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beckyh2112) wrote2005-08-13 09:37 pm
beckyh2112) wrote2005-08-13 09:37 pm
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Part Two of Season Two
Yeah, yeah, I'll do "Auto Berserk" and "A Decepticon Raider..." tomorrow. I'll try to get back to going in episode order after "Make Tracks".
Anyways, Astrotrain double-feature tonight.
"The God Gambit"
- Jazz: "We're not gods!"
Right. You're forty-feet tall, impervious to almost all local weapons, immortal, stronger than any of the locals, more knowledgeable than any of the locals...
You're a god, Jazz.
- Astrotrain's megalomania really comes to the fore here. In "Triple Takeover", we get more into his delusions. But here, we get the straight megalomania. Fun stuff.
- Jazz, to Omega Supreme who is lying on the edge of a cliff and too low on power to transform: "Don't move."
Omega Supreme: "Sarcasm, not appreciated."
Omega there won brownie points from my dad for that line. *grins*
- Decepticons as gods seem to be a lot like the Greek gods. Demanding, prone to in-fighting, whiny, and more than little crazy.
- So, Jazz has Starscream pinned, Cosmos is turned off, and Perceptor isn't doing much of anything useful. With a few well-placed shots (hah!), Thrust could get Jazz off of 'Screamer and get back to their job of beating up Autobots. Instead, he runs off to have Astrotrain rescue him.
This is in-character, unfortunately, as earlier Starscream had to threaten Thrust to get the conehead to actually help fight the 'bots earlier. For some reason, Thrust seems to think Astrotrain can fix the problem better than Starscream can.
- Jazz makes a comment about sore losers after Astrotrain blows up the energy-bearing crystals. BZZT! Wrong!
Sorry, 'train made the right choice there. The tide of the war is changed by who has the most energy. If the Decepticons couldn't hold the crystals, they should most certainly NOT let the Autobots have them.
Remember back in "The Master Builder" when Optimus wouldn't let Grapple build his solar power tower because he couldn't defend it from the 'cons? Yeah, that idea works both ways.
- Jazz: "And now the Decepticons aren't around to monkey with your religious beliefs."
Junior priest: "Yes. Now we have you guys!"
Sorry, Jazz, but their cultural level hasn't reached the point where, oh, Transformers-level technology isn't synonymous with magic/the gods.
"Triple Takeover"
- The most fascinating thing about this episode is that not only did Astrotrain and Blitzwing successfully perform a coup, they apparently didn't tell any of the other Decepticons that they'd done so.
They just wandered off to entertain themselves with a train station and a football stadium respectively. Um, guys, why did you take over the Decepticons, anyway?
- The triple-changers are nucking futs. Seriously.
- When the other Decepticon fliers showed up and watched Astrotrain with his trains, I'm fairly certain that they all must have felt a deep-seated sense of pity for how out of touch with reality 'train is.
- So, Astrotrain's zombie trains bust open a water main that releases a tidal wave. That is one hell of a water main. What'd you do, 'train, pick a spot close to the principal aqueduct line of New York City?
- Blitzwing's version of football is more entertaining than the real thing. Though I do have to wonder if Scrapper thought that Blitzy was making less and less sense as the afternoon wore on.
- Megatron: "You're either lying, or you're stupid!"
Starscream: "I'm stupid, I'm stupid!"
Pure. Gold.
- Optimus Prime doesn't interfere in Decepticon domestic squabbles. Why the hell not?!
Honestly, Prime, pit one side against the other, then go in and mop up the survivors. Do not let Megatron clean up whatever mess his lieutenants have created. The Decepticons will be much more submissive for the next few days afterwards, in the hopes that their boss doesn't blow them up. This means that they're actually doing what they're supposed to! This is a BAD situation, Optimus!
BAD!
Anyways, Astrotrain double-feature tonight.
"The God Gambit"
- Jazz: "We're not gods!"
Right. You're forty-feet tall, impervious to almost all local weapons, immortal, stronger than any of the locals, more knowledgeable than any of the locals...
You're a god, Jazz.
- Astrotrain's megalomania really comes to the fore here. In "Triple Takeover", we get more into his delusions. But here, we get the straight megalomania. Fun stuff.
- Jazz, to Omega Supreme who is lying on the edge of a cliff and too low on power to transform: "Don't move."
Omega Supreme: "Sarcasm, not appreciated."
Omega there won brownie points from my dad for that line. *grins*
- Decepticons as gods seem to be a lot like the Greek gods. Demanding, prone to in-fighting, whiny, and more than little crazy.
- So, Jazz has Starscream pinned, Cosmos is turned off, and Perceptor isn't doing much of anything useful. With a few well-placed shots (hah!), Thrust could get Jazz off of 'Screamer and get back to their job of beating up Autobots. Instead, he runs off to have Astrotrain rescue him.
This is in-character, unfortunately, as earlier Starscream had to threaten Thrust to get the conehead to actually help fight the 'bots earlier. For some reason, Thrust seems to think Astrotrain can fix the problem better than Starscream can.
- Jazz makes a comment about sore losers after Astrotrain blows up the energy-bearing crystals. BZZT! Wrong!
Sorry, 'train made the right choice there. The tide of the war is changed by who has the most energy. If the Decepticons couldn't hold the crystals, they should most certainly NOT let the Autobots have them.
Remember back in "The Master Builder" when Optimus wouldn't let Grapple build his solar power tower because he couldn't defend it from the 'cons? Yeah, that idea works both ways.
- Jazz: "And now the Decepticons aren't around to monkey with your religious beliefs."
Junior priest: "Yes. Now we have you guys!"
Sorry, Jazz, but their cultural level hasn't reached the point where, oh, Transformers-level technology isn't synonymous with magic/the gods.
"Triple Takeover"
- The most fascinating thing about this episode is that not only did Astrotrain and Blitzwing successfully perform a coup, they apparently didn't tell any of the other Decepticons that they'd done so.
They just wandered off to entertain themselves with a train station and a football stadium respectively. Um, guys, why did you take over the Decepticons, anyway?
- The triple-changers are nucking futs. Seriously.
- When the other Decepticon fliers showed up and watched Astrotrain with his trains, I'm fairly certain that they all must have felt a deep-seated sense of pity for how out of touch with reality 'train is.
- So, Astrotrain's zombie trains bust open a water main that releases a tidal wave. That is one hell of a water main. What'd you do, 'train, pick a spot close to the principal aqueduct line of New York City?
- Blitzwing's version of football is more entertaining than the real thing. Though I do have to wonder if Scrapper thought that Blitzy was making less and less sense as the afternoon wore on.
- Megatron: "You're either lying, or you're stupid!"
Starscream: "I'm stupid, I'm stupid!"
Pure. Gold.
- Optimus Prime doesn't interfere in Decepticon domestic squabbles. Why the hell not?!
Honestly, Prime, pit one side against the other, then go in and mop up the survivors. Do not let Megatron clean up whatever mess his lieutenants have created. The Decepticons will be much more submissive for the next few days afterwards, in the hopes that their boss doesn't blow them up. This means that they're actually doing what they're supposed to! This is a BAD situation, Optimus!
BAD!