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There was a time, back on Cybertron, in the twilight hours of the Golden age, when Optimus and Megatron were not sworn enemies… And he wasn’t always Optimus, either. The foremost example of this, one that has stuck with me for a decade and that I’ve chewed over since I heard it, was this monologue from the character Ratchet as he describes the tumultuous history between the famous Optimus Prime and his sworn foe, Megatron:

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The complexities of the series are sometimes overridden in favor of a forced black and white simplicity.

Of course, there were also moments in which the series flopped, unable to balance its prerogative to appeal to a primary audience of children and preteens with the maturity of its characters and the world they lived in. The series had moments that hit home the fact that these robots were people, and thus were not above the quiet horrors of war, especially one that had lasted centuries. It featured graphic deaths, implications of torture, devastating betrayal and a darker form of humor.Įrgo, despite having its own share of juvenile humor, Prime as a whole portrayed not just Hasbro’s next line of toys but a group of alien soldiers, outnumbered and outgunned but nonetheless grimly trooping on and each carrying their own baggage. Prime follows a smaller cast of characters than its Animated series and sported a complete CGI style not seen in a Transformers series since its Beast Wars iteration and was a far more mature version of the usually goofy, animated brand. Though I grew up watching snatches of the Transformers: Animated cartoon, the series I actually sat down and paid complete attention to was Transformers: Prime. Usually fleeing from their dying home planet of Cybertron, these Cybertronians throughout different franchises find themselves on Earth, hiding from most of the tiny, organic populace and continuing their millennia-long feud. Transformers throughout the decades, despite various setups and conflicts, primarily revolves around the civil war between two factions of sentient, form-changing giant robots: the noble Autobots and the nefarious Decepticons. Since then, the franchise has spawned a legion of comic, toy, cartoon and live/animated film lines. Produced by American toy company Hasbro and its Japanese counterpart Takara Tomy in 1984, the Transformers franchise starring mecha-shiftable robots eventually went on to create a corresponding television and comic book series colloquially known today as the “Generation One” series

#Autobot megatron movie#

Then charge it dealing damage over for seconds and crushing walls along the way.Įvery 5 seconds, shoots at enemies from a distance (cannot reach target over walls).Though there’s been discussion of the Transformers movie universe on The Fandomentals, no one has taken a closer look at the cartoon series and Megatron, silenced revolutionary, in the world of transforming robots. Level 11 Updated Ability Description: Rally Decepticons to engage the target and shield them from 40% of received damage for seconds.

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Level 11 Upgrade Bonus: Shielding allies from 40% of received damage.

Then charge in damaging walls along the way. Inspiring Charge - Rally Decepticons to engage the target.

The Megatron way was and is to rule through intimidation and fear. On Cybertron, he tapped into the frustration of those like him and enflamed their revolutionary leanings. In his own way, Megatron is as much an idealist as his Autobot counterpart Optimus Prime, but Megatron's zeal sprang from a committed belief that beings such as they were made to conquer and rule, and that any hint of compassion or mercy was an insult to their Primus-given power.