raileurta:

Here’s an edit for y'all. I always think of Miko and the rest of the Wreckers when I hear this song. It’s literally just them in a nutshell.

Random rambling bcs I’ve just rewatched the Predating vs UM and Wheeljack fight in S03 ep 9. Are these obvious? Yes, but I very much just want to yap.

The fight scene was constructed intelligently to tell us what exactly their fighting style were and how they later made up for each other’s weakness and managed to hold their on against Predaking.

By at first separating them, we get to see how they individually choose to fight against an opponent like Predaking: stronger, faster, more durable but inexperience and instinctive. It’s clear that a constant combo works, the ways they went about it were ofc different.

Wheeljack is smaller and more agile, so he used maneuvers to evade Predaking and then run/jump back to gain more power in his punches/kicks. The problem was however he needed time to and by charging directly into Predaking, he could predict the trajectory per instinct/ learning curve and then disrupted Wheeljack’s combo, which was exactly what happened in the end, which then Magnus jumped in.

Ultra Magnus is evidently not as fast as Wheeljack so the only thing he could do was keep combo-ing until Predaking dropped. He could manage a closer distant as he was more sizable and his hit was stronger. But then he’s not fast enough. Predaking ofc then outmaneuvered Magnus and his combo was also gone.

So long story short, Wheeljack’s fast and agile but lack power, Magnus’s strong and durable but not fast, and by the time they worked together, their strengths overlapped with the other’s weaknesses which helped them almost win against Predaking.

istadris:

Little TFP things :

• When a mech with sharp claws goes tink tink on something
• Somemech walking in slowly and it goes [CLONK] [CLONK] [CLONK] as the camera sloooowly pans up
• Bumblebee’s eyes dilating/expanding and going whirr whirr in the process
• “Eeeehp ep ep ep !!”
• Megatron’s wide theatre kids arms gestures
• Optimus having huge flats digits but Very Gentle
• How heavy the bigger mechs look, sound and feel
• Character : finely crafted, insane amount of details, scratch marks on their paint to showcase how much the war took a toll on them, subtle nuances in expressions
• Rocks : Ugly CGI Shapes
• Everyone’s unique eye’s details so you can never get wrong on a dramatic eye close up
• The Transformers Transformation Noise™️ but it actually sounds like hundred of mechanical parts shifting and clanging together
• *Megadeep Peter Cullen Voice™️ : “MEGATRONN.”
• *Smug Villain Frank Welker™️ Voice* : “INDEEEED”
• *Deep Plotting Villain Steve Blum Voice* : “Yes, Maaaster~”
• *High-Pitched Shrill Steve Blum Voice* : *SCREAMS*

Idk if someone wrote these already but here we go :

• They look like they’re “ breathing “
• Ratchet being crazily invest in the science project
• Optimus offered to bring back a snowball for Raf
• Optimus’s eyebrows raise when he suspects Miko and Raf
• That scene where Optimus cut the mountain in half.
• “ Who in the pits of Kaon is that !?? “
• Smokescreen got scolded like a little teen ( relatable )
• And his bond with Jack like bros just hanging out and be teenagers ( I know that Arcee has more bond with Jack but she acts more like another mom/older sister )
• Shockwave and Soundwave being cool AF
• Ultra Magnus and Weeljack vs Predaking 
• Ze Hammer go Bonk!
• Basically every team Wrecker fight scene
• Breakdown being nice with almost everyone 
• The voice actors 
• That scene when Megatron walking calmly into the Autobot base
• And when he fought the Insecticon (” I honed my skill in the pits of Kaon” scene )
• “ Bromance triumphs Romance “ ( They really said that !!! )
• The family joke between Knock Out,Breakdown and Bulkhead
• Ratchet and Optimus co-parenting team Prime ( and UM joined the club in ss3 )
• Megatron being done with his army :D
• The details in eye movements,you can even tell what they’re feeling
• The engine sound

I need a 5th rewatch right now to remember any other cool things in this.Its animation ages like fine wine.