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<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque" data-source="post: 215549">[SPOILER=&quot;My take on Awakening.&quot;]I . . . thoroughly disliked it.So, Optimus just gives up? Four big issues for me. One, did the writer watch the movie? The Autobots beat Megatron (Galvatron) and the Decepticons and won the war (technically it was Unicron who won it for them by decimating the Decepticons, but they still won). Two, did the writer not watch the series? He comes back to life with no memory of this, so how did this affect literally anything? Third, after coming back to life he stops the hate plague and saves the universe, so it’s kind of important that he keeps the matrix and keeps on being the Optimus he is. And fourth, there are other Optimus Primes seen, which opens up the multiverse. Which includes Megatrons who are imprisoned for their crimes (Animated), quit being a Decepticon (Prime), repent (IDW), or didn’t start a war to begin with (Axiom Nexus), which clearly breaks the “cycle” The One’s talking about.The whole thing just made no sense. The only way I can wrap my head around it is if this set up a splinter timeline where The One is evil and working with Megatron so that he can get the matrix. Because otherwise, trying to convince Optimus Prime to stop when he so often wins, especially this one, who saves the universe, is uninformed, lazy writing.That being said, Peter Cullen did a fantastic job voicing it. I just wish he’d been given something better to work with.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tarrasque, post: 215549"] [SPOILER="My take on Awakening."]I . . . thoroughly disliked it. So, Optimus just gives up? Four big issues for me. One, did the writer watch the movie? [I]The Autobots beat Megatron (Galvatron) and the Decepticons and won the war [/I](technically it was Unicron who won it for them by decimating the Decepticons, but they still won)[I]. [/I]Two, did the writer not watch the series? He comes back to life with no memory of this, so how did this affect [I]literally anything[/I]? Third, after coming back to life he stops the hate plague and [I]saves the universe[/I], so it’s kind of important that he keeps the matrix and keeps on being the Optimus he is[I].[/I] And fourth, there are other Optimus Primes seen, which opens up the multiverse. Which includes Megatrons who are imprisoned for their crimes (Animated), quit being a Decepticon (Prime), repent (IDW), or didn’t start a war to begin with (Axiom Nexus), which clearly breaks the “cycle” The One’s talking about. The whole thing just made no sense. The only way I can wrap my head around it is if this set up a splinter timeline where The One is evil and working with Megatron so that he can get the matrix. Because otherwise, trying to convince Optimus Prime to stop [I]when he so often wins[/I], [I]especially[/I] this one, who [I]saves the universe[/I], is uninformed, lazy writing. That being said, Peter Cullen did a fantastic job voicing it. I just wish he’d been given something better to work with.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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