Transformers Animated S3 Ep05 "Where is Thy Sting?" Discussion

[liegeprime]

Okaaaay just watched it, so, the spoilers Ive read before somewhere ARE true.... coz there was a drawing/sketch of UM getting decapitated and all, so this is where it happens...... the plot thickens like molten slag....., as for blurr , well hopefully he's more like waspinator ( BW) Waspy gets blown, squished, decapitated, burned and still he gets going. Now that is one tough bot!

[griffin]

One thing I forgot to also mention above, is the temporal error in this episode. While the Autobots are spending a few hours trying to remove Lugnut from the crater, a number of days pass with the Bulkhead-Constructicons subplot - newspaper articles of various oil thefts suggest a number of days have passed. It was meant to emphasise the sheer scale of Dirt Boss's operation, but the writer and director failed to notice that the other subplot with Lugnut was not something that would go longer than an hour or two.

[genechan]

I love the Jet Twins now - offically. Their Russian accents suit them very well 8)
Had some great lines in it - Jazz paying out Sentinel... LOL

[Zahhak]

Just like the Gen1 Sludge image in Ep4, this episode had Torq3 from Gen1 in the background of Bumblebee's computer game.

Yeah I noticed that too it was an nice little addition.

Ratchet: "Impossible! No Autobot flies!"

Um... well... except your best friend Omega Supreme. Remember him? You know, from... two episodes ago?

ha!, oh swoop can fly but I'm not sure if he counts,

While I did like the episode I am slightly worried that Wasp won't get a "wasp" alt mode and it was simply just a toy thang.
some spoilers
-Ironhide is still alive, does that mean rodimus and hotshot are aswell?
-Whats so Important about Ultra Magnus's Hammer..is it a symbol of his rank like the matrix in G1?

oh and with Ultra Mangus, which part is his rank..like if Prime took over would he be Magnus Prime..Ultra Prime..Prime Magnus??

[Sky Shadow]

One thing I forgot to also mention above, is the temporal error in this episode. While the Autobots are spending a few hours trying to remove Lugnut from the crater, a number of days pass with the Bulkhead-Constructicons subplot - newspaper articles of various oil thefts suggest a number of days have passed. It was meant to emphasise the sheer scale of Dirt Boss's operation, but the writer and director failed to notice that the other subplot with Lugnut was not something that would go longer than an hour or two.

Actually, Griff - that was in the previous episode. :-) I mentioned it in this thread: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3849

[Sky Shadow]

oh and with Ultra Mangus, which part is his rank..like if Prime took over would he be Magnus Prime..Ultra Prime..Prime Magnus??

Magnus is his rank - he would be Optimus Magnus. Which would mean he is 'Best' and 'Great'. And I wouldn't worry about never seeing Waspinator just yet.

[GoktimusPrime]

Ratchet: "Impossible! No Autobot flies!"

Um... well... except your best friend Omega Supreme. Remember him? You know, from... two episodes ago?

Yeah but they broke the mould when they made Omega Supreme. He was very unique as the Autobots' Ultimate Weapon(TM). So the idea of "regular" Transformers being able to fly seems to be still relegated to Decepticons.

I still think the idea of flight being a unique Decepticon programming that they had to hack off Starscream is silly, but at least they are being consistent with pre-existing canon established in the comic book packaged with the twins.

Now who doesn't want to hear one of the twins asking for directions to "nuclear wessels"?

[i_amtrunks]

I believe that Ironhide and crew are back in action, they were badly damaged, and rusted out, but they were not finished off as Strika's team away were ordered away from the battle.

[griffin]

Actually, Griff - that was in the previous episode. :-) I mentioned it in this thread: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3849

Oops, my bad... I watched both episodes at the same time, and got mixed up. Sorry...

[SilverDragon]

Thankfully last week's episode wasn't a sign of declining quality in this series.

I'm not really sure about the Jet twins accents. I keep thinking they're Russian, but they sound off.

Also, in Soviet Russia, Jet storms you!

I think they should have found Wasp out earlier, but then the episode would probably be ten minutes long, so it was probably a good thing.

lawl @ squeaky Bulkhead. Also, the bus hat. I think they need to release the leader version with that instead of Headmaster.

Um...wow. I wasn't expecting Shockwave to get so desperate so early on in the season. It definitely shows that the Autobots are severely underpowered in this series.

Also, I now declare TFA Shockwave to be the best Shockwave ever (comics!Shockwave is just behind).