If it isn't obvious yet... I'm not a fan of the Decepticons in this movie. I mean sure, there's Megatron, Starscream, the Fallen, and... and... who else again?
Nobody really gets named. You really need to read all the accompanying media and such in order to know their names, and even so, fans can't tell who's who. At least in the first movie, I could. Here? Not a chance.
Who exactly is there? Good question. Besides Devastator's components, there's
Grindor (Blackout lookalike)
Sideways
Demolishor (a Constructicon)
Soundwave
Ravage
Scalpel
And hordes of generic Decepticons in the final battle.
Sigh.
Poor Sideways. People thought he would be a Decepticon spy that posed as Sideswipe.
But in the end, he was the first casualty of the movie. Sigh.
And he was the apparent Barricade stand-in, too. Sigh sigh sigh.
Sideways, Robot Mode
Sideways' head is a dead ringer for Barricade. Perhaps the miracle of trans-scanning has brought about Barricade in a new body?
Sideways is quite a dainty robot, thanks to how his legs stand. I'm fairly impressed although a little annoyed at how unstable this all makes him.
He's also a little reminiscent of Car Robots days, when Transformers were really, really difficult to transform. He's got little buttons that really require you to read instructions to figure out, and even so... transforming him's a little bitch.
But I like the nastiness eh brings. Spinning saw blade hands. Spiky back that could cut you apart. Just the general thinginess of him all scares me.
Sideways, Alternate Mode
Admittedly, I'm not very familiar with their alternate modes this time around. He's an Audi R8, I believe. Not a bad car, if not very similar to Sideswipe.
Actually, it's just because they're both silver cars, haha.
Overall, Sideways isn't a bad toy to get. Just that he's not one of the top tier bad guys in my world... and maybe not in your world, either.
I like the whole idea of Soundwave as a satelite... except that it wasn't very well executed. Yeah... he's a triple changer but in the same way that Car Robots Devil Gigatron was a 10-changer that looked like a mess.
Again, Cybertronian modes are not a license to make starfish-esque alternate modes. Starro the Conqueror, meet your cyborg self.
Soundwave, Robot Mode
He's really short and stocky, not like the other Decepticons who are usually sleek and tall and thin. However, he's stocky in the hobbit way, not the chunky dwarf way.
Still, there's an amazing amount of detailing on him. And for that, I'd forgive the rather... subpar robot mode.
Soundwave, Cruiser Mode
I think this looks like the satellite mode. But apparently, it's the cruiser mode. OK. I guess they do things a tad differently on Cybertron.
It looks much nicer than his satellite mode, imho.
Soundwave, Satellite Mode
Flip flip goes a few panels, and... tada! Third mode!
I know. I think it's weird, too.
But since it's all Cybertronian modes, and it looks like nothing on this Earth, it's apparently... forgiveable. Haiyah.
I'm going to group all the Cybertronian mode dudes together and take a photo.
And so that's about it for the Revenge of the Fallen Transformers so far. I'll take a break before the next lot!
