Transformers Animated: Survival of the Fittest

This weeks of Transformers Animated wasn't as exciting. A human villain returns from the episode of "Total Meltdown" which many of us didn't see since it wasn't aired like it should have. Today's episode called "Survival of the Fittest" brings back the character who calls himself "Meltdown" and includes the Dinobots. This character has been transformed into some humanoid acidic form and wants to continue his experiments to create transforming humans. Meltdown has decided to kidnap Sari as he believes she'll be the best shape shifter since she's still growing up. The best part of the episode was to finally see the Dinobots transform into their robotic forms. Swoop's and Snarl's designs look pretty weird and strange in robot mode though. I guess I may have liked the episode more if I saw "Total Meltdown". I guess I was really expecting to see more of the Decepticon story. I understood the series started slow and focused more on the human city and characters, but now that the Decepticons are on Earth....it's about time we see more action with them.

I think some people seem to forget that the original Transformers Generation One had its own human villains. Typically these villains were taken advantaged of by Megatron, but not always. There's one guy who comes to mind that had nothing to do with the Decepticons at all. Lord Chumley, the big-game hunter. He collected the most exotic creatures that he could find. Of course, that means he wants the head of Optimus Prime. Anyone remember that episode? So, yeah, G1 was just as mixed up between the Decepticons, humans, and then aliens.