Suggested by Destroyer Mermaid Man is one of those guys with a little super strength but not enough to really put him on the map. To be honest this guy would get crushed by Daniel X fairly easy. I’m not super impressed with that guy either but Daniel’s abilities are limited to his imagination and he’s fast enough to stay out of Mermaid Man’s range. Daniel can just whip out some guns or something and that would be it. Daniel X wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Hibito is a really cool fighter and I always liked his fire abilities. The guy has different elemental moves at his disposal as well but ultimately he doesn’t have much in the way of feats. I can sort of picture him defeating Venom, at least the standard version but Venom’s had many power ups over the years. With those he is a little more resilient to fire and ultimately should have the power to put Hibito away for good. Venom wins.
Suggested by Destroyer This is a true battle of speed vs power. On one hand Barugon has a whole lot of power at his disposal and won’t be going down very easily. On the other hand the Little Beeper can move so quickly that Barugon really can’t hit him. So who wins this? Well it’s a rare case of power winning because I just don’t see the Beeper being able to accumulate any damage. Even if he keeps at it for hours, Barugon won’t feel the hits and that’s why this match will be over. Barugon wins.
Suggested by Sonic Roark isn’t one of the most powerful Gym leaders to be honest but he still takes the edge here. As cool as Tyson is, I would argue that the Beyblade verse isn’t one of the stronger ones. Even the top blades would lose to the average Pokemon and Roark has several of those. That means he could quickly smash any attempt by Tyson to take them down. Tyson’s blade would quickly go down and then that’s it for him. Roark wins.
Suggested by Sonic Beelzemon is a really powerful Digimon. Serpent’s defenses should protect him against the energy guns for quite a while but once Beelzemon activates his chaos mode then it’s all over. His attack power skyrockets and would just be too much for Serpent to try and defend against. The unrelenting attacks would really take their toll. Beelzemon also has the speed advantage here which really puts the ball in his court since he can dictate the terms of battle on if this is close or long range. Beelzemon wins.
Suggested by Sonic Shirou is a really powerful fighter. He may have started out on the weak side but over the years and different paths he kept on upgrading his abilities. The Level 4 Akuma is very powerful on his end as well but doesn’t have the speed to keep up with Shirou or to block the endless wave of attacks. Those weapons will eventually stab through the Akuma and then that’s game over. Shirou wins.
Suggested by Sonic Tyki Mikk is a strong fighter but he’s completely out of his league here. Zenon’s mastery over bone magic means that he can be blasting Tyki from dozens of angles at once and the guy would have no real way to get around those attacks. He isn’t fast enough to dodge them and he is certainly not durable enough to endure them either. He just isn’t that dude I’m afraid. That’s not even accounting for Zenon boosting his abilities with 100% integration. Zenon (Black Clover) wins.
Suggested by Destroyer Tanjiro is a strong swordsman with a lot of technique and speed on his end. I would also say his durability feats are really pretty great because the guy takes a ton of hits and keeps on ticking. Not just anyone can pull that off but at the end of the day what is going to hurt him here is the massive gap in physical ability. Gajeel is in a completely different league with attack power as well as speed so that removes Tanjiro’s main attributes. His sword also would have a hard time cutting through Gajeel’s armor. Gajeel wins.
I’ve finally got the final Hoenn Pokemon! Probably will be a few years or so until I complete the next region but definitely ready to see how that goes. The adventure’s always continuing after all!
Transformers has definitely had a lot of films over the years. The original animated one was excellent but then the live action ones have tended to have a lot of issues for the most part. This one’s here to take us in a new direction and on one hand it’s got a pretty grand plot. On the other hand the fights are severely lacking compared to the old ones so that’s something that I’m hoping can improve pretty soon for the next one. It’s also probably a good idea to not cut out the best scene in the movie.
The film starts with the Maximals being under attack by an incredibly powerful fighter named Scourge. He isn’t a Decepticon nor an Autobot but a Terracon who works for Unicron. He effortlessly destroys one of the fighters and proves why he is a threat to be reckoned with. We then cut to Noah who is our lead here. He’s around some bad influences and once he doesn’t make the cut for the job he applied to, he resorts to a life of crime. Things don’t go well though as the car he tries to steal ends up being an Autobot and he is taken to their base. They want him to take some kind of artifact from a museum and then he can go on his way but the Terracons know about this and want it as well. Can the Autobots take Scourge down and save the planet or will they all be eaten by Unicron?
Okay so lets go with the good, the bad, and the ugly. To start with I will say that the humans plot is handled a lot more gracefully than in older films. None of the characters are pervs, there’s not a ton of comedy running around, and they’re all decent. I wouldn’t say any of the characters are particularly interesting but the plot is played very seriously the whole time and Noah feels like a real character. Perhaps a bit too “real” though as he’s quick to be ready to betray the Autobots even as we get near the end of the film. He’s not someone to be trusted. Now his motivations were reasonable as he wanted to protect his family but betraying the robots is not a great call.
Meanwhile Elena is solid as well. Her boss is always stealing credit and so she hasn’t been able to move up. Perhaps this whole experience can help her finally make a name for herself….provided she survives this at least. I would say the best part of the human plot would definitely be the after credits scene for the film. It’s definitely an excellent moment and gets you hyped for the future. So that’s something the film definitely did really well there. I’d have probably thrown in an extra character or something but there’s a lot of possibilities here.
The robot designs are also on point. Scourge looks really strong right out of the gate. He works well as the main villain and is probably the best villain out of all the live action Transformers villains. The guy has presence and you can feel his power. Optimus Prime has a great personality as well. Like in the Bayverse films this Prime is very bloodthirsty and just wants to destroy everyone. The film cut out his best scene involving this but the guy wasn’t playing around. Prime should be desperate to get back home and stop the villains after all the deaths so the characterization makes a whole lot of sense.
Okay so those are the main positive elements of the film. Now lets talk about some of the negatives here. For the first thing, the fights just aren’t good. They aren’t just the weakest Transformers fights but I would say they are weak movie fights in general. A lot of the times you’re just looking at a quick tackle, a stab, and then the fight is over. That or they’re just blasting each other a while. There’s never a sense of just how strong or weak someone is because they all look really fragile in battle. A good example of this is how effortlessly Prime was defeated by Scourge.
In practice it makes a lot of sense. You want to show how good Scourge is so you clown on Prime a bit but the execution was way off. It just made Prime look like a chump as opposed to making Scourge look like a champ and that’s really my main problem here. It’s absolutely not the way to go about this and there’s now weight to the battles. You have Noah blasting away at Scourge later on and distracting him while the guy was no selling hits from Prime? The power levels were too wonky and yet too one sided at the same time. So even when you had the rest of the robots getting involved it didn’t really do anything for me.
The visuals are good of course but the actual fights were definitely below average. The soundtrack’s also extremely weak but for a movie that’s not a huge deal. You mostly don’t even notice the music in these things anyway. Of course it’d be nice if it was a lot better but I’m just saying I wasn’t expecting a whole lot either way. So the movie has good pacing and you’re engaged during it but you feel a bit sad because the whole Unicron experience can only happen once and now we’ve already used it up. At least the opening battles with Scourge and we can’t get those back again.
Ultimately I just think a bit of a problem here is that without big fights the film can be a little more on the forgettable side. I know everything that happened with the story beats and all but for example I couldn’t tell you quite as much about the individual robots. Of course we had Bumblebee around and he did great near the climax but there wasn’t much to him if you take away the knowledge you already have. Same with most of the other robots as only Mirage got a ton to do.
Now I will say even if on average the fights weren’t top tier, the visual of Bumblebee getting taken out was pretty intense. You will still have some major doubts on the heroes looking so bad there of course but it’s still something that you won’t forget. There is also something to be said for this being a well written film of course. It’s a good title and while it doesn’t have a lot of replay value it definitely did more good things than bad ones. I’d be able to confidently say that I’m a fan of the film, it just has potential to be so much more. I think it’s time to bring in Megatron in the next film for some kind of big team up. Especially with the new characters who will be showing up soon since in theory they should absolutely decimate the Autobots in a straight fight.
Overall, Transformers is always a fun movie to watch. This one does have a lot of action and thrilling scenes. I like seeing the robots smashing each other to bits but it just slacked off on the actual battles a little too hard. The most important thing is the story of course and that’s on point but I really did want some big battles here. A battle with giant robots should always be supremely engaging and if it isn’t then something went terribly wrong. This is not the way that it was supposed to go….not at alllllllll. Also if you’re here for the Maximals, don’t be. There’s a reason why I went the whole review without even mentioning them and that’s because they are completely pointless to the story. They add nothing. None of them are interesting. We don’t even get a proper fight between them and the Autobots. It’s just like how the Dinobots were wasted, I can safely say that these guys were completely wasted too. That said, I am hyped for the sequel and will absolutely be there right away. I’ve still got pretty high hopes there.
Overall 6/10
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