mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Nobody likes a show that's serious almost the entire time
I do.
Plenty of people clearly do, or else Prime wouldn't have made it past season one.
Nice use of the word "nobody."
Seriously Ratchet, Wheeljack and Smokescreen were the only good Autobots in the show (Cliff maybe could of been great if he died in Darkness rising part 5 instead of part 1 in a wasting manner)
I have a feeling a lot of Cliffjumper critics have no idea what the difference between a major and minor character is. Some, characters, in films, books, cartoons, and comics, are, introduced, to, die. This happens everywhere and all the time. It wouldn't make a difference if this was Cliffjumper (who was just such a huge character in the franchise prior) or Jackshotimus Mega Ultracron Primawheels. He was written to die from the getgo. We, the audience, were never supposed to connect to Cliffjumper. We were meant to use his death a means of understanding Arcee's personality and internal dilemmas.
1: I prefer dealing with Bad guys with names that get captured then nameless Vehcions that get slaughtered like ants and make the Autobots look more violent then the Decepticons.
So, you complain that Cliffjumper was wasted, but you have no problem with one-dimensional bad guys showing up for an episode then never appearing again. Must've thought Bisk was a marvel of character engineering. Antagonists are characters too. If they're going to be one-off bullshit memes that have no definable personality beyond "ROAR I'M EVIL," what the hell is the point? They might as well be Vehicons because they're not adding anything more than them beyond new toy potential.
Plus unlike relics they aren't some magical device that's ignored for the rest of the show.
Yeah, because, you know, the Omega Lock played no prominent role in the finale. And that Star Saber? Please! Totally didn't kill anybody. The Forge of Solus Prime was pretty useless too, as they didn't put it to the proper use of upgrading any of the characters for future plot significance. Hey, what about the Apex Armor. Nobody used that. WTF. Yo, remember the Phase Shifter, that one thing from that one episode? Why the hell didn't they give that Smokescreen or something? He was perfect for it and could've used it countless times in the series.
Now, the Decepticon Hunters? These things are way better than all the Transformers relics put together.
2: The hell is that supposed to mean is it some kind of insult?
No, it's some kind of dry sarcasm.
3: Oh sure the villains had to be dealt with but many of them were just plain dumb especially since the only living cons are Megatron who has left the cons completely, Knockout who became an Autobot, Soundwave who is trapped in another dimension unlikely to come back, and Shockwave who the show tried to kill off only to put him in another scene before forgetting his existence.
Dumb.....
Megatron endures his own affliction for a day and changes his perspective, making for well thought out development.
Knock Out abides one of his defining character traits and joins the winning team.
Soundwave..........can easily get back once he figures out where he is and what he needs to do.
Shockwave witnesses the goddamn devil resurrect another Cybertronian, who resurrects an extinct species, and gets all of his scientific viewpoints shoved up his ass. Do I need to explain the real world parallels here? There's a point to his final scene.
Yeah, these endings weren't thought out at all. (Sorry, I've already used up today's reserve of decent sarcasm)
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