Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Our Take This is widely considered one of the low points of the whole series, and honestly it earns that reputation. The plot has Trypticon literally stealing famous landmarks, and the fictional Middle Eastern nation of Carbombya is a lazy…
Our Take A goofy supernatural detour that mostly works because Starscream’s pettiness is fun even after death. The plot is thin, the animation gets noticeably sloppy in spots, and Octane isn’t compelling enough to carry long stretches of it. Still,…
Our Take A surprisingly heavy hour for a toy commercial, with the returned Optimus Prime turned into a weapon against his own friends, and the show actually commits to the tragedy instead of backing out of it. The animation is…
Our Take A Kup-focused outing that leans on flashbacks to his old war stories, which is a nice idea since Kup’s rambling is one of the better running bits in the show. The execution is pretty sloppy though, with the…
Our Take A strange, cheap-feeling bottle episode that traps Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, Wreck-Gar, and Marissa in a ship with an alien blob judge. The confined setting forces some decent character banter, and the surreal vibe is oddly memorable, but the…
Our Take The finale wraps up this five-part slog with a lot of shouting, recycled animation, and a climax that lands with less impact than the runtime deserved. Galvatron’s meltdown is fun and the Quintesson scheme finally pays off, but…
Our Take Part four of this five-parter continues the season three tradition of stretching a thin story across too many episodes. The animation is noticeably sloppy this time out, with off-model characters and some genuinely confusing action beats. Galvatron’s unhinged…
Our Take Part three keeps the miniseries chugging along, though it’s mostly setup and scattered skirmishes rather than anything that lands hard. The Quintessons make decent villains with their cold, scheming vibe, but the animation is as rough as season…
Our Take Part two keeps the Galvatron villainy rolling but spends a lot of its runtime on setup, with the Quintessons’ scheme only barely coming into focus. The animation is rough even by this show’s standards, and the new characters…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.