Transformers Season 3 + 4
*Word of warning, be sure to watch the TF 85’ film before you start viewing this season.
Taking place after the TF film, the two sides find themselves at odds across the stars. With the Decepticons stuck on a scrap heap of a planet, and the Autobots staying on Earth. With no leadership, the Decepticons forge a truce amongst the newcomers where trust has yet to be earned. Check that, the Autobots went off planet to celebrate their victory.
Mixing up with new adventures, plus new foes, things get even more interesting for one more epic season. To tell the truth, I actually don’t remember some of these episodes from the 3rd season. So it feels fresh to this longtime TF fan.
*The Five Faces of Darkness:
This five part mini-series catches viewers up on everything that’s happened so far. And explores beyond Earth where both sides find themselves working together like never before. Finding out that their new leaders may be more than they bargained for. *Plus Unicron’s noggin becomes a key vessel for a few old adversaries. And the return of Galvatron , which leads to some factions within the Decepticons brotherhood.
Quintessons – A bizarre being with various faces on all sides. A supernatural being: capable of diagnosing any sort of decision by changing its face or personality. By far one of the most interesting character designs throughout the entire series. Further into season 3, its explored that they were the creators of both Autobot and Decepticon. These supernatural beings have unique abilities, and were sent away to vast realms that are hidden within the walls of Cybertron.
Plus Rodimus decisions really change the offset of how both the Autobots and Decepticons view one another. I do like him as their leader, even after the film’s dramatic wrap up, (that would be the 85’ film wth Unicron as the main villain, and Megatron succumbing to the “great power” and becoming Galvatron. Correct that, there are losses on both sides, especially with identities becoming totally rewritten no longer who they used to be.
Cybertron: What do we really know about the planet?
From season 1+2, it isn’t quite explored with the Autobots at first. Somehow its off limits to Sparkplug and Spike. After the film, then it becomes acceptable to its human inhabitants. What’s even more interesting about the planet is the connection it has with other planets and realms. It is not quite clear how or why these portals exist, but Cybertron itself is a gigantic puzzle box.
Given even more space exploration, Season 3+4 feel completely than the past series altogether. Be advised that it may be a head scratcher on some segments for those who didn’t see the film before hand. And they even hit some mature themes that they weren’t capable of before. This last season proves watching a series years later does clarify things a bit with age.
Another huge change in the storytelling is that both sides lose allies. In the past, it used to be a big “no-no” in American TV. It was quite rare that some characters were “axed” for a newcomer. With TF season 3, it became apparent that they knew the audience was maturing, but also that they wanted more unique adventures of their favorite heroes and villains. Rodimus wanting to be the best leader, second to Optimus. However, Galvatron is a nightmarish foe than he used to be as his former self, Megatron.
Plus the animation style also gained even more quality given the movie dynamic grasped heart strings. It was also pretty rare that the style, both hand drawn and some cg were used together. Within season 3 there are darker designs, adverse colors, and tons of dynamic character battles than in the past. Including the focus on origins of both sides, including how the parallels worlds collided In the first place. For a wrap up season, they really went out of their way to grab even more attention.
Packaging both 3&4 was a strange move, but at least it saves on production costs. But it wraps up the series pretty nicely, with the quite short 4th season. On the back, it says three episodes, oddly enough I actually never saw the entire season, so it is pretty fresh to me. Add to that, Season 4 was actually unheard of for many fans like myself, unless you were part of the hardcore crowd of fans. Transformers may have ended with 3 main seasons stateside. However with the 2007 film branching all sorts of new sagas, the series is still growing strong.
*Word of warning, be sure to watch the TF 85’ film before you start viewing this season.
Taking place after the TF film, the two sides find themselves at odds across the stars. With the Decepticons stuck on a scrap heap of a planet, and the Autobots staying on Earth. With no leadership, the Decepticons forge a truce amongst the newcomers where trust has yet to be earned. Check that, the Autobots went off planet to celebrate their victory.
Mixing up with new adventures, plus new foes, things get even more interesting for one more epic season. To tell the truth, I actually don’t remember some of these episodes from the 3rd season. So it feels fresh to this longtime TF fan.
*The Five Faces of Darkness:
This five part mini-series catches viewers up on everything that’s happened so far. And explores beyond Earth where both sides find themselves working together like never before. Finding out that their new leaders may be more than they bargained for. *Plus Unicron’s noggin becomes a key vessel for a few old adversaries. And the return of Galvatron , which leads to some factions within the Decepticons brotherhood.
Quintessons – A bizarre being with various faces on all sides. A supernatural being: capable of diagnosing any sort of decision by changing its face or personality. By far one of the most interesting character designs throughout the entire series. Further into season 3, its explored that they were the creators of both Autobot and Decepticon. These supernatural beings have unique abilities, and were sent away to vast realms that are hidden within the walls of Cybertron.
Plus Rodimus decisions really change the offset of how both the Autobots and Decepticons view one another. I do like him as their leader, even after the film’s dramatic wrap up, (that would be the 85’ film wth Unicron as the main villain, and Megatron succumbing to the “great power” and becoming Galvatron. Correct that, there are losses on both sides, especially with identities becoming totally rewritten no longer who they used to be.
Cybertron: What do we really know about the planet?
From season 1+2, it isn’t quite explored with the Autobots at first. Somehow its off limits to Sparkplug and Spike. After the film, then it becomes acceptable to its human inhabitants. What’s even more interesting about the planet is the connection it has with other planets and realms. It is not quite clear how or why these portals exist, but Cybertron itself is a gigantic puzzle box.
Given even more space exploration, Season 3+4 feel completely than the past series altogether. Be advised that it may be a head scratcher on some segments for those who didn’t see the film before hand. And they even hit some mature themes that they weren’t capable of before. This last season proves watching a series years later does clarify things a bit with age.
Another huge change in the storytelling is that both sides lose allies. In the past, it used to be a big “no-no” in American TV. It was quite rare that some characters were “axed” for a newcomer. With TF season 3, it became apparent that they knew the audience was maturing, but also that they wanted more unique adventures of their favorite heroes and villains. Rodimus wanting to be the best leader, second to Optimus. However, Galvatron is a nightmarish foe than he used to be as his former self, Megatron.
Plus the animation style also gained even more quality given the movie dynamic grasped heart strings. It was also pretty rare that the style, both hand drawn and some cg were used together. Within season 3 there are darker designs, adverse colors, and tons of dynamic character battles than in the past. Including the focus on origins of both sides, including how the parallels worlds collided In the first place. For a wrap up season, they really went out of their way to grab even more attention.
Packaging both 3&4 was a strange move, but at least it saves on production costs. But it wraps up the series pretty nicely, with the quite short 4th season. On the back, it says three episodes, oddly enough I actually never saw the entire season, so it is pretty fresh to me. Add to that, Season 4 was actually unheard of for many fans like myself, unless you were part of the hardcore crowd of fans. Transformers may have ended with 3 main seasons stateside. However with the 2007 film branching all sorts of new sagas, the series is still growing strong.
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