Endgame, Part Two
I... am not sure what I think of this episode. But I am not entirely sure what I think of this entire season, really. It's been fairly up and down for me, all told. I haven't been excited by the creep upward in everyone's powers and the general lessening of the threat of the Decepticons. I really haven't been excited by Prowl and Sari's gradual ascension to demigodhood.
On the other hand, they brought back a number of my favorite one-shot characters and gave them interesting to significant roles. Optimus Prime has become more and more of a hero, and this is an Optimus Prime I really love. Bumblebee has really grown on me. Bulkhead has become a big damn hero. Ratchet rocks. Swindle is my tv-boyfriend.
There were some incredibly good episodes. "Transwarped". "Decepticon Air". "This is Why I Hate Machines". On the other hand, "Five Servos of Doom" really struck me as ham-fistedly put together; it felt like two episodes jammed into one. And "Human Error" felt like two separate episodes slapped together very loosely.
So. Yeah. I don't know what I think about this episode.
Well, besides frustration at Optimus not killing Megatron. I get so tired of heroes leaving massively dangerous villains alive because it would "bring them down to their level". No. Be on their level then if that's what it takes to keep people safe.
Yeah, yeah, he wouldn't be Optimus Prime if he had killed Megatron. But it's still wearying.
I miss Meltdown.
I can't say I'm happy that Prowl died, but I'm really kind of "huh" about it rather than distraught. Though, to be fair, I spent most of his death going "so is he ascending?" to the person I was watching with.
Megatron is one tough bastard.
I think I was more upset by Starscream's death. It made sense as deaths went, but I like Starscream. And no, Prowl and Jazz did not kill him. That would imply they were deliberately targetting him. He was kept alive by having a piece of artifact in him, and they just called it home so they could save people. Megatron had already killed him two seasons ago. (See icon.)
It was just a really... meaningless death for the second-in-command of the Decepticons.
So. I don't know. It was definitely an action-packed episode.
On the other hand, they brought back a number of my favorite one-shot characters and gave them interesting to significant roles. Optimus Prime has become more and more of a hero, and this is an Optimus Prime I really love. Bumblebee has really grown on me. Bulkhead has become a big damn hero. Ratchet rocks. Swindle is my tv-boyfriend.
There were some incredibly good episodes. "Transwarped". "Decepticon Air". "This is Why I Hate Machines". On the other hand, "Five Servos of Doom" really struck me as ham-fistedly put together; it felt like two episodes jammed into one. And "Human Error" felt like two separate episodes slapped together very loosely.
So. Yeah. I don't know what I think about this episode.
Well, besides frustration at Optimus not killing Megatron. I get so tired of heroes leaving massively dangerous villains alive because it would "bring them down to their level". No. Be on their level then if that's what it takes to keep people safe.
Yeah, yeah, he wouldn't be Optimus Prime if he had killed Megatron. But it's still wearying.
I miss Meltdown.
I can't say I'm happy that Prowl died, but I'm really kind of "huh" about it rather than distraught. Though, to be fair, I spent most of his death going "so is he ascending?" to the person I was watching with.
Megatron is one tough bastard.
I think I was more upset by Starscream's death. It made sense as deaths went, but I like Starscream. And no, Prowl and Jazz did not kill him. That would imply they were deliberately targetting him. He was kept alive by having a piece of artifact in him, and they just called it home so they could save people. Megatron had already killed him two seasons ago. (See icon.)
It was just a really... meaningless death for the second-in-command of the Decepticons.
So. I don't know. It was definitely an action-packed episode.