Endgame, Part 2

[Freewheel]

...

I really don't know how I feel about this episode, other than that I think they should have taken about an hour to two hours just to wrap up all the loose ends...which there are still plenty of.

Even though I've kinda known they were gonna KO Prowl because of the rumor/leak or whatever, I was still bummed. I really liked Prowl. Though I have a question: Why couldn't they have used the All Spark to bring him back? ...Okay, I know it's that whole heroic sacrifice thing but still, it's a bummer.

Overall, I feel...dissatisfied with the so-called last episode. So many things left unexplained. We STILL don't know if the protoform that ended up being Sari was part of Megatron's batch on his ship (her protoform doesn't look like the ones on Megsy's ship). We still don't know where exactly she came from or how she came to Earth.

And there's still a ton of Decepticons left un-captured.
-Femme!Scream--though it's logical to assume that she probably got KO'ed when the All Spark fragments were gathering.
-Skywarp and Thundercracker --still in space. Did they offline too or are they still kicking?
-Laserbeak and a part of Soundwave are out there somewhere
- Scrapper -- Dinobot island..though did he offline as well because of the whole All Spark thing?
- Mixmaster and Dirt Boss...still don't know where they are or even if they're still online.
- Lockdown
- Swindle --though we know he's selling umbrellas to desert inhabitants right now probably.
- Team Charr...where the heck were they? I expected to see them in the final rumble.
- Blackarachnia and Waspinator...we don't know where or when they are.

I...I don't know. They just could've done so much more. They could have made this episode so epic I wouldn't care that the series is over (or is it?).

My overall reaction to this episode: :-\ with a :( at Prowl's sacrifice.

They almost need to make a Season 4 or a movie or something...

Rarg.

[melodycass]

i have to say that i felt cheated by prowls death, it was not dramatic enough for me. even though i didn't really like starscream i was more upset by his death then prowls.

and the ending they could at least have had sentinel say something like "i could of done that too".

after how great it was most of the way threw we could of had a better ending maybe a 3 or 4 prater?

[Tyrrlin]

Seriously disappointed here...

the show left waaay too many loose ends and plotlines unfinished.

And they killed Prowl. Again. And Starscream (which pretty much ends the series right there, too)

Just.... grr.

[Swany]

Actually rather "meh" at this ep.

More later when its not after 2AM.

[Coraxonyx]

I have to admit, I have known about Prowl and that there is no projected season 4 for quite a while now, and they did telegraph the Prowl thing pretty heavily leading up to this.

That being said, I missed the plot turns we've had for almost the whole series. Yes, they did leave a lot of loose threads with all the not on screen characters, but I didn't feel like the Autobots were doing much more than dominating the final episode. I don't know, it just felt a little too pat, especially as they've been so creative with the plotting so far.

However, that's probably just sour grapes.

I loved Optimus in this. And the resolution of Megs's Mr. Burns-like inability to remember his name. It had to have been tough not to give in to his anger and fear and just end Megatron, but the guy IS a hero.

And love love love Ratchet and Arcee. Sari's existence is totally vindicated for "fixing" Arcee's memory.

So, I'm sad it's over. I hope Hasbro learned something from this and will continue to make shows with this much drama, humor and great characterization.

[KisaShika]

DO NOT WANT! I want a season four! I want to know what happens to the Dinobots, BlackArachnia, Wasp, the Constructicons, the Starscream clones, Professor Sumdac and Sari, and everything else they didn't tie up! >-< But mostly, I WANT MORE TF:A!

[Starstreak]

I really did not like the ending at all...it sucked actually.

Prowl dies.

We never really learned how Sari's protoform got onto Earth. Unless I missed something, but I'd really like to know.

There were too many missing pieces in the plot, but that leaves place to pick up for a season four. *crosses fingers*

I don't know...I guess that they packed what should have been an hour show into thirty minutes. I hate it when that happens.

[Ridel]

It was exactly what I was afraid of. They left things until the last minute, then tried to cram way to much into a twenty minute time period. I really wish shows and comic books would stop doing that. :(

Prowl and Starscreams deaths were too quick to have any impact. In fact, Starscreams role was really useless. He left the moon, arrived on Earth, and was dead not a minute later... Nice. :\

There was no satisfactory conclusion to the Cybertron Arc. Ultra Magnus is still down, and I just cant wrap my tongue around the name Optimus Magnus.

I'm going to go ahead and hope for another season, though I'm not holding out much hope. Seems like they were really trying to tie it all up here.

[MBlackwood]

PROOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! *raises arms to heavens; rends garments*

*gasps for air for several minutes* Whew! *wipes away a tear* Mmnnnnnnngh. Poor ninjabot. ]:> *sigh* Anyway, IMHO, I'd be willing to bet that the writers left so many holes in the plot so that they could lobby with Hasbro to start up a closure series/Season 4. My money's on Marty Isenberg as the orchestrator. :3 He loves the fans, they love him, and I'm pretty sure he knows just how unhappy fans would be with so inconclusive a conclusion. Can anybody say, "Decepticon Jailbreak"? In addition, we need a lot answered (apologies if you guys have already mentioned these; I'm just rattling off what I can remember bugged me in thinking it over during the day).

~Waspinator and Blackarachnia - Where are they, what are they going to do (Waspy did, as he so eloquently put it, "has plans" after all), and is there any hope for an Animated style Beast Warsian episode?
~How is Sumdac dealing with his daughter flying off to Cybertron without him? 'Cuz I'm pretty sure I didn't see him coming off Omega Supreme with the rest of the returning Autobots.
~Speaking of organics, how the heck are the Autobots gonna throw off the organi-/decepti-phobia instigated by Jerkfaceaft Prime? . . . I mean, Sentinel.
~Speaking of Sentinel, either he needs to lay off the jerkaftface farce or he needs to go through with the Redemption Equals Death (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath) Trope he's been setting himself up for since . . . . . well, since pretty much episode one.
~Does Ultra Magnus ever get the slag off of Spark Support? Does he return to his Magnus-ing duties? Or does he officially step down and name either Optimus or . . . *shudder* . . . Sentinel as his successor?
~I don't feel there's much left to Jazz's story, but where does he go from here? I'd be interested to know, and I'm pretty sure a good number of people would agree.
~Speaking of cyber-ninja, does Prowl get a special funeral ceremony? Do we get to see Animated-verse funerary practices in action? Not that it's necessary, but it would be interesting background info that we don't have yet.
~FRAGGING BLURR!!!!!!!!! D:<
~What's gonna happen to Sari? She's technorganic, so does that mean that she gets to stay with Optimus and crew forever or will she be sent off to the Ministry of Science to be examined? Will she have a relapse into her primal rage as a result of being made a guinea pig, which she was so adamantly against, even when it was Ratchet doing the probing?
~Speaking of the Ministry of Geeks, WE NEVER GOT TO HEAR WHEELJACK TALK!!! Gypped, that's what we were. I still say Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman need to get in on an episode and cameo as Percy and 'Jack, respectively. RULE OF FUNNY FOR THE WIN, FRAG IT.
~MOAR JETTWINS. DO WANT. THAT IS ALL.
~And don't even get me started on where Optimus' crew will go from here. Chances are, Prime'll get at least one promotion, if not more, 'Bee might get into the Elite Guard, Bulkhead has good chances of leaving to do spacebridge stuff, Ratchet would probably settle down with Arcee (my inner fangirl squees at the very thought). Point is, they don't have a very good chance of staying together as a team. What happens next?
~Ohhhhhhh, my goodness. My friend reading over my shoulder just pointed something out: Ratchet and Arcee can now officially settle down and raise a family, as they already have a baby. What baby? Why, Omega Supreme, of course!! XDDDDDD LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLERCOASTERROFLCOPTERWIN.

. . . Annnnd that's about all I can think of right now. Anyway, I thought Prowl's sparkforce coming through the protective AllSpark bubble to save Prime was THE FRAGGING AWESOMEST THING EVER!!!! :D Even in death, Prowl is, by leaps and bounds, the coolest, awesomest, and kick-aftingest ninjabot around. He will be sorely missed. ;_;

[Moonracer]

As far as series finales go...this was weak. D: How disappointing. They really dropped the ball, in my opinion.

I didn't really care so much when Prowl died, because I never really considered him to be Prowl in the first place. He always bugged me. The other characters at least hinted toward their G1 selves, which is the way it should be. You can't just completely remake an entire character cast. But Prowl was way off and I just didn't really get into his whole samurai...thing. (And did they have to go and load on the slash fuel??? >.<)

I did appreciate the Ratchet/Arcee interaction because I am shamelessly in love with that pairing. But freakin' Sari....D: Oh, she knows waaaay more than an Autobot medic who has had millions of years of experience! No way he could ever figure out how to save Arcee's memory. Good thing this techno-organic suddenly develops convenient powers/knowledge whenever she needs to. >.< That really irked me.

And I wish we could've seen Arcee kick aft in at least ONE episode. She spent all her time lying around... D:

LOL Sorry, for whining, guys. These are just my opinions. I know a lot of you probably liked Prowl and Sari. I just couldn't stand them.

[Backburn]

~Speaking of Sentinel, either he needs to lay off the jerkaftface farce or he needs to go through with the Redemption Equals Death (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath) Trope he's been setting himself up for since . . . . . well, since pretty much episode one.

AGREED!! Unfortunatly, he's too much of a comic-relief character for that to ever happen...

I think that the show's creators were edging towards the SHOCK factor when Prowl died...and it would have worked, if that information hadn't been leaked already! As soon as Prowl said "There's only one way..." there was one split-second of drama, then one more when Jazz was carrying Prowl's body, and that was it. If you already knew what was coming, then there was no way to enjoy it at all. Frag you, spoilers!! Lesson For The Day: Spoilers = Less Fun.

And way, way-way-way-waaaaay too many unanswered questions left! You guys have already said what most of mine are. I'm loving and hating this show at the same time, hating it for being so crappy up until Season 3, loving it just for Season 3, and hating that I love it so much now that I want more from it!

The final battle was just a giant conversion of the deus-ex-machinas: Sari, the AllSpark, and the Magnus Hammer. LAAAAAAAAME.

[Ha-Hee Prime]

FRAGGIIIIIIIIIIITTTTT!!!!
That was LAME!!! That was FRUSTRATINGLY LAME!!!

Dangit. This series - especially this season - had so much potential. It was so often great. But it was not great on this, the last episode for, we are told, ever. SLAG. I had such high hopes. SUCH high hopes. But I guess I shoulda known. I mean, how in the Pit could they have resolved all the remaining stuff in only 20 minutes in any way other than The Mikey-Bay BoomShazamPopZipTheEndWhaddaheckwuzzat?!?!? way.

Slag. I am sad.
So I get to use the Magnus Hammer. So I get ol' Megs to remember my name. So I do have one moment of true awesome when I refuse to SEND OL' MEGGSIE TO THE PIT. (I was glad I did not kill him, no matter how expedient it would have been. I do not kill if I can POSSIBLY help it.) So Ratchet and Arcee get to have a happily-ever-after. So a lot of things happen that COULD have been cool if given more than a nanoclick's worth of screen time. (Can I just take a moment to say how much I HAAAATE it that Prowl/Jazz is such fanon? The thought in the back of the mind wrecks moving moments. Sorry to all y'all who like P/J.) Big Fraggin' Whoop-dee-doo. This episode STUNK. It felt like a whole season's worth of stuff shoved into 20 minutes. An' it dinna work. Also, Starscream's death was lame. His delicious character deserved a better send-off.

In a final note of rant, I wish to say that I just can't seem to make peace with my wings. I don't wanna be fraggin' Fill-In-The-Blank Convoy-Ginrai. I wanna be ME.

And I do NOT wear "the Matrix" on a chain around my neck. I just don't show off like that.

However: TAKE THAT, SENTINEL, YOU FRAGGING AFT-HEAD!!

*ahem*
Sorry for rant. The end.

Prime -- the REAL Prime -- Out.
(Dang it, guys; I need a hug!):(

[Freewheel]

Prime -- the REAL Prime -- Out.
(Dang it, guys; I need a hug!):(

I feel your pain. *Huge Medic Hug of Doom*

This episode actually made me want to run out into my yard at 8:30 AM and scream "WHAT.THE. FRAG?!" ...while all my pets and maybe my mom stared at me...the neighbors would shrug it off, they're about a football-field distance away from me anyways.

[Darth Krande]

*huge six-faced quintesson hug*

I haven't seen it yet, I had no time....

[Skyfire]

Honestly... this was very disappointing. So many loose ends!

[Darth Krande]

Loose ends are NOT disappointing, remember that. The more of them the better.


EDIT: I've seen it. I like that but it doesn't give me an emptiness-feeling to make me want another season. In other words, I'll stay alert for good news but won't get mad if there isn't any.

[Ridel]

SHOCK factor when Prowl died...and it would have worked, if that information hadn't been leaked already! As soon as Prowl said "There's only one way..." there was one split-second of drama, then one more when Jazz was carrying Prowl's body, and that was it. If you already knew what was coming, then there was no way to enjoy it at all. Frag you, spoilers!! Lesson For The Day: Spoilers = Less Fun.

I don't know about that. I make a point of staying away from spoilers, so I had no idea that Prowl was going to die. It still had no impact whatsoever.

As soon as he was all like, "There's only one way!"

I was all like, "Oh tell me he's not gonna-! ... He did it." :\
And that was it! No real emotion other than *groan*

[Tyrrlin]

(Dang it, guys; I need a hug!):(

*HUGGGGGS*

You guys said it much better than I could. But I shall rant anyway.

Mary-Sari continued to get on my nerves. Her omniscient power was really too much. It was like the writers were forcing her to have these powers so she could be useful. It would have been more interesting if she had to learn to control her powers in a gradual learning curve and, yanno, made MISTAKES once in a while. Ugh.

If Prowl took the All-Spark fragment from Starscream, "killing" him, did he also kill Wreck-Gar, the Dinobots, the 'Structies, Seeker clones? WHERE are B.A. and Wasp?

Also, killing Prowl. Really? Jeez. I mean, he did have less face time than all of the other main characters, so maybe the writers were trying to soften the blow when he died. Lame, lame, lame.

Another thought of mine is that the writers were acting like one-upping 8-year-olds with their toys... they kept making some of them more powerful, or adding more MacGuffin goodies, or cloning them (just like a kid who gets a bunch of toys for gifts, eh?) to the point that now they have too MANY "all-powerful" artifacts/clones/upgrades/etc and had to find a way to get rid of some of them.

I can just see it now. "Megatron got a body, and he kills Starscream."

"Fine, then Starscream gets an All-Spark fragment stuck in his head and you can't kill him! Oh, and he also gets protoform blanks to....uhhh... make clones! Yeah!"

"Well, Sari...uhhh... upgrades HERSELF and now has the power of the All-Spark!"

"Nu-uhh! Then I want Prowl to complete his ninja training and be the new Circuit-Su master!"

*whine* "If you do that, then I want Bumblebee to get better stingers! ANNND Omega Supreme wakes up!"

"But Megatron steals him and makes....uhhh... CLONES of Lugnut! BIG ones. Yeah!"

"I know! Optimus Prime gets the Magnus hammer and he wins the day!"

"No!" "Yes!" "No!" "Yeeees!"

ad nauseum....

Sound familiar?

[Darth Krande]

Come on, it wasn't that bad! You just...... expected too much. I liked it.
And I think the ninjabots COULDN'T bring all the Allspark-fragments back, THAT's why Prowl had to go.
Anyway his death was Bayformers Megatron's death played backwards, wasn't it?

[Tyrrlin]

Come on, it wasn't that bad! You just...... expected too much. I liked it.
And I think the ninjabots COULDN'T bring all the Allspark-fragments back, THAT's why Prowl had to go.
Anyway his death was Bayformers Megatron's death played backwards, wasn't it?

*chuckles* Hence why I called it a rant. :-) You make a really good point, though about the fragments and Prowl having to sacrifice himself.

Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the series. It's just that last one was a let-down. *shrugs*

[Darth Krande]

Maybe that's why they ended the series/had a break. They ran out of ideas maybe?

[Anony]

Sooooo ... am I one of the few who actually liked the ending? >.>;;; Yeah, yeah? *crickets chirp* Yeah. ^^;

Not saying it was perfect because it was far from it, but I enjoyed watching it, especially since I know this may be the last episode ever. I agree it was way too rushed, but it's not TF:A's fault. It was CN who decided to cancel it, so the TF:A staff had to go back, erase hints of S4 and somehow wrap things up in S3.

Prowl's death was touching, even when I was spoiled. (Heh, I read the rumour a few months back but forgot about it, but was reminded about it a few days ago when I accidentally saw some commemerative oekeki art. -_- Man did that piss me off.) Starscream's death was unexpected, but hey, there's still hope for him if there's ever a S4. Prowl and Jazz didn't collect all of the AllSpark fragments; it's conceivable that someone could always find another one and stick it back in Starscream's forehead (unless they brought his shell back with them ... which they probably did now that I think about it. Then again, they DID leave his body in a garbage barge in S2. -_-)

I'm happy Arcee is back again, though I don't necessarily ship Ratchet/Arcee. The age difference between the two kinda makes me go o_O. Wish she could have kicked some aft though. Same for femmeScream.

Wouldn't have noticed Optimus wearing the Matrix if someone at LJ hadn't pointed it out. Nice homage, and I don't think it's tacky at all. However I'd like to know where they heck Arcee was in the last bit of the episode when they're back on Cybertron. I didn't see her coming out with the others. o_O

All in all, I'm mostly satisfied with how the series ended, but I eagerly await the fics that can explore more on what could happen afterwards.

[Tracker]

I'm somewhat satisfied with the last episode. I mean, the fighting was pretty badass if I do say so myself but there are just WAY too many loose ends. I'm praying there will be another season to wrap things up. ><

FFFFF- why, WHY did they have to kill Prowl?! DDDD: I-it was like Jazz's death in the movie all over again!! They barely spent any time on it so I had a hard time getting into it. But I did cry. ... a lot. Prowl was one of my favorites! Just NO! *sob*

[Softail]

I wont lie. I was dissapointed in the quality of the episode overall. I hate it when creators leave so many plotholes and unanswered questions. Mike and Bryan did the same thing with Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Prowl's death: BOOO! :( I ADORED Prowl! Why must they kill all the fan faves? Prowl died in the G1 movie, Jazz is killed in the 2007 movie, and TFA Prowl dies..::sniffs::

Too many plotholes and unanswered questions. Not to mention it looks like there's room for growth.

If you're gonna end a great series, have it be done in longer than 2 episodes!

Id rant more, but my sinuses are taking over me

[BlitzAngel]

I'm not surprised that the ending sucked. It was setting up to be a weak finale the second we had a whole three Lugnut Supremes heading for Earth. *twirls fingers sarcastically*

And actually, Prowl's and Starscream's death are the things that bother me the least about this finale. There's of course, all the loose ends. What about the other bots given life by the allspark fragments? Did they die like Starscream or what?

And I WAS liking Sari up until she could do a better job than Ratchet and all the medical team on Cybertron to fix Arcee. That was ridiculous. As I said at the beginning of the show. They should have just made her a teenager to begin with and just left her like that. It would have been more entertaining.

And we're getting an Arcee toy with swords, but does she do sword battles in the show? NooOOOOooo! She's friggin useless but I can't hate her cuz she's so cute!

And this last episode just ends. You're waiting for at least one wrap up scene, but it just stops and you're like "That's it?!" And what about all those new characters we saw at the beginning of season2 ? We never EVEr saw them again!! What was the point of putting them in the first place. You fragging writers don't know what you're doing!!! >.<

If they ever make a movie or another season they seriously need to fire all their writers and get new ones who KNOW HOW TO WRITE. Because despite a few good scenes, the story of this show is really pathetic.

PS. And I'm glad Prowl is dead. Fragger couldn't make up his mind whether he was a badass ninja or a crap ninja. Pick one and stick with it! Stupid writers don't know anything about charactorization.

[Beepbop]

Ugh .....this episode was just....UGH
This episode started out ok but then it pretty much died.
It felt like the writers were trying to shove everything together in the last few minutes.
Either that or they didn't want to bother animating it any more and just stuck with what they had.

Starscreams death was ok,.
I wasn't to upset about that but Prowl's.....despite it being pretty corny made me cry T-T

When Lugnut Omega landed on Dinobot island why didn't i don't know the DINOBOTS show up???? I half expected them to come out and help but nope. And like everyone else was saying WAY too many plot holes.

List of plot holes (if I miss any tell me):

Blackaracnis: What happened to her?
Waspinator: he said he had plans. So what were they??
Ultra Magnus: Is he ever repaired?
Dinobots: Did Prime honestly leave them on EARTH!!!????
Dirtboss: Where'd he go? >_> <_<
Scrapper: So did the autobots just leave him on Earth?
Mixmaster: Like Dirtboss Where'd he go?
Wreck Gar: Did he die??? T-T
FemmeScream (Laserwave?): What about her we know she's alive so did she survive the whole Allspark thing?
Dirge and Ramjet: Where are they now?
Blitzwing: er...we know he's alive but.....where is he?
Swindle: He's probably off selling stuff but shouldn't he be captured?
Hot Rod: He got hit by cosmic rust....So does that mean he died?
Hot Shot: First Aid had to amputate his leg and thats all we know.....
Brawn: What happened to them?
Sentinal: Oh come on we all know he would have something to say about this!
Arcee: We didn't see her in the last scene so where was she?
Soundwave: So is he with Laserbeak and Ratbat playing music at some club?
Oilslick: He was supposed to have a past with Oilslick. So why didn't we see any of it?
Strika, Blackout, Cyclonus, Spittor: Same with the autobot team where'd they go????? Megatron called off the attack and we never saw them again
First Aid: After being swallowed and spat back out by Spittor was she destroyed?
Blurr: We all know he's still alive in that cube!! >_<

[Velocity]

I actually gotten a bit teary eyed seeing Prowl's sad smile before he was engulfed in the Allspark light.


And what did you guys expected? Thus far all the rumors were true, so it was obvious there are going to be lots of loose ends since S4 was axed.

As for the whole missing Allsparks . . . they were already being used. In Starscream's case, the Allspark shard in his head was nothing more than a portable life support system. With the others, it seems you can't take back the spark fragments back if they're in the spark chambers, like the Seeker clones.

At least that's my theory.

[Nightbird]

Once again, everyone beat me to it. Loose ends, weakness....
Heartbroken...

[Barricade]

*eye twitch*

TOO. MANY. LOOSE. ENDS.

[Sparkbrat]

Honestly, I think the whole thing was too rushed and left way more loose ends than needed in a series finale. (And I say series finale considering that it's been confirmed that there'll be no season four, which I have mixed feelings over.) They should have probably planned a longer finale to tie up the plot points that never saw more than an ounce of daylight, but that's just my opinion.

Prowl's death... meh, didn't bother me any. Yes, I had heard the spoilers and just hoped that they would do it in a way that made sense. I think they managed the general idea, but totally dropped the ball with the execution. It could have been handled better IMO, but I'm not one of the writers.

Starscream's death... even as a life-long 'sympathizer and seeker girl, it barely phased me. Mainly because Starscreams don't stay really and truly dead in the TF universe; the sneaky little bastards always find a way back somehow, and I'm already awaiting scores of fiction dealing with the how.

Sari has never grown on me. Ever. She is and always will remain Sari Sue in my head, no matter how "awesome" or "flawed" they try to make her (and really, messing everything up once isn't a character flaw, it's a lame attempt at a flaw).

All said and done, it would have worked as a finale were there a fourth season coming down the pike, but it fails spectacularly as a series finale.

[Mixmaster]

Everyone knows Starscream never stays dead. It's a fact of Transformers; you just can't kill the annoying little *crushing a mini-Starscream*

Anyhow,I felt that it was anti-climactic. I was actually glad for Prowl's demise (didn't like him), and I can't help but wonder what happened to Thundercracker and Skywarp (Egomaniac and Coward, with my own names.)

[Darth Krande]

+ we still don't know how/why Sari arrived at Earth.

EDIT:
Blurr died :(
Hot Rod + co got better, they can be seen in the crowd later.

[Powersurge]

i started crying when Screamer died...

and sobbed when Prowl died
(im just happy no one was home when i did)

[Darth Krande]

"(im just happy no one was home when i did)"
For me TFA-watching is strictly PRIVATE. I don't need dad's comments when I watch anything, to be honest....

[Hound]

Maybe that's why they ended the series/had a break. They ran out of ideas maybe?

Nah, they ended the series because Hasbro was joining up with DiscoveryKids(?) to make a new channel, and they're planning on making a new show to go along with that. They apparently didn't want to be doing two shows at once...

(What I'm -hoping- this means is that we may see more Animated-verse, if perhaps called something slightly different. Transformers Animated: Cybertron?)

They definitely didn't run out of ideas... they pretty much said flat out that they have the answers to all of the stuff they left un-wrapped up, but they didn't want to wrap everything up just incase they were asked to continue the story sometime in the future. (Admittedly, they made it sound like it'd be more likely to be somewhere in the far future, rather than the near, but.. still.)

I just wish they had had more time to wrap things up. Or, that they hadn't needed to.

[Coraxonyx]

They didn't rule out the possibility of comics, so that's where I'm putting my hopes. It's not QUITE as awesome as a full on show, but at least the story goes on.

Of course, there's also fanfic and photocomics if one is REALLY jonesing for some sweet, sweet TF:A.

[Tracks]

DAMN STRAIGHT. I better get to work on that.

*Gets out the action figures and camera.*

[botbrat]

Why did they kill Screamer and Prowl? Poor Screamer is always getting killed. I am surprised Megatron didnt' react when that happened or Prime didnt' either. Screamer had clones in G1. When Screamy got hurt,they disappeared or reacted the same. They basically killed the series.They could continue it without those characters or have Prime or Megatron rebuild them.