Transformers Prime was wasted potential.

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It's Prime Time baby.
Transformers talk returns again! This time with a bit of a controversial take, and a longer video format. Rewind the clock back to 2010, turn on the Hub, and let's talk about the wasted potential of Transformers Prime. From corporate meddling, to poor writers choices, this show had the chance to be something really special but ultimately falls flat. It's not the worst Transformers show, not by a long shot, but it's certainly heavily debated on forums and message boards.
This one's gonna get some hate. So I'll just say it here, Prime isn't a bad show, but I certainly think it's a bit disappointing.
Transformers Prime was wasted potential.
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Time Stamps:
2:41 - Part One: (Mis)alignment
8:37 - Part Two: Scavenger Hunts
13:35 - Part Three: The Characters
29:25 - Part Four: The Megafool
38:00 - Part Five: Undercooked Stakes
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Children of the Omnissiah

[@Vilgax00]

Tfp Megtrons stuation with Starscream is even gets worse when we consider the fact that both of his vers in previous Tfa continuity and next Cyberverse continuity killed Starscream after betrayed him.

[@alberteinstein453]

I think Megatron chose to kill Dreadwing in favor of starscreem,despite of Dreadwing clearly being better in all aspects is because Megs wanted a second in command capable enough to lead his troops(which starscreem is, considering he's air commander) but weak enough to be punished and bossed around whenever he felt like it,which Dreadwing,being comparable to Prime himself was obviously not.

[@TheDoomerDen]

Actually that's probably the best argument I've heard in favor of Starscream over Dreadwing in this case, good point.

[@MxJester]

While I do love TFP it definitely could have been done better, some characters could have used more screen time or better development and the ways characters are made more comedic i find to be disappointing. Plenty of episodes were written in a way I found disappointing, I think that most episodes could have been better with more plot edits and I think the way the show ended was not in good faith. My main problem is the large cast of flat characters, they are almost cardboard cut outs and are very lack luster. Its hard to know the personality of most characters when they feel so flat. The best well writen character I can think of is Arcee, solely for her emotional termoial she goes through with her ex-partner tailgate. The show is good sure, but it could have been great.

[@Death_Trooper645]

While I think a few of your points were more so nitpicks, I definitely agree with you on a lot of this. Prime had a lot of potential and a lot of it got wasted. Another thing I dislike about the show is how they tried to make it seem high stakes by killing off Cliffjumper (RIP the poor guy), but then another autobot never dies. I think it’s very cheap of Prime to do that. I have a few other issues with the show that you didn’t address, but I’m still a fan of Prime through and through. I love it and animated equally for completely different reasons

[@devinhamb6586]

I feel that since Beast Wars, certain transformers shows have introduced concepts/ or themes that have helped the franchise grow all the way up to TFP. *Beast Wars introduced transforming animals and a detailed explanation of a spark. * The Unicron trilogy, mainly Armada and Cybertron, introduced the Minicons and colonized worlds by Cybertron. * The Transformers film(2007) introduced the Allspark. * TFA gave us a glimpse of Cybetronian life after the war and how certain problems don't immediately disappear, but can fester and lead to new ones. * TFP gave us the 13 primes and a nuanced origin of the Great War as well as showing the darker aspects of War in general. Overall I enjoyed your review on Prime. Even though I still love the show despite its flaws, you were spot on about those flaws and how it affected the show. Because along with the production Hell it went through behind the scenes, I felt sometimes the Aligned continuity was all over the place. Also an interesting note in regards to Optimus in this show where it had him showing a bit more emotion. In the episode Stronger, Faster during the argument between ratchet and the Autobots, Ratchet was originally supposed to bring up Elita-1( who I think died in the war) during the argument and blamed Optimus for it, which would've caused Optimus to punch him, but the story editor didn't want Optimus to lose his cool during the scene. Still I think TFP is one of the best transformers shows to come out, but its by no means THY best in my opinion.

[@TheDoomerDen]

I had no idea that scene was supposed to happen, that's very interesting! I actually liked that episode too

[@kacperxt371]

Also the issue with the show is that the "good" guys are committing a lot of war crimes.

[@DaTLMusic]

Wasted as in it only got like a season or two? I would agree with u there but i remember really liking it. Its the only transformers content ive enjoyed besides the original 80s cartoon

[@esha3211]

16:25 This doesn't make much sense to me since Starscream and Soundwave died in DOTM and they had no problem appearing in the show.

[@Vilgax00]

Yeah,but they are fan fav.

[@esha3211]

@@Vilgax00 Ironhide was a fan-favorite though.

[@Vilgax00]

@@esha3211 yeah,only in movie though. His armada ver is also drastically diffrent than what they wanted from tfp.

[@leon1thelion580]

I see your point it does sound like a lot of wasted potential

[@Booey_Animations]

You should do a video about cyberverse. Probably my second fav tf show after Animated

[@ryanmatthews3609]

i have no problem with the games by high moon but i will agree on the show itself and some of the novels featuring or mention the allspark.

[@what1fun1v3rs3]

I still think the show was pretty great for what it was though if the transformer live action movies themselves were a bit better we could have possibly ended up with a more BTAS type of show that could have used previous canon to fill in gaps. Though at this point I wished the transformers movie verse just moved back to animation at this point instead of being held back with the limitations of the live action medium.

[@TheDoomerDen]

I have good news then! Next year will see the release of Transformers:One, an animated theatrical film set totally on Cybertron. It's got a strong cast and there's a lot to look forward to!

[@what1fun1v3rs3]

@@TheDoomerDen ooooo can't wait whenever you cover that on the channel too

[@kennethsatria6607]

Them's fightin words bro

[@EnbyNomad]

You're right, but did you know that Starscream killed Cliffjumper?!

[@RaviPrakash-ie4qz]

Smokescreen was actually my favourite character, and what happened to him in the series ( you know almost a prime and then back to a rookie) just didn't sit right with me😔 Also when insecticons were introduced they were very interesting to me but later were nothing more than Cannon fodder😢

[@kennethsatria6607]

He refused it himself though, it takes a lot for him to put Optimus and the team's well being ahead of his own dreams of glory.

[@bluehelmet1162]

Honestly, I really love TF Prime. I think you made a lot of good points that I agree with, such as the Predacons and Megatron's silly redemption at the end of the movie. But overall, I thought it was a great series that had some great fights, fun and interesting characters, and some twists to the usual formula. I think its one of the better Transformers series.

[@TheDoomerDen]

Understandable! As I said I don't think it's a bad show, and there's a lot I like, but for me I feel like it had the chance to be so much more too.

[@shrek1745]

I think Megatron redemption kinda makes sense at the end since he was literally being held captive in his own body while trying to destroy his home planet which he previously tried to revive

[@zemox2534]

​@shrek Yeah but there was no proper build up to his "redemption" At least IDW did a slightly better job building towards a redemption for their version of Megatron (even though that is another can k Of worms).

[@bradensmith8682]

You're exactly right. Prime Megs is incredibly directionless. To the point that even though Airachnid isn't my favorite, she brings up a great point in abandoning his obsession with Prime and Earth. And makes you root for Starscream as even though he'd rule like a vein king, at least the Decepticon Army's numbers wouldn't be wasted on an obsession with a small band of Autobots.

[@zemox2534]

It is why I was disappointed when Starsream went back to the Cons and became the "humble servant" to Megs. I understand why he did it, but he proved more a problem than a solution He inadvertently caused the deaths of half the con army because he experimented with Dark energon and instead of killing him, Megs keeps him around for reasons It just makes Megatron look stupid

[@Bondrewd_The_Based]

@zemox2534 how many times did Starscream majorly fuck up stuff for the Decepticons? He betrayed Megatron and his goals multiple times, got scores of his own troops killed, created a few super problems, etc

[@Grimnoire]

Weird, I remember liking it, was one of the best transformers shows out there

[@21_315]

Same

[@kennethsatria6607]

BECAUSE IT IS Though frankly there isn't too much competition, it was basically like the Clone wars of the franchise and I cherish the memory

[@Flvtchrr]

It is. Literally the best form of media aside from War for cybertron video game

[@zemox2534]

​@Flvtchrr Dude it is good but not great. If you seriously think it Is the best TF series you obviously haven't watched TF Animated

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@zemox2534 TF Animated has its own limits, mainly animation but I always thought TFP as a spiritual successor to it so there shouldn't be competition

[@mikenogen]

I always said that TFP is overrated. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just that I don't enjoyed it as much as TF Animated and Beast Wars. The cast in those two series were so colorful and fun, either the Autobots and the Decepticons. While TFP felt kinda flat and boring, especially Optimus who's just a stoic leader and Megatron who felt more like a monster rather than a leader (exception to Starscream of course). And btw I don't know why they made the show looks so dark lmao

[@spoopy29]

I fully agree with this. Probably the reason why I never liked Prime at all since its was just clashing visions but in a boring way. Idk I like Animated more lol.

[@VencentCross]

that thing with Megatron reminds me of something from Sonic Forces where they make a point to tell you that sonic has been in an eggman prison for months in the intro and then for the first level, you play as sonic and break out. and like- he's fine. there was no reason for it.

[@kiryuthedragonwarrior2746]

I love TFP I do think it has issues with the world IMO they all looked bland and lifeless or just the same Also missed opportunity to have the come back Dinobots and fight the Predacons. Tho imo complaining about the fech quest plot I do get it but like tbh 80% of TF media is like that

[@arthoriuslau9226]

TFP is my personal favourite, although it’s largely due to its visuals, animation, character designs, voice acting, and the overall darker ambience and sombre tone. Plot-wise, admittedly I didn’t enjoy season 3 as much as I did the first two, and the movie felt rushed and dragging at the same time. I feel like there are a lot of brilliant ideas in the series that just wasn’t given the chance to properly kick off. Just like you said: wasted potential. As for the characters, the show focused on everybody and nobody. We don’t get to really delve deep into any of them; the best we got was probably the backstory between Optimus and Megatron, but even that was glossed over and eventually forgotten. I think this show had that one chance to explore the history and relationship between the two leaders in more depth and maybe…emotional significance, but instead was forced to make way for scavenger hunting and introductions to more characters that are explored superficially at best. Maybe the problem is the same as it always has been for the Transformers franchise, where shows are intended to promote toy sales. Because of this, TF shows can’t really just have/focus on a ‘main character’, the ‘main pro/antagonist’ and expand on the complexities of relationships, give them character developments and real meaningful personal journeys, because screen time needed to be given to too many characters (other toys on the shelf). Although Cyberverse and Earthspark come close to fixing this (according to the snippets I’ve seen of these two shows), the WFC trilogy too.

[@taqresu5865]

This is a really interesting analysis. I was familiar with some of the issues regarding the aligned continuity, and I never bought into it, but you bring up a lot of other points I didn't notice until now, especially in regards to Megatron. Later in the series, there was a point at which Megatron enters Starscream's mind, where none of his secrets or motivations could be hidden. This had the potential to fix the issues and put a decisive conclusion to "why doesn't Megatron just kill Starscream." It resurfaced every treacherous scheme Starscream has embarked upon, even the ones Megatron wasn't fully aware of... ...and Megatron still lets him live and rejoin the Decepticons... I think the reason why I held the show in high regard was the performances and how cinematic the show was. Despite the issues with the writing, most of the cast did phenomenally well. Cullen and Welker know how to act off each other. I think my favorite arc with Megatron and Optimus in TFP was actually the beginning of Season 2, with Prime reverting back to Orion Pax in personality and memory, and how Megatron took full advantage of that. It is kind of the amnesia trope, but it was kind of a fresh take for the two characters and highlighted how cunning Megatron can be when the need arrises. It's shortlived though.

[@EvaEstera]

They'r also some wasted characters as well. Skywarp dies in the same episode he appears in, (so much for "the great warrior from the legend") Breakdown is killed off but nobody talks about him after that except two times when Knockout mentions him, same with Dreadwing, there is no mention of him atfter his death. Just imagine how awesome it would have been if we had Dreadwing and Skywarp work togheter. We barely have twins in transformers, it would've been cool. Edit: also Breakdown didn't deserve to die like that.

[@PixelaGames2000]

The show definitely had wasted potential, which is always sad to see in any of my favorite media. But…I still love this series, it was my first ever foray into transformers…and so…I love it

[@FireFury190]

I did like this show when it came out. But over the years my opinions on it have been less favorable. Which is why I don't really see it as one of the best TF shows anymore. That being said though, Earthspark has been great. Best show since Animated I feel. Let's just hope it keeps it going and doesn't fall.

[@AncientBeast65]

Animated had a great cast, themes and creativity unlike Prime which focuses on being edgy and bland.

[@Vilgax00]

Earth Spark is meh to me. The show is not bad,but its has nofthing speciall or memorible like Tfa either. Its suffers greatly from a villian gap,due to do Megs beign reformed. And the most annoying part to me is,everyone takes human villians seriously. İts like show take the worst parts of Tfa,and decide to make it central focus. I do beleive Unicron trilogy(exculude Energon) and Tfa are the best ones. While Cyberverse(exculude season 1) has a lot of speciall and memorible elements that Tfa has. My fav ver of Soundwave is from Cyberverse. He has the drip.

[@Vilgax00]

​@@AncientBeast65Tfp has the greatest tone and atmosphere. And Chracters like Arcee,SmokeScreen,WheelJack and Knockout are deffinetly are one of the best chracters in all Transformers. But nofthing beats THE GLORİUS LUGNUT.

[@EvilEye501]

Imagine being Hasbro, spending a small fortune on the creation of an in-depth illustrated sourcebook to a whole new multimedia incarnation of one of your flagship franchises, only to have it completely rejected for your new major cartoon by people who think they know better because they wrote...Cowboys and Aliens. Some rather colourful language probably filled the corridors of Hasbro HQ that day. To quote Jeremy Clarkson though; "Still. Could be worse." [Earthspark theme plays]

[@Words-er5ez]

Transformers Prime gave us sexy Arcee so it was all worth it.

[@SNESJerry]

Despite this being one of my favorite TF shows? I have issues with it too but there are points here I disagree with. I generally found the human companions to be very annoying and how many characters just got wasted for the sake of budget cuts COUGH COUGH Breakdown. I still think it's one of the better TF shows out there and I love many aspects of it, Knockout is sexy as hell but it isn't my favorite. Just wish some things were handled better.

[@AIFT_Staff]

31:25 I always imagined that Megatron keeps him because he is growing heir, he saw potential in Starscream. In fact, Starscream WAS a good leader in episode "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court". And probably that's how Starscream learned about capes and crowns. Also Starscream's toy wasn't discontinued after the movie, and that's a reason for existence of Starscream's ghost

[@ryanmatthews3609]

15:09 and what kind of a kid friendly scout bot takes the form of a camaro and a ford mustang muscle/sports car anyway? bumblebee's suppose to turn into a small car like a Volkswagen and a hatchback.

[@Granditamias]

Great video. I plan on doing a retrospective of the whole series later this year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of when it ended. I personally enjoy TF: Prime both when I watched it back in the day and now. And while they don’t bother me for the most part, I have noticed some of the storytelling flaws, especially ones that were caused by behind the scenes drama. In fact, I even did a whole video on my channel dedicated to Dreadwing and how his character arc was massively undercut. Something I’m surprised you glossed over in your video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3nFmX5pgrB1mpY

[@TheDoomerDen]

I wanted to talk more about Dreadwing, but unfortunately due to the video length already I had to leave him on the chopping block.

[@alexlemonds2838]

One of the key issues with TFP is that it thinks it's far deeper than it really is. You can tell the writers want to show off with how overwritten, almost pseudo Shakespearean much of the dialogue is. Like they wanted you to know they'd thumbed through a thesaurus. I mean, come on. Reliquary? Contrast that with BW and TFA where the cast, for the most part, spoke in a much more down to earth fashion. Often it sounded like conversations between real people were happening onscreen. There were exceptions, sure, but they made sense for why they'd be there. Megatron is a theatrical ham, Silverbolt is an old fashioned chivalrous type and Dinobot is implied to actually be a fan of Shakespeare. Prime meanwhile is plagued by too many verbose, melodramatic exchanges that you just know the writers were behind the keyboard patting themselves on the back with self satisfied grins. For all the show's long-winded, pretentious exchanges, ultimately, it just amounts to red truck guy fighting silver jet guy because he am good and other one am bad.

[@gluttonousmimic3041]

Excellent video with many great points. I never got around to finishing TP, but it was okay. I want a more thought out Transformers show, but I feel we'll never get that.

[@As8bakwTheSage]

As someone who used to love Prime but later came on to hate it, I'm so glad this video exists.

[@ayoubchaachoui718]

Soundwave and starscream were my favorite charachters in the serie.

[@arthoriuslau9226]

Regarding Megatron killing Dreadwing to save Starscream, I think a logical explanation would be that it is precisely because of Starscream’s cunning and scheming nature. Despite his disloyalties, Starscream can come up with decent plans and tricks that would be more efficient and convenient for the Decepticons, assuming these plans are allowed to succeed. For Megatron, Dreadwing’s strong sense of honour wouldn’t get him anywhere, and might even allow the opportunity of winning the war to slip away (eg. Dreadwing had a chance of defeating Optimus in that one episode, but didn’t continue the fight because of honour. Then there’s this incident in the cave, where he honoured his word in exchange for an exhausted Megatron held at gunpoint.) However, this same logic if applied to ‘Rock Bottom’ might be far-fetched.

[@Vilgax00]

Or they can just established that Megatron learned that he gived hammer to Prime before he kills him. Since this basically means Dreadwing get into Megs nerves.

[@zemox2534]

​@Vilgax00 But we never see or hear Megatron learning of DW giving the hammer to Optimus. The real reason DW died was because the studio could not afford keep Tony Todd around to continue voice the character

[@AncientBeast65]

Megatron has a God complex. As much as he hates Starscream's treachery, he ends an underling to toy with.

[@monmakes1722]

lol imagine if you ever did make a Beast Machines video it's like one of the more Creative TF Shows ...in exchange for good writing.

[@TheDoomerDen]

I definitely want to. It's certainly a... peculiar show

[@Cashtron-d8b]

I think Ultra Magnus was the best character in the show, he was actually handled well compared to a decent portion of the characters, also his voice actor did an amazing job. I wish he had the design of his prime RID toy though, cause jeez the one he ended up having is just optimus with a different chest, head, and shoulder stacks.

[@scott2427]

37:11 wasnt megatron already oppresseed before the war? either way he should have died. The show does feel very empty and looks boring at times I hate how small the cast is and how disconnected it feels from other projects and we are given little explnation as to why I mean they didnt even name the nemisis as trypticon when he came back online for an episode just feels underwhelming and removed from the wider universr I really liked it as a kid but as a grew older it was very meh just wish it were more (also mad we had no combiners at all even though the aeiralbots,protectobots,combaticons and stuntacons were still alive during tfp iirc?)

[@haveacalmheart3010]

I would like to think, as shows that have ended, TFP is great for fandom fodder/speculation and fan media, while something like TF Armada Is more conclusive and book ending (looking at both detached from their timelines/series, being the Aligned Continuity and the Unicron Trilogy respectively) which is why both can be so beloved by many people as they do. Same can be said for TF Animated, barring it's unfortunate cancellation; kinda has the best of both worlds with that, as it ended on a satisfying note while also having so much more unexplored and unexplained. All is sufficient to say, Animated is my favorite, Armada being a close second, and Prime being in third. Great think-piece, it helps me understand why I don't feel that TFP was the "best transformers show of all time." I really enjoyed it when I watched it for the first time a few months ago, but it's not the best thing since sliced bread.

[@noahvadertheberserkerpacki6604]

Well, you had a good take on transformers animated, Transformers Prime is my favorite cartoon of all time, so I'll dedicate time tomorrow to watch the whole video (it's 5 in the morning and I just got back from work) and I'll compile my opinions and potential agreeing and counter analyses in a replying comment below. I'm sure it will be a difficult watch but I am unwilling to shy away from criticism of things I enjoy. Exhaustion based situations do not count. ;-)

[@ryanmatthews3609]

and don't forget about the part Optimus was one of the original thirteen.

[@etabiansosin]

How would you rewrite Transformers: Prime?

[@AncientBeast65]

Transformers Prime had intended to have more episodes but time constraints and executive meddling result in rushed productions.

[@fireclaw9602]

I personally love TFP, It was the first Transformers series I really got into( I saw animated first, but I hardly watched much of it as a kid) and it was and still is my favorite Transformers show. The animation and designs where great, it had a solid soundtrack, amazing voice performances and captivating dialogue, and I liked the overall darker and more serious tone. I know it's not perfect, and while I do think they could have done more with it and executed some things better, considering how much development hell and behind the scene issues it went through, it's a miracle the show is still at the very least decent. People can love their Animated and Beast wars, but for me, Prime (alongside the Cybertron video games) is peak Transformers.

[@cpubigdipper9145]

And, what about beast machines?

[@TheDoomerDen]

Beast Machines will get its time in the sun with me.

[@cpubigdipper9145]

@@TheDoomerDen ok, but BM is still an underrated show

[@ryanmatthews3609]

36:46 and what about cyberverse Megatron's redemption?

[@TheDoomerDen]

Cyberverse Megatron I felt had less a redemption, and more so was fearfully put in his place by his alternate universe counterpart. He never wanted to truly ally with Optimus, he just rationally understood just how bad his counterpart was.

[@ryanmatthews3609]

@@TheDoomerDen and so he still wanted to protect his Cybertron (and possibly the multiverse) from him and realized what would happen if he went too far into the deep end right?

[@ryanmatthews3609]

@@TheDoomerDen think you can make a video on cyberverse to delve into cyberverse's Megatron's semi-redemption?

[@WRATH_69]

Alright i absolutly disaggre with you on megatron remember when you said that after creating a war and inflincting pain at the end of predacons rising he doesn't want to inflict pain to the others and the reason for that is because getting tortuted by unicron he realises how it feels (Also sorry about bad english)

[@dinoknight2012]

Do you plan to review the Transformers Prime comics, Rage of the Dinobots and Beast Hunters?

[@Nanachi026]

bro you need to do a ''did nothing wrong'' with Wazukyan from Made in Abyss Season 2

[@Stormy_Boi]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@alexlemonds2838]

OMG, I used a meme version of that exact Family Guy scene to mock TFP Megs forced heel turn.

[@sueflewelling3657]

good video ps have you heard of transformers armada and cyberverse

[@TheDoomerDen]

I have, I quite enjoy both of those series!

[@sueflewelling3657]

@@TheDoomerDen what do you think of starscream from armada and shoudnwace from cyberverse

[@sueflewelling3657]

​@@TheDoomerDen exuse me did my comment came in

[@TheDoomerDen]

@@sueflewelling3657 I'm sorry, I've been a bit busy. I really like Armada Starscream, I'm a big fan of that character, and Cyberverse Soundwave was really good in S3 and the finale movie, I wish he got a bit more.

[@dauntless_5628]

But I like it

[@therussianwanderer4851]

Will you do the review of Energon ?

[@Darth-vade123]

I disagree strongly but your opinion is yours

[@seanbruce8294]

Will you do a review on “Transformers: Cyberverse” in the future?

[@TheDoomerDen]

I'd certainly like to!

[@ryanmatthews3609]

11:43 so true.

[@ryanmatthews3609]

14:23 yup

[@kiryuthedragonwarrior2746]

Okay I dislike being this guy but your whole Megatron point is off 1. I will say Megatron saving Starscream was always odd to me. But you can chop that up to he liked hearing Scream beg for Mercy. But thats not really a fact 2. Megeatron didnt just let Scream come back with open arms he tested him by going through all of Screams memeories to see if he is loyal or Megatron was going to kill him. Your leaving out context of how Megatron even let Scream come back. Which he ulitnatly decided to as Megas wanted to just focus on the Autobots and not dealing with muiltple threats at once. You also brush over the fact Dredwing was killed for not lessoning to Megatron. 3. He did have a wider goal. You credit Animatied Megas for building a space bridge the whole last seaon when TFP Megas did the same thing. Season 1 he collects tons of Dark energon to throw into the space bridge to curropt all of Cybertron into an undead army. Season 2: he gets that parts to rebuild the Space Brigde and collect the Omega Keys. To use the Well of All Sparks to not only terraoform Cybertron but also Earth making a massvie fortess and laucnhes and full front attack almost destroying the Autobots. Season 3: The Predacon amry was more Shock wave than Megatron. Who changed his plan to rebuild the Well to try again. Thats excluding his other plans with in the seasons themselves like turning his arm into Sential Primes arm to create the Dark Saber to counter the Star Saber. Or destorying the Predacon plan when he saw its fall out. You just broke it down it the most miniume way possible. Making this seem like the most bare bones character of Megatron when he isnt. He isnt the most layered versison either but theres meat on there

[@TheDoomerDen]

Don't worry about being "that guy", I understand there's a lot of debated points and critiques are entirely valid. I'll address your points though. 1. He may have liked hearing Starscream begging for his life, but in Rock Bottom he established that he was done with him, and tired of hearing him do so, particularly fed up after he tried to hide resurrecting Skyquake. To have the episode begin with Megatron taking him to be executed, to "Okay I'll give you one more chance" has a bit of a disconnect, especially factoring in every bad thing Starscream did to him up til that point. 2. Yes, a lot was cut out to time, and admittedly that is a regret of mine with this video. Clocking in with nearly 50 minutes of content, I had to be a bit picky and choosy with scenes to focus on, so you're right, I did gloss over why Megatron accepted him. The reason for doing so, is although there was an episode dedicated to it, to me that particular episode seemed more like a glorified clipshow to me (the second clipshow of the season as well), and personally I didn't feel it added anything new. But I understand how it can be seen as leaving that out. 3. The difference between Animated Megatron and Prime Megatron is Animated Megatron's goals last the whole season, Prime Megs do not, especially in the examples you provided. The "dark energon through the space bridge" plot is only for the opening 5 parter, however immediately after that Megatron seemingly abandons the Dark Energon plot until the finale. He also does not learn about the Omega Keys until late into season 2, completely unaware of their existence. I would compare Prime Megatron to a dog chasing cars, he just kept chasing various plans without any wider goal outside of the goal to conquer Cybertron. It's far more akin to G1 Megatron with the plan-of-the-week, as opposed to a more nuanced take. This extends to the Predacons as well, although it was Shockwave's introduction, Megatron approves the plan for just another attempt to try something in the hopes that it might work, rather than a proper narrative flow.

[@Roadblock213]

Somebody obviously didn't get the transformers prime is the number one transformers show out there and it almost won an award for best animated show this is by far the the dumbest video I've ever watched the wasted potential of transformers prime what's next Rid 2015 is actually a good show

[@TheDoomerDen]

Sounds like someone didn't get that Beast Wars won awards too. It'd do you well to consume other Transformers shows instead of just Prime.

[@Roadblock213]

@@TheDoomerDen I like of them even the bad ones but there is no wasted potential in prime it delivered everything it had and more and you don't get to tell me what would do me well when you think the number 1 rated TF show has wasted potential

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@@Roadblock213 You're saying I said the number 1 rated Transforners show had wasted potential? Weird, I never said Beast Wars had wasted potential.

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@@TheDoomerDen yeah beast wars is not the number one rated transformers show plus you still think I care about what dumb opinions you have to say oh and for youe information because you don't have any beast wars is the 5 best transformers show sorry but it's ok not everyone knows what there talking about

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@@TheDoomerDen but then again I'm arguing with the same idiot who thinks fans actually missed out on animated and hated beast wars so it's not that surprising