Postby Godzilla165 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:50 pm
The times that Prime executed darker themes and episodes well were, imo, really great, with the most noticeable mention being the episode with Breakdown’s gruesome death and the events that followed. But then, the show would also a lot of times feel as though it got dark just for the sake of being so, with no real payoff at the end. The fact that not a single Autobot, outside of Cliffjumper, ever died didn’t help either. When there were pretty massive stakes involved, Prime would just never really do much with them, and before one knew it, the show would be back to the status quo in a few episodes’ time.
Like, Megatron literally had complete control over Earth, and yet within a few episodes, the Autobots were able to dismantle the entire Decepticon stronghold with very little trouble. Prime has a ton a great moments, don’t get me wrong, and I have no trouble revisiting it, but the likes of Animated and Beast Wars just have it beat in terms of satisfying arcs, themes, and actual stakes.
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Godzilla165 on Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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