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13 is it really episode 13 yes it's scary yes

i'm your host steve megatron phillips and joining

me as always is do you do mike hello hello sound

a little british there hello hello good day good

day govna yes Yes, as you can tell, we are on

a nighttime record, so it's not as boring as

a morning record, so... Well, now, in our defense,

we have not done morning records in a very long

time, so... Negative. No, I was... I was... I

was blanking, like I know who I am, I know my

personality, all that shit, but... your um .0

things oh god it's gonna be so hard to keep track

of that it's like hello and welcome to ATTF 2

.0 now let's talk about GCRN 3 .0 it's like oh

fuck I like my .0s oh god yeah so what's been

going on with you sir well we have the new GeekHassRadio

.com version 3 .0 Yes, as previously stated.

Yes. Yes, and this is epic. It is awesome. Yes

It is downright tasty. I Don't know about that

because you really can't eat a website, but okay,

but you can try No, thanks, but you could Yes,

but everything is much more extravagant than

previously and it's awesome you destroyed the

grid man friggin Rinsler I shattered the grid

it's in a million little bastard pieces just

a million yes we have all new layout we still

have the same color design but this time around

we're going for a darker theme Well, no, it's

the same background design, but it's just one

solid background. It doesn't repeat itself twice.

But yes, we have different categories for the

different shows, like different main categories.

So say you're a TV geek, you can click on television

and you'll get potentially the upcoming Beyond

the Night podcast. From the Command Center, the

MacGyver Files, or MacGyver Files as I like to

call it, the MFing Podcast, the Telecast, and

is there anything else on TV? No, that's it.

Say you're into toys, you're gonna get Toycast.

We're all into Transformers, aren't we? You'll

get this very podcast, ATTF, TFG1 Podcast, Beast

Unleashed and TAP. So yeah, we've got a bunch

of different really, really cool things as well.

Way more streamlined, there are no drop down

menus. Thank God, I hate drop down menus. Well,

let's see with this great new design, I can do

so much more with them. Whereas before, if you

clicked on, for instance, the drop down transformer

tab, and if you happen to click on the transformer

tab, which I feel sorry for your soul. TFG1,

ATTF, ATTF 2 .0, everything Transformers related

was under it, so basically if one of the shows

had something published a week, it would intermix

with each other. So now those are all separated

and in full force. I was able to put them in

better categories that don't do that, thanks

to this nice new fancy design. Yes, exactly.

And we also have the About is updated. Yep. Kevin

and I were... The Show Guide is updated. Actually,

all three of us worked on the About page, but...

Yes. And the Interact is updated. The Affiliates

is no longer in the sidebar. It is now in its

own special magical bar. Yes. Our Affiliates

are, seeing as how we are pimping out the site,

might as well pimp out the Affiliates. BehindTheVoiceActors

.com, ThisWeekInGeek .net, Blogamatic3000 .com,

our UK affiliate, Pop Culture Network, Team Bottomus,

which is actually Optabottomus's, you know, Team

Coco, Team This, Team That. It goes to Optabottomus's

YouTube channel, and the Animation Aficionados.

If you would like to become an affiliate and

you want cross promotion, put a button on your

site about us and... vice versa, we will do so.

I think I have a couple more to add to that page,

actually, eventually. Well, have you add them,

but anyway. Continue, what else is new? Well,

our featured guest is the same. The show guide

has more, of course. The top bar has more. The

host blogs have a streamlined look, which I still

have yet to add, the Geekcast Radio blog. The

Facebook thing works. The recent comments works.

We now have our Twitter integrated with a YouTube

video from the network. Is there a way to update

that, I'm wondering? Does it link directly to

my channel or does it link directly to the video?

Video. Okay. I have to change it, but anyways...

No, I'm just asking because is there a way to

just link it to my channel and whatever new GeekCast

radio video I put up will show up? They don't

think so Okay, I'll look into it. My only real

qualm with the video on here is that Once you

click on video the video won't go away So like

say you want to see the Twitter it shows up like

the most recent post with the video is still

there That's because it's giving you a big you

motherfucker That's right. Actually, uh... Actually,

the video stays. I'm scrolling up the page and

the video is moving with me, so like right now

it's showing up over the... Well, sometimes it

has a glitch, but it does repair itself if you

refresh the page. Yeah. Because I've clicked

all three and they're fine right now, so... No,

I know, but I'm just saying, like... Be warned,

if you click on the video, you have to refresh

the page to get rid of it. But also, our categories

that previously streamed all the way down half

the freaking column is now in a drop down. So

if you want to see how many posts have been in

each show category, then you can now click that

and it will show you. Okay. That's a fancy drop

down. And then we of course have our friends

of the Geekcast Radio Network that we also link

in there and of course our affiliates are also

in there. But yes, and as we stated with the

show guide, the images have been updated. They

don't have the previous poster card that took

up like 12 pages printed. Oh, it takes up two!

Well, yeah, I mean but still we've got a I mean

we're a podcasting network that's been alive

for two years now We've got a lot of freaking

shows in this way As you said, it's more streamlined.

It's basically the the episode tie or the podcast

name the hosts and then just the just the general

description of what the show is and every time

you click like say Let's see, say you are a Tooncast

fan. You can click anywhere on the Tooncast imagery

thing and it will take you to... What will it

take you to? Well, since Tooncast is over, it

will take you to the complete podcast listing

for Tooncast. And in there you can find all the

art for all the episodes and all the links to

the individual episodes. So yeah, brand new.

new stuff as Steve said more way more streamlined

and Very very awesome. Yes, like it love it comment.

Yes, do it do it now do it do it now $49 .95

Not really send to tfguandmike at gmail .com

With a double send to Steve at GeekCastRadio

.com. That's funny. Alright, so Transformers,

we're here to talk about some Transformers stuff.

Yes, we only have a few articles because, let's

face it, it's been a little bit, I know, but

we have had a lack of time due to life and other

podcasts and so, plus... There hasn't been anything

really that monumental since TFCon, so we didn't

really feel the need to record. Also being that

TF Prime hasn't been airing in America, because,

let's face it, Hasbro is kind of a little bit

retarded in that area. Well, no. It's actually

the hub. It's not necessarily Hasbro, but it...

Right, but... Even the hub, you know, we have

to explain to the people that I found out through,

I don't know if it was Twitter, I don't know

if it was TFW, I found out somewhere, someone

said that the re - and it's not someone from

the hub, it's not someone, it's just some random

fan, I guess, found out the hub is holding Transformers

Prime in America for the September television

sweeps. The last new episode to air here in the

United States was... Episode 20. Episode 20 Partners,

yes. However, Teletoon and Canada have gotten

three episodes, 21, 22, and 23, which, you know,

through the magic of YouTube, we will be talking

about today. Yeah, you can download it on PredaconEmpire

.com if you don't want to watch it on YouTube.

So Booyah! On YouTube anymore? They're on YouTube.

I watched them this afternoon. Oh, did you? Yes,

I needed to catch up really quick. Yeah But anyways,

yes, so we'll get into those later for now We

will get into the few articles that we've felt

were actually worth jumping into First off we're

gonna start off with the official Transformers

movie website updated with Transformers 3 home

release info which Out of all the information

that I just garbled right there, the only thing

you need to know is the movie's coming out September

30th. It will be available on Blu -ray, DVD,

and digital download. The 3D edition will be

available in December, which, you know, who gives

a fuck. It's 3D, they need... Three more months.

Yeah, they gotta put that extra little bit of

polish on it for your special 3D Blu -ray and

TV. But yeah, again, stupid. The two disc special

edition will be out till December. The six disc

trilogy edition will be arriving in a metal Autobot

logo casing. Yeah, Switch probably won't be out

till December either, because I'm sure they're

going to find a way. everything that releases

now that's on blu -ray it says blu -ray combo

pack blu -ray 3d movie regular movie digital

download this digit it doesn't even matter if

it's a one -disc two -disc three -disc edition

i'm sure that the six -disc trilogy sets won't

be out until december because of the three -d

shit see this is my thing with it I'm only gonna

buy either the Blu -ray or the DVD, just single

disc. I don't care about the special features,

cause granted, yeah, they'd be cool to watch

once. I'll never actually sit through them again.

The first Transformers film, I have the one disc.

The second Transformers film, well actually the

first film I have on Blu -ray, so it's got everything

on it. I watched it once, I don't care. I'll

watch the film after that, I will never watch

it again. So the second film I bought on DVD.

Just for the price and the third film I have

a feeling I'll be getting on DVD as well because

Honestly, I'm not paying that much money for

a freaking movie and especially special features

It's not worth it to me to wait that long or

to buy it in a trilogy shut set when I already

own everything It's like it's like the equivalent

of George Lucas re -releasing Star Wars every

five years Yes, I had to pull that in there.

I'm sorry. I had to pull that in there, but My

stepdads bought the DVD series like he bought

it all on VHS then he bought it all when it was

remastered on VHS Then he bought him when they

hit DVD then he bought him when they came up

to the trilogy pack on DVD It's with the special

edition. Yeah, and then he bought him when they

came out with the first trilogy Now they're coming

out with the six set on blu -ray With additional

changes to the film including Darth Vader going

no when he throws Palpatine And okay, yeah, let's

yeah, so you're not gonna you're just gonna get

the regular single disc DVD. That's yeah Yeah

for me, honestly again, like you said I The only

time I really ever care about special features

is TV sets Movie said that I don't care. I hate

movie commentaries now. Yeah, it's like I Thought

my brain was gonna fucking melt when I listened

to Michael Bay's commentary on the first film

I was like, oh my god, this is so fucking boring

Yeah, I never listen to that just because I won't

listen to a commentary granted We've done our

own but I think we're a lot more interesting

than listening to these people Well, because

then, you know, we just put our own spin on it

and all this and all that, but I mean, like,

the only movie commentary anymore that I will

ever actually watch is Transformers the real

movie. The animated movie. For me, I'm gonna

probably just buy these on iTunes or rent them

on iTunes. I may not even do that. I mean, Transformers,

the first movie... It it's a TNT new classic.

Why am I gonna? You know rent or buy it on iTunes

when I can just you know turn on TNT and TNT

will have oh, hey, it's Transformers weekend

all three movies six times over the next three

days You know in other words gouge your eyes

out pretty much Especially with those huge Devastator

balls hanging in your face ding ding clang clang

clang no thank you moving on to the next item

let's see what do we got oh this is my item actually

the Transformers timelines issue 6 diamond edition

cover has been revealed and the diamond edition

cover has Toxitron in the... I almost said fan's

project, holy shit. Toxitron in the Fun Pub logo.

It has the regular white, red, and blue Transformers

animated logo as breakdown, drag strip, wild

rider, and motor master with sideswipe on the

front cover. I'm glad I got the BotCon version

because the BotCon version is an homage to the

Italian job. where it's just the BotCon version

is Motor Master on top with Wild Rider inside

the Fun Pub comic logo and then it has breakdown

drag strip and dead end in car mode coming at

you. I guess for those that didn't get a chance

to go to BotCon or didn't have a connection for

someone to pick them up a comic at BotCon. You

know, the Diamond Edition is... it's the same

comic, obviously. This is a different cover.

You know, people should read this comic. This

is a really, really cool comic. Just is. But

yeah, so there's that. What else do we have for

news? Well, we have Transformers Prime! First

wave case assortments and release information.

The first edition package figures are due to

launch in November 2011, and the assortment breakdown

in each case is as follows. Wave 1 Deluxe, four

Bumblebees, two RCs, two Starscreams. Wave 1

Voyager, three Primes, one Bulkhead. The Prime

Entertainment Pack, two units per case, whatever

the hell that means. Oh, it listed below. Maybe

I should read. Consists of deluxe versions of

Optimus Prime, Megatron, and PBC versions of

three human children. Oh wow, they actually release

humans. Which is good. They showed it off at

BotCon this year. Squish, squish, squish. Stop

it. Humans are not... These ones, I'm fine with

these. These are about on par with G1. I can

get behind these. Not like that. I wasn't even

thinking like that. I was doing that for the

listener purpose. What the hell is wrong with

you? I'm getting Megatron and Prime. Prime in

this image looks fucking awesome. This looks

way better than the Bayverse. Now, I'm wondering

if that is the Voyager size version or if that's

the Deluxe version. If that's the Voyager version,

it looks amazing. I'm sorry, the Deluxe version

of Optimus looks like shit. Just look at Spada's

SDCC exclusive Deluxe Optimus Prime video. The

Deluxe Optimus looks like crap. Huge problem

with these Wave 1 sets. Bulkhead is gonna be

extremely hard to fucking find, and everybody

has been loving Bulkhead in Prime. I mean, Bulkhead

is the one toy that is so short -packed. And

Bumblebee is the one that's the most packed.

That's because the kids love the bee. Eh, boo.

I'm tired of Bumblebee, honestly. I wish it'd

just die. Well, okay, well, Bumblebee in Transformers

Prime I can actually deal with because he actually

adds something to the show versus Bumblebee in

the movies, which is just stupid. But yeah, so

there is that. Yeah, this Prime, I think, is

the Voyager and he looks badass. Yeah, he looks

really, really awesome. I want that and I'm hoping

Megatron's Voyager and I want that as well. If

I could get one, I would get Megatron, but that's

just saying. I think Megatron is Voyager, or

he will be Voyager. I don't know off the top

of my head. Well, the Entertainment Pack has

a Deluxe version, which... Right, yeah. I will

get the Voyager if possible. If not, I'll get

the Deluxe, but I have a feeling he'll come out

in Voyager in the second wave. Oh yeah, probably.

I will get this. Yup. Don't care. I will get

it. Okay, we know all right moving on TF con

10th anniversary dates announced July 27th through

29th for 2012 It will be taking place. It are

returning to the Delta metal veil resort and

conference center in Ontario Next year is year

11 for them. This year was year 10. That's what

it says So they're fucking wrong Yeah, next year

is the 11th annual TF con from TFW. We don't

know how to count Sorry, I had to throw that

in there. I'm not a fan of TFW, but I use them

for news Yeah, let's not get into that. We've

covered that before Oh, no, I wasn't going to

you know, pull a ghost of Starscream. Oops. I'm

sorry. That's classified information that Yeah

That's why he's banned there. Moving on, I think

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Welcome back to Transformers Prime. I mean all

things Transformers version I did that on purpose

though. I did that on purpose, but I'm gonna

I did play that off but I Didn't mean to say

that on purpose. So yes, we're starting off today

with TMI Who TMI? The basic gist of this and

again, I'm going off of memory is they work in

animated version of bulkhead where he is bulkhead

the super genius Sorry, I was going for wildy

wildy coyote moment there But yeah, basically

this cylinder. Hmm. I wonder where Oh cylinder

pillar. Hmm. I wonder where they got that from

where the cylinders have been around since the

Golden Age of Cybertron and apparently the living

technology apparently in these cylinders thinks

that anyone that isn't Cybertronian is evil and

bad and just blech. They're the devil! Yeah.

God. Ten points if you catch the reference. I'm

not going any further into it. Autobots are the

devil! Anyway... They're not gonna have a mobile!

Stop it! Now they're gonna fuckin' know! And

basically what happens is Mikko sneaks off to

this battle, they find the cylinder, she is the

evil organic that kicks it, and Bulkhead's huge

head gets in the way, and he gets induced with

a super brainiac moment. Ooh, Brainiac. Someone

even says, I think it's R .C. that says something

about him being Brainiac mode or something or

other, so there's a Superman reference for people.

So, Bulkhead just goes into this like... Rimlock's

new brain moment. Yeah, that. I was thinking

more of like a beautiful mind where he's just

this super genius and he's writing all this Cybertronian

and... Apparently it's a formula for synthetic

energon. Yes, which will come into play later.

Yes, very much so. So yes, synthetic energon.

Hmm, and this living organism or this living

technology inside bulkhead... it's rapidly becoming

clear that the cylinder's energy was overriding

his mind. While the other Autobots attempted

to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead

retain his memories by taking him to the monster

truck track. They were found there by Knockout

and Breakdown who tried to take Bulkhead's head

But during the attempt, Mikko again triggered

the energy to discharge from bulkhead into the

sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until

Mikko managed to wake him up with her guitar

playing. Oh my fucking god. Okay, all right.

So notes for this one for me. The baddest beast

machines on the planet. That was so awesome.

These machines. That was so cool. Transform and

transcend. The exchange between bulkhead, knockout,

and breakdown. Come to papa, run to mommy, say

uncle. What the fuck? Are you serious? That's

the only real issue I have with this episode

is that that little line there well and the end

of it but Super smart bulkhead he's now doing

Cybertronian hieroglyphics instead of being a

space bridge technologist Hmm Interesting yeah,

I'm not sure how much I like that It was oh,

at least they're only making it one episode and

they turned him back at the end at least it's

not like oh My god animated bulkhead. He studied

space bridge tech on the energon farm Least it's

not that I'm gonna say though, you know, I know

that you said earlier that the humans you You

like them as much as do you want or you can you

know tolerate me cool? I don't like Well, she's

like the the thing with Miko is everyone thought

that she was gonna be the next sorry and I mean

Yeah, she does kind of have those moments But

when they write her emotionally it just it just

gets to you man. It just at least it gets to

me anyway Because they've become attached to

these robots and the robots vice versa have become

attached to these kids as you'll see later Yeah,

let's not get too far into that My only other

issue with this episode is at the end. The metal

riffs save the day. Meh. I don't know about that,

but, meh. I don't. Yeah, that's stupid. So, what

did you think of TMI? Honestly, other than the

formula for the synthetic energon, I was pretty

much saying it can be thrown away i mean it does

fit into the story it does but it's still garbage

i hate to well no i don't hate to be mean but

um yes that would be lying but yeah i just is

not anything i care to even i don't know it's

just Don't like the episode I had hard times

sitting there watching it the first time I Don't

know I just I I just think with all of these

episodes that they've done so far. They've told

a continuous story I mean yes, there are moments

in this that kind of suck, but It's not like

you know where you have It's not like G1 where

you have like something like The Return of Optimus

Prime and then you have something completely

different in just a one shot. I mean it's nothing

like that. I mean this episode does play up to

the entire story arc that they've been creating

so I kind of like that actually. It wasn't entirely

bad it's just I don't I don't know I wasn't thrilled

with it anyway but I guess it's fine in the grand

scheme of things yeah I can live with it it's

not it's not gonna piss me off so right moving

on to episode 22 this one was titled stronger

faster ratchet endeavored to complete the synthetic

energon formula and finally seem to succeed running

a test engine on the stuff Wanting to do more

for the Autobots cause, he injected the substance

into himself as a test. Perhaps, almost to his

surprise, it worked. In fact, it worked so well

that when RC got into trouble in the mission,

he went out to the field himself and trashed

the entire squad of Veikons on his own. That

was fucking awesome. I was like, oh yeah, go

Ratchet. Yeah, uh... Although, I did have a guerrilla

warfare moment. Yeah, I was sitting there going

to begin with I was like, okay, okay I can see

this and then I was like, oh, this is so guerrilla

warfare Okay, so I have huge huge issue here

We already mentioned this in a transformers Transformation

animation episode oil is like alcohol in the

transformers universe Synthetic Energon is fucking

heroin. He injected it into himself. What the

fuck? It was like Robo Speed He's like, oh yeah,

his eyes all glazed over turned green Like I

love this episode and I know that you know the

you know, they're telling a kind of a mature

story here, but I mean kids nowadays catch on

to this kind of thing and that these are supposed

to be children's cartoons at the same time as

you know Being cartoons for adults and you cannot

say no one can say any of the Transformers cartoons

Are oh we wrote you know and I'm not I'm not

making fun of Chuck Jones or any of the people

but oh Well, we didn't write them for kids. We

wrote them for ourselves. I'm sorry Hasbro is

a toy company Hasbro markets to children. This

is the same company that said oh, no we can't

include fan dubs on an official DVD release of

Headmasters Because oh they might put something

in it that we can't air and yet they have a robot

doing drugs. Injecting it in himself, no less.

Yeah, I mean, this is just... I love this episode.

It's great to see Ratchet come out of the lab

and actually kick some ass and stuff, but the

whole drug thing just... In the end, they showed,

he's like, no, I have to destroy the drugs, and

then he's like... Oh, right, no, no, no, no.

I know, I know they're doing, you know, the...

the drugs and drugs bad annoying and and and

i know that i understand that but i i just don't

know why that cartoons feel the need to constantly

touch on the drug thing anything i mean it's

not just drugs and drugs and alcohol i mean you

know it's the same thing it's like i i get it's

an issue but Honestly, I would much rather see

Bumblebee, R2D -ing a PSA and it translating

on the screen into text rather than Ratchet get

injected with fucking heroin. And I know it's

not heroin, it's synthetic energon, I get it,

but just the way that he injected it, it just

made me think of any, it doesn't matter if it's

heroin or whatever, heroin was just the first

drug I thought of, any injectable drug. Alright,

moving on. I'm just really loving how badass

they've made RC. She was so awesome in the few

moments of greatness that she had in this episode.

Especially when Ratchet pissed her off. Yeah,

that's what happened to Cliffjumper. I like his

catchphrase. How's it humming? How's it humming?

He made a pass at her. Oh my god. You know, you

said earlier about this episode kind of reminds

you of Guerrilla Warfare. The synthetic energon...

It made them all like beefy and, you know. Well,

right, but for me, the synthetic energon, it's

just the stuff itself, not... You know, people

injecting it into themselves, but synthetic energon

reminds me of the forbidden fruit from Beast

Machines. I could kind of see that, but I still

more so see it as the Guerrilla Warfare type

episode. That was just the first thing I thought

when he, you know, injected it. He's like, oh

yeah, right into the veins. And then he's like,

okay, I'm going to kick some ass. You know, he's

like Primes not doing it for me and then I love

his phrase of how Primes like I won't endanger

human lives. He says yet you seem to have no

problem endangering ours. Just ask Cliff Schumper

Oh, wait, I forgot he couldn't be here today.

Yeah, then he's like I'm gonna kick his ass.

Yeah I am your doctor of doom That was hilarious.

Dr. Doom. I love where he punched Megatron right

in the face. And the Megatron took his ass down

like, really? Really? I'm infused with dark energon,

bitch. Oh man. When Ratchet calls himself a fool.

I know you're not gonna get this, but... There's

an episode of Phineas and Ferb where Candice

stays up all night with Phineas and Ferb watching

horror movies. And it's, you know, the cheesy,

regular horror movie of aliens take over, you

know, and their body snatchers. And at the end

of the episode, she mimics the movie and says,

I was a fool, a fool! And I just, well, it's

the first thing I thought of when Ratchet said

that. I like this episode. I like that they're

actually, they're not just keeping the characters

in their, you know, relegated places. I like

that Ratchet got the chance to kick some ass,

even though I dislike and don't agree with the

way that they did it. But it was still really

cool to see him kick ass. Oh yeah, I won't doubt

that in the slightest. What else do you have

for stronger, faster? Uh, that was pretty much

it. I just, I liked how, you know, beefy that

they made Ratchet in this episode. I was rooting

for him. I'd have to say Ratchet and Prime are

my favorite Autobots. Oh yeah. Bullcat and RC

hold their own, you know, so does Bumblebee,

but I still, I think Ratchet would have to be

my favorite of the Autobots. And Prime only for

the fact that it's Peter Cohen. against Frank

Walker's Megatron. Megatron is one badass, although

I am missing Starscream. Yeah, what's going on?

I wonder when that's gonna come back or when

Starscream... I think Starscream's gonna show

his ugly face again pretty quick here. I'm sure

he will considering there's only three episodes

left in the season. I think what's gonna happen,

well I'll get into that at the end of next episode,

but... Yes. So this, let's move on to One Shall

Fall. Starting off this episode, it begins with

a prophecy predicting dark times ahead, which

Megatron intends to see through, and in doing

so, you hear Prime reading from the Covenant

of Primus, which I got a Nemesis Part 1 moment

there. Oh yeah. And I'm like, oh, the Covenant

of Primus finally, you know, rears its ugly head

again since Beast Wars. Even though it's been

a completely useless part of the lore ever since.

Yeah, it's almost like He -Man defending the

planet of Primus in New Adventures. Oh, God,

I hate that series. Anyway, what else are we

talking about this episode here? Oh, yes. Besides

the Covenant of Primus. We start off with Optimus

Prime reciting a passage of it and then, you

know, Ratchet's making comments about, you know,

the world forged of chaos and he realizes it's

referring to Earth. Yeah. And this alignment

of the planets and aboard the Nemesis Megatron

explaining it to Knockout that... the whole thing

about the blood of Unicron so we could conquer

the worlds with undead armies and it claims that

he saw the future with him at this one particular

point on Earth. Uh huh, very interesting. And

my first note was this episode just from beginning

to end so good I just couldn't even say anything

like the first 10 minutes of the episode it was

so good the only real dis - like I haven't had

any real design complaints on on any of the character

models of any of whether it's the robots or the

humans but the human soldier designs like they

show the soldiers at the base for like two seconds

the designs on those soldiers suck oh yeah well

they're not putting any effort into anything

extra at this point they're like nope they're

cannon fodder My jaw dropped to the floor when

Megatron attacked Bumblebee and then, you know,

you see Raph's hand drop into the, into the rear

view mirror scene. I was like, oh my God. And

then when RC's carrying him back to the space

bridge, I was like, no. I thought for sure you

killed him. Yeah. Oh, I mean, you know, let's

face it. The, as I've said, these humans are

much more likeable. than any of the other humans.

Maybe outside of the Beast Wars kids. But, I

mean, you know, just really, really cool. Oh

my god, the Optimus Megatron battle. Oh, that

was so freaking good. My only complaint. It's

not about the battle itself, but I have always

loved the One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall line.

but it's been so fucking overused in the entire

Transformers franchise that it has no meaning

to me anymore. It just, it's just, oh, hey, it's

the classic line, but it has no meaning for me

anymore in a spell. Like I didn't get, you know,

I didn't get any emotional meaning or any kind

of feeling in this episode when it was said because

Prime said part of it, Megatron said the other.

it's a line that optimus prime needs to say all

the way through not one that needs to be shared

yeah i can kind of see that but i mean it the

same time it didn't really matter in the grand

scheme of things i mean who said what it was

true and i mean i'm i mean that's really just

a little nitpick on my end but i'm i'm serious

it's like all these classic prime lines it's

like it's still a fan winky line And I like that

they use it however it like you said it is a

way too overused. Yeah, and I Think that they

kind of need to move on from this They I mean,

yeah, it was a good line. They've used it what

twice this season. Oh I don't even remember one

of the things they used it at the very late the

first five parter Okay, and it's kind of a Dead

thing. I mean they used it throughout the movies

a couple times. They've used it in prime. They've

it's just Leave it alone. Go to something new.

I mean write new lines I mean, it's it's not

like you know, we we hate them for doing it.

It's just You just need to do something new Yeah,

I mean and for me the per like don't get me wrong.

I love Frank Walker's Megatron in this but for

me the line is optimist is to say It just is.

It's not something that needs to be shared. Now,

I know that's a nitpicky thing, you know, in

the grand scheme of things, but again, you know,

it was just no emotion. You know, it didn't hold

anything for me like it did when Optimus said

it in the movie, in the 86 movie. But anyway,

so Raph is infected with dark energon. At first,

I was going to write a note saying, oh my god,

I hope to god they don't make Raph a Cybertronian

thingamabob like they did with Sari. But then

I realized that the dark energon for humans is

like a virus. So I'm assuming that infusing him

with energon was like the anti -virus, right?

Yeah. I mean, that's the... Because at first

I was like, wait, wait, wait, what the fuck?

Why? Because I was like, why would you inject

energy on it? Oh Okay, I got it. I got it. I

got it. See at first I thought they're gonna

pull the Autobot spike. Oh God, I thank God they

didn't do that. And then I realized you know

that yes Virus anti -virus. Yes, they're they're

gonna cure him. It'll be fine. I thought it was

a nice touch that they added Jack's mom Yeah

in there because I mean she was needed It was

not like the useless crap from the movies Yeah,

yeah, we're gonna go eat special brownies, you

know, but okay Well, there's a big difference

between June Darby and the bitch that was Sam's

mother. There's a huge difference there Yeah,

but anyways, um, so I like that that was that

was really nice and For a minute there, I did

think he was gonna die. I thought for sure they

were gonna kill this kid, and I'm like, really?

You're gonna kill this little 10 -year -old?

I'm like, that's horrible. So I mean, it does

show that you do connect on a personal level

with these humans, whereas, you know, the Unicron

trilogy, you wanted them to get stomped badly.

You wanted them to die, which is just horrible,

but... So yeah, I love that. I love the fact

that Prime is just like, enough is enough. I'm

just done with this. Yeah, I mean, just the entire

battle scene between the two of them. My favorite

part, though, is when... Now, I don't really

care for Optimus's alt mode in this series. I

think the truck is too blocky. I just... don't

really care for it that much but he transforms

he's driving towards Megatron he transforms again

back into robot mode kicks him jumps on him and

burns rubber in his face like grinding his tires

into Megatron's cheek i found that so awesome

i thought that was so fucking cool he's like

suck my tires oh man and then my final note was

My god, there's dark energon erupting from the

earth and then what the fuck to be continued

yeah, I Like how they they make a reference in

the beginning of how prime wasn't a prime you

know and Ratchet says Jack yeah rack Ratchet

says I've known optimists longer than any of

you and he says He was a lot like you Jack and

then Jack's like, huh me And, you know, just

kind of showing that he was once an innocent,

you know, strong -willed nice kid and then got

kind of pushed into this. But I love how Prime

just goes through the Decepticon ship and just

starts ripping apart Veikons. Oh, yeah. And he's

like, I will let you go if you don't shoot at

me. And then they start shooting at him and you

just see him just walking calmly and you see

explosions everywhere. And I love how he uses

a Viacom Commlink to challenge Megatron, like,

uh, what's the magic word, bitch? You know, just

kind of standing on his ship, like, uh, here

and now, pick your spot, let's go. Let's do this.

And Prime, for a minute there, looked like he

was winning, and then all of a sudden Megatron

just catches the sword and kind of sits there

in this kind of Zen ninja move and just kind

of, like, snaps it in half. with his eerily glowing

dark purple eyes I Love the purple eyes way more

than his red eyes. Yeah his purple eyes. I was

like holy shit I'm like he is going nuts. I was

like I just hope Because you know what's coming

out of the volcano with all the dark energon

You know you know who's inside the volcano, and

he's not a planet in this universe Well, we don't

know just yet what he is, but he's not a planet

because otherwise he'd be Earth He's inside the

volcano, so he's got to be some kind of a like

hardcore giant version of a transformer, but

He's not a planet unless it's just a remnant

of him like a piece of him but You can tell he's

gonna be badass, and I just hope to God they

don't turn Megatron into Galvatron, being that

he's glowing purple. I don't think they will.

I hope to God they don't, but... One of the reasons

why I don't think they will is because Megatron,

besides now having purple eyes, he already has

purple in his design. He's got the purple things

on the backs of his legs. He's got the purple

that comes out of his fusion cannon. You know,

he's got the giant purple decepticon symbol.

I honestly don't think they're going to change

him into Galvatron. That would be a good thing.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Yep, that's

right. But yes, I have great expectations for

this one. Finally spews forth Yes episodes 24

25 and 26 There as far as I know they're gonna

well because the other these three episodes haven't

aired I'm assuming by maybe late October is When

the series is gonna or season one of the series

is is going to come to an end I would say so

that there would be a good yeah guesstimate because

I know they're supposed to air episode 21 on

the 17th of September and 22 on the 18th of September

here in the US so No, September 20 September

17th and September 24th are the dates for 21

and 22 So there is that so yeah, probably Beginning

of October is when it'll probably end for season

one. I'm just wondering when they're gonna start

season two Yeah, that's my other concern. I don't

really see a spot where they're gonna do this

but I mean they may start it before the end of

the year. They may wait until after Christmas

and New Year's They may do it like they did season

one where for Christmas we get Season two five

part opening or whatever and then in February

is the rest of this. I don't know I don't want

to jinx it but we just don't know how they're

gonna do it as far as the the airing order and

all that stuff so Yeah, I I hope that they you

know do it fairly quick because I don't want

to wait anymore Yeah, I love the show Next to

Beast Wars and Beast Machines, I'd have to say

it's my next favorite. Yeah. But yeah, I just

I'm so thrilled with this show and geeked about

it that it's gotta do well and continue. Yes.

So switching gears out of TF Prime, what are

you looking forward to in the Transformers universe

in the next week? Oh. Well, I'm looking forward

to at the end of this month I believe is when

Exiles Transformers Exiles comes out the sequel

to Transformers Exodus. I'm still looking forward

to that Looking forward to the new prime episodes

that are coming even though I've already seen

some of them But I'm looking forward to the rest

of them other than that honestly I'm not out

of the Transformers fandom, but there is nothing

going on right now that really interests me other

than, like I said, that book and Transformers

Prime. The rest of it, most of it's third party

stuff, most of it's Dark of the Moon toys, and

other than that, there's just really nothing

else besides Prime and that new book. Nice, nice.

Myself, personally, I'm looking forward to details.

I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing if Canada

airs the next episode. Yeah. To TF Prague because

I am so pissed that it ended on a cliffhanger.

Yeah. I was like, really? That's it? I'm like,

where's the next episode? I was violently searching

YouTube. Like, where is it? I need my fix. I'm

so screwed. Now, I seriously doubt Optimus Solo

is gonna listen to this episode, but if he does,

just cover your ears for a second, dude. So wait,

when you're violently searching YouTube, is it

like me typing? Is that what you were doing?

Pretty much. I was like, I gotta get my hands

on this. I was flipping out. I think a lot of

people were flipping out over episode 23. I mean...

It was a really, I mean, besides the nitpicks

that I made, it was a really good, solid, episodic

story. I mean, the entire season, I mean, just

looking at it, I was wondering if I was even

gonna have any quibbles with these three episodes

because so far, in general, I've loved every

single episode of the entire season one of Prime.

I mean, there has not been one episode that basically

Just say fuck this series and I'm gone. It hasn't

been like that You know people might say there

are a few episodes that are kind of one -shots

or kind of just don't matter in the grand scheme

But they kind of all matter because at least

at one point in each episode Ties back to everything

else whether that's referencing the fact that

cliffjumper is dead or whether that's referencing

the fact of Megatron being in stasis or offline

or whatever So I mean I'm just loving this series

all around oh Yeah, I I have no like real Problems

with this series. I I love every aspect of it

despite having some episodes. I don't really

care about but Overall, it's it's fully enjoyable

Yes, yes it is So I think that does it for all

things transformers this week Is there anything

else that you'd like to plug going on this week?

Ummm, I don't think so. I think that's kind of

it for now. Alrighty then. Yes, Ace Venture,

a reference. Go listen to the M -Wire. Anyways,

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outro ever. So Megatron what do you think of

Transformers Prime Megatron because I bet he

would give you a go for your money. I think that

this Megatron is as notorious as I am. Excellent.

Yes. Ha ha ha! I wish to speak to my lawyer.