked Smokescreen too.
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Cobotron on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:30pm CDT
william-james88 wrote: I mean Cliffjumper, really? That's like saying Tigerhawk is one of the best Beast Wars characters.
Not a huge fan of the show, but Knockout was certainly one of the best (if not most entertaining) characters. I liked Smokescreen too.
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719995)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:31pm CDT
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1719997)
Posted by Cobotron on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:36pm CDT
SO!
List? I don't need no stinking list!
(
)
Posted by Cobotron on August 22nd, 2015 @ 3:36pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
http://beastwars25.weebly.com/
SO!
List? I don't need no stinking list!(
)
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720001)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:02pm CDT
But who was #2 and #1? it only showed till #3...
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:02pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
http://beastwars25.weebly.com/
SO!
(
But who was #2 and #1? it only showed till #3...
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720010)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:31pm CDT
I am assuming Megatron and Dinobot. Anyways, screw that list, the seibertron team is getting ready for the 20th anniversary next year with it's own top beast wars list. It will be the list to end all lists!
By the way, it really is funny how we all agree that Optimus would never be near a top Prime characters list. He isn't a terrible character but just doesnt add anything interesting or leave any sort of meaningful impact. It makes me wonder, if we look at all the main Prime characters (including the humans), would he be dead last?
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:31pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
http://beastwars25.weebly.com/
SO!
(
But who was #2 and #1? it only showed till #3...
I am assuming Megatron and Dinobot. Anyways, screw that list, the seibertron team is getting ready for the 20th anniversary next year with it's own top beast wars list. It will be the list to end all lists!
By the way, it really is funny how we all agree that Optimus would never be near a top Prime characters list. He isn't a terrible character but just doesnt add anything interesting or leave any sort of meaningful impact. It makes me wonder, if we look at all the main Prime characters (including the humans), would he be dead last?
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720012)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:40pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:40pm CDT
I've said it before, but it takes a lot of solid script writing to keep from being dumb cliches of righteousness, and it's fairly easy to see that smokescreen and ratchet were the only ones to really rise above (wheeljack was still just a generic douche-ex-teammate-that-changed cliche)
Just look at BW and how incredible the entire main cast was (precluding terrorsaur - who was still a solid character - and scorponok, airazor); this is definitely the gold standard of comparisons.
from being dumb cliches of righteousness, and it's fairly easy to see that smokescreen and ratchet were the only ones to really rise above (wheeljack was still just a generic douche-ex-teammate-that-changed cliche)Just look at BW and how incredible the entire main cast was (precluding terrorsaur - who was still a solid character - and scorponok, airazor); this is definitely the gold standard of comparisons.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720043)
Posted by Zeedust on August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:59pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:59pm CDT
No Predaking? Color me disappointed.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720051)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:36pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:36pm CDT
Then people would complain about said list being nothing but Rescue Bots humans.welcometothedarksyde wrote:Hey how about top 5 best human characters
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720059)
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:03pm CDT
Posted by Shadowstream on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:03pm CDT
A top 5 human character list should look like this:
#5 name not important
#4 error
#3 data not found
#2 N/A
#1 no f*cks given
#5 name not important
#4 error
#3 data not found
#2 N/A
#1 no f*cks given
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720066)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:13pm CDT
I honestly do not know. It would a tough race
Kinda surprised Shockwave has yet to make it into the conversation....
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:13pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
http://beastwars25.weebly.com/
SO!
(
But who was #2 and #1? it only showed till #3...
I am assuming Megatron and Dinobot. Anyways, screw that list, the seibertron team is getting ready for the 20th anniversary next year with it's own top beast wars list. It will be the list to end all lists!
By the way, it really is funny how we all agree that Optimus would never be near a top Prime characters list. He isn't a terrible character but just doesnt add anything interesting or leave any sort of meaningful impact. It makes me wonder, if we look at all the main Prime characters (including the humans), would he be dead last?
I honestly do not know. It would a tough race
Kinda surprised Shockwave has yet to make it into the conversation....
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720070)
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT
There's got to be some outside of the box answers. For example I think Sari Sumdac deserves a mention, her character development was well done IMO. Yeah, yeah, I know she technically doesn't count. However she represented the "human character" in that show. Dr Arkeville for maybe being the most important human in the original G1 cartoon. Kelly from RID was good for a laugh.
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Then people would complain about said list being nothing but Rescue Bots humans.welcometothedarksyde wrote:Hey how about top 5 best human characters
There's got to be some outside of the box answers. For example I think Sari Sumdac deserves a mention, her character development was well done IMO. Yeah, yeah, I know she technically doesn't count. However she represented the "human character" in that show. Dr Arkeville for maybe being the most important human in the original G1 cartoon. Kelly from RID was good for a laugh.
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720076)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:10pm CDT
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:10pm CDT
welcometothedarksyde wrote:
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720078)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:17pm CDT
Why? He didn't have a character, sure he was there, but he didn't have character (which is what plagued most of the cast, and is what this list is focusing on); same goes for predaking. They had bare bones character at best, no development, and frankly, no reason for me as a viewer to get invested in them.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:17pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Cobotron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:
But.......TIGERHAWK RULES!!!!!!!!!
http://beastwars25.weebly.com/
SO!
(
But who was #2 and #1? it only showed till #3...
I am assuming Megatron and Dinobot. Anyways, screw that list, the seibertron team is getting ready for the 20th anniversary next year with it's own top beast wars list. It will be the list to end all lists!
By the way, it really is funny how we all agree that Optimus would never be near a top Prime characters list. He isn't a terrible character but just doesnt add anything interesting or leave any sort of meaningful impact. It makes me wonder, if we look at all the main Prime characters (including the humans), would he be dead last?
I honestly do not know. It would a tough race
Kinda surprised Shockwave has yet to make it into the conversation....
Why? He didn't have a character, sure he was there, but he didn't have character (which is what plagued most of the cast, and is what this list is focusing on); same goes for predaking. They had bare bones character at best, no development, and frankly, no reason for me as a viewer to get invested in them.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720082)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:26pm CDT
Wait! They had character? I thought they just either stammered a lot or died or did nothing
(god those movies were so poorly written
)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:26pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Wait! They had character? I thought they just either stammered a lot or died or did nothing
(god those movies were so poorly written
)
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720088)
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:52pm CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:52pm CDT
Top 5 humans? Hmmm...
Capt. Fanzone
Agent Fowler
Dr. Morocco
Meltdown
um...... I dunno about a fifth. Should be enough to start a conversation, at least.
Capt. Fanzone
Agent Fowler
Dr. Morocco
Meltdown
um...... I dunno about a fifth. Should be enough to start a conversation, at least.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720089)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 10:07pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 10:07pm CDT
In all honesty, Morocco and members of the Burns family would probably dominate the list.Noideaforaname wrote:Top 5 humans? Hmmm...
Capt. Fanzone
Agent Fowler
Dr. Morocco
Meltdown
um...... I dunno about a fifth. Should be enough to start a conversation, at least.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720093)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:03pm CDT
But I find the movies did have good characters but they werent in the foreground. In all fairness, Patrick Dempsey is the most complex character in DOTM (I know, I know). He is a man stuck in a deal his father made with the decepticons and truly believes that this is the only way for the human race to survive. I feel of all the actors associated with this franchise, he and Kelsey Grammar come out unscathed.
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:03pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Wait! They had character? I thought they just either stammered a lot or died or did nothing
(god those movies were so poorly written
But I find the movies did have good characters but they werent in the foreground. In all fairness, Patrick Dempsey is the most complex character in DOTM (I know, I know). He is a man stuck in a deal his father made with the decepticons and truly believes that this is the only way for the human race to survive. I feel of all the actors associated with this franchise, he and Kelsey Grammar come out unscathed.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720094)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:08pm CDT
Yeah, he was actually a fairly well written character. And I did end up finding myself conflicted as to whether I should sympathize for him, so job well done on that part.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:08pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Wait! They had character? I thought they just either stammered a lot or died or did nothing
(god those movies were so poorly written
But I find the movies did have good characters but they werent in the foreground. In all fairness, Patrick Dempsey is the most complex character in DOTM (I know, I know). He is a man stuck in a deal his father made with the decepticons and truly believes that this is the only way for the human race to survive. I feel of all the actors associated with this franchise, he and Kelsey Grammar come out unscathed.
Yeah, he was actually a fairly well written character. And I did end up finding myself conflicted as to whether I should sympathize for him, so job well done on that part.
Re: Top 5 Best Transformers Prime Characters (1720098)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT
So then have we done it? Have we found the top best 5 human characters in all Transformers history?
And hey, you know what I just realized, the objectively best transformers comics (Last Stand of the Wreckers and MTMTE) have 0 humans in them.
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:
Yeah okay, the pickings are pretty slim
What about the plethora of human chatacters from the movies?
Wait! They had character? I thought they just either stammered a lot or died or did nothing
(god those movies were so poorly written
But I find the movies did have good characters but they werent in the foreground. In all fairness, Patrick Dempsey is the most complex character in DOTM (I know, I know). He is a man stuck in a deal his father made with the decepticons and truly believes that this is the only way for the human race to survive. I feel of all the actors associated with this franchise, he and Kelsey Grammar come out unscathed.
Yeah, he was actually a fairly well written character. And I did end up finding myself conflicted as to whether I should sympathize for him, so job well done on that part.
So then have we done it? Have we found the top best 5 human characters in all Transformers history?
5.Dylan Gould
4. Capt. Fanzone
3. Meltdown
2. Dr. Moricco and the Burns Family
1. Agent Fowler
Honourable mentioned: Sari Sumdac is a great character in her own borderline annoying way. But she can't be on this list because it's a spoiler so just watch the show already!
And hey, you know what I just realized, the objectively best transformers comics (Last Stand of the Wreckers and MTMTE) have 0 humans in them.
