Transformers: Robots In Disguise Season 2 now available on Netflix!
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 19th, 2017 @ 12:56pm CST
So, the new title sequence has Dragbreak, or whatever that guys name is, and the combiner force logo. So, we are getting season 3 people, and we are certainly getting combiners!
The Menasor and Ultrabee round shots look cool, and if you look, Drift actually forms the sword for Ultra bee!
Posted by Ravage XK on February 19th, 2017 @ 1:39pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 19th, 2017 @ 5:31pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 19th, 2017 @ 7:33pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 19th, 2017 @ 7:54pm CST
Nexus Knight wrote:After binging season two, want to point something out about the "first" season finale (Decepticon Island). Also, obviously, spoilers to continue. In the first part, the team find the Fix-It type Minicons being held. Optimus wants to stop the mission to cyro-bomb the Alchemor to rescue them and this pause in the mission causes them to be caught be Steeljaw and the Decepticon army, ending the first part. Let me note that Bumblebee was against stopping to save them, likely because if the mission succeeded, they could save the caretaker Minicons. When the next part begins and they barely get away (w/o Windblade), Optimus Prime berates Bubblebee because "completing the mission needed to be the priority". Hypocrisy much, OP?
I think Optimus is losing it a bit in this show. Those first few episodes show you how off he is in his reasoning. I dont know why they made him so hard to root for in this show.
Posted by WreckerJack on February 19th, 2017 @ 9:23pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 19th, 2017 @ 11:15pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Nexus Knight wrote:After binging season two, want to point something out about the "first" season finale (Decepticon Island). Also, obviously, spoilers to continue. In the first part, the team find the Fix-It type Minicons being held. Optimus wants to stop the mission to cyro-bomb the Alchemor to rescue them and this pause in the mission causes them to be caught be Steeljaw and the Decepticon army, ending the first part. Let me note that Bumblebee was against stopping to save them, likely because if the mission succeeded, they could save the caretaker Minicons. When the next part begins and they barely get away (w/o Windblade), Optimus Prime berates Bubblebee because "completing the mission needed to be the priority". Hypocrisy much, OP?
I think Optimus is losing it a bit in this show. Those first few episodes show you how off he is in his reasoning. I dont know why they made him so hard to root for in this show.
Yeah, he kind of is. Which is sad for me because in Prime he was my absolute most favorite character, hands down. His sacrifice at the end of Predacons Rising was a bit heartbreaking, but completely in-character and felt right. I think bringing him back for RiD made that sacrifice feel less... eh. I know that's his shtick, but it ruined his arc in Prime for me some.
But I'll watch RiD because I still think it's a fun show and it's nice to see other characters try the leadership position.
Posted by The Grim King on February 21st, 2017 @ 2:15am CST
Posted by WreckerJack on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:05am CST
The Grim King wrote:Since Netflix now has season 1 and 2 I'm giving it another shot. Haven't watched an episode since the premier...I think. Is there any particular reason it's worth watching? I'm still having trouble dealing with their portrayal of Grimlock, it hurts me; in my soul.
I like Season 2 better because there are some episodes with some characters from Prime that I like. I also enjoy the animal themed Decepticons. It's a little bit kiddy and the art style isn't as nice as prime but it has its moments.
Posted by o.supreme on February 21st, 2017 @ 9:33am CST
Nexus Knight wrote:Yeah, he kind of is. Which is sad for me because in Prime he was my absolute most favorite character, hands down. His sacrifice at the end of Predacons Rising was a bit heartbreaking, but completely in-character and felt right. I think bringing him back for RiD made that sacrifice feel less... eh. I know that's his shtick, but it ruined his arc in Prime for me some.
But I'll watch RiD because I still think it's a fun show and it's nice to see other characters try the leadership position.
I agree in that I love how Op was portrayed in TF Prime, however RiD15 is written for a much younger audience, despite occurring in the same continuity. This is very much BB's show, not Op's, so they have to build some tension between the two, showing how- while their leadership styles differ, and they both work independently, they don't work well at the same time.
I kind of wish also that Op stayed in the Obi-Wan Kenobi like role as a non-living mentor to BB. But if you go back to the original series, Op's resurrection also made his sacrifice from TF:TM feel less impactful as well. It's an unfortunate trend that will no doubt continue as long as there is Optimus Prime & Transformers.
But as for the show itself, overall its ok, not as great as Prime, but still better than a few TF series I can think of. I am admittedly excited about season three (which is the first time I've actually been excited for this series), simply because I enjoy all things having to do with combiners. I imagine that there has to be an announcement soon as to when it will start airing.
Posted by william-james88 on February 21st, 2017 @ 9:56am CST
o.supreme wrote:I imagine that there has to be an announcement soon as to when it will start airing.
The crazy part is that we had an aouncement, which said it was to start in Jan 2017
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 017/36987/
So much for that.
Posted by o.supreme on February 21st, 2017 @ 10:10am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2017 @ 12:05pm CST
NOTE: The following will pertain strictly to the Grimlocks of TF animation (minus the RiD 2001 Grimlock). Comics and prose Grimlocks are excluded for this response.The Grim King wrote:Since Netflix now has season 1 and 2 I'm giving it another shot. Haven't watched an episode since the premier...I think. Is there any particular reason it's worth watching? I'm still having trouble dealing with their portrayal of Grimlock, it hurts me; in my soul.
This is a very different kind of Grimlock from what we've usually gotten before. He's still true to the spirit of previous Grimlocks in that he's a big strong T-Rex guy who isn't the brightest but loves to fight and smash things while having a heart of gold, which is basically the core of any traditional take on Grimlock. This time, though, he's much more sociable and outgoing, and most of all younger. This is the first time we've ever really gotten a "rookie" take on Grimlock and had that aspect fully explored and developed. Previously Grimlocks tended to learn things by instinct at first and almost immediately got to a point where the writers were comfortable to keep at without further development (and often any changes from that status quo were later undone to return those Grimlocks back to "normal"). Here, however, we're presented with a Grimlock whose growth is ever-present. A Grimlock who's constantly learning and evolving as a character while still maintaining what makes him who he is. This is probably the deepest and most thorough take on Grimlock we've ever gotten.
What's more is that, despite how this Grimlock upholds the tradition of being less intelligent than the other non-Dinobot Autobots, this show has reassured us time and again that he is anything but stupid. He's not only even acknowledged his lower intellect a few times in the show (saying things to the others like "Just because I'm not as smart as the rest of you guys doesn't mean I'm an idiot!"), but he's even proved several times that he's own special degree of smarts is all he needs to be helpful. For instance, there was the episode that was a dual-homage to the G1 episode "Grimlock's New Brain" and the Prime episode "T.M.I." in which Grimlock temporarily got super-intelligent from a Cybertronian data cylinder (a condition that Grimlock almost immediately recognized as mentally fatal, which then reminded Bumblebee of what happened to Bulkhead in "T.M.I."). By the episode's climax, the Decepticon they were going up against, Simacore, was a super genius and had captured both Bumblebee and Strongarm, leaving Grimlock alone to face him. By this point, though, Grimlock had just gotten cured of his own fatal genius condition (which had by then become a hindrance since he had become compelled to calculate every possible tactic instead of relying on instinct), but a side-effect of the cure left him temporarily immobile, and he still had another genius to contend with. Using his own simpler brainpower to stall for the time needed for his mobility to recover, he challenged Simacore to a quiz of smarts and the very first question that Simacore asked (a rather complicated mathematical word problem) Grimlock gave an acceptable answer to based on his own knowledge of a place Simacore included in the question: The question was basically asking how long a holo-rail train would take to reach one city from another (one of which was Nuon City) under certain specific conditions, but Grimlock remembered that the Decepticon Underbite had previously bragged about having eaten all of Nuon City, so Grimlock's answer was that the question was a trick question because Nuon City no longer has a holo-rail; a line of reasoning that Simacore never considered, but reluctantly conceded as "technically true". And when it was Grimlock's turn to question Simacore, he at first struggled to think of something complex to say, but then his mobility finally returned and he also had an epiphany: He didn't need to ask Simacore a complex question because, with his mobility restored and Simacore awaiting Grimlock's question, Simacore had just then given Grimlock the opening he needed to fight back. Thus, Grimlock asked a rather simplistic question that Simicore chuckled at for its elementary nature, a moment that Grimlock took advantage of to maul through Simacore and reach his captured friends in time to save them from a particle accelerator that would have most assuredly killed them had Grimlock been any second later. Boo-yah!
There's also the episode with Scowl, another Dinobot who Grimlock tries to befriend since Scowl doesn't seem like such a bad guy, but because Scowl was so unhinged, undisciplined, and unwilling to learn restraint as Grimlock had, Grimlock's own since of ethics were put to the test as Scowl initially tempted Grimlock into reverting to his own Decepticon ways of wanton smashing. But while Grimlock gave in at first (since Scowl used a line of reasoning that Grimlock believed made it okay for them to smash the particular thing they were smashing at the time), he later came to his senses and spent the rest of the whole episode trying to stop Scowl from doing whatever he wanted. This led to Scowl feeling that Grimlock betrayed him and their Dinobot nature. Grimlock, in a stark change from most Grimlocks, tried to reason with Scowl, tried to appeal to the friendship that he and Scowl had formed earlier, but Scowl wouldn't listen and the two fought. Eventually, the conflict came to an end at a local spa, where Scowl tried to create as much damage as possible. Grimlock confronted him one last time, Dinobot vs. Dinobot. At the end of their fight, Grimlock seemed to have a change of heart, confessing to Scowl that Scowl's methods of collateral were indeed easier and more fun than Grimlock's own ways as an Autobot... but in that moment, Scowl hesitated and believed Grimlock to be joining him, which gave Grimlock the out he needed to knock Scowl out with a large stone ornament. Before passing out, Scowl heard Grimlock's final say: "Just because somethin's easier and more fun, Scowl, that doesn't make it right." In the end, Grimlock did good, but was saddened to see that he couldn't help Scowl the way Bumblebee and the others had helped him, realizing "you can't help some bot who doesn't wanna be helped." It's moments like this where Grimlock's genuine wisdom and maturity are brought to the surface and applauded.
Posted by o.supreme on February 21st, 2017 @ 12:16pm CST
Posted by Va'al on February 21st, 2017 @ 12:49pm CST
Posted by WreckerJack on February 21st, 2017 @ 2:44pm CST
Va'al wrote:Also, DINOPILE.
This makes me want to watch episode 19 because Grimlock wrestling is hilarious. That and it combines two of my favorite things.
BAH GAWD we got a new champion!
(MS paint skillz!)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2017 @ 3:10pm CST
Grimlock even did the (in)famous Godzilla tall-sliding kick:
Posted by o.supreme on February 21st, 2017 @ 3:20pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Oh man, episode 19! That one was AWESOME! A straight up arena brawl between Grimlock and Groundpounder. It was AMAZING!
Grimlock even did the (in)famous Godzilla tall-sliding kick:
and as a favor to my fellow Godzilla fans I was sure to let them know... (2nd from the bottom)
http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/art ... tative.htm
Posted by The Grim King on February 21st, 2017 @ 3:43pm CST
P.S. - Grimlock's paint job...kill it, kill it with fire.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 21st, 2017 @ 3:48pm CST
You must have hated the Saturday-morning family-friendly take on Grimlock in the G1 cartoon, then. Heh heh.The Grim King wrote:I've always been a bigger fan of the grittier side of transformers, and grimlock in particular.
Posted by o.supreme on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:03pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:You must have hated the Saturday-morning family-friendly take on Grimlock in the G1 cartoon, then. Heh heh.The Grim King wrote:I've always been a bigger fan of the grittier side of transformers, and grimlock in particular.
He was only like that in TF:TM & Season 3, why they made the change...I'll never know. I guess the writers figured, in 20 years time "enhancing" the Dinobots personality means making them more silly.
We start to see this in S2 episodes such as Dibobot Island parts 1 & 2, but you can tell, they are still very much warriors rather than the silly dopes they turned into later
Posted by Va'al on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:10pm CST
The new gallery posted here has the static versions, but we also give you below a re-post of the turnarounds we saw over the weekend, for your enjoyment. Check them out!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:15pm CST
Posted by Evil Eye on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:18pm CST
Posted by Bounti76 on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:22pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 21st, 2017 @ 4:24pm CST
Bounti76 wrote:Maybe I've had a little too much engex, but Menasor looks like he's Scramble City style. I thought all the RiD combiners were 4 bots-1 was the torso, 1 was the pants, and the other two were an arm each.
Bee is the only 4 bot combiner. Menasor and Galvatronus are 5 bot combiners
Posted by PrymeStriker on February 21st, 2017 @ 5:04pm CST
Ah, nevermind, apparently that's "Slashmark". Good.
Posted by WreckerJack on February 21st, 2017 @ 5:09pm CST
Ultra bee just looks too silly like he is wearing "Phat pants". Someone get that boy some glowsticks haha.
Posted by PrymeStriker on February 21st, 2017 @ 5:15pm CST
WreckerJack wrote:Ultra bee just looks too silly like he is wearing "Phat pants". Someone get that boy some glowsticks haha.
While we're on the topic of "Ultra Bee"....member when gestalts had creative names that worked? I member.
Posted by WreckerJack on February 21st, 2017 @ 5:55pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:While we're on the topic of "Ultra Bee"....member when gestalts had creative names that worked? I member.
I honestly think Hasbro is trying to be goofy. If so, mission accomplished.
Posted by Kurona on February 21st, 2017 @ 6:39pm CST
Almost completely certain this is not what the writers intended nor will it ever be canon, but I like the idea
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 21st, 2017 @ 7:02pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on March 3rd, 2017 @ 12:56am CST
Posted by Kurona on March 3rd, 2017 @ 1:06am CST
Sunstar wrote:Not going to read through the thread, but is there going to be more to this series? I actually really did enjoy it.
It's not over and there's going to be more episodes, if that's what you mean.
Posted by Sunstar on March 3rd, 2017 @ 1:11am CST
Good! *rubs hands*
Posted by o.supreme on March 3rd, 2017 @ 9:00am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 25th, 2017 @ 3:40pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 26th, 2017 @ 8:36pm CDT
To begin with, Hasbro studios has announced that Season 3 of Robots in Disguise is now up for offer, meaning the season is now available for TV networks to air.
On that note, Teletoons Canada has a TV listing that shows a new episode of Robots in Disguise set to air this Saturday, April 1st! This means that the new season is potentially finally about to air.
And to round things off, Hasbro Studios Official Sales Guide has shown that the upcoming season should contain 26 episodes. The guide showed that Robots in Disguise was set to air for 71 x 22 minute episodes, and as 45 episodes have already aired, it leaves 26 episodes left to air.
Stay tuned for more Robots in Disguise news, as we keep you updated on the new Combiner Force season!
Posted by Kurona on March 26th, 2017 @ 8:45pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:a new episode of Robots in Disguise set to air this Saturday, April 1st!
Aw c'mon guys, we're doing our April Fools article this early? And you didn't even invite me
Posted by PrymeStriker on March 26th, 2017 @ 9:50pm CDT
Posted by MoonHelix-888 on March 26th, 2017 @ 10:32pm CDT
Inb4 the episode on 1-April is the Pilot.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 26th, 2017 @ 10:34pm CDT
MoonHelix-888 wrote:"Summoned by Optimus Prime to save Earth from a new Decepticon threat, Bumblebee puts his light-hearted mettle to the test after assembling a rogue team of young Autobot action heroes."
Inb4 the episode on 1-April is the Pilot.
From what I was told, that same description was used for the opening episode of season 2 as well, so it's like a repeated - albeit wrongly - description for a season opener
Posted by WreckerJack on March 26th, 2017 @ 11:07pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 26th, 2017 @ 11:24pm CDT
There's a point in the video where the Spanish dialogue script is visible to read.WreckerJack wrote:I wish that the youtube subtitles worked on my computer since I don't speak Spanish. I can pick out a word or two but there aren't enough contextual clues for me to piece together what he is saying.
Posted by WreckerJack on March 27th, 2017 @ 2:37am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:There's a point in the video where the Spanish dialogue script is visible to read.WreckerJack wrote:I wish that the youtube subtitles worked on my computer since I don't speak Spanish. I can pick out a word or two but there aren't enough contextual clues for me to piece together what he is saying.
What I meant was I wanted Spanish to English subtitles on YT. Kinda hard to read that page with all of the camera bouncing around. I screencapped it to prevent getting seasick.
I translated it for all of you to read. Please know I did this of of google so it might not be perfect as I do not speak Spanish beyond a few words. I provided the screencap just in case that may be of interest.
Bumblebee:
And if there is a part of you that remains worried about being discarded from the team, then ... tell him to that part that will never happen. It's good to have you back in one piece.
Sideswipe:
Okay I do not need to be screaming at myself all for that I have a Strongarm.
Posted by MadProject on March 31st, 2017 @ 1:37am CDT
Do we finally have the first glance at the new RID Megatron?
Posted by Va'al on March 31st, 2017 @ 2:15am CDT
MadProject wrote:found this pic on Facebook, don't know the original source
Do we finally have the first glance at the new RID Megatron?
That's the card that came with the series 4 of Tiny Titans!
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... nel/33279/
Posted by MadProject on March 31st, 2017 @ 2:46am CDT
Va'al wrote:MadProject wrote:found this pic on Facebook, don't know the original source
Do we finally have the first glance at the new RID Megatron?
That's the card that came with the series 4 of Tiny Titans!
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... nel/33279/
ah didn't know about that.
Sorry for the mistake.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 11th, 2017 @ 1:29pm CDT
Something interesting about this reveal is that there is only room for 13 episodes in this lineup, meaning that either this season will only be 13 episodes longer, with 13 more to show up at a later date, or this season will be split in half, with another 13 episodes arriving later in the year.
Speculate below on what you think will come out of this new season, and whether or not there will be a 5th season or just 2 parts of a 4th season!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 11th, 2017 @ 2:36pm CDT
The number of Saturdays and Sundays between those airdates is 18, allotting a total of 18 episodes to air during that window.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Saturday, May 7, and will run through Saturday, July 8, with episodes airing every Saturday and Sunday