Last week I did the Autobot Bunker from Auto-Berserk, so this week I finish off the episode with the landscapes that I have. I think it's kinda fun that an episode of Transformers could effortlessly bounce from city to forest to canyons to bunkers and back, all in 22 minutes.
Auto-Berserk also features a scene that's a pet peeve of mine. The Autobots go looking for Red Alert and find a Lamborghini fire-chief car... but it's not him. Really, how likely is that? (That said, Italy really does have some Lamborghini police cars, but they're mostly for show/recruiting purposes.)
Heh, the pet peeve I have with this episode is that at one point the Autobots close their eyes and have to cough due to the thick smoke inside the bunker... they ARE robots, right? :)
ReplyDeleteSleep well! :)
Well they got to keep their optics clean and ventilation system unclogged so they don't overheat. :P
ReplyDeleteWhat bugs me is the tunnel drone scene. Red Alert blows up the lock as if to open the gate and... nothing. It's just forgotten what he has just done. AND THEN WHEN STARSCREAM WANTS TO BLAST THE GATE, Red Alert goes "No! You'll activate the alarm!". EVEN THOUGH HE HAS JUST FIRED A SHOT! ARGH!!!!
I get a feeling they were supposed to take out Red Alert blasting the lock bit because if you take it out you really won't miss a thing.
"The Autobots go looking for Red Alert and find a Lamborghini fire-chief car... but it's not him. Really, how likely is that?"
ReplyDeleteIn the universe of the Transformers cartoons, fire departments have opulent funding, and all fire chiefs drive Lambos. And off-screen, all teachers are driving Ferraris. ;)
To be fair, Flint over in G.I. Joe drives a Jaguar E-Type. He's a Warrant Officer - 2. In 1985, he'd have made about $1,500 a month. Pricey cars for a non-com.
ReplyDeleteGotta love a world in which our civil servants are well-paid! :)
ReplyDeleteThey totally cheated the audience on that one, because they made the vehicle they pursued 'sparking', like they showed Red doing through out the show.
ReplyDeleteAlso for whatever reason they've shown Transformers 'breathing', gurgling, coughing or gasping a couple times in different episodes. Weird but true.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAccording to the script, it was Red Alert. However, the chase wasn't executed quite well so we don't really get how Autobots lost the track of him.
Only Seaspray gurgled. And more of a voice mannerism.
Yes, exactly. The way it was cut together, the vehicle swerved right next to the building that was on fire. The Wiki describes it better:
ReplyDelete"The Autobots are right behind Red, then in the very next shot, they're pulling up to the burning building. With the not-Red Alert fire chief's car in plain sight the whole time, Hoist says "Oh no!" as if they've lost sight of Red, only for Ironhide to chime in "I see 'im!" a second later."
Not that it really matters, but Wheeljack gurgled in 'Atlantis, Arise!'. I wouldn't count Seaspray's voice mannerism's either.
I love that “Auto Berserk” has urban landscapes and lush vegatation! Too many episodes are set in a desert or somewhere else in the middle of nowhere.
ReplyDeleteI think the word “variety” may be in there one too many times in “large variety number and variety of.” :-)