As one of the 20 Transformers fans here at IFanboy I would like nothing more than to tell you this is the best TF story since The War Within, but unfortunately I cannot. It’s not to say things can’t change. Shane McCarthy could be laying out a story that will become even more dismal than I could have hoped for by trying to make me care about these puny humans. But I don’t think so. 

It’s important to know what I expected from this story to get my dissapointment. See, I’m the guy who’s been waiting my whole life to see Tom overcome Jerry, the Coyote capture the Roadrunner and the Decepticons defeat the Autobots. So when I see the premise to this particular story: ‘The day the Decepticons won’. That’s what I expect to see.

It could be that Shane’s following the contemporary path of storytelling by beginning the story from the end, and likely he is. You don’t think he’d neglect showing us how this situation came to be? I don’t either (or would he?). But, in telling this story as he has he’s made a fatal mistake: he’s shown us that the Decepticons superiority can’t last. Because, almost certainly, this group of people being brought together (the pilot, Witwicky, etc.) will save humanity from the clutches of evil. Yecch!

Been there, done that. Got 98 episodes of it on DVD. This time I want things to be different. Tell a story that hasn’t been told. That’s all I’m asking. How about showing us what happens when Megatron no longer has Prime, the yin to his yang (wait a second. didn’t that happen in TF the movie?). Let’s see what happens when the Decepts get power hungry and try to overthrow Megatron, or what happens when they finally rape Earth of its natural resources. Then what?!     

So the Decepticons have been in charge before, but it’s always expected to end. This arc just seems to be a retelling of the same. I expect more from professional writers, spec. when I know I could do better. Admittedly there have been some moments which have appealed to my sadistic side. I love seeing the Decepticons toy with the humans as they have. I just don’t like feeling/knowing that it’s going to end before its even began.