YOU ARE NOT WOOOORRRRRTHEEE!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
I do agree that most of these Decepticons are rather forgettable. I still want toys of 'em though! I can at least try to make them interesting characters in my toy play then. :p
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YOU ARE NOT WOOOORRRRRTHEEE!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
I do agree that most of these Decepticons are rather forgettable. I still want toys of 'em though! I can at least try to make them interesting characters in my toy play then. :p
Still only seen the first half of the first season. Haven't been impressed but this morning it was on free to air TV and Orion - who I could never get to watch Rescue Bots - was quite enamoured with Underbite and Grimlock so that earns the cartoon a few more points in my book :)
Well I was never able to download the second half of the first season so my son and I have finished watching it on free-to-air TV in the mornings.
I will say I've been fairly negative about this new cartoon but the second half of S1 has been more impressive than the first half. The characters are starting to seem a little more fleshed out, they've had some better enemies rather than just really dopey stupid ones and the ongoing storyline with one of the original 13 wrapped up nicely and I hope will return.
Still not completely sold on this series, but I'm glad to see it improving :)
I've seen bits and pieces of the first season but my son loves it and has watched all of the episodes multiple times - he's 5 yrs old. The funny thing is he knows more about RiD than I do and has quite a few of the toys. You could say he's a bit obsessed. Of course, my wife blames me for this.
New cons in the latest ep
Sabrehorn the rhino beetle
Blowstrike (?) new female con
Scorponok
Return of Kickback and Steeljaw
Easter egg a yellow Airachnid
That's awkward :oQuote:
Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy
Her name is actually GlowstrikeQuote:
Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy
The there were also a pair of odd coloured Vehicons in the same scene as yellow Airachnid
Well I've finished watching the first 6 episodes of Season 2. While still not my favorite cartoon (and certainly not my favorite toyline) I will say that the show continues to improve. Having Optimus heading a stealth strike-force gives the show a bit more range and having the permanent Autobot cast expanded from 5 to 10 works well. Would be nice if Jazz came back to make it 11.
The Cons they fight are still for the most part a bit too stupid for my liking, but the former actor within me did quite like the persona they gave Overload. I've got the toy and to be honest I thought he was just gonna be another big angry bruiser. And the fact there is a whole new crashed ship full of Cons means that with the expanded Bot roster we might see some actual battles down the line instead of just fights.
In fact I think I've just pinpointed my problem with smaller casts such as that in BW, BM, Animated, TFPrime etc. With smaller casts you never have huge pitched battles like we saw in G1 and the Unicron Wars trilogy. You just have rumbles.
I like having a smaller cast of robots. Allows for more character development. Beast Wars/Machines and first season of Prime did this well for me. The Unicron triology was fun for its galactic battles, but every bot was just another bot for the fray.
So far, its just a new 'con each episode, we get a bit of character before they're thrown away and not seen from again. And that's just it. I'm fine with them throwing around new 'cons with new names, but a whole episode to hunt and track them down when they're not going to be seen again? They can do that if they promise like 52 episodes of this thing.
Like we've seen Steeljaw like twice in six episodes, and for only a minute tops? Aren't they planning something? I enjoy seeing the 'cons talk among themselves and interact, like when Steeljaw introduced Clampdown to the pack. And that was it really.
Ah well, we still have half a season to pick up. I expect to see more Sabrehorn, Scorponok, Glowstrike, Overload, and most importantly, the devilish and scheming Steeljaw.
It's a very Autobot-centric series to me. Fun, but needs more evilness.
That is quite true - if you rewatch Energon 90% of the Autobots seem to have the same personality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polursine
Guess thats why G1 still stands out to this day. Enough of a roster you could have battles instead of fights, but each character was an individual and fleshed out (as much as could be expected back then and mainly in the first few seasons)
Well I was sick in bed all day Melbourne Cup day so I spent the time with my son watching all of season 2 online as well as the 6 part mini-series (or season 3 - seems to be debate as to what its referred to).
Season 2
I didn't mind the fact that the team got split in half, with Optimus leading his own group (Drift & Minis, Sideswipe & Windblade) to hunt rouge Decepticons while Bumblbee kept most of his core group back (Strongarm, Grimlock, Fixit & the humans) to inviestigate Decepticon island. It made for a bit better variety. However after all the build up to them finding the island, I found the end two-parter somewhat lacking. Steeljaw took over the Cons way too easily but he did provide a good fight for Optimus and Bumblebee (who were having their own Leadership issues). It made the Decepticon hunter weapons look too powerful though - why aren't they mass-producing them so that every Autobot can carry three and be an unstoppable Con-bashing machine? I did like the Mini-Con uprising though.
The cameos by Ratchet and Soundwave were pretty cool. Ratchets felt a bit superflous, like they only stuck him in so as to have a reason to sell the toy. Soundwaves was awesome though, I liked how all the Autobots were scared to death of him and it too a massive combined effort to get him back through a Spacebridge.
Season 3/Mini-Series
Combined the relic-hunting from TFPrime as well as some of the locations, with the Mini-Con powering up from Armada. Starscream was done very well and was very true to form, Sideswipe being obsessed with apologizing got a bit tired and the Mini-Con gangs bid for freedom, whether that be via aligning with Cons or Bots was done well - really portrayed them as their own group rather than on one side of the great war or the other. My son was very upset that Tricerashot did not stay with Grimlock. Besides Starscream and the Mini-Cons all the new characters on show were recolours of previous Cons so nothing too interesting.
Overall the show is getting a bit better, but 2 1/2 seasons in I still find this series lacking compared to Animated and TFPrime. Given this and the lackluster toys I wont be praying for a Season 4.
Another season has been confirmed. What I really liked about TFA was that they weren't in hiding and that not all the bad guys were cybertronian, even Prime had Mech.
The last fun episode of RID was the concert where Bee fought the 'Cons on stage, they need to open the world up a bit or get them off planet - it's been three seasons and there has been hints of things not being right on Cybertron.