It’s a little thing, but I love the detail of movie Shockwave manually reloading his arm cannon like this. I can’t explain exactly why I like it. I just think it’s cool.

Overthinking The Transformers Movies: Part II

Part 2 of ???: The Two Who Are One

While I could very easily jump headfirst into the nitty-gritty of the deeper themes within these movies, I think I’m going to start by easing you in. Just do a quick little bit of character analysis on one of the few Decepticons lucky enough to be named onscreen. A bot who only appeared in one movie, and who everyone has bemoaned was “wasted” in said movie.

A bot who is far more interesting and complex than anyone is willing to give him credit for.

Gathered friends, let’s talk about Shockwave:

Spoilers for Dark of the Moon ahead.