RID S2EP13 "Decepticon Island Pt2" - Episode Discussion

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  1. UltraMagnus3786

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    I've never been super into this series, like others who really loved TF Prime. The easter eggs and throwbacks to Prime were great, but not enough to make the series interesting overall. As others have pointed out, this was directed toward kids, and the overall tone and logic were a massive step back for me. It had some cringe-worthy moments worse than Animated Season 1. That said, I really liked the portrayal of Windblade, compared to her portrayal in the comics, the relationship between Drift and his minicons, and the ongoing power struggle between Prime and Bee. Sideswipe, Fixit, and Grimlock remained nearly unbearable for me, and Strongarm could've been better had she and Sideswipe not spent the entire first season bickering. The Decepticons and their pseudo beast modes were all a miss for me. I'd rate this series well below all of G1, BW, BM, Animated, and TFP, but higher than the A/E/C and original RID series.
     
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    This is the finale? It was as stupid and boring as the rest of the series. I kept watching hoping it would get good but it didn't. I can't believe this is what they thought would be a good ending to season 2. Don't get me started on the glowing armour. I really hate the "this weapon/item makes me the most powerful in the universe" plots. All they did was knock it out of his hand to win. At least megatronus was a powerhouse by himself
     
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    Well, if soundwave's cameo was anything to go by, it's more like "this armor puts me above the power level of a vehicon".
     
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    This, too. The half-beast stuff is really irritating. Either give us trukk or munkey. Both of the forms suffer when you try to cram both into one bot.

    They also really could've afforded to flesh out more of the decepticons. I remember seeing that crow robot chick, Filch or whatever her name was. I thought "Ah that's a cool design. She could be interesting." And she was never seen or heard from again for the entire series. I know it's aimed at kids, but the badguy-of-the-week stuff was REALLY heavy handed.
     
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    Okay, let's watch this one.

    Steeljaw is victim blaming. lol.

    Wow, Saberhorn and that other one are so incompetent. Now I'm victim blaming.

    "That takes precedence over everything else." What?! Optimus, just last episode you wanted to waste time collecting minicons. Man, this show is bad.

    Hey, looks like Fixit is gonna go kick some ass. That's always welcome.

    Ratchet get owned in his first fight. That's nice.

    Heeey, it's Thunderhoof. Million dollar character design, but 10 cent character. Good job, Hasbro.

    I just had a thought. This is just a stasis bomb. So, why does it need any sort of timer? As soon as someone gets to the place, they should just detonate it. Everyone will go into stasis. THEN, you have someone on the outside casually walk to the location and get the Autobots out of stasis. I really hate this show. What garbage writing.

    Oh man, I wanna see Fixit whoop this vehicons ass. It would be so appropriate.

    I don't understand what just happened with these stasis pods. It didn't put them in stasis?

    Oh, I see. They weren't turned on yet. The guy was in the process of turning them on. It sure was took him a while to get to that though.

    Oh wait, he already did Windblade.

    LOL @ firey fist of furnax.

    Nice that the Decepticons keep their suicide frequency button one click away.

    Turns out Ratchet wasn't a bad guy.

    You know what? If Steeljaw knew that the Autobots were going to set a bomb. Why didn't he just order everyone off the ship? Oh, this show.