Given the screechy tone of Starscream's voice, I'm just imagining the "upgrade" he gets in a hypothetical voice for him is like...Gilbert Gottfried.
@6inTruder2 жыл бұрын
Oh shit! That's inspired!!!
@seventhbracken44662 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT!!!!!!! XD
@tannerprice20182 жыл бұрын
That would’ve been PERFECT.
@ProfessorChaos562 жыл бұрын
RIP, he was a legend.
@GamerGoingGrey2 жыл бұрын
That was my thought as well. It's perfect
@RustyShackleford1012 жыл бұрын
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the titanic brass balls on a wounded, dying Megatron to say to (in some versions) the Devil of the Transformers "State your business" as though Unicron was nobody.
@Future_Vantas Жыл бұрын
Whats the Devil to a nonbeliever?
@Relichunters01 Жыл бұрын
@@Future_Vantas but Megatron is a believer though?
@plantainsame2049 Жыл бұрын
@@Future_Vantas still the f****** devil still capable of putting you in unending agony
@henkman007 ай бұрын
I forgot where I read this but some comic stated that Megatron doesn't believe in a higher power (Primus, the Matrix) than himself. so imagine someone with that view on life meeting an entity like Unicron.
@matthewgagnon94266 ай бұрын
Megatron is the Master Shake of Transformers. No matter how badly outmatched he is, he's still going to talk shit and get hit.
@the4thwallkid1322 жыл бұрын
Personally I think primes death should have happened later in the movie, like if Optimus was hot rods mentor during the movie, until his fight and death with galvatron on Junkion instead of Ultra Magnus, that would have made it less scaring and made it memorable like a passing of the torch kind of thing
@carsonsmith73142 жыл бұрын
That would make sense, considering You got the Touch COULD be a passing of the torch song.
@swordkingx48742 жыл бұрын
@@carsonsmith7314 Nah gotta throw out all the old toys and advertise only the new cooler toys.
@gracekim252 жыл бұрын
@@carsonsmith7314 mmm good point
@rodimusriderv23682 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@kidprime68632 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Yeeeeaaah. That's what should have happened. Then Hot Rod would be more likable and Prime's death won't his fault.
@wstine792 жыл бұрын
I remember crying when that sentient robot was on its death bed. Thankfully, Johnny 5 was rebuilt and became a US citizen while getting a Chrome makeover.
@brianjordan38412 жыл бұрын
To this day I always wonder y they didn’t bring back the military from the first movie to try n recapture Johnny 5 especially when he shows up in New York n it wasn’t like he was keeping a low profile
@WolfMaestro54822 жыл бұрын
@@brianjordan3841 The company went under and the project was abandoned. No one cares about a robot from a defunct company.
@Megaspartan23 Жыл бұрын
@@brianjordan3841 If they brought Nova back, it would feel like a retread of the first movie. I'm glad Short Circuit 2 didn't include them (only mention that Nova was disbanded) and decided to do something new and different. Thats why the second movie is way better.
@JetZV2 жыл бұрын
The description of this story as an angry fan-fic is rather accurate. The treatment of Arcee, Springer, and Perceptor as afterthoughts, the lack of Blurr and Wheelie, and the treatment of Hot Rod imply some things about the writer. Interesting that Kup makes it, though; I'm guessing they must've had a soft spot for him since lots of his jokes are carried straight from the movie.
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
He probably just couldn't find a way for Kup to die that was Hot Rod's fault.
@Rabbitlord108 Жыл бұрын
I think in this time-line Wheelie died during the battle of Autobot City. As for Kup. Just retcon it so Megatron encountered him in the past (Ala Ratchet & Lockdown from Transformers Animated) and blow the old veteran's head off. Giving Optimus time to blast Megs.
@gota77382 жыл бұрын
I already don't get people who feel personal hatred towards fictional characters who are badly written, but people who personally hate characters THEY'RE writing baffle me. It's your job! If you don't like how they're written...WRITE BETTER.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
indeed
@Alucard-A-La-Carte Жыл бұрын
Peter Laird, you listening?!
@GatorRay Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Remember. Hot Rod asked Optimus to forgive him afterwards.
@nightshardthefanguidebrony8472 жыл бұрын
I WAS SO NOT EXPECTING THE TRANSFORMERS STYLED INTRO BUT I WELCOME IT
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
Makes me wish he also used the Star Trek intro for all his Star Trek comic review instead of only for "Star Trek mouth".
@jordanhunter33752 жыл бұрын
He needs to save this for whenever he does a Transformer Month
@FNGLHR2 жыл бұрын
I think the outright killing of Arcee, not even giving her a line, was what pissed me off the most. I get hating Hot Rod, even if it's ridiculously over the top and frankly needlessly hateful, but what the hell did Arcee ever do? Was the writer one of those people who just hates the idea of female Autobots outright?
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me.
@jeremyriley12382 жыл бұрын
That, and he pretty much hates any Autobot introduced in TFTM that replaced Optimus and the others in Season 3.
@ironmaster64962 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyriley1238 Except for Kup (thank primus), though i'm surprised that he killed perceptor since he was yhere before the movie
@ironmaster64962 жыл бұрын
Yeah hers and Ultra Magnus was completly unfair they were good characters and here they turned him into a dick and killed him off
@jotacatalan Жыл бұрын
not only arcee, but everyone Not from the original show line became some kind of parody of themselves and were treated very poorly in this comic. There's a video made by Dr.Lockdown who describe how bad the comic actually is and how the same author made the same mistakes in the netflix show
@uncannyrman2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see I'm not the only one that was traumatised by Short Circuit 2.
@lucaselliott20972 жыл бұрын
Same. I remember bawling when I watched that movie.
@charlesswansonii93192 жыл бұрын
Johnny Five was the hero we needed, but didn't deserve. Gone from the world too soon... too soon.
@calebmarmon13102 жыл бұрын
It’s funny that I’ve only ever seen the first one. I still know him as Number 5.
@jediroshi2 жыл бұрын
Same... must help robots.. they are our friends.
@TheAllSeeingEye24682 жыл бұрын
I liked that movie
@Dynaman212 жыл бұрын
All the maturity and writing quality one would expect from fanfic circa 1996.
@ProfessorChaos562 жыл бұрын
And not just any fanfic, but a revenge fic. Whether the author meant it that way or not, this book seethes hatred.
@redconvoy2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I could not stand this comic. Everyone was out of characters and it was just one "let's bag on Hot Rod" comic. WORST FANFIC EVER XD
@gracekim252 жыл бұрын
@@redconvoy um how exactly is an official comic Fanfiction? They’re paid to did this
@Cdr20022 жыл бұрын
@AT Productions Cybertron’s most wanted or the Predacus set with flat head Ravage?
@Cdr20022 жыл бұрын
@@gracekim25 comparing it to fanficfion to the sake of a joke
@NearingLight2 жыл бұрын
11:25 Hot Rod: thank you Hot Rod for noticing the deception, preventing them from storming the city before we got it into battle mode with all of us dying and prime not knowing.
@legogodzilla2 жыл бұрын
A toy reviewer and stop-motion artist named Lazy Eyebrow did do something like this, where Rodimus Prime traveled back in time to stop Hot Rod like Kup did in the comic. Thing is, it changed nothing. Megatron still managed to kill Optimus, but instead of feeling like he got in the way, Hot Rod felt like he could've done something.
@serPomiz2 жыл бұрын
with the recently unvelied first draft of the film, we all know that optimus would have fallen anyway (even pretending that he could have not, big hand universe and everything...) but still...
@@sonicfan20395 Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWWrlYporr1nj9U
@HeadmasterAutobot2 жыл бұрын
This comic seems to have a real beef with Ultra Magnus, too, using him as a cantankerous mouthpiece to dunk on Hot Rod even when Magnus is normally a pretty measured and professional 'bot.
@ganados06 ай бұрын
They all acted out of character towards Hot Rod. That's the authors voice, he's a child, traumatized by the first film and throws all the blame on Hot Rod then pathetically tries to act like he isn't by killing him. The most telling thing is the comic failed to substantially deviate, it ended the same way as the movie.
@FruityGroovy2 жыл бұрын
It kind of feels like Ultra Magnus is the most out of character in this book. In the movie, he's a humble boy scout. Here, he's a major asshole. It kind of feels like part of the IDW version of Ultra Magnus is bleeding into this version of the character, but also some what the IDW version of Prowl, as well.
@mikegates89932 жыл бұрын
Speaking as someone who considers the original Transformers movie one of my favorites, I never really blamed Hot Rod for Optimus' death. He didn't exactly help and Prime probably could've taken down Megatron when he went for the gun had Hot Rod not been a being used as a human shield, but Optimus was wasting time taunting him.
@MMTrigger2 жыл бұрын
That's something I've realized. For all the flak Hot Rod's gotten from the fandom, Megatron used a secondary cannon on his back and right arm in just the first season of the show. Prime should've been ready for Megatron having one last trick. Or at the least kept his wounds covered.
@tristankawatsuma89622 жыл бұрын
Yeah, when you think about it, Hot Rod did the right thing, or at least the natural thing. What would you do if your leader or a comrade had the enemy at gunpoint, but that enemy was secretly planning on shooting them? You intervene. Unfortunately, Hot Rod underestimated Megatron who was still stronger than him after the beating he had with Optimus. Still, fans sure are hard on Hot Rod when he took a major risk. If Megatron wasn't wounded, he might have killed the young Autobot with his bare hands.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
I read a fanfic once where Hot Rod just shot the gun away before Megatron could reach it, and Prime won a fair fight. That seems to be a better way of doing things.
@Nameless-ln5mr2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing, in the Marvel comic adaptation of the movie, Hot Rod didn’t reach the fight on time, and Megs’ just shot Prime while he was monologuing.
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowWingTronix Who really freaking cares about fairness in a ROBOT fight?
@marcluu24332 жыл бұрын
WHAT THIS? 3 VIDEOS IN ONE WEEK. WHAT NEW SPORE OF MADNESS IS THIS????
@DigiRangerScott2 жыл бұрын
Getting these episodes done more leisurely in the wake of 700 and releasing them closely to make up for it
@sonicx9452 жыл бұрын
Spiral Mania is running wild!
@danielbrant67402 жыл бұрын
Playing catch-up.
@fanofpink2 жыл бұрын
He's in hurry because October is coming. The pateron sponsored reviews need to be done before then because the next few months are for Halloween Ring comic, orgins Comics month and Christmas. Not mention 10 years of longbox.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
@@fanofpink but we are already pass event comics month.
@Pineappolis2 жыл бұрын
I remember one of the creators saying he was shocked by people telling him that they/their children were devastated by Prime's death. They'd never really stopped to think of it as more than advertising for the toyline. They hadn't reckoned on the power of Peter Cullen.
@the-aspiring-creator42492 жыл бұрын
The treatment of Hot Rod here honestly makes me think about another time this happened with the same franchise. The IDW Transformers comics if I remember correctly used to have a running "joke" where Cy-Kill of the Gobots would appear... only to suffer a horrific death which was done because at the time the popular consensus was "Transformers are cool while Gobots are the lame knockoffs.". This later stopped when, shock of all shocks, people were getting annoyed with the laziness and pettiness of continuously killing off a character out of spite. I also think about how Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash treated the characters of the less popular sequels of those franchises. It's okay to dislike a character but it's always important to not let that dislike bleed through when you are writing a story. Phelous can get away with mocking Hot Rod because he's doing silly skits. You have an actual story constantly crapping on the guy and, well AU one-shot or not, it's not cool for either the character or their fans.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just IDW. Dreamwave and the convention comics would not only take down Cy-Kill but Cop-Tur as well.
@Macrochenia2 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowWingTronix IIRC, the first instance happened during the Marvel books.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia I don't remember seeing it in any of the Marvel comics. The first time I saw it was in a Dreamwave book.
@Macrochenia2 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowWingTronix IIRC it was some background character who was getting blasted during a group scene that had a silhouette that was vaguely like Cy-Kill. But Dreamwave was where it really became a thing because Hasbro owned the copyrights to the GoBots by then.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia Yep, Cy-Kill and that one time Cop-Tur have been smashed, hung out die, and other kinds of destroyed. When you remember GoBots are technically cyborgs (Gobotronians went the Cybermen route but kept their emotions and added conversion) it becomes even darker.
@tristankawatsuma89622 жыл бұрын
Well, as a fanfiction writer myself who tries to be fair to all characters even if I have favorites among them, here is how I would write the story: Prime has Megatron at gunpoint and Kup has pinned down Hot Rod, partially because he thinks the kid will get in the way and also recalling the many times he's seen rookie Autobots try to act like heroes only to be cut down. Megatron does get a shot off, maybe wounds Optimus, but Prime ends up blowing away Megatron. Starscream calls a retreat and the Decepticons bug out. The Decepticon wounded are dumped out, but Unicron reformats them to be the first of his army of soldiers. However, as there is no Megatron he just commands these warriors directly. The Autobots begin reconstruction on Autobot City and nobody is being so hostile to Hot Rod. Kup and Ultra Magnus may chew the kid out for his attempted heroics, but it would be more so because he very well could have gotten himself killed instead of the chance that he could have gotten Prime killed. Optimus comforts Hot Rod, pointing out everybody makes mistakes and that his intentions were completely noble, and that maybe he has the potential to be something more. Cyclonus and Scourge, formerly regular Decepticons, interrupt Starscream's coronation to invite the other Decepticons into the ranks. While Starscream is hesitant, seeing the way his old comrades were upgraded convinces him to also be reformatted. Unlike Galvatron or this comic's version, he has a contingency plan. The dude finally got the leadership of the Decepticons, so he isn't just going to lose it to some planet-eater. Starscream and his forces attack Earth and Optimus orders a quick evacuation, especially after Moonbase 1 and Moonbase 2 are eaten by Unicron. For the seating arrangements, I say they remain the same except Optimus and Blaster journey with Hot Rod, Kup, and the Dinobots. This is so Blaster isn't just ignored and I would think these two would be able to get the Dinobots on the ship quicker since they know each other longer. I would also have Autobots who we didn't see die in the battle join both crews. One critique I have with season 3 of the show is the small cast, barely using anybody from the old cast. I might even have the Female Autobots send secret messages to Blaster about the arrival of the reformatted Decepticons. Yeah, this would be more of a mini-series than a single issue for me. Anyways, both shuttles crash on the same worlds that they did. Of course, the Decepticons instead go to the homeworld of the Quintessons since Prime is on that shuttle. On Quintessa, the larger Autobot force led by Prime drives off the Sharkticons, until the Decepticons intervene. This three-way battle claims combatants on all sides until Wheelie leading the Dinobots shows up and allows the Autobots to emerge victorious. Starscream learns of Unicron moving to eat Cybertron and thus enacts his contingency, making an alliance with the Autobots. Naturally, Optimus is very cautious of such a deal with Starscream but agrees due to the larger threat to Cybertron. On Junkion, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots under him find themselves under attack by the Junkions. This goes on until the Autobot-Decepticon alliance arrives, with Optimus of course restraining Starscream from blowing away the natives while Hot Rod and Kup use the universal greeting to make peace. Then we come to the final battle. Starscream at first thanks to the influence of Unicron attacks the Autobots, but Prime orders them to restrain Starscream since Unicron is forcing him to attack. The Autobot-Decepticon strike force gets inside Unicron and gets split up. Daniel and maybe Wheelie who have become quick friends find the captured Autobots and save them. The main force nearly gets overwhelmed by the defenses, and a few others including Prime, Hot Rod, and Starscream find themselves in the same location for the final battle. Starscream critically wounds Optimus despite the Autobots and Decepticons both trying to stop him, then he reveals of course that it wouldn't have mattered if Unicron was forcing him or not, he was still going to betray Prime and steal the Matrix. He then planned on using the Matrix to destroy Unicron and be hailed as a hero, cementing the reign of Starscream, Emperor of Destruction. But the Matrix refuses to work for Starscream and in a moment of heroism, Hot Rod fights back, gets the Matrix, and becomes Rodimus Prime. Unicron gets destroyed, but the Decepticons are divided in two. Optimus in his last act as Prime grants the Decepticons pardons for helping to save Cybertron from the greatest evil. Soundwave and most of the Decepticons take the pardon while Starscream and his followers go to Chaar, still determined to carry on the Great War. Rodimus becomes the next leader of Cybertron, ensuring that together, Autobots and Decepticons will be ready the next time Starscream or any type of evil tries to emerge. On paper, the story goes in the same direction as the movie. However, I would utilize as many characters as I could and show Starscream's treachery unintentionally leading to Autobots and Decepticons finally making peace, realizing they have other things to worry about besides wrecking each other. Granted, this may negate Season 3 as the Decepticons under Starscream would be a much smaller force, but the addition of the Decepticons introduced in Season 3 along with the Headmasters and Targetmasters may even things out a little.
@jrcarter91752 жыл бұрын
See, now this, I might have enjoyed.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
wow that's actually great story great job man ;)
@gracekim252 жыл бұрын
Eeeep don’t forget paragraphs next time😅
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
@@gracekim25 indeed
@kidprime68632 жыл бұрын
Now that's a better "what-if" scenario. Better story, better pacing, better character development, and better ending.
@nonspiderweb2 жыл бұрын
This is way too unimaginative for a what if. as you pointed out everything that happened in the movie basically still happened. just with some characters and details swapped around. imagine if it had REALLY mixed things up? still have Cup stop Hot Rod from interfering, but rather then have Optimus kill Megatron, the consequence of him living is stat he is captured by the decepeticons, THEN Optimus and Megatron are BOTH dropped into space and BOTH become servants of Unicron. Think about where it could go from there? a brainwashed optimus would give the matrix to unicron, and the autobots would need to find a different way to stop him. there's so much potential and instead they just retold the movie.
@jackmcslay2 жыл бұрын
Unicron attacking Cybertron right there seems like a huge plothole, in the movie he does that just after Galvatron threatens to open the matrix, seemingly implying that the reason he wanted the matrix destroyed was so he would be able to attack Cybertron unimpeded, and swallowing Galvatron seemed good enough that being a decepticon he would not be able to open the matrix. Him attacking cybertron before Megascream got even close to destroying the matrix removes any reason to send the decepticon after the matrix in first place.
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
There's something I've always wondered. Neither Magnus nor Galvatron tried to open the matrix correctly. Magnus just pulled on the handles, and Galvatron tried to pry the core open ... but Hot Rod actually stuck his fingers in the slots on the handles. Could Mags or Galv have opened it if they'd actually done it right?
@Macrochenia2 жыл бұрын
@@foxfireinferno197 Lol, Hot Rod succeeded by following the instructions.
@Cdr20022 жыл бұрын
@@foxfireinferno197 I think the Matrix has an internal intelligence that decides “worthyness” and Hot Rod opening it correctly is mostly a visual to show him as more worthy than the previous holders
@louisduarte87632 жыл бұрын
@@Cdr2002 So it works like Mjolnir that way.
@Cdr20022 жыл бұрын
@@louisduarte8763 yeah!
@TheMemeRepository2 жыл бұрын
Another problem is that this premise feels like it deserves at least four issues (same as the movie comic), as you can feel this single issue straining to compress the movie's runtime down to single issue page count, so there's no room to breathe. Reading it feels more like a series of bullet points being rattled off in quick succession more than it does a story unfolding organically.
@battleupsaber4622 жыл бұрын
glad to see this one covered. this comic has been the punching bag of the TF fandom for a long time now, and the fact that the writer of this comic is doing the upcoming Kamen Rider Zero-One comic has me pretty concerned to say the least.
@Dynaman212 жыл бұрын
He’s doing a Zero-One comic? Man, comic writers just fail upwards, don’t they?
@TeryJones2 жыл бұрын
Oh Christ really? Oy vey, who do they hate from that show?
@evanartist80602 жыл бұрын
Wait. This guy is writing the Zero-One comic? Ooooooh no, I’m worried now. I was looking forward to that. Well here’s hoping it goes better…
@sscool1002 жыл бұрын
I didn’t even know there was a comic coming. How did I miss that?
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
How good it is probably depends on how much he likes the characters. Logically, if you don't like the characters you wouldn't work on the book, but we just learned this writer didn't get the memo on that.
@beastmaster0934 Жыл бұрын
Me before watching this video: Transformers Deviations huh? Sounds like a neat concept Me after watching this video: WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT NONSENSE!?
@carlrood44572 жыл бұрын
I have a playlist of songs from movies of the 80's. Every time "The Touch" plays, I say, "Arise, Rodimus Prime" and "This is the end of the road Galvatron" It's a really cool intro/origin that the series bungled.
@lakelandbuzz22522 жыл бұрын
If you're not a fan of Hot Rod, then let me suggest the More Then Meets The Eye comics by James Roberts. That series is a godsend for both obscure characters and Hot Rod.
@Vesperitis2 жыл бұрын
Wait Johnny Five nearly died, recovered, then got a gold color scheme. IS JOHNNY FIVE A SUPER SAIYAN?! BTW that intro is fantastic.
@GatorRay Жыл бұрын
Nah I think it might be a reference to Bumblebee becoming Goldbug in The Return of Optimus Prime (He was nearly killed but ended getting rebuilt into Goldbug during the multi parter for those who don't know)
@SwiftGundam2 жыл бұрын
Just the intro alone earns this video the top spot in Atop the Fourth Wall videos. 14:39. Oh, the face Linkara makes at Starscream's insult to Soundwave. Priceless.
@clarktooncrossing39752 жыл бұрын
Okay, I am super loving the new music like the new ‘Linkara’s Going Nuts’ score and that badass Transformers-style theme. That entire opening is just glorious! Also, happy to see you putting out content so regularly lately, especially given how much the schedule’s been stressing you out. As for the comic, yeah, the hatred aimed towards Hot Rod is really annoying. I don’t love the character, but much like Scrappy-Doo, I must wonder why writers lack the creativity to fix characters they hate instead of just crapping on them.
@juliagoodwin95102 жыл бұрын
I don't hate Scrappy either and think that he deserves a chance... problem is that most people don't care...
@mitchfletcher23862 жыл бұрын
@@juliagoodwin9510 Scrappy fan right here!
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
"I must wonder why writers lack the creativity to fix characters they hate instead of just crapping on them." Oh I don't know.... maybe because they HATE HIM, think about it.... you expect more creativity out of something the writers didn't want to do to begin with and you come in with your smart alek response of "just use your creativity to fix things". Ever heard of creative burnout? or you know, the idea of "PEOPLE DON"T WANNA WORK ON THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE" It doesn't matter if you love Scrappy or not, the writers were forced against their will to do it to begin with just to please corporate executives who think "popular thing is popular", in fairness they should be able to do whatever they want given the circumstance and honestly more power to them, Scrappy at best was okay and tolerable at times and at worse he was a big fat annoying waste of space who got Shaggy and Scooby into more trouble then needed. (just like most of the other annoying awful and pointless cast of Hanna Barbara characters. At least Scooby-Doo branched out eventually, but I better leave soon before more of unpopular opinion juice seeps out ;) I'm glad he got the treatment he did in the live-action movie because it was so fitting anyways. (the annoying character with the awful movie). Scappy sucks and I totally agree with the writers making him suffer, that is the hill I'm dying on. (PUPPY POWER!!!! lIke god shut up you stupid mutt!!!) Now here comes the angry mob to torch me in my sleep. (better late than never I guess, gets giant bottle of wisky and toasts the glass while laughing with the cigar in his mouth).
@clarktooncrossing39752 жыл бұрын
@@juliagoodwin9510 No, the problem is he was portrayed as a villain in that crappy live-action movie after Cartoon Network portrayed him as a pest in their marketing and ever since then nobody's wanted to use the character. Which is weird, I remember watching the Scoob movies starring Scrappy when I was younger and never thought he was annoying. Heck, a relative of Scooby who actively wants to go after the monsters? That to me sounds like an interesting dynamic. Shame nobody else in charge of the franchise seems to think so.
@clarktooncrossing39752 жыл бұрын
And to that one commenter that made a very long essay saying why Scrappy 'clearly deserved' what he got in the live action movies: Look, even if YOU don't like the character, chances are somebody else does. I absolutely despise the Teen Tians from TTG! but not enough to wish horrible things to happen to them. Heck, I honestly wish they'd be given the chance to live up to the legacy left behind by their predecessors. And if you are gonna do something awful to them like kill them off, let it at least be a heroic sacrifice or somethin'. I just don't like hating stuff.
@notsosmartguy62542 жыл бұрын
I HATE when writers put their hate and bias towards certain characters in comics. I won't name any examples but it's a big thing in alot of recent comics it's so frustrating. If you don't like the the characters don't put them in the story.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
same here
@alexandersturnn45302 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, Linkara, that Transformers-style Intro is fucking WICKED! Also, Lord Vyce showing up at the end of said Intro. A hint at everyone's favorite Buckethead-Villain returning one day, or just a cool Image to go along with the Intro? You make the call!
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
No it's definitly just "a cool image" Lewis has said before he's completely done with Vyce character unless he can bring him back and make him interesting again.
@MMTrigger2 жыл бұрын
What weirdest of all for me is that I can understand the anger at Hot Rod, but why the rest of the Season 3 cast? It's actually surprising that Kup survived.
@GatorRay Жыл бұрын
I would've honestly had Shockwave also get an upgrade. As for the name. I would call him Shockblast (For those who don't know. That's the name his Unicron Trilogy counterpart went by because Hasbro didn't have the trademark for his Original name at the time)
@michaelnally2841 Жыл бұрын
I mean I understand wanting like the characters from season 1-2 more cause even the ones who survived like Bumblebee and Jazz I don’t think they got featured much. But for record I only watched season. 3 once and it was years ago.
@Rabbitlord108 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelnally2841 That's an understandable criticism.
@JetSamurai7X2 жыл бұрын
can i just say CLAP CLAP CLAP to whomever made that intro THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!
@tannerprice20182 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, Hot Rod did nothing wrong in the 1986 film. He acted reckless, certainly, but I say there would’ve been a 50/50 chance that Optimus still would’ve been killed by Megatron, had Hot Rod not interfered. Should Hot Rod have shot Megatron from a distance instead of tackle him? Sure. But Hot Rod isn’t necessarily the sole reason that Prime died. But this comic feels like it was written by someone who was traumatized by Prime’s death in 1986, then wrote a story where stuff that occurred outside of ANY Autobot’s control were course-corrected because “Make way for our favorite Robo-Jesus.” The story just feels like it was written by someone who was super bitter about that one scene. Especially when it completely writes Ultra Magnus, a character in the cartoon who was supportive of his troops, including Rodimus Prime, as someone who treats Hot Rod in this story as a traitor, despite him doing literally nothing in the battle against Autobots in this movie.
@Macrochenia2 жыл бұрын
Given that Hot Rod had been established to have blasters in his arms when he opened fire on the shuttle several scenes earlier, the real correct action seems like it would have been to shoot the gun and/or Megatron.
@Jetblast012 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia It's also been shown that Autobot weapons no longer work when they're low on energy, happened with Hoist and Warpath. They been fighting a full day against the Decepticons, so who knows.
@reyonXIII2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Brandon Easton was a vindictive manbaby here. Given his work on Siege and Earthrise, he's not that great of a writer either. And thus, I worry about him being the writer for the Kamen Rider Zero-One comic. If it bombs because it's a bad comic, then it's gonna hurt the effort to have KR plant a stronger foothold in the west that'll overshadow the Masked Rider series' unfortunately surviving legacy.
@wstine792 жыл бұрын
Three AT4W videos in one week? This is indeed a dark universe.
@faishiro50092 жыл бұрын
about to say this; I hope Linkara is ok.
@TheCaptainKuhn2 жыл бұрын
Since this is on Transformers it would be the Shattered Glass universe
@Silentking59952 жыл бұрын
He is probably compensating for his schedule slipping so much
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
Or you know just a schedule trying to fix itself.
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
@@faishiro5009 He okay chill. 👍
@WraithTDK2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I really, really miss screaming "technical difficulties" Linkara. Also, that animated intro was INSANELY kick-ass.
@notsosmartguy62542 жыл бұрын
Man these animated intros you have are God tier.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@nine_tails1372 жыл бұрын
All Talk... No Shock! Best Line ever! Soundwave FTW!
@monstercombo0072 жыл бұрын
That 3D Intro was super sick!
@felipevega8302 жыл бұрын
That transformers themed, theme song was fantastic along with this episode, a great time
@ShadowKnux3722 жыл бұрын
Honestly, with how these sort of stories tend to be, with last week's comic being "something goes wrong but things work out alright at the end," I kinda expected this to be a switch on that and that Optimus not dying would have lead to things going completely off the rails and leading to full near bad-end style disaster. It's rather surprising it ended up being kinda by the numbers, especially given when it came out.
@Jetblast012 жыл бұрын
You'd think it would've gone how Gurren Lagan would've if Kamina survived. The creator stated if he did live, the Dai-Gurren team wouldn't have been able to win again Lord Genome. And nothing would've changed.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
Wow 3 atop the fourth wall episodes this week it’s a Christmas miracle.
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
Say it with me kids "HE'S BEHIND SCHEDULE"
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
@@Pikachu2Ash lol indeed
@mwc17072 жыл бұрын
"Challenge for the crown." Man I just had the thought of Decepticon Game of Thrones. "You know nothing Jet Snow."
@BaronSengir10082 жыл бұрын
"Who is a man?" Well, let's see how they punch!
@Nameless-ln5mr2 жыл бұрын
18:55 Fun fact: The Universal Greeting has different meanings depending on what member of the writing staff you ask. My favorite version is, “Do you hate Dirtwad Decepticons as much as we do?”
@Savagewolver2 жыл бұрын
Love the transformers intro. Hopes that’s going to be a recurring thing from now on.
@serPomiz2 жыл бұрын
I love how "in the far future of 2000-something" has become a thrope for cassette futurism this comic focusess up a problem with one-shot what if: you need to know much more than the story presented; the whole thing with hot rod in the pre-film commercial, is that everyone shit on hot rod for being himself (and have magnus focussing on HIM being the leader should optimus not be able to or away, and being annoyed for the existance of rodimus), but this is barelly touched on anywhere else but here, and everyone just know the "killed optimus" stuff
@link89092 жыл бұрын
Okay first, that Transformers style intro is AMAZING! So this comic both baffles me and concerns me; baffling because it was written 30 years after Transformers The Movie, there have been multiple versions of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Optimus Prime and his deaths and resurrections, and even in this continuity he was brought back, as you said at the end this is something that people would have accepted by now, so for me seeing this type of story where it was either written by or written for people that were still un-ironically angry over Optimus Primes death and blamed/hated Hot Rod 30 years later, its just… no, just no okay. But that leads me into why this concerns me; because this mentality is not isolated, it’s a common thing in many fandoms to the point of predictability, and has only gotten more notoriety over the years, so I’m worried that if we’re not carful that in another 30 years time we’ll see more of this type of angry, bitter storytelling in other franchises, stories not written for a love of a work, but by or for the angry people who never learnt to accept and move on.
@Rabbitlord108 Жыл бұрын
Heck. Transformers Animated had Ultra Magnus as leader of the Autobots (Before Sentinel Prime took over later on. But still)
@zexalbrony47992 жыл бұрын
Three reviews in just one week!? This is completely unprecedented. Are you okay Linkara? You're not forgoing sleep or drinking way too much coffee to be able to get these out so fast?
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
Dude he trying to play catch up, he's been way off scheduals for weeks now. Just be happy you got the video and stop being dramatic.
@zexalbrony47992 жыл бұрын
@@Pikachu2Ash I get that, but considering how unusual it is a lot of us wanted to make jokes about it in the comments. Also, I am legitimately concerned that Linkara may be pushing himself too hard to be able to get three decently long videos out in such a short time. And the last thing I want is such a great and entertaining KZbinr I respect to hurt himself by trying to do too much at once.
@CrazyBuffyFan12 жыл бұрын
@@zexalbrony4799 No need to worry. He said on his Twitter he's handling everything really well and I believe him. Besides, Halloween month is coming and that'll be a busy time.
@zexalbrony47992 жыл бұрын
@@CrazyBuffyFan1 Oh that's good. Yeah, I know he loves to do a spooky storyline every October, I just figured if he fell too far behind he'd just skip a storyline this year, which to be fair his character in-universe would probably appreciate since his character has complained how every Halloween for years now they always have to deal with something.
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
@@Pikachu2Ash Heaven forbid someone should actually be concerned about another human being.
@florenceb10312 жыл бұрын
As someone loves both Transformers and What If stories, I remember being really excited when I first heard about this comic and only didn't buy it because I didn't see it available at Barnes & Noble and didn't think to try a comic book store. Now that I know what happens, I'm glad I missed out on this one. It would have, at best, left me unsatisfied and, at worst, been rage inducing for killing off several of my favorite characters (or preventing the existence of in the case of Cyclonus) for an unsatisfying story.
@YMasterS2 жыл бұрын
That intro was out of this world. This comic did really feel more like a fanboy trying to "correct" how they thought the movie should have gone.
@Gojiragon2 жыл бұрын
HOLY HELL THAT OPENING WAS KICKASS!
@TALLPANZER2 жыл бұрын
I can totally hear Starscream say: "I was going to eat that moon!"
@thomashollingshead0152 жыл бұрын
Dude, that intro was f’in awesome!
@alex_-yz9to2 жыл бұрын
6:28 "hot rod's dissatisfaction" of COURSE, he was dissatisfied that he was in the terrible famicom game where they need to find out details about optimus' death and purpousely left him to die... it makes so much sense!
@RaphBlade72 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Poyo thinks about Linkara's Short Curcuit 2 trauma or if he feels the same way about it seeing as Johnny 5 is a fellow robot. I also dig the Transformers themed intro! Wonder if Linkara will continue to use it for future Transformers reviews.
@Hawkatana2 жыл бұрын
Barely over a minute in & Linkara is already having a mental breakdown. This is gonna be good.
@wakeangel20012 жыл бұрын
As I recall, in the actual movie Ultra Magnus was broken to pieces but the Junkions were able to rebuild him, I was expecting them to go into the debris and fix up Springer, Arcee, and Magnus, maybe use a few spare parts so we get like Mad Max style vesions with spikes or somewhat asymmetrical designs...but nope, just shit on my favorite character, the awesome triple changer guy, and the blue asshole...actually let them fix springer and arcee but Magnus stays dead as a cheeky reversal from the movie.
@lordzeppelin38242 жыл бұрын
Me: Holy cow! Not one, not two, but THREE uploads within the span of a week! It's a Christmas miracle! "It's September!" Me: Semantics!
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
No not at all. That's not what Semantics means at all... "The study or science of meaning in language. The competence of a speaker with regard to the interpretation of the meaning of linguistic structures. The study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent"
@Dr_Geek2 жыл бұрын
The "As such we surrender" line took me by suprise. The most giggle I ever gotten from your content :)
@БогданГоранов-п9х2 жыл бұрын
That intro is fire.
@crazeejaycee16172 жыл бұрын
that opening crawl was really cool.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
I am also sad that IDW is losing the Transformers license because damn I love there transformers comics especially beast wars comics that came out this year which was really awesome and badass and to see it now gone is just sad and depressing.
@Alverant2 жыл бұрын
I'm not a fan of the art style in their Beast Wars. I think the reboot of the series is what did it in for IDW. Maybe if there was a longer break between the end of their first series and this new one, it would have been better.
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
@@Alverant i can understand that but I maintained the beast wars comic was really good.
@TupocalypseShakur2 жыл бұрын
The ending made me mad, because I'll never know what BW Megatron's plans for the future were. Is he going to meddle with the Autobots and Decepticons? Is he going to unintentionally change the course of Earth's history? Is he going to try to go to back to Cybertron? I'll never know
@TevyaSmolka2 жыл бұрын
@@TupocalypseShakur i can understand that but I have sneaking suspicion that series never got a chance to have a proper ending.
@Rabbitlord108 Жыл бұрын
Watch Disney buy Hasbro. Resulting in Marvel making Transformers comics again (As always. Not trying to jinx it)
@TheEmeraldWeirdo2 жыл бұрын
First off, it's awesome that you're managing to get videos out faster. Second, I fully agree that this seems like a fan fic. Specifically, a half-baked fix fic. The so-called "deviation" doesn't really go far enough with the concept. It feels more like the writer's line of thinking was "I don't like the movie, so I'll just redo it myself so it's better!" Third: HOLY CARP THAT OPENING. I take it you're going to be using that for any Transformers reviews going forward, like how you have a special opening for Star Trek reviews?
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
He's getting videos out faster because he way behind on schedule.
@Mecham252 жыл бұрын
Hot Rod: Man, I’m just so dissatisfied of the whole war! I just wanna go fishing with my bud, Daniel. Megatron: At last! The moment I was waiting for! (Evil laughter)
@sophisticautistic54532 жыл бұрын
That intro was super unexpected and it was great.
@ShadeNightwolf2 жыл бұрын
That intro ROCKED!!!!
@ADdude2 жыл бұрын
The first two minutes of this review explain so much about Pollo existence
@MaveriKat2 жыл бұрын
I love the opening. And you're right, this did feel like a bad fanfiction
@chasformer30912 жыл бұрын
TJOmega talked about this comic, and he even made his own version of an alternate take of the film and comic.
@Rabbitlord1089 ай бұрын
When did he talk about it?
@thomaspalazzolo59022 жыл бұрын
I teach an Ethics of Computer Science course. Whenever we discuss AI and the concept of Personhood, I always do a full discussion of the Short Circuit movies and Johnny 5's personhood. And yes I get emotional dammit.
@javodey2 ай бұрын
"I ACCEPT YOUR TERMS!! I ACCEPT!!!" -Megatron, in pain and dying from Unicorn. Yeah, definitely sounds like begging to me.
@Paraster2 жыл бұрын
I never knew I wanted to see TF2's Soldier redesigned into a Linkara 3D model.
@omegamaximus17272 жыл бұрын
That computer graphic intro is awesome.
@alexandercross90812 жыл бұрын
3:40 there are many things I never expected to see on this show, and The Soldier from Team Fotresss 2 as Linkara was one of them
@3faltigeralexandro2 жыл бұрын
A better "What if Optimus had not died" story was how it was adapted in Transformers:Prime (an awesome show altogether) - there, it looks like Hot Rod had to take the Matrix from a dying Optimus, but turns it around and manages to overcome his indecisive nature and save Optimus' life (proving that he has the potential to be a great leader, but not ruining the character by thrusting him into that position by killing off his predecessor).
@twilightman28162 жыл бұрын
19:15 Actually, they do recognize the Autobots in the "original" continuality. What comes next is the five part third season opener, "Five Faces of Darkness". The Autobots and Decepticons discover that the Quintessons are their creators, and the ancient Transformers exiled the Quintessons from Cybertron. The Quintessons were putting Kup and Hot Rod on trial for the "theft" of Cybertron.
@OnDavidsBrain2 жыл бұрын
Now that I know about that awesome new Transformers intro I need to secure the next Patreon slot and get you to cover Transformers Vs Mazinger Z.
@angryspork6102 жыл бұрын
That CG opener alone was worthy of a Like. But now my brain can't stop trying to parody the TF theme song's lyrics for AT4W. "LINKARAAAAA! Wears a purty hat! LINKARAAAAA! Surprised by sudden cat! Linkara wages his battle to burn down the evil forces of, crappy comic books! LINKARAAAA!" I'll see myself out.
@foxfireinferno1972 жыл бұрын
That was actually pretty effing good, dude. :)
@angryspork6102 жыл бұрын
@@foxfireinferno197 Thanks.
@3MenAndALetsPlay2 жыл бұрын
Woah Linkara is really cranking the videos out, I have been on a AT4W kick for a few weeks now and this is all solid gold!
@slingovision2 жыл бұрын
Linkara's Transformers Narrator Voice is pretty great.
@otakon172 жыл бұрын
1:07 I feel ya man, hoo that hit me hard too. EDIT: okay that intro was WAY more than I expected and fun to boot.
@stonekidman23062 жыл бұрын
Oh. My. God. This might be my favorite episode; from the amazing cg transformers opening credit (that had my jaw drop) to the hilarious commentary to the pin perfect Clue clips this was an incredible episode!
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
1:16 This joke will never get old XD 3:59 Wow :O You controlling a transformer like it's a Megazord is wicked :) 5:19 So does that mean he's teabaging Megatron? 8:48 Oh come on man that was the biggest missed opportunity for the "boooo" soundclip :D
@johnrussellpelt90912 жыл бұрын
The ghost of Starscream... I remember that. I'm guessing in this reality, we get the ghost Ultra Magnus popping up every so often, complaining that it's the Autobot that -- as far as he's concerned -- was a screw-up and possible traitor who got him killed that everyone remembers and mourns. And you imitate the Transformers voice over narrator excellently
@Alverant2 жыл бұрын
I agree. The comic was condensed with everyone hating on Hot Rod for something he didn't do. Personally, I blame the limited page count. There were some missed opportunities here. Like Thundercracker decided to negoitate with Unicron and becoming Thunderwing, a pretender from year 5 or 6 of the toyline.
@LordQuadros2 жыл бұрын
There may be just a SLIGHT bit of Transformers fan bias here, but I think I just found my all-time favorite AT4W intro. EDIT: Holy crap, you really could just call this “Fuck You, Hot Rod: The Book”
@Rabbitlord1083 ай бұрын
Never thought I'd reference this in 2024. But this reminds me of the part of the SML video Chef Pee Pee's Lottery Ticket where he got Toad, Bowser, & Bowser Junior (Or Junior as they call him in that series) gathering them so he can say "F you" to all of them. But replace Chef Pee Pee with Brandon Easton and the other 3 mentioned with the season 3 cast.
@tkayube2 жыл бұрын
The Linkara 3D model in the opening makes me think of a Team Fortress 2 character. I guess when using more gun doesn't work, you use a giant robot.
@Ashurman6662 жыл бұрын
That WAS a TF2 character, just with different clothes.
@mray47842 жыл бұрын
Love the opening.
@DrakeyC2 жыл бұрын
5:33 - I object, in sincerity - it shows Kup coming up on Hot Rod, with the thought bubble "and if you to interfere, I'll stop ya!", so there's our clue as to how things are going differently since that didn't happen in the movie. The REAL problem with that cover is that it shows Megatron wielding the laser sword and Prime holding his hip, which hadn't happened at that point in the fight yet, Hot Rod shouted "I've got to help Prime" as Prime hurled Megatron into a wall, and *then* Megatron chucked a piece of debris at Optimus causing the hip wound, and a couple of seconds laser pulled out the laser sword.
@MalzraAirwynn2 жыл бұрын
Holy crap you really went all in on the intro for this one.
@aaronmartin61082 жыл бұрын
The opening credits were absolutely stunning. It was an enjoyable review, especially getting to hear your Starscream voice.
@SuperMutant20992 жыл бұрын
Funny recently someone found the first draft of the 86 movie. It is insanely different then the movie we got. Its crazy. Also amazing opening.
@spartanvenom53882 жыл бұрын
So uuh…this comic completely ignores the fact that Cliffjumper and Jazz died in this version;since even if they survived Unicron devouring moon base 1 like in the movie,they never get rescued here. So instead Hot Rod Kills two of my favorite characters if he doesn’t attempt to help Optimus.
@Rabbitlord1089 ай бұрын
Big OOF! Especially since this comic came out after things like Cliffjumper dying in the first episode of Transformers Prime. Also hate the fact that they fridged Arcee (Without giving her a single line of dialog)
@l0stndamned2 жыл бұрын
Very much impressed by that intro.
@CuppaLLX2 жыл бұрын
and so we see how Meckakara begins, with an obsession to save robots
@Pikachu2Ash2 жыл бұрын
GASPS! I WOULDN'T HAVE GUESS! IT'S NOT LIKE HE MADE THAT CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING OR SOME- wait a minute.......
@darknessrising24532 жыл бұрын
14:58 This is even funnier when you remember he has a TROPE named after him. The guy's name is literally synonymous with treachery.
@Arelenedhel2 жыл бұрын
Love the intro, Lewis!
@New3DSLuigi3642 жыл бұрын
14:39-14:44 (Linkara stares silently & angrily) Soundwave: All talk, No Shock!
@mochiman63072 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend checking out ask vector prime, it basically does this but on a franchise wide scale, like two versions of bw inferno joined the autobots in the universe war under different circumstances, a duplicate of primals crew crashed into the rid universe etc
@ycastro20032 жыл бұрын
Ask Vector Prime also did a version of the TF movie called Echoes and Fragments where the transformer, Sideways, and Gobot, Gong, messed around tf movie events by merging the tf & gobot realities at different points. It even has some art pieces showing the events
@Rabbitlord108 Жыл бұрын
Didn't it confirm that Unicron destroyed the universe of the Beast Within comic?