I can't help but compare this with the finale episodes of Beast Machines ("Seeds of the Future"). Seeds of the Future was a much better executed story; tighter without the sloppy loose ends and much darker and grittier (though arguably BM was too dark). SotF was also a lot more intensive with all the surviving cast having an important role to play, and it kept the
pace moving a better too. Predacons Rising on the other hand had a few too many stalling points. Optimus Prime's AllSpark Quest could've been shorter; and the battle at the Well of AllSparks... the Autobots seemed to just stand around
spectating with nothing better to do while the Predacons took on the Zombie-Preds and Optimus Prime battled Unicron. For a moment it almost felt like Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Smokescreen and Arcee could just flip out some deck chairs and chillax.
Having said that, the
end result of Predacon Rising was better than Beast Machines IMHO. Both stories end with Optimus Primal/Prime sacrificing themselves to restore life to Cybertron. But Predacon Rising does it in a way that doesn't dead end continuity by transforming Cybertron into a technorganic garden. So at least there's potential for the story to be continued from (if the next upcoming series is indeed going to do so). Whereas Beast Machines is notorious for having effectively dead-ended the G1 continuity family. Gah.
As for Megatron, there is something cool in SotF in that
both Optimus and Megatron sacrificed themselves to restore Cybertron (though involuntarily so from the latter
). But I do like the idea of Megatron changing his views on oppression having experienced it first hand. It's like the reversal of the rise of G1 Megatron in the IDW comics; originally a pacifist who turned to violence and megalomania, whereas in TFP Megatron was originally a violent megalomania who's turned to pacifism. I actually think that's pretty cool... although whether writers can
KEEP Megatron that way or somehow make him change his mind in the next series remains to be seen. Somehow I suspect it will be the latter.
So IMHO Seeds of the Future had the better journey, but Predacons Rising has the better destination.
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I can't help but compare this with the finale episodes of Beast Machines ("Seeds of the Future"). Seeds of the Future was a much better executed story; tighter without the sloppy loose ends and much darker and grittier (though arguably BM was too dark). SotF was also a lot more intensive with all the surviving cast having an important role to play, and it kept the pace moving a better too. Predacons Rising on the other hand had a few too many stalling points. Optimus Prime's AllSpark Quest could've been shorter; and the battle at the Well of AllSparks... the Autobots seemed to just stand around spectating with nothing better to do while the Predacons took on the Zombie-Preds and Optimus Prime battled Unicron. For a moment it almost felt like Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Smokescreen and Arcee could just flip out some deck chairs and chillax.I have watched most of BM but not until the end, I will have to make an effort to find it now.
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