Was the show more woke than meets the eye? This was something I was worried about when I found out that is was being produced by Nickelodeon. They have been producing shows that were woke before anyone knew what being woke was.
But was this show…..Earthspark…..woke??
Kind of…..but not really…..but yeah.
It was like it was trying so hard too “REPRESENT”…that it failed at it.
But this is not what I wanted to talk about, sure it is an issue, but since everything is being called woke, and everything and everyone is checking the boxes, this is just what entertainment is these days.
I could bring up the fact that the only “Bad Guys” in the show were “WHITE”, since the Decepticons were not shown as the antagonists of the series.
You have the mad man Dr. Meridian aka Mandroid, and the evil blonde bitch in charge Executive Agent Croft, which first name is so “appropriately” Karen……yeah they named “A Karen”….Karen…..this shows just how “creative” the writing of this show is.
The sad fact is these were the only antagonists of the series, and the most intriguing.
My opinions on the characters, and this is where the show failed.
I liked the Maltos, kind of annoying kids, but kids are annoying.
The Terrans were pretty decent, likable Transformers that act like kids.
I really loved Bumblebee……well I really liked him……
Some of the Deceticons were cool….they didn’t do much but they looked cool doing it.
The two female Autobots were kind of forgettable, and so were Grimlock and Wheeljack.
But than there are the characters I could not stand…the ones that ruined the series for me.
Lametimus Prime & Bitch Megatron!!!!!!!
These two have no right to have the monikers they have.
They are a disgrace to the LEGENDS they represent.
First off….STOP TRYING TO MAKE MEGATRON the BIG BROTHER type.
IT DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!
Even if Megatron was to reform, he was not and never will be a NICE GUY!!!!!
It just does not work for the character, there are many Cons that this could work with, but not Megs.
And Optimus…………..
I don’t know if can put into words my opinion on what is wrong with this Optimus.
Maybe he comes of as stupid, or too naïve. Like “Oh GHOST is suspicious of the Malto kids and are looking for the Terrans, so I will just lead them right into GHOST headquarters to train”.
Like really……come on!!!!!
He is a moron!!!!
And he just seemed hollow, you know what I mean.
What I don’t get is the reception this show has received.
Of course the critics and media ate it up……it has black kids, and an non-binary, all the boxes are checked.
But it is the response from the fans of Transformers that surprised me. You have to remember this is the most toxic fandom around. Change Optimus to a monkey and you are committing blasphemy, add flames to Optimus and you are ruining their childhoods.
Yet, according to them, this show did nothing wrong…..like did they even watch it.
I am not saying the show is bad, I can’t call it bad, nor can I say it was good.
It is like a dish from a famous restaurant, it wasn’t as resounding or mouthwatering as you expected, but you also can’t say it was so bad you need to send it back…that is how I would describe the show.
But fans are saying the show is “a refreshing take on the series”, and “a show that can be enjoyed by all”…..yet no one says what they REALLY like about it….like why is it so “refreshing”.?
Listen I love the art design, the characters look amazing, and the animation was fluid and crisp…..again on the art side of the show it was amazing.
But it was like watching someone play a really AWESOME video game, yet they have no idea what they are doing, and they just decide to drive up and down an endless highway in the game and avoid the action.
ACTION!!!!!!
That is what was missing from the series, there was no action…..there is no way a kid will get excited from any of what is going on.
Maybe that is why Hasbro has not rush headlong into making a “decent” toyline for this series. Like really they are re-using molds from other series to fill it out.
Imagine if Transformers Animated did this, or Prime, or even RID (2015).
Does Hasbro have “any faith” in this series???
Now on to the “Subject” that I really don’t want to get into…..but I have to.
NIGHTSHADE!!!!!
I like Nightshade, I like their design……..
But there is that word…..you know the one that Lametimus Prime didn’t understand and they had to explain it to him.
What is an non-binary Transformer?
The first question is, what does non-binary mean.
From Merriam-Webster-
“relating to or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that is neither entirely male nor entirely female.”
So first off it involves being a person, and Transformers are not humans.
But I know what you are thinking…..but now let me ask you this.
Does Thrash have a penis??
Or does Twitch have a uterus?
Can Hashtag get pregnant if her and Wheeljack were to get it on?
See the idea of “GENDER” for Transformers is pretty confusing to say the least.
There has been so many debates on the subject……
How can they be Homosexuals or Heterosexual Transformers if in all reality they don’t have reproductive organs.
It is just the way they look…..how we perceive them.
This all began with G1, when they introduced Female Autobots and paired them off with the Male Autobots.
But even before that there was debate that Transformers were or might be “Genderless”.
And than there is…….
AIRAZOR & OVERRIDE!!!
For the Japanese audience, Airazor and Override were portrayed as males.
Nitro Convoy, or how we know them as Override was male when the show that would become Cybertron in the west “Galaxy Force” was created, but when it was Dubbed in English, Cartoon Network wanted more females, so they switched the gender to female.
As for Airazor…..
When the figure was designed, they really didn’t think about the gender, but the creators of the Beast Wars show wanted more females.
And for some reason when Beast Wars was dubbed for the Japanese audience, they made Airazor male…which than made “him” and Tigatron the first gay couple in the Transformers franchise.
What I am getting at, is there are times that “gender” is in the eyes of the beholder when it comes to Transformers.
So many female figure were repaints and retools of male figures………………..
And let us go back to the point I was trying to make….
ALL TRANSFORMERS ARE NON-BINARY!!!!!!!
No matter how you look at them, this is fact….and if they really did exist, meaning if they were really in our reality, this is how their species would be identified.
Again look at the definition of non-binary.
But for entertainment, and story-telling, we have girls and boys Transformers, we don’t think about their biological bodies, or lack there of….
We judge them by how they look, how they sound, and how they act.
Arcee acts like a girl, she is female…..Optimus sounds like my Dad…he is a dude.
So what makes Nightshade so different??
THEY WANTED TO CHECK A BOX!!!!
Plain & Simple!!!!
BTW….look this up on TFWIKI, the early concept for Nightshade was they just identified as a Terran, they did not consider gender to be an important part of their identity.
But………….
THEY NEEDED THAT BUZZWORD!!!!!
They needed the world to here them say on yet another show for kids……
NON-BINARY!!!
So if this is the case, why haven’t they mention the fact that Frenzy and Skywarp are TRANSGENDERS?????
It was established that Earthspark was a part of the G1 Universe, and in the G1 series Frenzy and Skywarp were males, but now they are females…..so…..where is their “SPECIAL MOMMENT” of coming out…..telling Soundwave and Starscream to “respect their pronouns”……..maybe this will happen in season two.
So there you have it, how I feel about this “refreshing” take on the TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!
Search my mind, see what you find
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Whats on my mind now.
- My FINAL thoughts about TRANSFORMERS : EarthSpark!!!
- TRANSFORMERS……..Kiss vs. Woke!!!
- BITCH MEGATRON!!!!!
- Begrudgingly Pro-Choice
- Nevermind…….it is not really child porn, or is it?
- To The Extreme, they will make you listen.
- The world of the TRANSFORMERS….where thinking about kissing is wrong, but kids eating ass is a-ok.
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The division of my mind
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