Transformers Animated: Autoboot Camp

[andraste]

Have not been around much. Do not expect to be around much for a while. But ...



Oh, wow, this just keeps getting better. I think it's starting to surpass Beast Wars as Best Transformers Show That Is Actually Good - as opposed to G1, which reigns supreme as Best Transformers Show That Is Total Crack. I loved the insights into Autobot culture, and as in G1 canon your name seems to be something that you either give yourself when you come online, or that someone forces upon you in training. Wonder what they called themselves pre-boot camp?

I admit they had me going with Wasp - I was honestly puzzled that his personality bore no relation to the original, right up until that glorious moment at the end where he speaks in the present for the first time *g*. Now I have a bad, bad feeling about what Autobot prisons are like, if that's what it did to Waspinator.

Also: Shockwave! Glee! I almost thought it was Ironhide, on the grounds that it's always the guy you least suspect, until Longarm started getting all buddy-buddy with Bumblebee. Even then, I did not catch on to his alter ego. Also: Bulkhead is made of love.

I also enjoyed the hell out of Society of Ultimate Villainy, if only because Professor Princess cracks me the hell up and I <3 Swindle. I want to see some Lockdown/Swindle, stat.

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and as in G1 canon your name seems to be something that you either give yourself when you come online, or that someone forces upon you in training.

I have to admit it makes me feel bad for the Autobots; Sentinel Prime is not exactly the guy I'd want naming me.

(Also, as the wiki points out, you have to wonder what Optimus and Elita did to get those names, exactly...)

Now I have a bad, bad feeling about what Autobot prisons are like, if that's what it did to Waspinator.

That was extremely creepy, especially given the minimal nature of the evidence. I'm not sure I like the Animated Autobots. (Available evidence is that the Decepticons are worse, mind you.)

Also: Shockwave! Glee! I almost thought it was Ironhide, on the grounds that it's always the guy you least suspect, until Longarm started getting all buddy-buddy with Bumblebee. Even then, I did not catch on to his alter ego.

Yeah, it was clear who the traitor was the moment Longarm opened his mouth, but they wisely kept something nobody would catch onto in reserve...

(Due to a mistaken IMDB listing, I'd been kind of worried that Blurr was going to be the traitor. This is much better.)

Also: Bulkhead is made of love.

"I should've, but I didn't." Aw.

I want to see some Lockdown/Swindle, stat.

Oooh, yes, please. I know Lockdown and Prowl have all that chemistry, but Lockdown/Swindle is considerably more plausible.

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I have to admit it makes me feel bad for the Autobots; Sentinel Prime is not exactly the guy I'd want naming me.

I think Bumblebee got off pretty lightly, all things considered.

(Also, as the wiki points out, you have to wonder what Optimus and Elita did to get those names, exactly...)

I hadn't thought of that, but they must have been pretty impressive recruits!

That was extremely creepy, especially given the minimal nature of the evidence. I'm not sure I like the Animated Autobots. (Available evidence is that the Decepticons are worse, mind you.)

This is why I want a flashback to how the war started - I'd love to know if they're acting like jerks because there's a war on, or if there's a war on because they acted like jerks ... Not that there's anything that could justify Megatron's behaviour, but I do wonder if he has a point about Decepticons being mistreated on Cybertron. And if so, what the Autobot justification was.

Also: Shockwave! Glee! I almost thought it was Ironhide, on the grounds that it's always the guy you least suspect, until Longarm started getting all buddy-buddy with Bumblebee. Even then, I did not catch on to his alter ego.

Apparently Ironhide was listed as a Decepticon on the CartoonNetwork site months ago, which threw even the spoiler hounds off the scent. Someone is either really smart or really dumb.

(Due to a mistaken IMDB listing, I'd been kind of worried that Blurr was going to be the traitor. This is much better.)

Way, way better! Blurr is awesome just the way he is.

Oooh, yes, please. I know Lockdown and Prowl have all that chemistry, but Lockdown/Swindle is considerably more plausible.

They have spoken to each other, which is more than some Transformers pairings have going for them *g*.