Monday, March 2, 2026

Transformers Rewatch Beast Machines Season 2B

Darkest Knight
Teen-Bat watched everyone on his planet die and was mostly fine. Now he is freaking out over losing Noble/ Savage the guy/ wolf/ dragon/ thing he knew for three days.
Vehicon generals Jetstorm and Thrust (Actually the Sparks of Silverbolt and Waspinator, because things aren't complicated enough.) rejoined Megatron, because they’re clearly safer with him than working with the morons.
Rattrap bonded a spark extractor into a DNA scanner to make techno-organics. But it doesn’t work. Maybe find the Sparks first? Then try to get fancy.  
Cheetor can still fly? This is new.
And the Giant Floating Megatron Head has entered the battle to suck up Optimus and Cheetor. The leaderless Maximals behave the same as when they are there.
Dude, Savage (still alive for… reasons) may have killed Thrust, and then took Teen-Bat.
Ah, a plan. Blackarachnia slaps Rattrap’s new gadget on Jetstorm and lures him to the slime core.
The slime works, the gadget scans a bunch of fossils and as far as I can tell ignores them. This is because the released Silverbolt is now a techno-organic (and also insane) eagle. Nicely done. Morons.
Oh good, additionally, Silverbolt has become a big jerk who isn’t moved AT ALL by honor and glory type speeches from his squeeze. 
They should have made a new show instead of pooping on every character.
The reunited couple reached the Giant Floating Megatron Head… and got caught. Morons.
Megatron is pure code now, that can’t be good.
Silverbolt transformed... and his robot form is hideous. Why does he have a top knot?
Escape from the Giant Floating Megatron Head time! There are a lot more Maximal retreats in this one than in Beast Wars.
Rattrap ignored most of this episode (smart man) and rescued Teen-Bat. 
Now Thrust is bigger than the other cycle Vehicons. Make up your minds!
How does anyone recognize Silverbolt, he’s completely different in both modes.
Now he feels guilty too- for enjoying doing bad things when they have clearly stated they were not in control of themselves. This whole show is a guilt fest. Fun.
 
 
A Wolf in the Fold
Cheetor says “The old gang is finally back together.” This is shortly after they learned Rhinox/ Tankor is truly dead. Oopsie.
Silverbolt is back but still incredible angsty. Sigh.
The Giant Floating Megatron Head has tentacles. Did he steal it from Brainiac?
The tentacles made lights on the ground and walls, and stepping on one made a little bug (which based on this show’s history, has a virus) attach to Silverbolt. That seems needlessly complicated.
Yup, it is a virus. A really contagious one as he passed to Cheetor almost immediately…  
And he stepped on Rattrap’s tail … 
And he high fived Teen-Bat…
Hey, why is Silverbolt twice as tall as Blackarachnia? Oh, he passed it to her too, who didn’t see that coming?
And now they are all jerks. Meaning Primal gets fed up and goes towards the Giant Floating Megatron Head alone, while they all get attacked. Morons.
Optimus has been captured. Again. Who didn't see THAT coming?
Is Thrust’s gang the last Vehicons now? Because the other generals are gone? It looks like it.
Luckily for the Maximals, the 'Cycles are kind of terrible at everything.
However, their job is easier because the Maximals continue arguing while being surrounded. Morons.
Contrarily, Megatron continues to not be a moron, while he makes the point to Fanatic Optimus that there can only be true harmony without individuality.
The Maximals’ eyes are red. This seems familiar.
Hey! Silverbolt found the virus bug thing. He’s not totally useless after all.
Woo! Optimus Primal is back in the fight to help the gang… and they attack him. 
Now he’s infected. That went well. Moron.
Silverbolt is able to talk everyone down. This is not one of the Predacon’s better viruses.
The virus is familiar because it really is The Hate Plague!! Aaah! That’s quite a call back, considering we’re ignoring most of the Beast Wars series.
Megatron is blowing up chunks of Cybertron for fun, as far as I can tell.  
Everyone fell in a big hole, but saving each other cured the plague. That was far easier than back in Original Series Season Three where it required opening the Matrix. Maybe this is a diluted Hate Plague.
Oh good. Silverbolt is whining again.
Optimus thinks Megatron has a point ‘cause his team are jerks on the inside. Moron
 
 
Home Soil
Asteroids! And a ship approaches Cybertron. They get shot by Planetary Defense Lasers. You’d think those would have shot Megatron. Oh, he installed them. With everyone else in this show, it’s easy to forget he is not a moron.
Trees in the hidden orchard are dying. “Along with all our hopes.” Thanks for that rousing speech, Optimus. Way to lead.
Yeah. Thrust (who, in case it got forgotten in the eighty seven thousand other things going on, has Waspinator's spark) is making his way on his own. He is still the poor little doofus.
Oh good, time for another techno music fight and chase.
No one carries guns anymore. They either have built in “pew pew” things (in random weird body parts) or use melee weapons.  
Oh. The jet Vehicons are still there. Moles!!! Aaah! Tanks too! Were they all on vacation last time?
Not Teen-Bat's draining teeth on a string again. I keep forgetting about them.
Prime slapped Thrust out of the way.  Poor little doofus.
Quick growing plants have come from the ship and… AAAAAH! What the hell is that? It looks like a cross between the Evil Dead 2 tree monster and Audrey 2.
Oops it drilled to escape underground and is now heading for the core. Morons.
Optimus will reformat the plant monster. She is now a yellow and teal Flower Lady.  
She got Megatron’s “stuck in Beast Mode” virus? How? Did the Planetary Defense cannons shoot it at her ship?
She was part of another exploration team, like the crew of the Axilon. That would be a much duller, alternate universe show: Transformers: Plant Wars.  
AAH! Vehicon tanks in the orchard. (Still a tiny bit invested.)
Thrust gets a rare win! You go, little doofus.
Flower Lady transforms into another plant. Which one is robot mode? Wow! She screams with lightning that kills everyone. Impressive.
Flower Lady also has sunlamp grenades that help trees grow. Handy.
Her name is Botanica, which I will use because “Flower Lady” is less funny than I originally thought. (So is “Teen-Bat” but that ship has long sailed.)
She and Optimus are having a moment, I believe. That’s not weird at all.
Megatron blew up another sector, or maybe a building. It’s hard to tell with these designs. It is also hard to tell why he’s doing this as it has no visible connection to his plans.

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