TF animated ep12 - Survival of the fittest.

[MV75]

Well after getting sick of not seeing a thread for the new ep, here we go. :)

I liked this one, really liked it.

The dinobots were mega awesome this time around, and when they went to square off against the juicer and the two pretenders, it was such an awesome moment (flame on weapons). :cool:
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[Tober]

Yeah, I quite liked this one as well. Sari goofing around at the start again is getting old, but at least we didn't hear from Bumblebee.

Dinobots rock, but we all know that.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Dinobots indeed rock.
gotta love the pretenders! That was a surprise!

[The_Damned]

yea i really enjoyed this episode, the dinobots rock. bulkhead is becoming one of my favorite characters. looking forward to the next episode.

[i_amtrunks]

I wish Bulkhead would get some backstory, I really like the big guy, his reaction to the Dinobots Transforming was great.

The use of the Pretender shells as the guards was nice, one being a lawyer was a nice touch indeed. Prowl and Fanzone made a good comedic combo, and Meltdown is probably the most dangerous of the human villains that we have seen thus far.

Anyone else think that Meltdown may be the one to create the villain "Headmaster" in an upcoming episode, a tweak of the "transforming human" experiments?

Overall a good almost filler-esque type episode, but still very enjoyable.

[SpiderPrime9]

Good to see dinobots again, wouldn't mind hearing Slag and Swoop talk though.. would also love to see a full dinobot team...

I always wanted to see a dinbot combiner... now that would be awesome.

I wish the animated series wasnt so childish either... it would be great if they made a few animated movies like Marvel and DC are doing which some are really good... personally i'd love to see a war within movie..

[Gutsman Heavy]

I always wanted to see a dinbot combiner... now that would be awesome.


Sometimes is best not to get what you wish for
http://images.wikia.com/transformers/images/1/10/Butwhy.gif

[bassbot]

it's still cool.

[SpiderPrime9]

is that fan art? did you draw it? or is it from a comic or something??

haha it looks pretty cool

[Gutsman Heavy]

its from a comic
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/The_Beast_Within

[GoktimusPrime]

then there's this toy from Transformers Energon...

http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/25/t_megadinobot001.jpg (http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/25/r_megadinobot024.jpg)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Swoop-energon.jpg/240px-Swoop-energon.jpghttp://www.seibertron.com/sightings/gfx/energon_grimlock.jpg

...they're pretty crap toys though... (-_-)

As for Episode 12... meh... failed to impress me. I don't hate it, but I can't say that I really liked it either.

General comments...
+ Sari's ninja training accumulating to a vague distraction was kinda lame. I much preferred the training that Una underwent with Cheetor in Beast Wars -- teaching the children a practical means for self defence against a Predacon - and it worked (much to poor Waspinator's dismay and dismemberment :p).
+ The running gag with Chief Fanzone and machines was pretty funny in this ep - I particularly liked the gag with him trying to switch callers on his mobile and also with the mini-submarine :p
+ Fanzone & Prowl's team-up was nicely done.
+ Sari uses the key to yet-again get out of a tight spot. Yaawwwnn... (-_-) But at least she's not wantonly playing around with it anymore.
+ Okay - here's the thing that really bothers me with this episode - the Dinobots = primitive tard monkeys.

Whereas the Animated show writers brought more depth into the Soundwave character beyond what Hasbro provided in the tech specs, I can't say the same for the Dinobots... they're just... savages.

Watching Prowl trying to engage and relate to the Dinobots was like watching Steve Irwin dealing with crocodiles. "Crikey! Check out those choppers on Grimlock! Isn't he a beauty!" (-_-)

This is a travesty and an insult to the memory of the G1 Dinobots and just overall really lazy character writing.

[benben2142]

Dinobots are kool, also I posted a thread on grapple's artist on the dinobot combiner, where the hell is it grrrrrr.

[jop]

I'd have to agree with gok on this one, this episode was generally meh. I was really excited to see the dinobots were going to be in it at the start, but then their role in the episode was pretty boring. Still don't really know anything about their characters except perhaps they don't have any personality.....

[Robzy]

Yep - add me to the "Meh" list too... This ep wasn't bad, but it wasn't good!

It was nice to see Prowl star in an ep for a change - really liking his character after some initial misgivings!

Oh yes - Sari and that key... nuff said!

I thought it was a waste of time trying to teach Sari those ninja moves... how the hell is she going to defend herself against a Decepticon? Still... useless training is better than no training... right? :eek: Hmmm... Maybe not!

I did like Fanzone and seeing the Dinobots transform tho... :D

[GoktimusPrime]

I thought it was a waste of time trying to teach Sari those ninja moves... how the hell is she going to defend herself against a Decepticon? Still... useless training is better than no training... right?
I disagree. Useless training is just a waste of time because you don't really gain anything from doing it.

As I mentioned before, the training that Cheetor gave to Una and Chak was more practical and effective in defence against hostile Transformers. And the so-called "ninja" moves that Prowl was teaching was absolutely stupid. Leaping kicks do not work in actual fights - and as her attempt against Bulkhead showed, she just lacks sufficient mass and strength to do anything remotely useful against a Transformer.

Cheetor taught Chak and Una to directly attack a Transformer's joints, using principles of leverage and other forms of biomechanics to allow a smaller and weaker proponent to fight against a larger and stronger opponent. A lot of grappling and wrestling techniques are based on these forms of biomechanics (e.g.: Chin Na, Jujutsu, Aikido et al.) Check out this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3eb740pyiE&feature=related) of a Shuaijiao practitioner throwing about a very heavy weight around like a rag doll.

[Robzy]

I disagree. Useless training is just a waste of time because you don't really gain anything from doing it.

Haha - yeah... I was being sarcastic! ;) Hence the "Maybe not" part! :p

[GoktimusPrime]

Ummm... LOOK! A purple distraction!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/group_beach.jpg

[STL]

I found this to be a pretty meh episode. Not terrible but hardly as impressive as the previous two. And I agree, let's see the Dinobots talk

[GoktimusPrime]

Let's see the Dinobots say something worthwhile and possibly... oh I don't know ... intelligent!

Say "NO!" to the retardation of the Dinobots!