TF Animated Ep17 - The Elite Guard

[goro]

finally! ultra magnus gets the position he deserves.. ... ive had a love for ultra magnus from teh start.. now he gets the position he deserves!

[liegeprime]

OK so Now Ultra Magnus finally can deal with it. ) Nice incarnation being Thor Like in powers. Id like to see his toy heheheh!

[STL]

I loved this episode. It was great.

Little Sari wasn't overbearing and the twist w/ her is becoming very interesting though I suspect I know where it's going. She may not be so dis-similar to Black Arachnia after all.

It was great to see Optmus shine under the eyes of Ultra Magnus. I couldn't quite place it at first but then I realised why I was really enjoying Optimus take command. It's the beginning of Optimus' growth as a respected leader in the Autobot ranks. I suspect that Ultra Magnus may end up dying, paving the way for Optimus to take on the mantle of Autobot commander

I have to say, unlike you all, I LOVE Sentinel Prime. He's not the Sentinel Prime I want to see in the IDW comics but he's a unique character. We've never had this annoying a character with substance. Characters like Wheelie were failed characters. The writers wanted us to like them. Sentinel Prime though is a character we don't want to like. And I think he adds that sharp contrast to team dynamics. In real life, I'd hate this guy, but I love him as a character b/c he gives more depth and significance to the other characters. I think an interesting part is watching whether or not he ends respecting Optimus. A great deal of character potential brimming there.

Jazz looks visually sweet and laid back. I dig that. But character-wise I felt he was the weakest of the three.

Ultra Magnus is a tougher one for me. I love the leader vibe, the classic head mould, his alt mode and the hammer but then there's the hammer which screams way too much Thor for my liking. But that's just me, I guess, since I'm a massive Marvel comics' Thor fan. The other thing I've begun to notice is that many of the characters in this line possess less conventional TF weaponry (IE. guns) which really appeals to me. Ultra Magnus' presence was well done too. Everything he says is simple and to the point. Great portrayal. My only quibble is that I would've like shoulder missiles to go w/ it too.

And also, i want to say that the TFA need to take this episode as a template. They were able to preserve the humour of this w/ belittling the audience's intelligence. I found it quite humourous but logical why the TFs would want to worry about contamination from organic life forms.

Great episode and I got to say I'm hooked. After I watched this ep, i clicked on the RiD episode and found it to be unbearable.

[kup]

Great episode and I got to say I'm hooked. After I watched this ep, i clicked on the RiD episode and found it to be unbearable.

Although I overall liked the last 3 episodes, I am still not overall convinced about this series, the bad heavily outnumbers the good in my opinion and the bad wasn't just bad but it was freaking awful.

Until I see these sorts of episodes as the "Template" as STL puts it, I am not going to like it as a few good episodes does not make a good series.

[i_amtrunks]

I quite enjoyed this episode. It was a little bad for spelling out what is was setting up for the next 13 episodes or so, but I can tolerate that because it portrayed all the characters fairly well.

They did make it very easy to hate Sentinel, so I expect a big amount of character development for him (perhaps in conjunction with the 2 Academy bots he seems to have forgotten), to turn him into a more sympathetic character. Personally I'd like to see him change a little but remain mostly a jerk still.

Jazz was awesomesauce, having a more advanced Ninja will be fun, and his voice actor nailed his voice perfectly. Same goes for Magnus, he acts and sounds like an older leader, who still has plenty of battle nuance. Only slightly annoyed with his weapon, having a weapon that powers up from Thunderstorms makes no sense when Cybertron does not have storms...

Dinobots were underdone and took it far too easy on Sentinel, considering they were going to destroy him and all. Nice to know we will be seeing more of them due to Omega Supreme (whoops, I mean the Ark) being on Dinobot Island.

Was anyone else expecting Blurr and Wreck-Gar (if not more) to be on Magnus's ship? Considering he is the supreme Autobot Military Commander one would think he would have a larger contingent of soldiers at his immediate disposal, especially considering how inept Sentinel seems to be. I wonder how Blurr, Wreck-Gar and others will be arriving on Earth?

And good to see the Decepticons taking their time to recover, especially considering they seem to have limited resources in which to repair themselves. The Decepticons too must have back up troops coming to supplement them in the not too distant future, otherwise they will stand no chance against the ever increasing number of Autobots.

And kudos to all those who picked Sari was not human much earlier on in the series.

[1orion2many]

I was always taught, if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Count me in the "Sentinel Prime is awesome" Club

and RE:Wreck-Gar not being on the ship
SPOILERS
He is created from the allspark, most likely a shard that hits a garbage truck.
SPOILERS

dunno about Blurr.

[MV75]

I actually want to see sentinel confront black arachnia.

Yes, I also do see the character development happening where he'll become the "he's not that bad a guy afterall" thing happening.
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[Paulbot]

I enjoyed this episode and I think in part if was because there were so many Transformers in it. I don't mind the smaller cast but I got a buzz from seeing the regular Bots, the Elite Guard and the Dinobots. And a group of Decepticons in their little cave. Ultra Magnus's G1-like voice was pretty cool too IMHO.

Only slightly annoyed with his weapon, having a weapon that powers up from Thunderstorms makes no sense when Cybertron does not have storms...

Maybe Animated Cybertron does have storms? It was good to see a bit of Cybertron and I wonder if the series will get there eventually.

[Soundwarp]

God i hate Sentinel Prime!

Plus damm Untra Magnus is cool!!!!