STL's Journey into BWs

[STL]

Aftermath

Far exceeded my expectations. I anticipated that the episode would place the Maximals in great jeopardy and Primal would re-emerge in his new Transmetal form to save the day. It defied all expectations and provided a throughly entertaining, fresh and intelligent plot.

So much to like about this episode.

My favourite one liner. Ever.: "Same product, new packaging. Losers."

Other good moments:
- Rhinox emerging and grabbing Dinobot by the throat telling him he isn't in the mood for this. It's a great sublte illustration of Rhinox's power.
- Rattrap and Cheetor getting acquainted with their new forms
- Dinobot's immediate grab at the leadership
- Blackarachnia's duplicitiy: I can't believe myself how she talked her way out the situation. She really should not have been able to but the fact that she did made her all the badder for it. I don't think there's a character with this degree of duplicity in Transformers lore. Starscream was a schemer but he was overt. And Megatron seemed foolish at times for letting him live. Here though it's perfectly explicable why Megatron retains her.
- And boy is Tarantulas getting creepier. He's the creepiest 'con I've ever known.

Some quibbles:
- Megatron brings only Waspinator? Why? Where's Scorponok and Terrorsaur? Did they get blown up in the transmetal wave? It seemed too stupid of him to do so given his previous smarts on the battlefield.

One of the other remarks I'd like to make is how well the episode went without Primal. I think we will never see a cartoon without Prime but here it really works and it gives other characters an impetus to make sense of the situation.

In all, a great start to Season 2. If this is the level of quality that is maintained, this will surely be the best season of a TF cartoon ever.

[Paulbot]

Scorponok and Terrorsaur fell into the lava when the quantum surge hit, so Megatron only has Waspinator left to bring with him.

[GoktimusPrime]

This level of quality isn't maintained - it's exceeded! In other words, strap yourself in cos you ain't seen nothing yet!

- And boy is Tarantulas getting creepier. He's the creepiest 'con I've ever known.

You haven't seen the half of it yet. Tarantulas gets a lot creepier... as I've said before, there is a LOT more to Tarantulas than meets the eye!

- Megatron brings only Waspinator? Why? Where's Scorponok and Terrorsaur? Did they get blown up in the transmetal wave? It seemed too stupid of him to do so given his previous smarts on the battlefield.

Scorponok and Terrorsaur were killed when the quantum wave hit the Predacon base - they fell into lava.

[Paulbot]

Okay spoiler alert but yes you never see those two again. But remember when you first watched it and Terrorsaur was mutating as he fell into the lava and he had a Transmetal toy so you thought maybe he'd come back. I didn't want to crush STL's hopes!

[GoktimusPrime]

Scorponok had a Transmetal toy too. TM Scorponok, Dinobot and Blackarachnia were released as McDonalds Happy Meal figures.

[STL]

Okay spoiler alert but yes you never see those two again. But remember when you first watched it and Terrorsaur was mutating as he fell into the lava and he had a Transmetal toy so you thought maybe he'd come back. I didn't want to crush STL's hopes!

Drat. I assumed the lava was just liquid they could surive and give them impetus for having the new transmetal form. Pity.

So I see Megatron has a need for new troops now. A big need.

[roller]

i think after a few million years transmetal terrorsaur and scorponok will be found by some human archaelogists

[kup]

i think after a few million years transmetal terrorsaur and scorponok will be found by some human archaelogists

A distinct possibility in some future comic.

What would rock beyond this world is if they ever make an Animated cartoon that links G1 into Beast Wars. Such as the signing of the Pax Cybertronia, the reformatting of the Transformers (Using Micromaster Technology, I presume) and what happened to many of the "retired" bots and Cons.

I know that there is a comic that covers the above somewhat but I have never read it as it was a Club Exclusive and very unattainable.
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[GoktimusPrime]

So I see Megatron has a need for new troops now. A big need.

Yup! Just like G1 (comics and movie) BW has a tendency to off certain characters before introducing new ones.

It was actually more essential to do that in BW than it was in G1. In G1 older characters/toys were offed in some way (or in the case of the G1 cartoon - simply forgotten!) so that they could focus the stories on newer toys. Because CGI is actually really freaking expensive, Hasbro was more vigilant in telling Mainframe which characters they needed to remove when in preparation for which toys they wanted to insert into the story. Having said that, Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio, much like Simon Furman, generally make a really good effort in trying to explain the disappearances and appearances of characters. Terrorsaur and Scorponok's deaths were lame, but I believe it was because Hasbro didn't give them much time to write a better way... I think it was like after they'd finished making Season 1, Hasbro told them that they wanted Terrorsaur and Scorponok gone within the first episode of Season 2, and with so many other things happening in the story as it is they just didn't really have the time to write them a more interesting ending. Fortunately this doesn't happen too often.

[STL]

Coming of the Fuzors part 1:


I haven't been well for the past 2 weeks and really should've made more headway into season 2 than I have. I'm really regretting it now b/c as I get better, my time is going to dry up again...

The continuation of the Maximals without Primal continued to impress. Rattrap attempting to fill Primal's shoes provides not only a good measure of comic relief but also a reminder of the burdens of leadership. I think it makes for interesting stories without Primal as while the comic medium has delved into it with greater frequency, it's not something we've seen in the many iterations of Transformer cartoons.

The introduction of the new characters.
- Quickstrike is plain as day. I see him almost as anotehr Inferno minus the loyalty factor.
- Silverbolt clearly will become a Maximal. Having seen the toys, I know that for sure and the writers sure made it obvious.

Neither imo add much to the mythos. I'd have much preferred either Terrorsaur or Scorponok than Quickstrike. It's an interesting toy though. I do appreciate how the malfunctioning of the pods helps to explain their eerie forms. There's a nice logic to it.

New characters aside, it was the riveting conclusion to part1 that left me hanging on the edge of my seat. I'll get around to the next ep tomorrow morning hopefully! The way the scene was set up, the arming of the Maximals, there was sense of grandeur, scope and epic to this tale.

Tarantulas definitely is creepy and a plotter. I think its underlined by the fact that Megatron knew Tarantulas had betrayed him but pretended to be oblivious to that fact and instead welcomed Tarantulas back into Predacon ranks. Tarantulas proves to be every bit as sinister by maintaining a psi-link with Blackarachnia. (I'm starting to feel sorry for her)

Dinobot abusing poor Waspinator was muito fun. The greatest moment of hilarity was when Waspinator made an offer of partnership to Dinobot. Poor 'bot has no idea how out of league he is.

Another great episode and I look forward to more of the same.