Transformers Prime Season 2 Finale "Darkest Hour" Preview Clip

So megatron wants to cyberform a planet that has unicron at its center.......... Sure cause that might not wake it up.

Another example Miko doesn't use her brain.

But hey, June's back.

I get the feeling the Autobots will at least save the Earth but fail to save Cybertron.

PrymeStriker wrote:Another example Miko doesn't use her brain.

It's a simple question. How would she possibly know that the Omega Lock would affect Earth differently form Cybertron?

Only thing I can find wrong with her asking it was her delivery, which sounded a bit too calm for the severity of the situation. Granted ,she did sound concerned, but the worry is still a bit on the subtle side.

Looks like a great finale! I just hope they don't kill off any more cons... Dreadwing was a huge waste IMO.. But aside from that this has become my favorite incarnation of transformers; hopefully the next movie coming out doesn't mean this will be canceled.

Sabrblade wrote:I get the feeling the Autobots will at least save the Earth but fail to save Cybertron.

PrymeStriker wrote:Another example Miko doesn't use her brain.

It's a simple question. How would she possibly know that the Omega Lock would affect Earth differently form Cybertron?

What baffles me is how she came up with such a dumb question in the first place. Megatron just took over Cybertron, the Autobots are held prisoner, Optimus says "No" in worry right after a bridge is opened preparing for the Omega Lock's beam, and the Omega Lock is supposed to be a good thing for Earth? She can't put the puzzle pieces together?

She is a child.

And, all that they probably told her about the Omega Lock was that it could revive Cybertron, implying that it heals dying planets. To see Optimus's frantic reaction to a "planet-healing machine" being used on Earth would naturally beg the question.

njb902 wrote:She is a child.

She is a rebellious teenager that doesn't consider danger before action. Many teenagers are like this now; I blame media.

Overall, she is a character trying to [pathetically] move the story along by asking some questions the audience might ask.

Right because a frightened child never acts oddly

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:She is a child.

She is a rebellious teenager that doesn't consider danger before action. Many teenagers are like this now; I blame media.

Overall, she is a character trying to [pathetically] move the story along by asking some questions the audience might ask.

See my previous post.

Sabrblade wrote:And, all that they probably told her about the Omega Lock was that it could revive Cybertron, implying that it heals dying planets. To see Optimus's frantic reaction to a "planet-healing machine" being used on Earth would naturally beg the question.

Look, I'm not saying Miko should've already known that the Omega Lock would destroy all of Earth's indigenous life. I'm saying that she shouldn't have been as optimistic as she was about what the Decepticons are doing with her planet.

njb902 wrote:Right because a frightened child never acts oddly

You're missing my point. Aside from what the character is feeling, the writers are using Miko to have the audience understand what's going on.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And, all that they probably told her about the Omega Lock was that it could revive Cybertron, implying that it heals dying planets. To see Optimus's frantic reaction to a "planet-healing machine" being used on Earth would naturally beg the question.

Look, I'm not saying Miko should've already known that the Omega Lock would destroy all of Earth's indigenous life. I'm saying that she shouldn't have been as optimistic as she was about what the Decepticons are doing with her planet.

njb902 wrote:Right because a frightened child never acts oddly

You're missing my point. Aside from what the character is feeling, the writers are using Miko to have the audience understand what's going on.

She wasn't optimistic at all, she is a frightened child trying to make sense of a situation where she has zero control.

PrymeStriker wrote:I'm saying that she shouldn't have been as optimistic as she was about what the Decepticons are doing with her planet.

Optimistic? There was a sense of hesitance, confusion, and subtle worry in her tone. She asked out of bewilderment and fearful concern.

Listen to her dialogue again. Her delivery was anything but cheerful.

She just didn't ask the question in one of those cliche, over-the-top, cartoony, "PANIC PANIC WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!" spats that children's entertainment has so accustomed us to in situations like these. Sometimes, mere concern is all that's needed.

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And, all that they probably told her about the Omega Lock was that it could revive Cybertron, implying that it heals dying planets. To see Optimus's frantic reaction to a "planet-healing machine" being used on Earth would naturally beg the question.

Look, I'm not saying Miko should've already known that the Omega Lock would destroy all of Earth's indigenous life. I'm saying that she shouldn't have been as optimistic as she was about what the Decepticons are doing with her planet.

njb902 wrote:Right because a frightened child never acts oddly

You're missing my point. Aside from what the character is feeling, the writers are using Miko to have the audience understand what's going on.

She wasn't optimistic at all, she is a frightened child trying to make sense of a situation where she has zero control.

She said that if the Omega Lock could restore Cybertron that it should do the same for Earth. Whether this was right or not, she was hoping this was the case. While she was probably still frightened, she came off to me as being optimistic, to whatever little or big degree.

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And, all that they probably told her about the Omega Lock was that it could revive Cybertron, implying that it heals dying planets. To see Optimus's frantic reaction to a "planet-healing machine" being used on Earth would naturally beg the question.

Look, I'm not saying Miko should've already known that the Omega Lock would destroy all of Earth's indigenous life. I'm saying that she shouldn't have been as optimistic as she was about what the Decepticons are doing with her planet.

njb902 wrote:Right because a frightened child never acts oddly

You're missing my point. Aside from what the character is feeling, the writers are using Miko to have the audience understand what's going on.

She wasn't optimistic at all, she is a frightened child trying to make sense of a situation where she has zero control.

She said that if the Omega Lock could restore Cybertron that it should do the same for Earth. Whether this was right or not, she was hoping this was the case. Whilst she was probably still frightened, she came off to me as being optimistic, to whatever little or big degree.

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:She said that if the Omega Lock could restore Cybertron that it should do the same for Earth. Whether this was right or not, she was hoping this was the case. Whilst she was probably still frightened, she came off to me as being optimistic, to whatever little or big degree.

Her exact words were, "If the Omega Lock can restore Cybertron, it'll do the same to Earth... right?"

The "right" is the key here. She's asking for reassurance that everything will be alright, which is what any frightened person would ask for in such a situation.

And you are completely ignoring her facial expressions and body movements, which show obvious signs of fear and uncertainty.

Look, I'm not all that fond of Miko either, but I don't bash her for the sake of bashing her, which is what this very much feels like.

Sabrblade wrote:
Look, I'm not all that fond of Miko either, but I don't bash her for the sake of bashing her, which is what this very much feels like.

I'm not bashing her just for the hell of it. I hate it when any character does this. I understand why it's done, from a writer's viewpoint, but it always makes me feel like the character is asking a stupid question (scared or not).

Which is something you would expect a frightened child to do.

njb902 wrote:Which is something you would expect a frightened child to do

I still hate it, you can't change that.

this show does not have the balls big enough to let megatron win this. what a waste of a finale.

griftimus prime wrote:this show does not have the balls big enough to let megatron win this. what a waste of a finale.

But he does. One of the writers already told us that.

Is it me or is this show going really slow?

So season 2 hasn't ended yet?

When is it time to start torrenting the series? Will there be a season 3?

noctorro wrote:Is it me or is this show going really slow?

So season 2 hasn't ended yet?

No. This is the last episode of season 2. Last season ended in October. This one ends in early November. But we had a long summer break.

When is it time to start torrenting the series? Will there be a season 3?

Season 3 is coming some time in 2013. This time with the sub-title "Beast Hunters" and 13 or 16 episodes instead of 26 like the first two seasons.

Prime is supposed to last until 2015. Whether that's the toyline or show is up for debate right now. Jeffrey Combs hinted at a fourth season, too.

thanks for the info!

It was on dutch television, saturday morning 07:00 or something like that. Horrible dutch voices (Y U NO use subtitles? oh yes, dutch kids can't read dutch eventhough they can speak english)

I'm so very relieved to see the Steves are still alive. I was concerned the Spark Extractor got them all and we'd lose the lovably tragic minions in Season 3.

Truly, we should be glad there are any left given this season's penchant for thoughtlessly killing Decepticon fan favorites...

Miko stealing the spotlight? Would think the Cyberforming Omega-lock would warrant the greater attention.

Or is that just a plot device?

Is it just me that thinks the Omega Lock appears to be riffing on the Key to Vector Sigma with the whole 'changing Earth to its new Technological Matrix and destroying indigenous life' thing?

Henry921 wrote:I'm so very relieved to see the Steves are still alive. I was concerned the Spark Extractor got them all and we'd lose the lovably tragic minions in Season 3.

Yet, Megatron asked for reinforcements after those events, and we saw some Vehicons hanging around Starscream right after he does.

Key to Vector Sigma, anyone?

PrymeStriker wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:
Look, I'm not all that fond of Miko either, but I don't bash her for the sake of bashing her, which is what this very much feels like.

I'm not bashing her just for the hell of it. I hate it when any character does this. I understand why it's done, from a writer's viewpoint, but it always makes me feel like the character is asking a stupid question (scared or not).

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:Which is something you would expect a frightened child to do

I still hate it, you can't change that.

Her question was perfectly valid as it provided the necessary exposition to the audience. Any one of the kids could have asked it any would have gotten the same effect.

If I were in one of those canisters, I would have asked the same question. Though I might have rephrased it a bit (like, "If the Omega Lock is used on Earth, what's gonna happen to it?" or something), but I'd darn well want to know what that madman was going to do to my homeworld. Especially if he went to such trouble to hunt me down, capture me, bring me to another world, and threaten to kill me as part of a ransom. I would be scared and fearful for myself and for my home.

LiverMatrix wrote:Is it just me that thinks the Omega Lock appears to be riffing on the Key to Vector Sigma with the whole 'changing Earth to its new Technological Matrix and destroying indigenous life' thing?

It also bears a striking resemblance to Project: Genesis from the Star Trek movies, only a Cybertronian equivalent that uses mechanical life instead of organic life.

Mindmaster wrote:Key to Vector Sigma, anyone?

It certainly seems to have the same effects as the G1 Key to Vector Sigma.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Key to Vector Sigma, anyone?

It certainly seems to have the same effects as the G1 Key to Vector Sigma.

And the Genesis Project from the Star Trek movies.

"...in favour of its new matrix" a quote directly from Star Trek II. Definitely an homage to the the effecs of the genesis device. Perhaps we'll see some rebirth as we did with Spock as result. Maybe not.

Just a friendly reminder that the Hub's Transformers Prime marathon starts this afternoon at 5:30 PM ET. Starting from beginning every episode of Transformers Prime will be aired leading up to tomorrow evening's Season 2 finale, "Darkest Hour". We also have a new promo image from the finale courtesy of the official Transformers facebook page. Check it out below.

Transformers Prime is taking over The Hub TV Network for 26 hours beginning today at 5:30pm ET, leading up to the season finale Friday at 7pm ET! Check out this exclusive shot from the finale, and get ready to watch every episode of Transformers Prime from the beginning!

Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

PrymeStriker wrote:Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The last time I was excited about a season finale was the last season finale we got for a TF cartoon.

PrymeStriker wrote:Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The Autobots are vastly outnumbered and the cons have the kids. What did you think was going to happen?

Someone better be recording these great Megatron bumpers

OH NO!

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The Autobots are vastly outnumbered and the cons have the kids. What did you think was going to happen?

I was being sarcastic.

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The Autobots are vastly outnumbered and the cons have the kids. What did you think was going to happen?

I was being sarcastic.

Right, because that's easy to tell with text walls

Oh God, it's the Genesis Device all over again!

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The Autobots are vastly outnumbered and the cons have the kids. What did you think was going to happen?

I was being sarcastic.

Right, because that's easy to tell with text walls

One of the key word was "Gee." If in the last video the Autobots and humans were captured, how do you conclude I would ignore that and find any surprise in this promo snap, which just mirrors the aforementioned clip?

The expression on the sipping coffee emoticon said a lot as well.

And my "wall of text" was split into two "walls," the second one suggesting I was speaking in spite of the first with "nonetheless."

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

njb902 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Gee...the Autobots are cornered. Didn't see that one coming.


Nonetheless, the last time I was excited about a season finale at all was Season 3 of Animated.

The Autobots are vastly outnumbered and the cons have the kids. What did you think was going to happen?

I was being sarcastic.

Right, because that's easy to tell with text walls

One of the key word was "Gee." If in the last video the Autobots and humans were captured, how do you conclude I would ignore that and find any surprise in this promo snap, which just mirrors the aforementioned clip?

The expression on the sipping coffee emoticon said a lot as well.

And my "wall of text" was split into two "walls," the second one suggesting I was speaking in spite of the first with "nonetheless."

Meh. As much fun as messing with you is, let's just get back on track.

Yes, yes. More on the Omega Genesis Lock Device.

Archanubis wrote:Yes, yes. More on the Omega Genesis Lock Device.

That the Cybertronians had that device makes me wonder how many planets they have cyber formed.

njb902 wrote:

Archanubis wrote:Yes, yes. More on the Omega Genesis Lock Device.

That the Cybertronians had that device makes me wonder how many planets they have cyber formed.

Well, if the Hub is anything like it's G2 counterpart here in the Aligned continuity family, that system would be cyberformed. Then again, I'm not sure if you would consider it a planet.



I would assume that Velocitron and Gigantion are cyberformed, but like the Hub, we haven't seen these planets in the Aligned continuity family yet. Only read about them.

Ever wonder what Megatron's favorite song might be? The answer may surprise (or horrify) you. Check out the embedded video below courtesy of the Hub's facebook page.

Hey, Megatron...