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by **Vic Vega** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:51 pm

sdsichero wrote:
Visually maybe not (unless the guy is wearing a crown and has a cape). However if there is sound, Latta is distinctive (its either Starscream or Cobra Commander).

(I liked Thundercracker better anyway )

Yeah if you are hearing impaired you'd be pretty confused watching these, but otherwise you could live with it.

by **Chesscub** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:06 pm

US Agent wrote:I'm watching the first episode on Youtube. It's got the really poorly done voice-overs, that alone almost makes it unbearable to watch.

Optimus screaming in Megatron's voice during the first episode. :lol:

by **US Agent** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:14 pm

Optimus Prime running around with Alpha Trion's ghost is pretty funny.

They're going to kill Prime again aren't they? :lol:

by **US Agent** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:30 pm

As soon as the Optimus death music from the movie kicked in, you knew it was over for him.

Guess they'll bring him back as a Powermaster?

by **SuperginraiX** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:34 pm

US Agent wrote:Optimus Prime running around with Alpha Trion's ghost is pretty funny.

They're going to kill Prime again aren't they?

Yes and as quickly as they can. And not even for a good reason. :lol:

by **SuperginraiX** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:37 pm

US Agent wrote::lol:

As soon as the Optimus death music from the movie kicked in, you knew it was over for him.

Guess they'll bring him back as a Powermaster?

Nope. There's a guy in the next series who LOOKS like Optimus Prime but he's not Optimus. In fact, he's not even a Cybertronian if my reading is right.

by **US Agent** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:46 pm

I find repaints in toys to be ridiculous... but repaint cartoon characters!?!?! :lol:

by **US Agent** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:47 pm

SuperginraiX wrote:Nope. There's a guy in the next series who LOOKS like Optimus Prime but he's not Optimus. In fact, he's not even a Cybertronian if my reading is right.

Yeah I don't get why Prime dies but Galvatron who looked like he bore the brunt of the blast walked away.

by **SuperginraiX** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:14 pm

US Agent wrote:
Yeah I don't get why Prime dies but Galvatron who looked like he bore the brunt of the blast walked away.

Well, Galvatron is nigh indestructible. In Transformers terms, he's made of "sterner stuff." That whole Unicron recreation means he can basically take a bath in lava without being too bothered. He's also a lot more sane in the Japanese version but his plans are a whole lot worse. When Cybertron gets all exploded, Galvatron is right at the center of it and walks away. Sure, he takes a vacation but he's back just five or so episodes later (I haven't GOTTEN to his return episode but he looks fine for the experience).

The Japanese series could have saved some time by just not airing the return of Optimus Prime episodes. They kill Prime off pretty quickly and recharge the Matrix by... connecting it to Earth, I guess. The thing is, Optimus doesn't even have to die. They could have just rebalanced Vector Sigma by using the Matrix but Prime flat out refused for no good reason. It's like he was bound and determined to not appear in any more episodes than he had to.

And it's not like Rodimus sticks around for much longer. He holds out until Cybertron blows up and then decides that his work is done, leaving Fortress to ineffectually lead the Autobots for the rest of the series.

I mean, I'm not saying that he should have put Ultra Magnus in charge because we all know where that leads but Fortress? This is a guy who left Cybertron during the war because he didn't want to be involved and didn't come back for four million years. He hasn't shown himself at all capable of leadership and his basic military tactic begins with the question: "Do we REALLY want to get involved?" when the Decepticons have attacked Cybertron.

Which I guess will lead to a prosperous future so whatever. :lol:

by **Evan Meadow** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:53 pm

SuperginraiX wrote:The Shout releases are a lot more cleaned up compared to the Rhino releases. Just seeing the differences in Season Three makes me want to go out and buy the rest of the Shout sets to replace my Rhinos.

I'm in the middle of watching Headmasters. Oh man. So bad. When you read about what happens in the series, it sounds so cool. Cybertron destroyed. Soundwave and Blaster killed and rebuilt. Just the concept behind the Headmasters. All these things that should be fun and interesting but are destroyed in their execution.

I could spend a good hour complaining about the series but I'm still happy to finally see it.

But man, you'd think Wheelie would be less annoying without his rhyming. I was ambivelent about the character before but Headmasters has made me hate him.

I still haven't watched mine but yeah looking forward to it for the same reasons, to just see where they decided to go with the characters.

by **Herald** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:20 pm

sdsichero wrote:
Visually maybe not (unless the guy is wearing a crown and has a cape). However if there is sound, Latta is distinctive (its either Starscream or Cobra Commander).

The problem is, if you've never seen the show before, you'd wonder if they messed up the colors, or mismatched the character that's supposed to be speaking.

(I liked Thundercracker better anyway )

BAH!! Starscream is one of the characters that made the show interesting.
He is even a Trope Namer.
Thundercracker is merely an also-ran.

by **Zechs** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:01 pm

Herald wrote:
The problem is, if you've never seen the show before, you'd wonder if they messed up the colors, or mismatched the character that's supposed to be speaking.

BAH!! Starscream is one of the characters that made the show interesting.
He is even a Trope Namer.
Thundercracker is merely an also-ran.

Thundercracker had the second most persona of the Seekers besides Starscream. He at least had the balls to mock both Megatron and Starscream numerous times over. Plus he loved pissing off Starscream. Plus he's one of the few reasons to read the IDW Transformer books.

by **Herald** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:14 pm

Zechs wrote:
Thundercracker had the second most persona of the Seekers besides Starscream. He at least had the balls to mock both Megatron and Starscream numerous times over. Plus he loved pissing off Starscream. Plus he's one of the few reasons to read the IDW Transformer books.

"Second most" is STILL the First Loser!!

Besides, we know which one even the Seekers agree is the best!