Prime, Episode 4
I'm not getting into this show, yet. So far, I kind of want to just kidnap the characters and throw them into other universes to see how they react.
I talked about Decepticons in my header last time, so I think I should mention the Autobots this time around. As usual, there are more of them. I still remember my surprise when doing an 'Autobot vs Decepticon' count for the Original G1 Cartoon and figuring out that there were 16 Decepticons for 25 Autobots, and that was only if you counted each of Soundwave's 1/8th size cassettes as actual troops. (These numbers may be off, I'm going from my memory.)
Because of that, I'm not totally surprised that this show started off with six Autobots and three Decepticons. Score one for the cons, they get rid of one right away....which is sad, because I kind of liked the horny bastard.
But, on the whole, I'm really liking what I see. Arcee is a great character--and what makes her great is that I can say 'Arcee is a great character' without having to write 'great female character.' She stands on her own, and would stand on her own with her speed and witty dialog and intelligent decisions just as well if she were male. I like that. Bulkhead does a great job of not being smart but still being capable--the strong man who knows what he's doing and who knows how to survive battle because of his experience and talent to fight. Ratchet, I like, because he's an old robot who isn't crotchety old--he's wise old. He's been around the ringer, and knows things, and can make commentary on not just WHAT is good or bad, but why it is.
Right now, the two weakest links are Prime and Bee. Prime is...flat. I feel like they're just expecting me to 'insert character here,' because he's not saying anything that isn't verbatim prime. I could swap any of his phrases with "No one's ever really disabled, as long as they have COURAGE" and no one would really notice. Bee...well. I said it before. He just tags along like some sort of demented pet. I kind of need to see more personality from him than just him beeping stupidly.
However! On to the show!
*****
Episode 4
*****
Lets start off with something fun. Zombies, maybe. They're a hell of an entertainment, but they won't do much for a pleasant ambiance.
Aww, Megatron likes Decorating.
Dude, I'd think that war-casualties were GOOD for warmongering, not the other way around.
...symbiosis? That would imply the zombies were getting something from YOU, dude.
No words, just guns. Two guns, for two hands.
Um, duh. Haven't you watched Bee playing any Zombie games, Ratchet? You aim for the head.
Okay, its an arm, but same idea. You have to separate the head from the body... Um, no. No. Not into small pieces, that's a waste of time COME ON RATCHET THESE ARE ZOMBIES THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE but ooooh, cool sword fight. Good reason to not use guns, at least.
...dude, Megatron, dead Optimus in your army is kinky. Tell me more about that Symbiosis again?
Wow, this feels a lot like playing Mass effect.
CLIMB BULKHEAD CLIMB. ONE MECH. ALONE. BETRAYED BY THE STUPIDITY OF HIS PRODUCERS.
HOW DID SHE EVEN GET IN THERE WHAT YOU HAVE A MIKO INFESTATION SQUISH IT.
Bulkhead rules.
Aww, the drones picked up cute human dolls. Bumblebee doesn't like other people playing with his toys, though. GIVE THEM THE SMACKDOWN BEE OH YEAH.
Starscream, stop buying upgrade schematics from Halloween Town.
Oh, yay, kidvision. Nice job at being creepy, though. Good way to give perspective on how BIG the battle is, finally putting the camera down low. I've been waiting like...five cartoons for this.
...so the zombies just kind of...dance...in the background...while Prime and Ratchet talk? What is this, a Michael Jackson video?
How come no one is thinking about trying out some dark energon to re-control the zombies? Just...drink some blood or something. Being random worked for Megatron.
*waits for Prime's obligatory death*
Awww Megatron just likes watching Prime in action. That is so sweet. Except that this Megatron is just creepy.
....no. No. No no no no little kid better not....hack...the robot...machines. You ruined the actual deep humanitarian moment you were having.
CEILING ARCEE.
...flash drive. Yeah. There better not be a place to plug it in. OH GOOD. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, USB STANDS FOR 'UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS' NOT 'GALACTIC SERIAL BUS' PRIMUS. Oh, wait.
And now, see this scene from THIS angle, and now THIS angle, and now THIS angle! Marvel, as we show HOW MANY CAMERA ANGLES ARE POSSIBLE WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS!
And oh. Nice one, Fowler. I like that you can tell he's been in combat before.
Why is Miko so dumb. Okay. It was a little funny at least. I love how the drone was so confused by the picture...aww Blackout Reference.
WHAT IS THIS WHY IS OPTIMUS CLIMBING LIKE A FREAKY MONKEY. RATCHET DOESN'T DO THE MONKEY CLIMB. HE CLIMBS LIKE HE IS *NOT* A FREAK. DO LIKE HE DOES.
In fact, always do like Ratchet does.
Wait, why does this kid know about Megatron again?
YES THANK YOU FOR TELLING HER OFF JACK DO IT AGAIN.
Okay, Prime, get something a little less generic to say.
I am...so...oddly confused by the change here. Why are we suddenly talking about Jack leaving instead of about the MASSIVELY IMPORTANT DECEPTICON PLANS you just risked everyone's lives to get? Also, doesn't it take resources to use a ground bridge OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
OH WAIT POOR STARSCREAM.
....whoa, Megatron has big feet. Please stop standing on Starscream with them.
Can Miko shut up now? I think I hear her Privelege talking. Um. It needs to shut up now, too. Especially since she is still. Useless. "I HAD SUCK A PERFECT LIFE, JACK, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT SUCKED TO HAVE LOVING PARENTS WHO WERE RICH." I didn't think a character could survive this many episodes of uselessness.
Oh wait Ratchet time. Yes, please, keep talking my love.
Lets mysteriously look through this wall and 14 billion miles of space to Cybertron. Wow. Optimus really can throw his voice FAR!
Gonna keep watching, of course. Kind of dumb not to. It's just that...I still don't understand this show. It needs cohesion. It needs to have conversations that logically lead into other conversations instead of just jumping from serious deep crazy stuff into silly kid crazy stuff.
But that's kind of been my universal complaint, so we'll see.
I talked about Decepticons in my header last time, so I think I should mention the Autobots this time around. As usual, there are more of them. I still remember my surprise when doing an 'Autobot vs Decepticon' count for the Original G1 Cartoon and figuring out that there were 16 Decepticons for 25 Autobots, and that was only if you counted each of Soundwave's 1/8th size cassettes as actual troops. (These numbers may be off, I'm going from my memory.)
Because of that, I'm not totally surprised that this show started off with six Autobots and three Decepticons. Score one for the cons, they get rid of one right away....which is sad, because I kind of liked the horny bastard.
But, on the whole, I'm really liking what I see. Arcee is a great character--and what makes her great is that I can say 'Arcee is a great character' without having to write 'great female character.' She stands on her own, and would stand on her own with her speed and witty dialog and intelligent decisions just as well if she were male. I like that. Bulkhead does a great job of not being smart but still being capable--the strong man who knows what he's doing and who knows how to survive battle because of his experience and talent to fight. Ratchet, I like, because he's an old robot who isn't crotchety old--he's wise old. He's been around the ringer, and knows things, and can make commentary on not just WHAT is good or bad, but why it is.
Right now, the two weakest links are Prime and Bee. Prime is...flat. I feel like they're just expecting me to 'insert character here,' because he's not saying anything that isn't verbatim prime. I could swap any of his phrases with "No one's ever really disabled, as long as they have COURAGE" and no one would really notice. Bee...well. I said it before. He just tags along like some sort of demented pet. I kind of need to see more personality from him than just him beeping stupidly.
However! On to the show!
*****
Episode 4
*****
Lets start off with something fun. Zombies, maybe. They're a hell of an entertainment, but they won't do much for a pleasant ambiance.
Aww, Megatron likes Decorating.
Dude, I'd think that war-casualties were GOOD for warmongering, not the other way around.
...symbiosis? That would imply the zombies were getting something from YOU, dude.
No words, just guns. Two guns, for two hands.
Um, duh. Haven't you watched Bee playing any Zombie games, Ratchet? You aim for the head.
Okay, its an arm, but same idea. You have to separate the head from the body... Um, no. No. Not into small pieces, that's a waste of time COME ON RATCHET THESE ARE ZOMBIES THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE but ooooh, cool sword fight. Good reason to not use guns, at least.
...dude, Megatron, dead Optimus in your army is kinky. Tell me more about that Symbiosis again?
Wow, this feels a lot like playing Mass effect.
CLIMB BULKHEAD CLIMB. ONE MECH. ALONE. BETRAYED BY THE STUPIDITY OF HIS PRODUCERS.
HOW DID SHE EVEN GET IN THERE WHAT YOU HAVE A MIKO INFESTATION SQUISH IT.
Bulkhead rules.
Aww, the drones picked up cute human dolls. Bumblebee doesn't like other people playing with his toys, though. GIVE THEM THE SMACKDOWN BEE OH YEAH.
Starscream, stop buying upgrade schematics from Halloween Town.
Oh, yay, kidvision. Nice job at being creepy, though. Good way to give perspective on how BIG the battle is, finally putting the camera down low. I've been waiting like...five cartoons for this.
...so the zombies just kind of...dance...in the background...while Prime and Ratchet talk? What is this, a Michael Jackson video?
How come no one is thinking about trying out some dark energon to re-control the zombies? Just...drink some blood or something. Being random worked for Megatron.
*waits for Prime's obligatory death*
Awww Megatron just likes watching Prime in action. That is so sweet. Except that this Megatron is just creepy.
....no. No. No no no no little kid better not....hack...the robot...machines. You ruined the actual deep humanitarian moment you were having.
CEILING ARCEE.
...flash drive. Yeah. There better not be a place to plug it in. OH GOOD. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, USB STANDS FOR 'UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS' NOT 'GALACTIC SERIAL BUS' PRIMUS. Oh, wait.
And now, see this scene from THIS angle, and now THIS angle, and now THIS angle! Marvel, as we show HOW MANY CAMERA ANGLES ARE POSSIBLE WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS!
And oh. Nice one, Fowler. I like that you can tell he's been in combat before.
Why is Miko so dumb. Okay. It was a little funny at least. I love how the drone was so confused by the picture...aww Blackout Reference.
WHAT IS THIS WHY IS OPTIMUS CLIMBING LIKE A FREAKY MONKEY. RATCHET DOESN'T DO THE MONKEY CLIMB. HE CLIMBS LIKE HE IS *NOT* A FREAK. DO LIKE HE DOES.
In fact, always do like Ratchet does.
Wait, why does this kid know about Megatron again?
YES THANK YOU FOR TELLING HER OFF JACK DO IT AGAIN.
Okay, Prime, get something a little less generic to say.
I am...so...oddly confused by the change here. Why are we suddenly talking about Jack leaving instead of about the MASSIVELY IMPORTANT DECEPTICON PLANS you just risked everyone's lives to get? Also, doesn't it take resources to use a ground bridge OVER AND OVER AGAIN?
OH WAIT POOR STARSCREAM.
....whoa, Megatron has big feet. Please stop standing on Starscream with them.
Can Miko shut up now? I think I hear her Privelege talking. Um. It needs to shut up now, too. Especially since she is still. Useless. "I HAD SUCK A PERFECT LIFE, JACK, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT SUCKED TO HAVE LOVING PARENTS WHO WERE RICH." I didn't think a character could survive this many episodes of uselessness.
Oh wait Ratchet time. Yes, please, keep talking my love.
Lets mysteriously look through this wall and 14 billion miles of space to Cybertron. Wow. Optimus really can throw his voice FAR!
Gonna keep watching, of course. Kind of dumb not to. It's just that...I still don't understand this show. It needs cohesion. It needs to have conversations that logically lead into other conversations instead of just jumping from serious deep crazy stuff into silly kid crazy stuff.
But that's kind of been my universal complaint, so we'll see.