A disgraceful sequel

rjupudi18

Transformers Robots in Diguise is the sequel to the acclaimed Transformers Prime series. And it is a complete disgrace to Prime. One could write a book about everything that's wrong with RID. There is no plot, character development or anything else that would be part of a good show.

The plot is terrible. RID promised to pick up where Prime left off but it does nothing to keep that promise. Instead, it drives on a silly plot in every episode and does nothing to expand the Aligned universe as a whole. Unlike Prime, RID is not one continuous series. Every episode is a new plot and the events of the plot have no real consequences. There is no tension or threat to the heroes like in Prime. And the so-called important plots end up being very anti-climatic. For example, in season 3, Soundwave is constantly teased and the audience are led to believe he will be a threat but he ends up being defeated in a single episode. There are many occasions such as this where you're anticipating something big and nothing big actually ends up happening.

As for character development, there is none. Episodes mainly focus on characters learning some kind of lesson. However, the lessons learnt don't forward to future episodes. For example, an episode would deal with Sideswipe going rogue and having to learn teamwork but just a few episodes later, he would learn the same lesson all over again. Another instance is when Sideswipe and Steongarm learn to work and respect each other and in the next episode, they would get into a fight again. It seems so silly and makes you wonder if the writers read their own scripts. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee resemble little to their Prime counterparts. The whole Bumblebee feeling jealous of Optimus Prime in season 2 was stupid and annoying. The Prime version of Bumblebee would never act in such a way to defy his leader. It's simply not in his character but yet we are forced to accept these two Bumblebees are the same.

I just wish Hasbro had ended the continuity with Prime. RID just ruins the masterpiece that Prime was.

score 1/10

rjupudi18 30 December 2017

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