Transformers Prime SE 1 EP 1 and 2 Darkness Rising SPOILERS

Watched the first part of episode 1 today. I'm quite impressed overall.

Nice dialogue. when Arcee and Cliffjumper were talking it felt realistic, something mssing from most Transformers 'toons where dialogue is usually only used to narrate what is happening/going to happen next.

Cliffjumper's demise was surprising as he seemed like a good character. It was also quite horrific, being stabbed in the chest complete with blood oil dripping out.
Which brings me on to Starscream, what a creepy bugger! A very nice take on the character.
Soundwave seems spot on (from what little I've seen). A man of few words, lets his recordings to the talking. "Lend every man thine ear, but few thy voice." (bit of Shakespeare in a Transformers forum, how do you like that?)
Prime is proper Optimus Prime, wise and sensible. Hopefully he won't go "Not today!" on us.
Arcee is arguably the best character so far. Unlike previous Arcees (or indeed female TFs in general) where she's been too motherly or an over the top female badass (or a nutjob psycho like in IDW) she seems to have struck a nice balance between noble protector and badassery.
Jack is just copy n' paste Sam from the movies. He even dresses the same. Whatever. No biggie.
I eve thought the Genericons were decent. They manage to be menacing enough to provide an actual challenge to the 'bots. ie: not simply cannon fodder.

So far, so good.

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Part 3 is on tonight. Looking forward to getting the filthy mitts on it.

is it on UK TV?

stayed away from all the spoilery stuff to come fresh to this so all ive really seen is the preview bit from way back of BB driving off the overpass, transforming , and hittin the cons.

gotta say i enjoyed this ALOT more than i thought i would.

feel very like IDWs inflitration repleat with a verity clone and for once i actually didnt despise the humans.

in fact how they get brought into the TFs world was very well done and gave a good feel of a secret war going on that most dont see.

the comedy worked for me (loved arcees "havnet you heard ? humans multiply" line) and CJ dying came RIGHT out of the blue to me, didnt see that happening at all.

in fact the whole zombie thing was downright brilliant, but im under no illusion that he's gonna stay that way. ratchets a medic for crying out loud, sorting this stuff is his job.

im a BIT wary about the whole unicron thing and hope he's only going to be referenced now and again as like galactus the more you see of him the less effect he has, so i hope they keep him as just a cultural thing.

i was VERY wary about the reinterpretations but im liking this starscream more than any in years , the interaction between him and megs when they resurect CJ was sublime, and i LOVE megs head . suitably terrifying looking.

all in all theres alot more in this than i thought there'd be and im well jazzed for the series. the fact it starts off so sedate makes the action all the more fun when it happens and the fact the cast is so small means you can actually understand why the participants use disguise instead of just leveling the planet fighting each other.

that said you'd think SOMEONE would see that ship !

Well the first arc is over now and don't think it's due back until mid January at the earliest.

Darkness Rising was the best opening to a TF series ever in my opinion.

Good cast of characters and excellent voice acting. Looks great and the action scenes are done well, especially Bulkhead in Part 4.

I deliberately avoided spoilers for this show and was delighted when Ratchet spoke and Jeffrey Combs voice came out of the speakers.

[WARNING: spoilers ahead]


Watched this over the last few days not expecting much after the last few animated efforts but I was very pleasantly surprised!!

As noted, Optimus is "classic" (G1) Prime - complete with voice - and I only realised when I watched the credits for episode 5 that Frank Welker is back as Megatron (though I THOUGHT I recognized a bit of G1 Megatron's "hoarseness" along the line). That alone for me makes it worthwhile!!

I'm liking the new slant on Starscream... not quite the sniveling coward from G1, but still as duplicitous as ever!

Soundwave I'm not sold on yet to be honest, and all the genericons was a bit of a let-down. Why not some more individuals?

As for the bots, Bulkhead definitely grew on me (especially after episode 4), as did Arcee - Bumblebee much like Soundwave didn't really stand out either way.

Rachet was great and I do love Weyoun's... sorry Jeffrey Comb's voice acting

Agent Fowler was pretty good overall save for the "comedy" moments after the rescue.

The humor was very good generally though I thought ("I know I know... the first rule of Robot FightClub is you don't talk about Robot Fight Club" ) and the kids managed to not be annoying for the most part while fitting into the storyline.

The animation was pretty good I thought even though I think the faces lack detail. but the style reminded me a bit more of the recent War for Cybertron than the movies - which is a good thing imo!

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this

I see episodes 6-10 are out... just watched the first of the new batch and still liking this.

Yup, when I get the chance. I'm about 7 episodes in and enjoying it. Have a few days off coming up and planning on catching up on the remaining episodes.

Looking forward to it!

I'm about halfway through and think it's possibly the best TF series ever.

Like DooM, I'm going to wait for the rest and watch it all.

How many episodes are going to be in this season?

Sweet.

Get them all down over the next week so.

Without mentioning any spoilers, are people happy with the Finale?

Thought it was really cool and did a good job of introducing some of the history form other TV versions.

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Well, i've seen it all now!

The series literally got better and better as it went along. I thought Darkness rising was a little shaky in truth, but the quality of story and visual effects gets so much better as the series goes along.

You may not know how tight a schedule Prime runs on, but the first episodes were done with days to spare and I think it shows to be honest.

The character episodes are excellent, and the final arc with it's Cliffhanger was amazing. I LOVED the way they used something which is so bog standard G1

Prime using the Matrix and the "Wisdom of the Primes to stop Unicron"

and twisted it into something original

Prime literally losing all the wisdom he's had since being PRime

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I really, really hope they don't fix Prime immediately in the first episode. There could be a really cool dynamic of him as the young and naive Optronix challenging Megatron's modern philosophy, corrupted from what it once was. It'd also be interesting if Megatron has any brotherly feelings towards him as he used to.

Maybe I am looking too much into it, but there's sooo much they could do with it and TBH Prime hasn't taken the easy route out yet for me plot line wise.

To answer your question re Prime

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Long story short: Starts out ok, gets better, couple of dud episodes but ends up awesome.

Off to Warez I go so :pac:

Cheers Doom

Galvasean wrote: »

Is there a DVD release planned for here? I refuse to get DotM on BluRay and want a new Transformers disk in time for Xmas.

Why do you refuse to get DOTM on Blu Ray?

Just watched ep1...... and then downloaded the entire season!!! Looks very promising!