Hey, it's not a GOOD thing to be famous for, but if you are going to pay homage to it, you need to do it right. And The Touch, as bad as it is, is one of the most famous things about the Transformers franchise. I don't even LIKE that song, but I hate whenever a show does a reference or parody to a famous song and uses a tinny soundalike. They reference The Touch without licensing the music, which borders on criminal. Second of all, the show did something unforgivable which ultimately reminded me starkly of how cheap and slapdash the current generation of Transformers cartoons actually are. Calling the show Bumblebee would have made sense in the first season. The focal point character is now Hot Rod. ****1/2.įirst of all, I'm wondering why the season was subtitled Bumblebee when the show is clearly no longer about him. It amazes me the lack of exposure it's gotten. The Scientist being unkillable was great because we were treated to seeing Soundwave and Hot Rod murdering him in various and progressively more gruesome ways. I don't buy as many Transformers as I used to, but whenever I see a version of Soundwave on the shelf, I'm more likely to pick him up than any other character. Literally, other toys can fit inside him which makes him a must-buy. Why? Because Soundwave is LITERALLY the most collectible of all the toys. I found the idea that the Scientist collects Soundwaves from various Universes irresistible. We got an origin story for Laserbeak? Who'da thunk it? It's interesting Soundwave captured him from a flock of robot birds. But he probably should have taken Clobber and Dead End’s advice and left him for the Quintessons. ![]() They are friends, and Hot Rod proves it by calling a truce to save Soundwave. I love how apologetic Clobber is to Hot Rod over being ordered to kill him. But it sounds like he’s not doing so good either. I would not sneer at a foray into the Aligned continuity. The Multiverse makes me wonder if this show is going to cross over with other Transformers properties. That’s a meta joke about the cheapness of the toys. I love the idea that Bumblebee refuses a red paint job because he’d be confused for Cliffjumper. If he had said "I have nothing but contempt for this court!” I would have rolled my eyes. The scene with Hot Rod and the Quintesson is an homage to the trial scene from the lousy animated movie from 1986. Out of all of the Transformers to wake up, Soundwave is in my bottom four of the worst ones to do so (along with Megatron, Starscream, and Shockwave). I love how this season has been starting most of their teasers in the middle of some random unexplained action scene. I thought the unexplained teaser was boss. "We're gonna wake up this Titan." Oh, Hot Rod. ![]() I'm wondering how all of this will be resolved. I think it's really cool that Clobber considers Hot Rod her friend. Although this version of Optimus is pretty dumb. Whirl getting freed was a pleasant surprise. Pretty boss of him.įour new episodes dropped on CN's website. Love how he just smacked the shark and even Soundwave away, and then convinces Shadow Striker to just give up when he glares at her. On the bright side, while I did complain about Optimus outclassing Megatron to such a high degree, I will admit that I love to see Optimus clean shop. After his season 2 moment, I figured he would have a bigger role later. And the Drift plot twist didn't have the impact that I think the writers thought it would.īUT, if Hot Rod is really dead, I'll commend them for the gutsy move.īludgeon was kinda wasted, though. None of the actual action scenes were particularly impressive, but the thought was nice.īut is it just me, or is the war hampered by the fact that the usual Optimus/Megatron rivalry seems so one-sided here? Like, normally they're evenly matched, but Optimus seemed to really outclass Megatron here.Īlso, no offense to Bumblebee, but his sub-plot, IMO, didn't work as well, and seemed to mostly take away screentime from the war. On one hand, I do appreciate that we essentially got a giant war scene, which I do wish we got more in Transformers cartoons. ![]() Now that I've watched all four parts, I'm very conflicted. TBH, since this is the final season, I think they're just fast-blasting through it to get rid of it.
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