Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Our Take A goofy romp that leans hard into the show’s cheaper impulses, with fish-men invading Washington and not much logic holding any of it together. The action moves fast enough that boredom never really sets in, but nothing here…
Our Take This one’s a classic example of G1 not thinking things through: Megatron builds a fake Optimus Prime, then wastes the advantage on a silly contest instead of just destroying the confused Autobots. The animation errors pile up and…
Our Take A middling entry built around one joke: Gears stops being cranky, and everyone finds it unsettling. The solar needle plot is thin even by this show’s standards, and the Decepticons feel like they’re going through the motions. Still,…
Our Take A fun if disposable romp where the Decepticons hijack a human-built ninja robot and set it loose on the Autobots. Nightbird herself is a cool design and the infiltration scenes move quickly, though the plot wraps up too…
Our Take A rare episode that puts Mirage front and center, and it mostly works because the suspicion angle gives the Autobots something to argue about besides shooting Decepticons. The Insecticon scenes look good for the era, though the middle…
Our Take The second half of the Dinobot Island story is mostly a lot of standing around and shooting, with the time-travel gimmick from part one pushed aside for a straightforward battle. The Dinobots get their redemption moment, which is…
Our Take A pretty standard season two setup episode that mostly exists to introduce a cool new location and a pile of prehistoric creatures. The Dinobots get some decent comedy early on, but the middle stretch drags with repetitive dino…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take A fairly disposable monster-of-the-week outing that mostly exists to sell the new Insecticon toys. The rural farm setting and the swarm imagery give it a slightly different flavor than usual, and Megatron’s scheme has a little bite to…