Transformers Prime Episode 24 Spoilers
So first of all, I’m just going to point out that this wasn’t necessarily a bad episode… but really. What happened?
I’ll answer my rhetorical question too: nothing.
There was really no rising story arc or intent for this episode rather than to set up the very next one and to be completely honest, it bored me at parts. I felt like the whole thing was just a big explanation for things that were to come. I somewhat understand this as well because it’s a show made for the newer generation of Transformers who aren’t aware of the show’s background mythology… but still. I think they could have handled it in a better way.
For one thing, the Hub made a big mistake choosing to air all three parts as separate episodes rather than having one big special where they aired them all at once because as far as I can tell from seeing just the first, One Shall Rise doesn’t stand on its own at all.Also I was one of the ones who bet that Starscream was not going to make an appearance during the finale. So I was shocked when I saw him talking to Unicron. It was especially weird that he looked JUST LIKE MEGATRON.
What the FUCK?!! Who is this little whiney, groveling decepticon we’re shown in this episode? It sure as fuck isn’t Megatron that’s for sure!And yeah yeah, I know he’s all “corrupted” by the dark energon. Whatever.
For those of you who have seen Transformers: The Movie (the 1980’s movie with G1 characters) when Unicron confronted Megatron and demanded he call him master then he basically told him to fuck off because NOBODY is Megatron’s master.It goes against his backstory too. They made him a common robot who rose to prominence by his own strength and determination. At his very core Megatron is an indomitable, magnificent bastard. I don’t buy that this dark energon has corrupted him so deeply to allow him to actually physically grovel.
Also, you can’t have a TFP rant without the obligatory fuck you, Miko.
Yeah, I just kept thinking, “mygod, that Dark Energon is really messing Megatron up.” Hopefully he gets to do something epic soon.