Transformers Prime S2 Ep11 Flying Mind

[GoktimusPrime]

An enjoyable episode. The scene where the Autobots are playing grid iron with the Spark Extractor and trying to dodge the stasis beam was intense.

Something that bugs me, and I gotta say, Michael Bay did it better in this regard... why are human authorities just sitting on their laurels with an alien threat on their doorstep? When Jack suggested that they should try to board the Decepticon ship, surely the logical conclusion would be for Fowler to contact the Pentagon, then they could organise a tactical strike team to rendezvous with Fowler and then groundbridge Fowler and that spec ops team aboard the Deceps' ship. And when Fowler saw that the ship was heading toward Manhattan, why didn't he call his superiors? They could mobilise the air force and try to shoot the blasted ship out of the sky before it reaches Manhattan and threatens to kill millions of civilians. There may even be a naval vessel nearby with an experimental rail gun aboard... that'd be awfully convenient.

Interesting to see Bob Skir return to writing Transformers considering the incredible controversy his previous TF works caused; although it wasn't entirely his doing... but sadly he managed to cop almost all of the blame and hate from the fandom. Even death threats were directed toward him.

[griffin]

Just watched the latest episodes, and my first thought when the Decepticon warship was infused with Dark Energon - they were going to introduce Trypticon (because DE brings things back to life). But then I thought... surely I would have heard about it online or at BotCon by now, because there would be demands for a toy.
As the episode progressed, I started thinking that it was either Megatron or Unicron's personality that had taken over (like the Starscream Clones), but even that didn't end up being confirmed as the case... so I think it has been left up to fans or a future episode to determine who or what that was speaking.

A couple of plot holes though...
- the air strike should have occurred automatically the second the ship crashed.
- how can that big ship (or the insecticon swarm in the episode before), not be seen by humans after all the years it has been on Earth? It's only invisible to scanning/radar, not invisible to the eyes.
- Ratchet should have destroyed the computer with the Iacon database on it. Even if they have a copy elsewhere, the recent search results may have been lost, giving the Autobots the advantage.

Again, so much cybertronian junk on Earth - ships, artifacts, insecticons... it's like their planet is 5 meters away, and we're their wheelie bin.

[GoktimusPrime]

- how can that big ship (or the insecticon swarm in the episode before), not be seen by humans after all the years it has been on Earth? It's only invisible to scanning/radar, not invisible to the eyes.

Perception filter.

Again, so much cybertronian junk on Earth - ships, artifacts, insecticons... it's like their planet is 5 meters away, and we're their wheelie bin.

And zombies. Don't forget the zombies. Oh, and Skyquake... and Unicron. Man... Earth is like some kinda of super-magnet for Cybertronian badness!!

"Once again, a UFO has landed in America, the only country UFOs ever seem to land in." - Monsters Vs. Aliens

[janda the red]

does anyone have a link for this episode that hasn't been shut down?

i haven't been able to find one.... and i'm hanging to keep watching.

thanks in advance

janda

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Interesting that infusing the ship with DE caused it to get a personality. Hopefully later they will decide that it had a dormant spark or something and then we can get some Trypticon action going on!

One thing that bugged me, Megatron blabs about him having dorect control over the ship once it's infused, but at the start, he is still yelling orders to the vehicons to fly it and stuff. So, Megatron has the same control as he had before...

I look forward to a Knockout/Ratchet biffo episode!