A Countdown To Extinction towards The Ultimate Doom of the Insecticon’s Heavy Metal War

Hello there and welcome to the third episode

of the TFG1 podcast recorded on January 9th,

2009. I am your host, Michael Blanchard. I want

to wish everyone a happy new year 2009 is here

on the Second supplemental episode of the TFG

one podcast Steve Megatron and I Combined our

podcasts and talked about our Christmas stuff

and best of 2008 what we liked what we didn't

like stuff like that That was actually like I

said TFG one supplemental to and it was all things

transformers episode 10 So congratulations to

Steve for 10 episodes Today, I'll be reviewing

the final six episodes of the Transformers Generation

1 Season 1 DVD set. I just want to let my listeners

know that I have mapped out the entire G1 series,

including the movie, to span 24 podcast episodes.

After the final episode, which I'll be reviewing,

the Rebirth Saga, I'll have episode 25 reviewing

and hopefully having a possible roundtable. about

the 2007 and upcoming this year 2009 sequel of

the live action Transformers Realms. After that

I am unsure. As of this recording I do not have

the Beast Wars and Beast Machines DVD sets I

thought I was going to but that fat dumb bastard

Santa Claus didn't bring them to me. His reindeer

ain't getting no carrots next year. Bastard.

Anyway. I may go on to do a Beast Wars Beast

Machines podcast. I don't know yet. I've got

also several other ideas in mind. I would like

to get a co -host on here, a regular co -host

with me. I usually record Monday nights of the

week that the podcast is supposed to be airing.

The only requirement that I have is that you

must own the transformers generation 1 rhino

DVD sets And just want to be a part of a transformers

podcast If anyone wants to do this or if anyone

would like to join me you can email me at tfg1podcast

at gmail .com Before I get into the episodes

today, I would like to mention that I've received

my first two iTunes reviews. One is from Steve

slash Megatron. Thanks, buddy. Greatly appreciated.

The other one, well, it's not a stellar review,

but hey, any feedback is welcomed. Thanks, Slash's

Bacon Pit. Whoever the hell that is. All right,

let's get into the episodes. To start off, Reviewing

today's episodes by the three -parter the ultimate

doom First up the ultimate doom part one to synopsize

this episode we open this episode in India or

a Maharaja, I think that's how you say it, I

don't know, I'll end up fucking that up later,

has converted his palace into a solar power station

as a gift to his people. The Decepticons attack

the palace, we then see Optimus Prime and the

Autobots heading to stop the three Decepticon

jets. However, this is just a diversion from

Megatron's real plan. He has teamed with an evil

human doctor named Archival. This guy wants a

human subject for his controller chips that he

wants to use on the other humans to enslave them.

At the Autobot base, Soundwave releases Rumble

to distract the Autobots while Laserbeak kidnaps

Sparkplug. Back at the palace, in India, Megatron

alerts the other Decepticons to return to base

that Operation Guinea Pig has been completed.

Prime, Jazz, and the others are very confused

by this. Laserbeak brings Sparkplug to the Decepticon

base and even though he tries to escape, Dr.

Arkeville straps him in a metal chair and puts

some sort of computer chip behind his right ear.

Megatron says to the scientist that it had better

work or he'll be sorry. Then Megatron has Dr.

Arkeville test Sparkplug on a dummy of Optimus

Prime and it works. The Autobots mount a valiant

rescue, but it is somewhat of a trap now that

Sparkplug is under Decepticon control. At the

Autobot base, Sparkplug is going around repairing

bots that need no repair, and this causes Spike

to become very suspicious. At that very moment,

the Decepticons attack the base. Spike finds

out why Teletran didn't alert the Autobots because

Sparkplug sabotaged the computer. Spike then

drops a wrench into teletrans computer chips,

causing the alarms to go off, and fire retardant

foam to be released, short -circuiting the Decepticons.

The Decepticons then retreat. Sparkplug tries

to get Spike to come with him, and Spike tells

him that he isn't like the Decepticons, and that

he is on the Autobot side and everything else.

To which Sparkplug replies, then the next we

meet we are enemies. In the desert we find the

Decepticons building the new larger space bridge.

Dr. Arkeville finds out what Megatron's plan

is and he is devastated because Megatron is going

to bring Cybertron to Earth. Unfortunately doing

this will destroy Earth but Megatron doesn't

care as long as he gets the energy he needs to

conquer the world. The Autobots have the Sky

Spy function again and they find out about the

Decepticons' largest space bridge yet. Then we

see Cybertron and Shockwave telling Megatron

that the space bridge has been completed and

they are ready to transport Cybertron. Dr. Arkeville

has the human slaves attack the Autobots and

Spike stops Sparkplug from attacking Bumblebee.

But then father and son get into a fight. Two

of the three needed pylons get activated. But

Prime stops Megatron from activating the third

for the moment. Then Megatron threatens Optimus

Prime with the fact that unless he activates

the third pylon, he'll be responsible for Cybertron's

destruction. So Prime activates it. The transference

of Cybertron begins, thus creating massive tidal

waves and earthquakes and all kinds of natural

disasters on Earth. That about sums up this episode.

As I've said before I think I said in episode

one of the podcast With the three parts three

four five part story arcs. I love those. They're

just great I would much rather have us an overarching

story then That you know just didn't be you know

filler episodes I Really don't have too many

was solid and very cool -looking The same lip

-syncing problems as the episodes before it though

in previous podcast episodes The lip the lip

-syncing in season one is just horrible. It just

is I'm sorry So yeah, that is the ultimate doom

part one Earthlings say... fat sets, fathead!

In the next episode of the Transformers, Megatron's

deadly plan to bring Cybertron into Earth's orbit

creates tremendous natural disasters around the

world. The Dinobots attempt to stop the huge

tidal waves and earthquakes which threaten to

rip the planet apart. and Spike journeys to Cybertron

to save his father, Spotplug, who has been turned

into a mindless slave. All in the next exciting

episode of The Transformers The Ultimate Doom.

and create an army of slaves to produce a vast

supply of energon cubes. Spike's father, Sparkplug,

is captured by the Decepticons and turned into

a mindless slave. And Megatron succeeds in bringing

Cybertron into Earth's orbit, causing huge tidal

waves and earthquakes which threaten to rip the

planet apart as we begin the second episode of

The Transformers. THE ULTIMATE DOOM Optimus Prime

tells his Autobots to retreat and then Starscream

mouths off to Megatron about letting the enemy

get away. Megatron then tells him that they can

destroy the Autobots at their leisure and tells

him that this is the only warning that he is

going to get as far as trying to double -cross

Megatron. Back at the Decepticon underwater base,

Dr. Arkeville and Rumble are enslaving more humans

with the evil scientist's Hypnochips. Megatron

tells him that he'll be returning shortly. We

then skip to a military base, which Laserbeak

is attacking and makes off with one of the humans

for Arkeville's experiments of enslaving the

humans. The Autobots are going back to headquarters

I think and they can't even wait what the hell

is that oh yeah the Autobots are going back to

headquarters they think but they can't even see

the road in front of them because of the hail

storm and high winds Bumblebee gets a flat and

Spike, even though in a daze, helps him change

the tire. However, an earthquake starts and Bumblebee

transforms but is hanging off of the cliff. Spike

tries to help him, but Laserbeak appears and

makes off with the boy. Bumblebee falls into

the crevice. Windcharger, Hound, and Blue Streak

see Laserbeak with Spike and shoot the Decepticon

just enough so the bird drops Spike. Hound rescues

him. and they go searching for Bumblebee. At

Autobot headquarters, Optimus Prime wonders how

they can save Earth and Cybertron. Wheeljack

tells him that the Dinobots may be able to help

save Earth with maybe stopping some of these

natural disasters. At the Decepticon headquarters,

a tidal wave sends rocks over the cliff next

to the Decepticon base, causing Thundercracker

to be off balance and the energon cubes he is

carrying to explode. Then the tidal wave destroys

the Decepticon periscope entrance. Man, I really

like that thing. I hope that comes back. And

they have to abandon the base. At Autobot headquarters,

there's an explosive... Prime asks Wheeljack

for a damage report and he tells the leader that

the volcano is becoming active again. The majority

of the Autobots escape the base, including Skyfire

who sees the other Autobots blasted out of the

top of the volcano. He transforms and rescues

them. Ironhide goes to stop the volcanic eruption

and he succeeds. The Dinobots divert several

disasters from happening. Spike finds out that

his father is on Cybertron and begs Optimus Prime

to let him take Skyfire, Wheeljack, and Bubblebee

to rescue Sparkplug. That way they can figure

out what kind of hold the Decepticons have over

the humans. Skyfire heads for Cybertron with

most of the Autobots within his car to hold.

They get there, Spike... Trips a trap door and

he and Bumblebee fall, he and Bumblebee and Wheeljack

fall in. Wheeljack tells Braun to follow them

because they won't fit. The Autobots and Spike

find the Decepticon headquarters on Cybertron.

They also learn that how the humans are being

controlled. Spike places his dad's favorite wrench

nearby so he'll see it, but the stronger hypno

chip overrides spark plug and he sounds the alarm.

This concludes this episode. And it's to be continued.

Now for my thoughts on this episode. The animation

since the series has started has gotten steadily

better. I have not noticed as many animation

flubs or sound slash lip syncing issues even

though there are plenty to come up throughout

the first season. As I stated before, I love

the cliffhanger endings of these three part story

arcs. These types of stories are really, really

cool. I do have to point out a similarity here

though. These three episodes of The Ultimate

Doom is the exact same general premise that Galvatron

does in Rebirth, in the Rebirth saga. I just

noticed that when watching this episode. episode

of the Transformers. Spike and the Autobots discover

the plans for the hypnoship on Cybertron and

learn how Megatron controls his army of human

slaves. While the Autobots on Earth try to stop

the evil Decepticons from producing more energon

cubes and storing them in a gigantic starship.

And Spike makes one final desperate attempt to

rescue his father Spot Club before the planet

Earth is torn to pieces. All in the final exciting

episode of... The Transformers, the ultimate

doom. Evil scientist Dr. Arkville, the Decepticons

use hypnochips to control the minds of human

beings and create an army of slaves to produce

a vast supply of energon cubes. Megatron succeeds

in bringing Cybertron into Earth's orbit, causing

huge tidal waves and earthquakes which threaten

to rip the planet apart. And Spike journeys to

Cybertron to save his father, Sparkplug, who

has been turned into a mindless slave. But Sparkplug

betrays his son and sounds the alarm, alerting

the Decepticons, as we begin the final episode

of The Transformers. The Ultimate Doom. Shockwave

is going to blast Spike but Braun jumps in front

of the boy just as Shockwave fires. Skyfire Wheeljack

and Trailbreaker bust in on the fight and Skyfire

holds Shockwave off while the others escape.

In the Roads of Cybertron the Autobots and Spike

are trying to escape the Decepticons that are

following them. Skyfire states that they should

go... on to Wheeljack's workshop and he'll meet

up with them later. At Wheeljack's workshop Bumblebee

hands Wheeljack a computer disc that he swiped

while they were at Decepticod headquarters. Sorry

about that folks. Optimus Prime and the rest

of the Autobots are on surfboards as a tidal

wave comes up behind them. I loved seeing that.

That was so cool. I need to get a screenshot

of that. The leader states that if they can stay

ahead of the crest, then the tidal wave may just

take them where they want to go, into Megatron's

camp. At the Decepticon energy collector, Megatron

orders Starscream to install the generators so

that they can collect. energy from the incoming

tidal waves Megatron asks Rumble if the tidal

waves are forming and Rumble tells him yes but

the Autobots are riding the wave to which Megatron

replies good they're riding to their doom Megatron

escapes with a starship full of energon cubes

and Starscream is left behind to prepare the

next wave however he rescues Dr. Arkeville and

they are plotting against Megatron. On Cybertron,

Spike is running around the Decepticon headquarters

until Shockwave discovers him and demands the

whereabouts of his Autobot friends. He refuses

to tell him, and Sparkplug asks his son once

again to join the Decepticon cause, to which

Spike refuses. Shockwave Then says, destroy the

small human. Wheeljack unveils his Hypno Disruptor

and Sparkplug is free of Decepticon control.

The Autobots escape in Skyfire and head back

to Earth. Optimus Prime and the other Autobots

attack the Decepticons after Starscream plans

on mutiny, but Megatron catches him however.

Skywarp tells Megatron of an emergency with the

slaves malfunctioning. The battle begins between

the warring factions. The battle rages on until

Skyfire arrives. Wheeljack uses his Hypno Disruptor

to free the humans. The battle turns to the Autobots'

favor. The humans are freed and run away. Prime

wants to fight Megatron, but the Decepticon leader

escapes in his starship, full of energon. Bumblebee

knocks Rumble into the earthquake crevice. Cybertron

will destroy the Earth unless it is knocked out

of Earth's orbit. The Autobots start blasting

Megatron's Starship. They eventually hit it and

it gets destroyed, accomplishing the goal of

knocking Cybertron out of out of orbit. The natural

disasters on Earth stop and everything is returned

to normal. Optimus Prime is unsure if Megatron

is truly finished. And we cut to outer space

where we see the destroyed Starship of Megatron

flying off into deep space saying he will be

avenged. And that rounds out the final episode

of the Ultimate Doom 3 parter. Now for my thoughts

I don't have too many on on this as I've stated

before in today's podcast I really did like this

story. It was just a great overall story it left

you on the edge of your seat on the cliffhangers

It was just you know great storytelling. I thought

so The whole It also added character depth to

Spike and Sparkplug instead of them just being

two humans helping these giant robots. There

were very few flubs in any of these episodes

so far. My question would be though, where the

hell did Starscream go with Dr. Arkeville? Of

course I think that question will be answered

in the next episode I review today. I kind of

slacked off in this three -part episode, folks.

I found myself just watching to watch it for

sheer enjoyment. We must get Megatron away from

his starship before we can attack. Well, see

what I can do. Happy hunt, Mirage, but I wouldn't

count on getting lucky. Oh, Megatron's glued

to that ship. He must be ready for launch when

Cybertron passes over us. I want the spaves to

work faster. Where is Dr. Rockaville? It's no

use, Doctor! I can't drain enough mind energy

from your feeble brain to fill even one cube!

Without my own energon source, I shall never

be able to take control of the Decepticon! That's

mutiny, Starscream! Megatron! And the penalty

for mutiny is termination! Well, traitor! Megatron!

Emergency! I shall return! What's wrong? Look!

The slaves are malfunctioning! But it's not possible!

And this Doctor Archibald has also betrayed me!

Seems like you've run out of trusty friends,

Megatron! And Autobot, here? Correction, Megatron.

Autobots! And now that your former slaves are

safely out of the way, we can attack! A fool's

ploy, Prime! Look above you! You're not pushing

slaves around this time. The battle's just begun!

We're outnumbered! I suggest a strategic retreat

for regrouping! We've got to fight it out! If

we lose now, Cybertron's next order will tear

the Earth apart! We need reinforcements, and

we need them now! Ask, and you shall receive!

And not an astro second too soon. Your slave

control time's over, Megatron! It's Independence

Day! for me! Megatron! It's time for you and

me to settle things! You have a bigger problem

to deal with, Prime! The Earth and everything

on it is about to be destroyed! It's your problem

too, Megatron! I won't be here! I'm off to Cybertron

with enough energy to rule forever! the face

of the globe it won't do us any good either we

can stop it we just got a knock Cybertron out

of its orbit that's impossible it would take

an explosion equivalent to 10 billion astroliters

of energy the energon cubes on Megatron Starship

Me too. Not a bad day's work, was it, Optimus?

I got Dad back, Cybertron's gone, the Earth is

safe, and Megatron's finished. I only wish that

were true, Spike. bringing Cybertron into Earth's

orbit and harvesting the unleashed energy. Megatron

leaves the world in ruins, but Optimus Prime

and the Autobots fight back and destroy Megatron's

starship, releasing enough energy to knock Cybertron

out of Earth's orbit. And now, the Autobots begin

the repair of the shattered planet. More! on

the Decepticon hot cassette charts. As I believe

the Earthlings say, lay it on me, man. You got

it. Let's hear it with laser heat tape. Yes,

Starscream. I understand. Good. Take me to your

secret laboratory. I have use for your other

inventions. That is our next destination, Autobots.

Transform! is countdown to extinction to synopsize

this episode even though the last episode was

the finale of the three part the ultimate doom

in this episode we pick up where the last left

off excuse me the Autobots are trying to repair

the shattered planet earth after its near destruction

by Megatron and the Decepticons At the Decepticon

Underwater Stronghold, the fallen evildoers are

fighting amongst themselves until Megatron comes

in and tells them to knock it off. The leader

tells his troops that he has unfinished business

with the evil Doctor Arkeville and that traitor

Starscream. Laserbeak comes in and reports his

findings of what Starscream and Doctor Arkeville

are up to. The Decepticons head out to stop Starscream's

plans. At the Ark, the Autobots get Teletran

1 repaired in time to see that Megatron is functional

and they must stop the Decepticons from regrouping.

Flying through the desert, Starscream and Dr.

Arkeville arrive at the scientist's lab. They

then go inside. Starscream finds the doctor's

energy source at the same time as the Decepticons

are headed for the lab. Rumble spots the Autobots

below following them. Megatron sends Skywarp

and Thundercracker to deal with the Autobots.

At the lab Starscream has made improvements on

the energy generator. He has activated a timing

device so that after eight Earth hours it will

explode and destroy the entire planet Earth and

he will be back on Cybertron collecting the excess

energy to rule the universe. As Starscream and

the Evil Doctor head for Cybertron, the Autobots

fight back with the Decepticons on Earth. This

battle is short. A short one, Megatron tells

the Decepticons to retreat because the Autobots

don't know when to quit. The Autobots follow

them. And then we are shown Cybertron where Starscream

tells Shockwave that Megatron is no more and

that he has been destroyed along with his Starship.

Starscream then blasts the communication monitor

so Shockwave cannot try and attempt to contact

Megatron. Shockwave complies with this order

of no further attempts to make contact with the

Earth. They then start building energy collectors

for when Earth is destroyed. Dr. Archibald tries

to stop Starscream's plan, but gets shocked by

the security system on the computer. On Earth,

Megatron and the Decepticons lead Optimus, priming

the Autobots into a trap. The Valiant Autobots

escape the quicksand and capture Laserbeak to

find out where the Decepticons are headed. After

learning what Laserbeak taped, they then head

for the evil Dr. Arkeville's lab. At the lab,

Megatron discovers the exponential generator,

but none of the Decepticons see the timer on

the wall. Then the Autobots arrive and the battle

begins again. Optimus Prime gives Megatron a

very good uppercut. And we cut to Cybertron,

where Starscream has melted down robotic parts

with Dr. Arkeville. He - Oh. Yeah. Because when

Dr. Arkeville had, um, had gotten shocked by

the security system, the only way that the doctor

was able to survive was for Starscream to combine

robotic parts with his human parts. So he is

basically a cyborg type deal. Just imagine Cyborg

from the DC Universe as a white guy that has

a really, really bad accent. Hate to make that

comparison, but that's the best way I can describe

it. Plus Starscream thinks that the doctor needs

a rest from meddling in his affairs. Shockwave

walks out of the room. He contacts Megatron and

explains that the generator is on a timing mechanism.

Optimus Prime and Megatron search for it on Earth.

In the lab, Megatron finds the timing device

and destroys it. Shockwave tells Megatron of

Starscream's plan. The Decepticon leader exclaims

that he will be destroyed Starscream must return

to earth to find out why the explosion hasn't

occurred yet In the lab on earth Megatron and

optimus prime fight for the energy core of the

generator They get it outside. The two leaders

actually opt to work together to get rid of the

energy core. Optimus Prime fires it out of Megatron

into space and it explodes on Starscream. The

double -crossing Decepticon crash lands on Earth

right in front of Megatron's feet. The Autobots

are heading back to headquarters and Bumblebee

asks Optimus Prime, what he thinks Megatron will

do to Starscream. The Autobot leader replies,

nothing gentle I'm betting. Thus brings this

episode to a close. Now for my thoughts. Frenzy

debuts in this episode. I'm going to be trying

to notice all of the new characters in each episode

that I review so I can point them out to people.

Frenzy actually debuted in this episode. The

animation as I've said before seems to be getting

better. Yes, I know these cartoons were made

in 1984 But I haven't really noticed any flubs

so far today Brace for a no grenade, grenade.

Exercise extreme caution. We're floating in a

potential inferno. Megatron said to give you

a warm welcome. The oil tanker. When the flames

reach the refinery, the whole place will explode!

I'm saying, come and look, Storm Cows! The day

is won! What is that helium -headed grasshopper

talking about? He's talking about the end of

the Autobots! Not in the sky! But our weapon

is in the clouds! And Bombshell's explosion has

brought it to us now! Taste the lightning, Autobot

fool! It tastes terrible! There's got to be something

we can do before we all get fried there is bumblebee

you've got to transform Spike bumblebee stay

back. You'll be destroyed We're still okay Optimus

everyone Rubber tires are insulation! The lightning

can't hurt you when you're rolling on them! Now

you're talking! Hop on, Wheeljack! But watch

my - from the sky. I have the most powerful weapon

of all, floating in the sea. When the refinery

goes up, the Autobots will never know what hit

them. The tanker. For once, I wish Megatron the

best of luck. Unfortunately for us, the Insecticons

are Decepticons too. And with the same engineering,

they won't stay enemies for long. Very true,

Wheeljack. Up next is a Plague of Insecticons.

To synopsize this episode, this episode opens

in Bali, in a place called Demon Swamp, where

gigantic unknown robots attack the humans. These

things are giant insects. They attack three boats

with fishermen inside each of the boats. The

humans get away barely, but need a radio for

help. At Autobot headquarters, Spike and Sparkplug

hear the SOS over the radio. The Decepticons

learn of these giant robot insects through Laserbeak

and head off to the Bali jungle. Once they get

there, Megatron has Soundwave release Ravage

to find them. What they find is a Decepticon

escape pod from their ship that was destroyed

four million years earlier. Optimus Prime and

the Autobots are hot on the trail, but the village

celebration blocks the road so they find a way

around it and head on their way to investigate.

The SOS call. At the farm, the Decepticons are

attacking the humans, eating Eating the crops

sky fire brawn bumblebee wind charger and spike

arrive at the far farm stupid keyboard Farm and

even though they have the encyclicals outnumbered

They are still outmatched by their powers the

insecticons clone themselves And now outmatched

the Autobots. Windcharger says that they sure

hope Prime and the others get there soon. Tunneling

under the villagers has taken longer than sideswipe

thought. Prime blasts through the cavern and

the Autobots attack the Decepticons. And Insecticons.

But Megatron says that they must go. An oil refinery

awaits them and after taking its energy they

will have power to destroy their enemies. The

Autobots attempt to repair Skyfire. Then they

head after the Decepticons. Soundwave alerts

Megatron that they are no longer alone. The Decepticon

leader sends the Insecticons after Skyfire and

Wheeljack jumps in to help out the giant plane.

After ridding Skyfire of the Insecticons, Optimus

Prime catches Wheeljack. on his trailer at the

oil refinery the evildoers attack and start stealing

energy to make energon cubes. The encyticon bomb

shell takes control of Sunstreaker and sideswipe

by using one of his two of his cerebro shells

making them attack the other Autobots. Trailbreaker

uses his force field to interrupt bombshells

control waves and Bronn tells Optimus to throw

him so he can catch that bug. Bron starts riding

Bombshell until Kickback comes to aid Bombshell

and kicks Bron down. Skyfire rushes in and saves

the tough Autobot. At the oil refinery, the Decepticon

energy draining operation is going well. When

the Intecticons arrive, Megatron tells them to

eat a hole in the nearby tanker and they can

get their share of the energy. The Autobots and

Decepticons get into a battle at the refinery.

The Inseticons attempt to use lightning to defeat

the Autobots, but Spike realizes that if the

Autobots are running on their tires, the rubber

insulates them. Prime stops the tanker from exploding.

Meanwhile the Insecticons declare that they need

no one's help and they start to steal the Decepticons

energon cubes. Megatron and the rest of the Decepticons

attack the Insecticons. Megatron says forget

about the Autobots and they go after the Insecticons.

Thus bringing this episode to a close. Now for

my thoughts. This episode premiered the Insecticons

obviously. Kickback shrapnel and bombshell. This

episode showcased the Autobots thinking outside

the box in order to get around an obstacle that

they couldn't just plow through. The prime Megatron

battles in each episode are great. I really haven't

seen many animation or sound flubs in these episodes

I'm reviewing today. Next up is the Season Ender.

I'm still not crazy about this combat deal, Optimus.

We all know how tricky Megatron can be. I mean,

they don't call those creeps Decepticons for

nothing. The code specifies a fair battle, Spike.

Under those rules, I'm confident I can beat Megatron.

Besides, if he does not abide by the rules, Teletran

1 will tell us. The time for the battle approaches.

Autobots, transform! Doesn't this remind you

of the gladiatorial combats in ancient Rome?

Maybe it would, if I knew what you were talking

about. It's Earth history, Ironhide. Skiff it.

One -to -one combat, Megatron. With the Vanquist

and his army exiled to deep space... he was that

strong. Optimus Prime, beaten by Megatron. He's

still functional, but barely. My fault, underestimated

Megatron. Never suspected he had so many powers

that he was not prepared. Well, I'm prepared

to knock those decepti - Teletraan has beaten

me according to Cybertron law. To violate that

law would destroy our honor. We will comply and

leave this earth forever. As you command, Optimus.

We'll need Teletraan 1 to diagnose all its damage.

Optimus, can you transform? I'll try. some of

his strength on the way back. Let me take that

load, Optimus. You're a true friend, Huffer.

Autobots, roll out! Perhaps for the last time.

We will accompany them back to their headquarters

to make certain noble Optimus Prime keeps his

word. Check that out I just had Teletran 1 do

an energy scan on Optimus damaged parts and...

See for yourselves. Of course! Somehow Megatron

used the powers of all the other Decepticons!

Then, then Megatron cheated! And we can ignore

the agreement with him! Right, Optimus? That

is affirmative. Heavy Metal War According to

the Rhino DVD sets is the season finale of Transformers

Generation 1 Season 1. To synopsize this episode,

we begin the final episode of Season 1 with the

Constructicons attacking an energy plant that

has a new energy disk that will tap the heat

of the Earth's core to give the humans all the

energy that they need. The Constructicons head

back to the temporary Decepticon base and Megatron

states that it was worth the time building them

in the caves. The Constructicons start work by

assembling the energy disk components that they've

stolen. Megatron tells Starscream that the conquest

is almost within their grasp and they will defeat

the Autobots through Optimus Prime's overdeveloped

sense of honor. Megatron then heads to Autobot

headquarters to challenge Optimus Prime to a

Cybertronian one -on -one combat. Prime accepts

the challenge, but unbeknownst to him the Decepticons

have built an energy transfer machine Energy

transfer machine what the hell oh? Crap I don't

make any sense What the hell they call it in

the episode anyway? I don't remember It basically

allows Megatron to get all of the powers of the

Decepticons and Basically, cheat and beat Prime.

The warring faction's troops meet in the desert

to watch the battle between Prime and Megatron.

However, the Constructicons tunnel under the

Autobot base to destroy Teletran 1, so the computer

cannot detect Megatron's power transfer. We are

shown an excellent well -fought battle between

the two leaders. Other than the fact that Megatron

smashes Prime to pieces with all the powers that

he has... The Concerticons are directly under

Autobot headquarters until a trend detects them.

Outside, the battle between Prime and Megatron

rages on until Megatron has defeated Prime and

even though Ironhide and the other Autobots want

to beat the Decepticons to a bloody pulp, Prime

tells them no, it was a battle between the leaders

and it was also, you know, Cybertronian law that

dictated this battle and they would be dishonored

if they did anything else to it. Prime can barely

transform, but does. Huffer helps out by attaching

himself to Optimus' trailer. They head back to

Autobot headquarters with the Decepticons following

to make sure the Autobots do what they say they

will do. Basically the stipulations of this battle

were the Loser, takes himself and his army to

deeper space. So the Autobots have to leave Earth

and be exiled to deeper space. The Constructicons

get into the Autobot base, but Teletran has alerted

the Dinobots and a battle begins. The Autobots

find out that Megatron cheated and the time to

fight back is now. The Autobots trick Devastator

and then attack him, causing the Constructicons

to transform out of the giant robot mode. and

fall into the lava pit nearby. The Decepticons

realize that the giant Autobot was a hologram

and that the Autobots blast the Decepticons into

the lava pit as well, and Prime blasts Megatron.

Spike asks Optimus if the war is truly over,

to which Prime replies he is not sure if it will

ever end. We cut to Megatron rising from the

lava with his glowing red eyes saying, that the

Decepticons shall rise again. This ends the episode

and closes out Season 1 of the Transformers Generation

1 cartoon. Now for my thoughts. To close out

the first season DVD set, this episode was very

good. It showed where each side was coming from.

It also showed how diabolical Megatron and the

Decepticons really are. as well as how honor

-bound the Autobots in Optimus Prime are. The

battle scene between Prime and Megatron, even

though one -sided, was kind of epic. This episode

debuted the Constructicons, which I will have

much more to say in subsequent episodes of the

podcast due to their conflicting origin stories.

And I'd like to go into that a little bit here.

I actually write up these scripts that I read

from. Ahead of time before I before I even do

any recording for those that for whatever episode

So recently, I just wrote up episode 10 script

for TFG one podcast and in that episode I am

reviewing the episode of the cartoon the secret

of Omega Supreme Well in that episode the Constructicons

have a completely different origin than what

they do here So I don't know if the writers were

just trying to Create a better backstory or if

it was just like a redo kind of like the whole

Knight Rider reboot and all all things that are

being rebooted these days like Knight Rider Whoa,

sorry folks Knight Rider and You know Bionic

Woman and just all these other reboots that have

done are kind of like the Marvel films with Punisher

being rebooted, which I will not go see that

fucking movie I will not go see Punisher Warzone.

I won't go see it in the theater. I won't even

get the fucking DVD Anyway, that's a little bit

off -topic, but that's basically my biggest gripe

about the Constructicons is they have so many

different origin stories within the first two

seasons of the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon.

As I said, this episode premiered at the Constructicons.

Scavenger, Scrapper, Long Haul, Hook, Mixmaster,

and Bonecrusher. These six robots merged to form

the super powerful Decepticon Devastator. How

is Starscream in this episode? The last time

we saw him, he made off with the evil Dr. Arkeville.

As I've stated before, the animation and sound

flubs are few and far between in these final

6 episodes of season 1. I love the heroic music

that always plays when the Autobots are in battle

with the Decepticons. I also love the evil underhanded

types of themes that the Decepticons have. Next

time on the TFG1 podcast, hopefully I'll have

another TF fan for a co -host to review the entire

first season and gush over things we liked and

fume over things we couldn't stand. Right now

the plan is to have Steve slash Megatron from

PredaconEmpire .com I am actually in talks or

trying to be in talks with Mike the Birdman Dodd

from This Week in Geek I would love to get Mike

on the show. I know he's very busy and I know

he's got stuff going on So Mike, please email

me When you can, most likely I'll do the record

for episode 4 which will be the recap episode

next week or the week after, I'm not sure yet.

As far as the supplemental episodes go, I am

still working on the all -cartoon episode. I'm

actually putting together a very very large episode

it will probably be the longest time running

episode that I've had so far even though my podcast

is still in its infancy with only four or five

episodes including supplementals under my belt

please please email me Check my my TFG one podcast

gmail account every so often before I record

or before I start writing up scripts And I have

no emails I would love to hear what other transformers

fans think of the podcast and what other fans

in general Whether you're a transformers fan

or not, and you just kind of found this on iTunes

by just searching for stuff Please write in and

let me know I would love to be able to read some

emails on the air Again, that address is tfg1podcast

at gmail dot com. For now, this is Michael Blanchard

signing off on the immortal words of Optimus

Prime, transform and roll out. Until next time.