Name: Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising
Media: Movie
Series: Transformers Prime
Rating: Three Spaceships
Mission Briefing:
Um... a jumble of things? After dubbing Bumblebee a warrior, Optimus goes to grab the Allspark so that Cybertron can breathe new life... and he takes Wheeljack as his pilot. Everyone else has to deal with rebuilding and hunting down Decepticons and a certain Predacon.
But things are going to get more dangerous by the minute! Shockwave and Starscream have succeeded in cloning two more Predacons, and are working on more... but that is not the big danger! Unicron's energy form has been woken up by Primus's reawakening. He brings Megatron back to life, but forces him as his slave and vessel for his Anti-Spark (Megatron, unluckily for him, is conscious and around [again] for this, as well as being bound to Unicron thanks to the Dark Energon that flowed through his body when he was alive the first time). Unicron plans on destroying Primus, and therefore Cybertron!
There are many different factors, and many different players... even Megatron tries to rebel! But will the day, and the planet, as well as the future, be saved?
Mission Report:
This... was not what it could have been.
Now, admittedly, the show lost some points due to content issues. Calling Unicron a god, the whole Primus=core issue, rising of the undead, etc., etc., etc.... yeah, not good mojo! (Plus the content issue in the ending which will be explained later on).
But the story itself had issues. It wasn't well-done. Things were hopping all over the place... I kind of understand if it was to keep the time-stream correct (like this was happening when [hop] this was happening...). But the story... could have been done much better.
It was like those later episodes of the series, and some of the series episodes. We just kept hopping, and there was just too many storylines! They were trying to juggle too many storylines at once. Admittedly, it can be done, but this was not the best way to do it! It could have been done so much better!
Also, the story was glitchy around the leadeship issue. Ever since Prey*, they've pretty much set it up for Smokescreen to be the next Prime! But then the whole leadership thing goes to Bumblebee! Now, admittedly, in the movie you can totally see in-movie how that's going to be, and how good he's going to be, but then here's the issue... The makers of the show have been setting it for Smokescreen for a good, long while now! And where did this leadership ability come from? When Bumblebee spoke similar to R2-D2, there was no indication of leadership skills or anything! It didn't seem to be part of his character! All of the sudden, he starts talking and takes Megatron down out for the count with the Star Saber, and then he all of a sudden grows leadership skills? Um... PEOPLE? NOT HELPFUL? Adimttedly, in real life, skills and abilities do just seem to pop out of nowhere sometimes, but... NOT HELPFUL!
Also, there were a few other story glitches.
While we're talking about the bad, let's also talk about the ending. Warning, spoiler alert... OPTIMUS PRIME DIES! Well, pretty much... thinking back, it's confusing. But that was not good mojo! Optimus dies, and there not even a way for the Matrix to be passed on! No new Primes (unless they keep the title for whatever weird reason)! Optimus Prime is dead! Kaput! ARGH! That I do not like! SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE, WHAT'S UP WITH KILLING PRIME AND RUINING PARTS OF GOOD ENDINGS?!?
There was at least one good part to the ending, however! Megatron ditches his warlording ways (though I thought it was glitchy and didn't make the greatest sense on how he saw reality and why he chose to stop)! Basically, he's a good guy! YAY!
And there were other good parts too. After all, this movie got three Spaceships, not two or one. There were a few funny parts. And there were good story bits as well. Knock Out joined the Autobot team for real! YAY!
Plus, team-up!!! YAY!
And I really liked how Megatron rebelled and tried to fight Unicron. Though I admit, the whole body-"upgrade" thing, Unicron being Megatron's master, and Megatron rebelling was deja vu (sp? on both). I'm talking about the old Transformers: The Animated Movie back from the 1980's**. Unicron rebuilt Megatron as Galvatron there, was Galvatron's master, and Galvatron tried to rebel. Admittedly, there were differences, especially in the two movies' "Unicron-is-Megatron/Galvatron's-master" thing and "Megatron/Galvatron rebelling". But they were still surprisingly similar! I was surprised that Megatron didn't rename himself, or got renamed, Galvatron! A little ticked and upset too, if they were going to be that similar!
It wasn't the only deja vu (sp? on both) thing going on either. But I can't totally recall them to mind.
Yeah, I ended up complaining more than praising this thing, but don't get me wrong... it wasn't total trash. Also, I was watching via Netflix, and my Internet had decided to be grumpy with me... so the watching took a few days, and I had issues in graphics and other stuff. So my opinion in many parts isn't probably what it would usually be.
So, all in all, it was a movie which only won itself an average rating, and seriously could have been done better... as well as possessing a bad and sad part to the ending!
*Transformers Prime, Season 3
**Admittedly, I didn't see the movie, but I did read a graphic novelization of the movie!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Mass Effect
Name: Mass Effect
Media: Video Game (Xbox 360 version)
Rating: Five Spaceships
WARNING: THIS GAME IS RATED M!!!
Mission Report:
Mass Effect is awesome. The gameplay is fun, and the story is excellent.
The story put some major pointers in for me. It's excellent, and the universe is very well-thought-out. Plus, part of the freakin' fun of the game is that your character is your own. Your choices affect the story... literally, they do! And not just in Mass Effect... but choices I made in this game spread out to Mass Effect 2, and even Mass Effect 3!!!
I had a grand ol' time playing this, and it was just one character! It's possible in Mass Effect to make other characters, and have them make different choices! And there are ones which will change the storyline from game to game, if you pick differently! I saw, when playing my one character, which choices would have affected the universe if I had chosen differently!
And you can pick your team! This can affect the storyline, because in a couple of the stories, at least a couple of the storyline ones, their actions and sayings have impact. At the very least, they can add insight and other stuff into your gameplay (I found a character in Mass Effect 2 whose combat talk made me laugh from time to time!). Plus, people have different abilities... like your own character!
And it's not just the big stuff. Some little stuff passes over from game to game too (at least from M.E. 1 to M.E. 2!). I found that cool!
And the combat was fun. Mass Effect is a third-person shooter, but it was fun.
There were some issues, however. Surprisingly, the issue isn't the gore, language, or other things that make this game rated "M". There's two primary issues that I have with this game.
The first is how they just throw you into the universe. There was certain data that I didn't know (specifically, who were the Council?). I made a few choices that I wouldn't normally have for the character I was playing, because I was trying to dig up information! Luckily, I'm much more informed now, and won't be making that mistake twice with the characters I will make from here on out!
The second was that, once you were done with the game, you couldn't go back with your character. I had picked up side-quests while playing the game, and once I was done with the primary storyline, I tried to go back so I could do those side-quests. But the game just threw me back to the final boss fight! ARGH!!!
Otherwise, this game is definitely one of my top fave games!
Media: Video Game (Xbox 360 version)
Rating: Five Spaceships
WARNING: THIS GAME IS RATED M!!!
Mission Report:
Mass Effect is awesome. The gameplay is fun, and the story is excellent.
The story put some major pointers in for me. It's excellent, and the universe is very well-thought-out. Plus, part of the freakin' fun of the game is that your character is your own. Your choices affect the story... literally, they do! And not just in Mass Effect... but choices I made in this game spread out to Mass Effect 2, and even Mass Effect 3!!!
I had a grand ol' time playing this, and it was just one character! It's possible in Mass Effect to make other characters, and have them make different choices! And there are ones which will change the storyline from game to game, if you pick differently! I saw, when playing my one character, which choices would have affected the universe if I had chosen differently!
And you can pick your team! This can affect the storyline, because in a couple of the stories, at least a couple of the storyline ones, their actions and sayings have impact. At the very least, they can add insight and other stuff into your gameplay (I found a character in Mass Effect 2 whose combat talk made me laugh from time to time!). Plus, people have different abilities... like your own character!
And it's not just the big stuff. Some little stuff passes over from game to game too (at least from M.E. 1 to M.E. 2!). I found that cool!
And the combat was fun. Mass Effect is a third-person shooter, but it was fun.
There were some issues, however. Surprisingly, the issue isn't the gore, language, or other things that make this game rated "M". There's two primary issues that I have with this game.
The first is how they just throw you into the universe. There was certain data that I didn't know (specifically, who were the Council?). I made a few choices that I wouldn't normally have for the character I was playing, because I was trying to dig up information! Luckily, I'm much more informed now, and won't be making that mistake twice with the characters I will make from here on out!
The second was that, once you were done with the game, you couldn't go back with your character. I had picked up side-quests while playing the game, and once I was done with the primary storyline, I tried to go back so I could do those side-quests. But the game just threw me back to the final boss fight! ARGH!!!
Otherwise, this game is definitely one of my top fave games!
New Members: Movies & Other Medias
Up to this point, Ellie's Sci-Fi World has been only reviewing TV shows. Now I'll be reviewing some sci-fi movies! And other sci-fi media... primarily, games and books!
Meaning there will be new captions in the blog. And, for some reviews and material, there will be warnings about the reviewed material, especially if they are rated M or R, or even higher.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the reviews, and find them helpful!
Oh, warning! Some of the materials I will be reviewing won't be right after I had seen/played/read them. So the review might not be the freshest. Also, I will not be doing summaries for all of them, and some of them are for the reason of "I haven't seen/played/read them in a while or a long time." Fair warning!
Meaning there will be new captions in the blog. And, for some reviews and material, there will be warnings about the reviewed material, especially if they are rated M or R, or even higher.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the reviews, and find them helpful!
Oh, warning! Some of the materials I will be reviewing won't be right after I had seen/played/read them. So the review might not be the freshest. Also, I will not be doing summaries for all of them, and some of them are for the reason of "I haven't seen/played/read them in a while or a long time." Fair warning!
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