"Good afternoon, Sari. Today's lesson is the extinction of all humanity!"

LOL

Schedule UPDATE:

This morning's episode, "Sound and Fury" is no longer scheduled for a rerun on Sunday, 2/24.

Next week's episode, "Lost and Found" will air on Saturday 3/1 at 10:30 a.m/9:30 central and Sunday 3/2 at 11:00 a.m/10:00 a.m central.

The following week, a newly listed episode, "Survival of the Fittest," will air on Saturday at 10:30 a.m/9:30 am central and will presumably air again on Sunday at 11 a.m/10 central.

I saw that and I have one thing to say- Holy Crap

Oh, did anyone see that Sari had a rotary phone in her room?

Yes, and it had some kind of wire running out of it into the wall. I suppose it must've been a charger, since why else would a phone have a wire coming out of it?

I agree. However, I'm still puzzled as to why Soundwave linked up with the electricity net to intercept Sari's communication.

I think it was just a normal phone cable (The one where you plug in the jack).

But I could be wrong.

*Grants Ability: +1 Sarcasm Detection*

HA HA, That was funny.

That right there is sarcasm, I was just expressing my opinion about the the wire was in your quoted post.

Yes, I know. And that post by WTF was done to draw attention to the fact that fifty years in the future, phones are apparently still plugged into sockets. VERY unlikely. The fact that you did not recognize the joke as such prompted me to make you aware of it, but, apparently, I was too subtle for you.

And don;t try to save face by saying that you knew this, because if you had, you wouldn't have posted "I think it was just a normal phone cable", since you would know that that was obvious.

I'm not trying to be harsh on you, I am merely spelling out every little detail for you, because it seems that is the best method to make you aware of it.

I know what I said and I know what you're trying to tell me. I understand for Primus's sake. Don't bring a burden on me.

Dude, come on. If you keep acting like a dick there's gonna be warns and stuff. Lighten up.

In all honesty, Animated feels more like it takes place in an alternate reality where Megs crashed landed on Earth 50 years ago from the present day, and that history changed accordingly by the introduction of technology that was reversed engineered from his body.

I think you're looking to much into that. Sometimes the rules of the world you've set up in a piece of fiction have to be ignored for the sake of telling the story.

A good example of this would be the feature length movie BSG put out, Razor. Part of it takes place during the initial Cylon attack. A group of Cylons board the Pegasus, and one of the characters kills one of the new "human" Cylons in the hallway. The character goes back to the bridge and tells Admiral Caine that the Cylons look like humans now. The Admiral dismisses the claim until the character who shot the Cylon has the dead human-like robot shown on one of the screens via a security camera.
Ok, the problem here is explained in the DVD commentary. One of the writers (sorry, I forget who at the moment) stated that he originally didn't want any sort of video screens in the bridges of the BSG universe; he wanted it to feel as real and as detached from Star Trek as possible. In fact Razor is the first example of a video screen in the BSG universe. The writer simply said that in the interests of telling as fluid a story as possible he had to "break" the rules of his fictional universe. Basically, it was the best way to tell the story.

Same kind of thing in Sound and Fury. Having Soundwave intercept Sari's message in the manner that his did, in fact the very fact that Sari's phone has a standard cable jack, is simply the best, easiest way to tell the story. The rules of the fictional world you've created sometimes have to be broken so you can tell a better story for the moment.


Eh, I doubt that. Didn't Sumdac mention that it was the 22nd Century in Blast from the Past?

I'm sure he said 21st, not 22nd. But that's just me.

Oh, I would completely agree with that. However, it does strike a discord when thinking about it, and it is worthwhile to point that out. As I see it, it's a way of sloppy writing. Be the cause time-constraint or something else, if written properly such a situation wouldn't have needed to occur.

Doesn't change how the animation seems to be inconsistent when it comes to portraying life 50 years in the future. And I don't mean Star Trek-like predictions which don't come true, I'm talking about things we know for a fact that are going to change right now in the next few years, but the animators and writers overlook them. Like how cars are still powered by fossil fuels and the previously mentioned phone in Sari's room that's outdated even by modern standards. It's like Gundam where everything pretty much remains the same except humans have space colonies and giant humanoid mecha now.

You should watch some BSG
In that show mankind has developed advanced interstellar space flight, yet the "everyday" tech remains "simple." Guns still use bullets, the spacecraft use nuclear missiles rather then phasers or photon torpedoes, and northing's wireless, it's all attached via a cable. There are very few, if any, view screens, the bridge looks more like that of a modern day aircraft carrier then an advanced futuristic space ship.
This is done to give the audience a better connection to the fictional world their viewing, to bring a sci-fi show about space ships and sentient robots closer to home.

And I view Animated the same way. Yes, it's a futuristic world, but that doesn't mean all the tech has to be insanely advanced. A mix of the futuristic and the contemporary allows us to connect to a futuristic world closer then we could if everything was futuristic and amazing.

Maybe Animated Earth is as advanced as G1 Earth was in 2005?

On a somewhat related schedule update, "Transformers Cybertron" is now officially off the air. For the last few weeks, it has continued to air in its morning timeslot despite the beginning of Transformers Animated. Cartoon Network has now pulled it off its weekday schedule.

R.I.P. UNICRON SUCKOLOGY

Schedule update, as promised:

3/2 11:00 a.m/10:00 central "Lost and Found" repeat
3/8 10:30 a.m/9:30 central "Survival of the Fittest"
3/9 11:00 a.m./10:00 central "Survival of the Fittest" repeat
3/15 10:30 a.m./9:30 central "Headmaster" NEW LISTING

It is unknown at this time, but it can be assumed that "Headmaster" will be aired again on Sunday, 3/16 at 11:00 a.m./10:00 central.

Latest one is up on youtube.

Will not be found by searching for lost and found or lost & found.

Actually I found it by looking up Transformer Animated Lost and Found. I first tried ep11 but got nothing.

Awesome episode, I'm continually impressed by everything Hasbro/CN has done with this franchise.

On another note, a friend of mine was commenting how he caught to back to back eps this morning on YTV. From what he described it was the dinobot ep and the one with Lockdown. Considering he was able to remain interested for about an hour of cartoons and actually enjoyed it is a testament of the shows quality in itself. He absolutely hated the animation in TT but for some reason didn't mind the more stylized animation in TFA. He seemed to really like Bulkhead, and Grimlock. Outside of this and watching G1 back in the 80s he couldn't care less about the Transformers franchise. Hasn't even seen the movie yet. I don't expect TFA to turn him into a full fledged Tfan but if he can get into animated that's good enough for me.

What is TT anyways?

Teen Titans.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Amazing, it's like The creators of Animated realized that they can apease both the Older fans with plenty of direct Homage AND make a show that is enjoyable to the target audience WHILE still creating a strong and cohesive storyline. This IMO makes the show better than BW.

I submit that this right here is part of the win of the show.


ALL FEAR PROFESSOR PRINCESS!

Is it me, or does Prof. Princess look like the kid from the Incredibles in drag?

Aoi

She needs to be the villain in TF2.

I thought she was a bit like Princess from the Powerpuff Girls... but I fear I've said too much

I find it surprising that no one has questioned her qualifications as a "professor" yet.

Good Point.

WTF is the deal with that one and the Robin Hood guy? It's like they pull some of these moronic characters out of left field...

Eh, I don't mind them. They don't take up much time, and they reinforce the "Autobots as superheroes" theme, which I think is a nice twist on the TF story.

Yeah but.... did you look at that picture? It's about as out of place as Hillary Clinton in a porn movie...

More than likely all the lame villians will team up and cause some major damage


but you didn't hear that from me.

Edit: Nevermind, I was wrong.

Is it just a coincidence that Bulkhead looks like the vehicles from Judge Dredd or was it intentional?

Schedule update:

3/15 "Headmaster" 10:30 a.m./9:30 central
3/16 "Headmaster" 11:00 a.m./10:00 central
3/22 NEW LISTING "Nature Calls" 10:30 a.m./9:30 central
3/23 "Nature Calls" 11:00 a.m./10:00 central

Nature Calls?

See's another throw away ep

I agree, Nature Calls just sounds like a polite name for poop to me.

Well the name and synopsis sounds fairly throwaway-ish, but considering what's up next I'm thinking this might end up being the TF:A equivalent of "Before the Storm."

[sarcasm]I'm sure I have no idea what you mean...[/sarcasm]

Good news, guys. Megatron makes his triumphant return on March 29!

Schedule update:

"Megatron Rising, Part One" airs on 3/29 at 10:30 a.m./9:30 central, presumably followed with a repeat on Sunday 3/30 at 11 a.m./10 central.

WOO!

Or it could be a play on words

"nature" can mean more than one thing

anyway we'll see... *doesn't read spoiler tags*

Please hasbro?