A dramatic reading of MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #32. Script by James Roberts, Art by Alex Milne, Colours by Joana Lafuente and Josh Perez, with voices by me.
Jason Miles to be fair, the IDW continuity didn’t exist until roughly when Bay was making the first movies. That said, his later movies don’t have that excuse.
@@connormclernon26 indeed, sure I admire how in 2007 bay gave transformers a Greta push in popularity, lighting up old flare of those who have been a fan since the day they have been in store shelves in the early 80s But I will have to agree he did fucked up all of the the sequels, tho I will have to admit there are still some moments from those sequel (the forest scene in rotf, the Chicago War in dotm, Dino bots unleash in aoe and tlk has..... Umm.... Nitro Zeus?)
DaBirdman1989 dude you realize that Megatron existed at the same time as Optimus, Prowl, Roller, Red Alert, Chromedome, Rewind and Ratchet. That would mean that they all are around the same age.
@@uchihazero8635 he mean it as in Ravage is a normal cybertronian just like any other like Optimus, Bumblebee, starscream etc etc, and not just a drone, artificial intelegent, or a pet or something like that
Optimus, his newest string of failures when he returned after his exile-return, and attempted coup of the new cybertron society, which then lead to Starscream, Shockwave using his built-in spacebridge tech, and Galvatron ripping him in half, and then Bumblebee giving him a hand of friendship and kindness - the only thing that broke through the breaking barriers of his growing insecurity finally helping him understand how wrong his ways were, and how he was being no better than those he once fought against. Bumblebee's death, sadly, was the final nail in the coffin that gave him the motive to end the cycle he'd instigated, and become what was once a sworn enemy. His upbringing was horrible, and lead him down the dark path. But his own endless string of failures following Spike assassinating him, as well as the actions of Shockwave, and Galvatron, added with the kindness and wisdom of Optimus and Bubmlebee finally made him see the light, and give up the corrupt cause that made him more of a monster than The Senate. Yet the road to redemption is long and arduous. Never as simple as one might think, as proven by the Autobots still intent on sentencing him despite his hand in stopping the Dark Cybertron prophecy. Only his quick thinking kept him from being sentenced by the biased cybertronians he's wronged over the eons. Ironic, since his journey aboard The Lost Light is what further changed him for the better. Funny how fate works, for even the most vile and wicked of beings as Megatron was.
it feels pretty sad, especially from Ravage's point of view; almost like he idolized Megatron like a servant to king, or a son to a father. Rather strange, but not unfamiliar in the transformers universe. I like it.
That's why I love this series, it rips the heart strings. Since the TF movie guys are now trying to make anthology films, I hope the do this type of thing in the Cybertron prequel.
Even more so when we see his First meeting with Soundwave, who was stumbling about the wasteland, lost, confused, and on the verge of hysteria For a power he had no idea how to control, with Ravage, Ratbat, Laserbeak, Rumble and Frenzy stepping in to help the lost Cybertronian where others never bothered to help.
You got to remember that Cybertron before Megatron's rise was a Caste system where your alt mode decided whether you lived or died. If you had a powerful Alt-Mode for mining, like Megatron's was, you got sent to do dirty work, pretty much the lowest class of civilian. Many, many transformers were powerless to stop the corrupt senate that held power over them all. So, when Megatron began writing his modus operandi, people looked to him to stave the way out of hell, and into a world where everyone was created equal. And every Decepticon followed that ideology until it, too, became corrupt when Megatron lost his way, waging the war on those he deemed unfit to rule Cybertron. His new found power, essentially gifted to him by Ratbat (who sent Soundwave to spy and help Megatron) and Shockwave (who upgraded his body for the Gladiator pits), corrupted him as it grew, which, in turn, corrupted his forces. Of course, there was the occasional decepticon that realized what was happening, like Thundercracker who saved New York from a Nuke (sent by humans to kill the decepticons in All Hail Megatron), Deadlock (Drift), and Megatron himself when Bumblebee died and challenged his very ideologies, waking him up to the fact he lost his way eons ago, which put him on a path towards redemption. So, when Megatron defected, even his most loyal Decepticons were dumbfounded and hurt, particularly Soundwave, who was one of the very first to help inspire Megatron in equality for all cybertronians by showing equal respect to his cassettes. So, when Megatron rose to power, Soundwave (and in turn, the Cassettes) idolized him for fighting for equality and respect for all. This level of depth is why so many people loved the original IDW run of the Transformers comics, all the way from Infiltration in 2005 to Unicron in 2018.
JT Stuard Music I think IDW’s Megatron and Soundwave are some of the best variants we’ve ever got; we see Megatron find the error in his ways and try to correct them by becoming an Autobot when others like Getaway doubted him and those like Tarn despised him for it. In Soundwave’s case, we saw his loyalty go beyond further then it ever has; he went from being one the most loyal to Megatron to being the most loyal to the Decepticon cause, eventually allying himself with the Autobots, but not joining them as to show his loyalty to the true Decepticon cause, not what it became but what it was, a beacon of peace and equality allowing him to be considered the last true Decepticon all the way till he sacrificed himself in helping to stop Unicron.
"I came to hate the person I'd become." What I really gets me about this line is that Megatron stayed this way to the end of the series. On Necrobot's planet when he saw how many lifes he had ended he just stood in silence. He might have redeemed himself in the eyes of the crew of Lost Light, he started to care for the innocent. But till the end, he thought of himself as a monster, which resulted in him being unable to use the matrix.
sooo...Does that mean the matrix knew(?) that if the person trying to use the matrix thought themselves as a monster, although themselves didn't kill someone with the intent of killing, it won't respond?
I understand that type of pain because of the s**t that I have gone through for a long time I hated myself and others but I’m working on rebuilding my self making my life better than it was and that way When I die the people who have been blessed by my presence in this world will remember that I love them and they love me no matter what I did to them in a way I can sympathize with Megatron because like him I 2 at times saw myself as a monster so I send this to anyone who is seeing this comment do not let your pain get the best of you. Rb bricks signing off for now
Nothing quite puts your life into perspective like looking at a statue of you in an endless field of flowers… and the flowers each represent one person you’ve killed. What a punch to the soul.
@@BasedVegeta We need to make an entire IDW show first in order to include autobot megatron, otherwise well just have to change the story to quickswitch Edit: Should we have full 3d animation or cell-shade? I think cell shade would fit better, but full 3D WOULD JUST LOOK AWESOME
It's stuff like this that almost makes me forget that Transformers, at its core, is a marketing ploy to sell toys (which don't get me wrong I freaking love these toys). And yet the franchise has evolved over 3 decades and has become more than just a toyline.
+Iderus Naimmee Hey, it's still around at least... that's more than can be said for a lot of things... We live in the graveyard of broken dreams these days.
In many forms of media we grew up with, they have taken a life of their own. It grows as the people who were children and saw it all for the first time now write the stories for us.
The animated shows, and now love action movies, are a ploy to sell toys. The characters in the shows and movies are wants on the toy shelves. The comics have always been about story, going all the way back to the UK Marvel comics on the 1980s.
To see the tyrant and warlord, the Mighty Lord Megatron, sitting down in a room, with Ravage, reflecting on his actions and what he had become is truly one of the best character turn arounds I’ve ever seen. James Roberts, you did a hell of a good job with this story.
There are things in life that I never thought I'd see. Megatron as an Autobot? WHAT? It's almost inconceivable outside of bad fan fiction. But here... here... it's happened, it's real, and I understand. Megatron had become the very thing he'd fought against, and had never stopped to consider it until his conversation with Optimus Prime. One can only imagine the thoughts that ran through his mind afterwards. And to top it all off, Megatron WANTS to be an Autobot. What a time to be alive.
I love how you sound like Corey Burton's Megatron. Who I felt was really the 'thinking man's Megatron' whose voice could be charismatic as well as menacing. Frank Welker is the primeo Megatron but his Megs fits the more...ruthless and 'sick, twisted' Megatron truly far gone from the path of light.
David kaye was the evil scientist, Hugo weaving was the deranged monster, corey burton was the dark, slick general, fred tatasticore was the brute(he would make a great IDW galvatron) and frank welker it depends; he was the twisted monster in prime, but with writing like that of MTMTE he could make this megatron perfect; i can see that rasp sound exhausted and just done with life
@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 Actually, in my mind, IDW Megs sounds like Tatasciore's Ratchet only a bit gruffer & tired. Except when he's shouting angrily. Then he's WFC Megs.
@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 Also, when he was younger, he sounded more like David Kaye's TFA Prime: brighter, more optimistic. Except, with just a dab of BW Megs thrown in for the accent.
Megatron was a philosopher who worked the mines of Cybertron, he wished for society to change. He was beaten and imprisoned for his words, he gained his followers and began a rebellion. The ranks of the deceptions grew, but as the battles raged on Megatron's spark became colder and he became a tyrant in place of the Senate. No longer was it about freedom but about domination. Megatron gets a happy ending, due to an explosion that duplicates the ship he was on that had both autobot and deceptions he had two lives to live. The one where he faces punishment for the atrocities he committed and his other self leaves the galaxy to explore what the unknown has to offer him. IDW may be one of the greatest comic characters ever written, it's a journey. It's absolutely a tragedy that we won't ever get another Marvel/IDW crossover where we can have this Megatron have a talk with another former villain, Magneto
The soul-destroying pain Ravage must be feeling while he's hearing this. The mountains of regret Megatron is feeling. All captured in a few panels from a comic book. And all this from the mind of someone who gets the characters from an (admittedly) cringey 80s toy commercial with some of the greatest characters in Sci-fi
His statue erected in the land full of flowers and those flowers represents the lives of humans and cybertronian he took as he lost himself to the cost of a revolution.
@@christbenitez8797optimus just as much took cybertronian lives. The cybertron civil war isnt good vs evil. Only optimus was good. Autobots were good only CAUSE megatron destroyed all leaders then optimus lead autobots morally good Without megatron optimus wont be heading good at all. Cybertron will be hell for low branded tronians
@@Meteorknite you complety wrong there pal. Optimus is morally good person you're right about that but the autobots back in Cybertron? Naah they oppressed the lesser cybertronians and later on called decepticons. Megatron and Orion pax(Optimus) tried to fix uprising problems in Cybertron to avoid a total collapse of their civilization. And what did the primes did? Making Orion pax a prime and they just fvck off with the problem leading Megatron to basically start a global revolution. Transformers isn't black and white, good vs evil. Both sides are morally grey but both sides lost what they are fighting for. Megatron is fighting for a equal rights for his people and and end up lost himself to a war and became a monster. While Optimus keeps himself in check and he can't lie to himself that he also lost to the ecstacy of war. You can see their actions on how they kill one another without talking things out first.
@@christbenitez8797to be fair the only version of Optimus that never gave Megatron any mercy was the Bayverse version, every other version would always show mercy, that's usually what gets him killed. This comic is very right; the best way to hurt Optimus is to get him to hurt others, it genuinely kills him inside.
@@sasquatch8245technically not true, plenty of Optimus Primes have had FULL intentions of killing Megatron. Back during G1, during the pilot, Optimus stated only one of them was gonna go back to Cybertron. I don't believe he'd risk leaving Megatron on earth Alive. There's also the Prime Universe Optimus who had an arc of deciding Megatron HAD to around the point of the unicorn arc, then was willing to gun down a wounded Megatron later on, with the only reason Megatron lived being that Dreadwing intervened.
This dub was beautifully done. The calm interpretation of Megs' voice suits the tone so well. To think Ravage is having a conversation with his ex-leader he couldn't have ever had before is so heartbreaking. He literally says he hates seeing him like this. Transformers comics deserve so much more attention, and adaptations, please.
That’s what makes it makes more interesting, his war nearly destroyed Cybertron and Earth, but to see him like this and to see him reflect on himself, it makes you wonder if he can ever be forgiven for his actions...
many mmmmm that's gonna be a no from me. You can't slaughter billions on a galactic scale, eradicating entire solar systems if life as standard practice, and then be forgiven. You just *can't.* Megatron getting to go on this journey at all, to enjoy the twilight years of his life, is more of a gift than he ever deserves. Anything more than that is an insult to all who died because of him.
@@samuelwithers2221 I don't see it as an insult. I see it as a promise. A promise made to those who have passed that the monster is now gone, replaced by a man who has much work to do to fix the damage he's caused. Cybertronians are effectively immortal given they are supplied with enough fuel. It will take a long time, maybe billions of years, but it's not an impossible task. Not even for someone like Megatron. People can change, people can choose to be better, we just have to allow them to try. You may be surprised, given a very, very long time.
sorry for the necro but-- just remember that statscream exists, is now severely traumatized from megatron's abuse and suffers said trauma in the form of bad behaivor patterns, relationship problems, trust issues and ptsd and everyone is a jerk to him to some extend because of that and dies having never lived a happy life just because of megatron. and now you won't feel sorry for megatron anymore
Then you remember the billions he killed and used as biofuel , the torment Starscream had to endure not to mention countless other decepticon and you no longer give a shit. A Megatron redemption is an amazing idea. Just not this Megatron.
This scene has so much impact when later on in the series, Ravage is fatally injured (he was ripped apart by Tarn) and his last dying words to Megatron was "Don't change back" while trying to remove Tarn's mask off Megatron's chest (Tarn's mask is fashioned off the Decepticon insignia). He spied on Megatron hoping he hadn't changed. But in the end, he urged his old friend to not return back to his old ways.
That's always been my biggest issue with the movies. I can the handle the plot being a bit hokey, but the sheer lack of character saddens me. When you've got stuff like this to inspire you, there's no excuse for such half-arsedness.
Dotm Shockwave all bay cares about is money, explosions, and barely legal girls. Just like his movies, shallow with no likable traits. Its pathetic at best
I can't believe this video was YOU. I remember stumbling upon this video a year or two ago, wondering who did the amazing voice acting here. And now, with your "Basics" videos, I had no idea you had such talents in voice acting.
Kinda reminds me of a conversation my grandpa had with a old friend of his not all the evil past stuff but more of the fact that my grandpa changed his ways and his friends missed the old him I kinda felt sad hearing two old men who where once young like me talk in such a way kinda brings you to realize we all will become obsolete one day and we all have to chose who we wish to be in those final days of life
I'm sure there's a *better* way to do it than I did, but I don't know what I'm doing! All I did was create an echo effect in Audacity with only the tiniest delay and decay factors.
@@ChrisMcFeely If *Chris McFeely* Ever Uploads An Unlisted Recording of These Voices Without The Effects And Music (or an new recording without effects), I Could Take It And Edited Into An Little Remake! if, he wants to. :)
Oh. How I wish we could get character development and dialogue like this outside of the books and comics. This complicated version of Megatron is by far my favorite. Nice job, Chris! You're not bad at this voice acting thing.
Wow. Ravage with dialogue? Never saw that coming. Also, I could really feel the drama during this conversation between Megatron and Ravage. The feeling was genuine and powerful. I could really feel Ravage's pain over what Megatron has become and his nostalgia for the Megatron he once knew and respected.
Ravage usually talks in the comic not to mention the beast wars cartoon (minus the time the marvel comic made him silent for more cartoon similarities)
I think the best part of Megatron’s face turn is that it was permanent. He did what so many comic villains fail to do when they turn good. Often writers will stick to the status quo to the detriment of what they had established earlier. It’s why More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light were among the best comic series of all time.
I finally read the original arc with this story, so freaking good. Autobot Megatron is one of the best things to have happened to Transformers. This reading is very well done, you've got a lot of energy and emotion behind this.
Hunter The Wusky Soundwave sensing Ravage's death from across the galaxy broke me. It's such a sad scene. Ravage is one of the original Decepticons from the first line of Transformers and there's something about seeing a villain die like that that just makes you want to curl up in a ball.
I love everything you did with this scene. It's one of my favourite IDW scenes and you truly brought it to life. Thank you so much. It must be terribly straining on your voice to do this, but this is AMAZING, and I really hope you will do some more in the future of many more IDW scenes.
DAMN... That was great. If only the films were... I can't even finish that sentence. Transformers the Movie (86) with all its imperfections, took itself so seriously in its first half. The second half had hokey moments but it was all done in context and that feature set a bar in my mind that Bayformers could never even get close to.
Amazing voice-acting by Chris McFeely! His Ravage is spot-on, matching Ravage's voice from the G1 pilot episode. And Roberts' script is perfect. What an incredible character analysis this scene provides.
One of the greatest Transformers scenes ever written matched with great voice acting! I still get shivers every time I watch this. This is what I use to show people what Transformers can be.
IDW gives Decepticons personalities beyond "evil". You see how they think they're right, doing bad to do good, not just that they like destroying things and hurting people. While TfP kind of gives us this, IDW delves into it and gives you motives and feelings, even doubts. And I appreciate that.
Sometimes I come here to make myself feel better. The quiet setting, the music, the restrained emotion, all of this makes it feel like it was made by real people.
ah, it's times like this that I wish I was with the bad guys. kind of hard to explain really, I feel their passion to be something greater and I feel only envy. They made a life for themselves, pushing onward, creating change that many despise. Some change they have good reason to despise, but in the end still leads to conflict no matter how necessary. And in these rare moments, when I get to see the bad guy down on his luck, lost, wondering if he/she were foolish in their indevers, I feel grief, for I saw them at greatness that they have found a purpose in life no matter how horrible their overall actions were, while I can't tell if I even want to get out of my bed. If I could just have this moment with Megatron, to have lost my destiny, I would gladly have it, for at least I had one.
At least ,before my sea green spark mottles and contract into infinitesimal oblivion ,I got to see the face of my leader. Even though a traitor, he still has that coherent contemplation ,the optics of a sage and silence of a warrior on his face. I thank for this one last privilege, I am not disappointed by this experience..........
Seeing Ravage talking to Megs like that was Pretty Emotional and this seemed Ravaged Idolized Megatron to the point were it seemd like a Son and a Father Relationship
I love this comic. It's just so well written. It's the first story that made me actually care about the characters. I remember crying when Rewind died and the same woth Skids and even Ravage. It has some really touching and heartwarming moments. I'd love to see it in the tv as a show one day
I never get tired of hearing this reading here. I mean you really get a depth of character in both Megatron and Ravage that make you love these characters. IDW really is doing good for the story lines for transformers. You should see about doing a reading of the final scene of the "til all are one" comics with Windblade and Starscream, I think it would pair well with this one.
Disgruntled Automated bunny actually this makes sense because these characters are more than just the roles they take ( also Meg's realizes that he still gots the touch later on in the comics
MrX especially when it’s getting stabbed in the spark chamber, blown to pieces and primus knows what else because of all the times he’s been stitched, welded and bolted back together in one body or some shiny new chassis.
Even tho old. On a non fictional level, this seems relatable to those who use to be toxic/bad people and realizing the things they did and the people they hurt/bridges burnt. Damn comic about robot car people tackles some real spots u-u
Can someone please do a dramatic reading of the Megatron/Bumblebee conversation from Dark Cybertron? You know, the one where Megatron said "I lost the war the moment I gave the order to fight."
What I love about this acting is that you can feel the emotions, that's dedication. But my main one is that whoever voiced Megatron sounds like the Animated version of him, and I love that! 🥰🥰
The pain Ravage must be feeling inside, seeing the bot he worshipped and followed turn into a Autobot. It’s sad to see this. Ravage would’ve followed Megatron to the ends of the galaxy
I come back to this video a lot. The writing in this scene is too perfect and your voice work Chris is just as excellent. I find on days I need reminding myself that even if our past selves were not good people, we can always improve and do better. Even today whenever I'm feeling down, I come here and remember why I love IDW and their portrail of Megatron
I recognize that this Megatron so so wildly different from the other incarnations, but this level of introspection and nuance makes him the best incarnation and my personal favourite.
That was just... man. You forget in canon that these guys have been fighting a war MILLIONS of years. Plus all the specific stuff Optimus and Megs have been through.
Ngl, this version of Megs is probably my favorite. Like, we've had versions of Megatron where he's turned good before, or just flat-out lost the will to continue the war, like at the end of Transformers Prime. But, like, MTMTE Megatron had GROWTH, man. It's kinda like Joshua Graham, from Fallout: New Vegas, in the sense that they both recognized the monsters they had become, and did what they could do to try and make right what they originally made wrong. Just not with all the religious context behind o'l "Buckethead," here, or too much of all the spiritual, subtle-but-not-subtle "calling out how modern society thinks" kind of character that Graham ended up being. And it's stuff like that, which will ALWAYS make me like a character, or a version of a character, be they be good or bad, that they saw what kind of monster they had become, and what atrocities that they did, and tried everything they can to become a better person and facing their inner demons. I don't care who it is. Be it Cybertronian, be it human, be it a legitimate monster (such as a werewolf or a vampire or something like that), be it one of the numerous alien species of Halo. If they have a sort of character building like this, chances are I'm going to like them.
So for many the fascinating thing about it this conversation is Megatron and how when he finally took a good hard look at himself he realized just how terrible he was and changed and that is incredible fascinating. But what is more fascinating is Ravage’s response. It’s hard to forget sometimes but Decepticons aren’t just big evil bad guys, at least not anymore, they are a people with a belief system. In their minds all the things they have done and all the twisted or toxic behavior was for the greater goal of their victory and their beliefs. They betray and deceive each other because strength and cunning are the only rules and loyalty and trust are fragile and easily broken to them. It’s hard to imagine but the decepticons are basically a religious order or belief system. And at the center is Megatron, their unbreakable master, the truth of cyber form superiority. And then he just... says everything they know is a lie. I can only imagine the turmoil it would cause. Someone would see him as a traitor, some would delude themselves that it is a trick, and some would finally look at themselves and realize what they have done. Suddenly their belief system, the thing they used to justify their actions turned on them and abandoned them. Megatron is the decepticons, without them they are nothing, but not for his leadership. But because without him, without him to lead them forward with their ideals and remind them they do this for the greater good suddenly everything they do is just pointless and evil. I can only begin to imagine what is going through ravages mind when Megatron speaks to him about this.
"If the world thinks of you as a monster, what does it matter? The world is wrong. But when you start to think of YOURSELF as a monster. . . "
A very true line.
I Will use that lindo forever
Than the real pain starts to show up.
Never has such wise words been spoken.
@@gamingraptorpro1800 Agreed..
could anyone have ever imagined that a cartoon show based on a line of toys could be the basis of chilling dialog like this?
DaBirdman1989 Bay should've taken notes
Jason Miles to be fair, the IDW continuity didn’t exist until roughly when Bay was making the first movies. That said, his later movies don’t have that excuse.
You haven’t seen And felt half of it man, that comicbook mande me cry several times
@@connormclernon26 indeed, sure I admire how in 2007 bay gave transformers a Greta push in popularity, lighting up old flare of those who have been a fan since the day they have been in store shelves in the early 80s
But I will have to agree he did fucked up all of the the sequels, tho I will have to admit there are still some moments from those sequel (the forest scene in rotf, the Chicago War in dotm, Dino bots unleash in aoe and tlk has..... Umm.... Nitro Zeus?)
DaBirdman1989 dude you realize that Megatron existed at the same time as Optimus, Prowl, Roller, Red Alert, Chromedome, Rewind and Ratchet. That would mean that they all are around the same age.
Wow...an actual reason for the villain to become a Hero.
He's being pulled to the light side.
im surprised that there aren't many angry rants about this
and yet people keep complaining about the archie sonic comics
Why is that?
There are plenty of G1 purists who dont like the way IDW has handled the franchise. Meanwhile IDW is the only GOOD timeline.
why doesn't idw go into the direct to animated DVD buisness?
They'd probably be more successful than the DC and MARVEL DVD movies
that or a deep character that will return to be a villain again making him a deeper character.
I constantly forget that Ravage is a full Cybertronian, so hearing him talk and reason like one is rather refreshing
I remember how he literally only had one line in the G1 series and it threw me through a loop XD
What's a full cybertronian
@@uchihazero8635 he's not a drone, a minicon i belive
@@uchihazero8635 he mean it as in Ravage is a normal cybertronian just like any other like Optimus, Bumblebee, starscream etc etc, and not just a drone, artificial intelegent, or a pet or something like that
Its that Ravage just happen to look like a puma thats all
He overthrew a tyrannical government and became even worse than they were at their worst. Optimus made him see that.
Sean Ripper Bumblebee helped too. Hell, even Starscream had an unwitting part in that, TBH.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain- the story of megatron
Justin Clark Mega is kinda reverse “you either die as a villain or live long enough to become the hero”
Ankha Le megatron was originally a hero he was a freedom fighter he just got aggressive over time
Optimus, his newest string of failures when he returned after his exile-return, and attempted coup of the new cybertron society, which then lead to Starscream, Shockwave using his built-in spacebridge tech, and Galvatron ripping him in half, and then Bumblebee giving him a hand of friendship and kindness - the only thing that broke through the breaking barriers of his growing insecurity finally helping him understand how wrong his ways were, and how he was being no better than those he once fought against. Bumblebee's death, sadly, was the final nail in the coffin that gave him the motive to end the cycle he'd instigated, and become what was once a sworn enemy. His upbringing was horrible, and lead him down the dark path. But his own endless string of failures following Spike assassinating him, as well as the actions of Shockwave, and Galvatron, added with the kindness and wisdom of Optimus and Bubmlebee finally made him see the light, and give up the corrupt cause that made him more of a monster than The Senate.
Yet the road to redemption is long and arduous. Never as simple as one might think, as proven by the Autobots still intent on sentencing him despite his hand in stopping the Dark Cybertron prophecy. Only his quick thinking kept him from being sentenced by the biased cybertronians he's wronged over the eons. Ironic, since his journey aboard The Lost Light is what further changed him for the better. Funny how fate works, for even the most vile and wicked of beings as Megatron was.
This summarizes why Megatron becoming an Autobot is a fantastic story.
Samuel Meyer probably the biggest risk idw has done
Quoc-Nam Nguyen and tge biggest reward
What specific issue does Megatron join the Autobots? I can tell this is a fantastic story and I want to see it for myself.
It is at the end of the Dark Cybertron run.
Thank you.
Ravage: "Dead? Or just resting?"
That part gets me everytime!!!
***** Yeah. T-T
Same here T.T
Wish he'd wake up and tear the autobots limb from cursed limb
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Since when can Ravage talk???
it feels pretty sad, especially from Ravage's point of view; almost like he idolized Megatron like a servant to king, or a son to a father. Rather strange, but not unfamiliar in the transformers universe. I like it.
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Very well put.
That's the power of MTMTE.
That's why I love this series, it rips the heart strings. Since the TF movie guys are now trying to make anthology films, I hope the do this type of thing in the Cybertron prequel.
Even more so when we see his First meeting with Soundwave, who was stumbling about the wasteland, lost, confused, and on the verge of hysteria For a power he had no idea how to control, with Ravage, Ratbat, Laserbeak, Rumble and Frenzy stepping in to help the lost Cybertronian where others never bothered to help.
You got to remember that Cybertron before Megatron's rise was a Caste system where your alt mode decided whether you lived or died. If you had a powerful Alt-Mode for mining, like Megatron's was, you got sent to do dirty work, pretty much the lowest class of civilian. Many, many transformers were powerless to stop the corrupt senate that held power over them all. So, when Megatron began writing his modus operandi, people looked to him to stave the way out of hell, and into a world where everyone was created equal. And every Decepticon followed that ideology until it, too, became corrupt when Megatron lost his way, waging the war on those he deemed unfit to rule Cybertron. His new found power, essentially gifted to him by Ratbat (who sent Soundwave to spy and help Megatron) and Shockwave (who upgraded his body for the Gladiator pits), corrupted him as it grew, which, in turn, corrupted his forces. Of course, there was the occasional decepticon that realized what was happening, like Thundercracker who saved New York from a Nuke (sent by humans to kill the decepticons in All Hail Megatron), Deadlock (Drift), and Megatron himself when Bumblebee died and challenged his very ideologies, waking him up to the fact he lost his way eons ago, which put him on a path towards redemption. So, when Megatron defected, even his most loyal Decepticons were dumbfounded and hurt, particularly Soundwave, who was one of the very first to help inspire Megatron in equality for all cybertronians by showing equal respect to his cassettes. So, when Megatron rose to power, Soundwave (and in turn, the Cassettes) idolized him for fighting for equality and respect for all. This level of depth is why so many people loved the original IDW run of the Transformers comics, all the way from Infiltration in 2005 to Unicron in 2018.
JT Stuard Music I think IDW’s Megatron and Soundwave are some of the best variants we’ve ever got; we see Megatron find the error in his ways and try to correct them by becoming an Autobot when others like Getaway doubted him and those like Tarn despised him for it. In Soundwave’s case, we saw his loyalty go beyond further then it ever has; he went from being one the most loyal to Megatron to being the most loyal to the Decepticon cause, eventually allying himself with the Autobots, but not joining them as to show his loyalty to the true Decepticon cause, not what it became but what it was, a beacon of peace and equality allowing him to be considered the last true Decepticon all the way till he sacrificed himself in helping to stop Unicron.
"I came to hate the person I'd become."
What I really gets me about this line is that Megatron stayed this way to the end of the series. On Necrobot's planet when he saw how many lifes he had ended he just stood in silence. He might have redeemed himself in the eyes of the crew of Lost Light, he started to care for the innocent. But till the end, he thought of himself as a monster, which resulted in him being unable to use the matrix.
sooo...Does that mean the matrix knew(?) that if the person trying to use the matrix thought themselves as a monster, although themselves didn't kill someone with the intent of killing, it won't respond?
@@박현지-z4i that’s exactly it.
@@trentroberts6736 Thank you! The comment is helpful.
I understand that type of pain because of the s**t that I have gone through for a long time I hated myself and others but I’m working on rebuilding my self making my life better than it was and that way When I die the people who have been blessed by my presence in this world will remember that I love them and they love me no matter what I did to them in a way I can sympathize with Megatron because like him I 2 at times saw myself as a monster so I send this to anyone who is seeing this comment do not let your pain get the best of you.
Rb bricks signing off for now
Nothing quite puts your life into perspective like looking at a statue of you in an endless field of flowers… and the flowers each represent one person you’ve killed. What a punch to the soul.
COME ON PEOPLE LET'S MAKE THIS TO AN ANIMATED SERIES
Optimus Mighty Maximus Oh NETFLIX!?
Deadlock Maximus I agreed
YAS.
NETFLIX- We have COME to BARGAIN.
@@BasedVegeta We need to make an entire IDW show first in order to include autobot megatron, otherwise well just have to change the story to quickswitch
Edit: Should we have full 3d animation or cell-shade? I think cell shade would fit better, but full 3D WOULD JUST LOOK AWESOME
sad old man talks to his pet cat
smegel limes lol
*NOT CLICKBAIT*
Well when you put it like that it makes this whole video look stupid.
That just about sums it up.
smegel limes he is a dog
I just cried over an old man robot talk to his robot cat in a comic based off some gimmicky toys. I still cried though.
Mr. Birdasaur cry baby
I really wanna read this series now
@@gnolly8222 you should, its very good
@fritzdaddy-135mm get staggered Thank you, as of this current day I am now a very proud bitch. I have changed a lot in 2 years.
@Bunyamin Esen imagine crying on this
It's stuff like this that almost makes me forget that Transformers, at its core, is a marketing ploy to sell toys (which don't get me wrong I freaking love these toys). And yet the franchise has evolved over 3 decades and has become more than just a toyline.
Indeed, Transformers is... more than meets the eye...
+Iderus Naimmee Hey, it's still around at least... that's more than can be said for a lot of things...
We live in the graveyard of broken dreams these days.
You are right. Its incredible that amazing stories like these are meant to sell toys
In many forms of media we grew up with, they have taken a life of their own.
It grows as the people who were children and saw it all for the first time now write the stories for us.
The animated shows, and now love action movies, are a ploy to sell toys. The characters in the shows and movies are wants on the toy shelves. The comics have always been about story, going all the way back to the UK Marvel comics on the 1980s.
To see the tyrant and warlord, the Mighty Lord Megatron, sitting down in a room, with Ravage, reflecting on his actions and what he had become is truly one of the best character turn arounds I’ve ever seen. James Roberts, you did a hell of a good job with this story.
There are things in life that I never thought I'd see.
Megatron as an Autobot? WHAT? It's almost inconceivable outside of bad fan fiction.
But here... here... it's happened, it's real, and I understand. Megatron had become the very thing he'd fought against, and had never stopped to consider it until his conversation with Optimus Prime. One can only imagine the thoughts that ran through his mind afterwards.
And to top it all off, Megatron WANTS to be an Autobot.
What a time to be alive.
Context. It's all a matter of proper context.
What about shattered glass?
@@tea-sus8722 That one doesn't count by virtue of the fact that the Autobots are *villains* in Shattered Glass.
@@tea-sus8722 No, SG Megatron stays a Decepticon, tho in that universe they're the good guys.
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I love how you sound like Corey Burton's Megatron. Who I felt was really the 'thinking man's Megatron' whose voice could be charismatic as well as menacing. Frank Welker is the primeo Megatron but his Megs fits the more...ruthless and 'sick, twisted' Megatron truly far gone from the path of light.
David kaye was the evil scientist, Hugo weaving was the deranged monster, corey burton was the dark, slick general, fred tatasticore was the brute(he would make a great IDW galvatron) and frank welker it depends; he was the twisted monster in prime, but with writing like that of MTMTE he could make this megatron perfect; i can see that rasp sound exhausted and just done with life
@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 so true
@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 Actually, in my mind, IDW Megs sounds like Tatasciore's Ratchet only a bit gruffer & tired. Except when he's shouting angrily. Then he's WFC Megs.
Alex Lemonds Ah it’s all up to opinion is guess
@@wergar_the_warwolf6834 Also, when he was younger, he sounded more like David Kaye's TFA Prime: brighter, more optimistic. Except, with just a dab of BW Megs thrown in for the accent.
Megatron was a philosopher who worked the mines of Cybertron, he wished for society to change. He was beaten and imprisoned for his words, he gained his followers and began a rebellion. The ranks of the deceptions grew, but as the battles raged on Megatron's spark became colder and he became a tyrant in place of the Senate.
No longer was it about freedom but about domination.
Megatron gets a happy ending, due to an explosion that duplicates the ship he was on that had both autobot and deceptions he had two lives to live. The one where he faces punishment for the atrocities he committed and his other self leaves the galaxy to explore what the unknown has to offer him.
IDW may be one of the greatest comic characters ever written, it's a journey. It's absolutely a tragedy that we won't ever get another Marvel/IDW crossover where we can have this Megatron have a talk with another former villain, Magneto
He's the byproduct of oppression and greed of his world. His mirror self in our world was Hitler.
Magneto would respect and even helped Megatron
The soul-destroying pain Ravage must be feeling while he's hearing this. The mountains of regret Megatron is feeling. All captured in a few panels from a comic book. And all this from the mind of someone who gets the characters from an (admittedly) cringey 80s toy commercial with some of the greatest characters in Sci-fi
The fact that Soundwave felt Ravage's death from across an entire solar system...
Solar system? Try galaxy.
"I always wanted to be a medic"
And he'd get that chance. He took it. He became a healer.
And a hero.
His statue erected in the land full of flowers and those flowers represents the lives of humans and cybertronian he took as he lost himself to the cost of a revolution.
@@christbenitez8797optimus just as much took cybertronian lives.
The cybertron civil war isnt good vs evil.
Only optimus was good. Autobots were good only CAUSE megatron destroyed all leaders then optimus lead autobots morally good
Without megatron optimus wont be heading good at all. Cybertron will be hell for low branded tronians
@@Meteorknite you complety wrong there pal.
Optimus is morally good person you're right about that but the autobots back in Cybertron? Naah they oppressed the lesser cybertronians and later on called decepticons.
Megatron and Orion pax(Optimus) tried to fix uprising problems in Cybertron to avoid a total collapse of their civilization. And what did the primes did? Making Orion pax a prime and they just fvck off with the problem leading Megatron to basically start a global revolution.
Transformers isn't black and white, good vs evil. Both sides are morally grey but both sides lost what they are fighting for.
Megatron is fighting for a equal rights for his people and and end up lost himself to a war and became a monster. While Optimus keeps himself in check and he can't lie to himself that he also lost to the ecstacy of war.
You can see their actions on how they kill one another without talking things out first.
@@christbenitez8797to be fair the only version of Optimus that never gave Megatron any mercy was the Bayverse version, every other version would always show mercy, that's usually what gets him killed.
This comic is very right; the best way to hurt Optimus is to get him to hurt others, it genuinely kills him inside.
@@sasquatch8245technically not true, plenty of Optimus Primes have had FULL intentions of killing Megatron. Back during G1, during the pilot, Optimus stated only one of them was gonna go back to Cybertron. I don't believe he'd risk leaving Megatron on earth Alive.
There's also the Prime Universe Optimus who had an arc of deciding Megatron HAD to around the point of the unicorn arc, then was willing to gun down a wounded Megatron later on, with the only reason Megatron lived being that Dreadwing intervened.
I like the idea that Megatron just sat down one day and went "Whoa I've done some pretty messed up stuff.. I am the bad guy"
The Megatron voice is perfect, matches Animated Megatron to a T. And I love Ravage's voice.
This dub was beautifully done. The calm interpretation of Megs' voice suits the tone so well. To think Ravage is having a conversation with his ex-leader he couldn't have ever had before is so heartbreaking. He literally says he hates seeing him like this. Transformers comics deserve so much more attention, and adaptations, please.
There's something almost Shakespearean in Megatron's performance here. very well done!
Hearing this really makes me feel sorry for Megatron.
But then you also remember that his war killed 104 billion people
That’s what makes it makes more interesting, his war nearly destroyed Cybertron and Earth, but to see him like this and to see him reflect on himself, it makes you wonder if he can ever be forgiven for his actions...
many mmmmm that's gonna be a no from me. You can't slaughter billions on a galactic scale, eradicating entire solar systems if life as standard practice, and then be forgiven. You just *can't.* Megatron getting to go on this journey at all, to enjoy the twilight years of his life, is more of a gift than he ever deserves. Anything more than that is an insult to all who died because of him.
@@samuelwithers2221
I don't see it as an insult. I see it as a promise. A promise made to those who have passed that the monster is now gone, replaced by a man who has much work to do to fix the damage he's caused. Cybertronians are effectively immortal given they are supplied with enough fuel. It will take a long time, maybe billions of years, but it's not an impossible task. Not even for someone like Megatron. People can change, people can choose to be better, we just have to allow them to try. You may be surprised, given a very, very long time.
sorry for the necro but--
just remember that statscream exists, is now severely traumatized
from megatron's abuse and suffers said trauma in the form of
bad behaivor patterns, relationship problems, trust issues and ptsd and everyone is a
jerk to him to some extend because of that and dies having
never lived a happy life just because of megatron.
and now you won't feel sorry for megatron anymore
I love that they let it stick. There was no falling back. He stayed an autobot
IDW made me love these two...I feel sorry for Soundwave
Megatron's conversion: one of the best character arcs in fiction, as far as I'm concerned.
Then you remember the billions he killed and used as biofuel , the torment Starscream had to endure not to mention countless other decepticon and you no longer give a shit. A Megatron redemption is an amazing idea. Just not this Megatron.
This scene has so much impact when later on in the series, Ravage is fatally injured (he was ripped apart by Tarn) and his last dying words to Megatron was "Don't change back" while trying to remove Tarn's mask off Megatron's chest (Tarn's mask is fashioned off the Decepticon insignia).
He spied on Megatron hoping he hadn't changed. But in the end, he urged his old friend to not return back to his old ways.
Megatron wanted freedom for the low class through force....now he become the one thing he hated the most....a Tyrant, a warlord
You! Stop that! Stop hurting my heart, you, you... goddamnit! Well done!
The depth of that conversation could drown a mountain.
If only Movie Megatron had such a deep character....huuhhhh, the possibilities...But, Michael Bay....
The movies are garbage. If only the whole thing had decent writing
Read the movie tie-in comics. They are actually pretty good.
Dotm Shockwave bay's just the guy who adds that crappy humor and makes the Transformers look real that's it 😎 hence Y they call it his films
That's always been my biggest issue with the movies. I can the handle the plot being a bit hokey, but the sheer lack of character saddens me. When you've got stuff like this to inspire you, there's no excuse for such half-arsedness.
Dotm Shockwave all bay cares about is
money, explosions, and barely legal girls. Just like his movies, shallow with no likable traits. Its pathetic at best
Love it when they show the animal forms are fully sentient creatures, not just non-sentient pets
I can't believe this video was YOU. I remember stumbling upon this video a year or two ago, wondering who did the amazing voice acting here. And now, with your "Basics" videos, I had no idea you had such talents in voice acting.
Kinda reminds me of a conversation my grandpa had with a old friend of his not all the evil past stuff but more of the fact that my grandpa changed his ways and his friends missed the old him I kinda felt sad hearing two old men who where once young like me talk in such a way kinda brings you to realize we all will become obsolete one day and we all have to chose who we wish to be in those final days of life
Hearing this makes my soul cry, I've never thought that the symbol of death never really liked the path he was going. I respect him.
“We all have wobbles” yea like wiping half of the cybertronian population sort of wobbles
This is amazing!!! Your Megatron sounds scarily similar to Corey Burton. Just a question, how did you edit your voice clips to give the robotic feel?
I'm sure there's a *better* way to do it than I did, but I don't know what I'm doing! All I did was create an echo effect in Audacity with only the tiniest delay and decay factors.
I appreciate the reply! I'll find out a way to get it done, hehe.
@@ChrisMcFeely If *Chris McFeely* Ever Uploads An Unlisted Recording of These Voices Without The Effects And Music (or an new recording without effects), I Could Take It And Edited Into An Little Remake! if, he wants to. :)
Please go back to doing this series. This entire arch needs to be voiced like this!
Oh. How I wish we could get character development and dialogue like this outside of the books and comics. This complicated version of Megatron is by far my favorite.
Nice job, Chris! You're not bad at this voice acting thing.
I always thought that a "megatron's redemption arc" didnt existed, but here i am
I'll never get over how your Megatron sounds like Animated Megs.
and in the end, Ravage would tell his former leader, never go back.
Ravage is the closest thing Megatron has as a friend
Wow. Ravage with dialogue? Never saw that coming. Also, I could really feel the drama during this conversation between Megatron and Ravage. The feeling was genuine and powerful. I could really feel Ravage's pain over what Megatron has become and his nostalgia for the Megatron he once knew and respected.
Ravage usually talks in the comic not to mention the beast wars cartoon (minus the time the marvel comic made him silent for more cartoon similarities)
@@k.m.sparks1190 I recall.
Hey, who left those onions here?
Nerd Queen (slightly sinister chuckle)
I think the best part of Megatron’s face turn is that it was permanent. He did what so many comic villains fail to do when they turn good. Often writers will stick to the status quo to the detriment of what they had established earlier. It’s why More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light were among the best comic series of all time.
RIP Ravage :(
Hellblazer 85 Wait, he dies?!
Matthew Bane Yep.
Matthew Bane yes it was felt throughout the Galaxy...poor soundwave
I wish ravage has his own movie
Thanks for the spoiler
I finally read the original arc with this story, so freaking good. Autobot Megatron is one of the best things to have happened to Transformers. This reading is very well done, you've got a lot of energy and emotion behind this.
For some reason I just adore the way the VA for Ravage says "You could have become a civilian! A Cybertronian, no more no less!"
I feel awful for ravage...
Little Kitten the story between the two is so powerful!
Little Kitten especially at the end...tarn you ass...poor Soundwave
Hunter The Wusky Soundwave sensing Ravage's death from across the galaxy broke me. It's such a sad scene. Ravage is one of the original Decepticons from the first line of Transformers and there's something about seeing a villain die like that that just makes you want to curl up in a ball.
Owen Konsmo I couldn't agree more dude I honestly like your comment hmm do you happen to have Facebook
I love everything you did with this scene. It's one of my favourite IDW scenes and you truly brought it to life. Thank you so much. It must be terribly straining on your voice to do this, but this is AMAZING, and I really hope you will do some more in the future of many more IDW scenes.
DAMN... That was great. If only the films were... I can't even finish that sentence. Transformers the Movie (86) with all its imperfections, took itself so seriously in its first half. The second half had hokey moments but it was all done in context and that feature set a bar in my mind that Bayformers could never even get close to.
1:14 has such "say sike right now" energy
Amazing voice-acting by Chris McFeely! His Ravage is spot-on, matching Ravage's voice from the G1 pilot episode. And Roberts' script is perfect. What an incredible character analysis this scene provides.
Just based on this segment alone, now I what a TV show adaptation based on the IDW comics.
Ravage is basically saying "Say sike, please mate... please."
One of the greatest Transformers scenes ever written matched with great voice acting! I still get shivers every time I watch this. This is what I use to show people what Transformers can be.
IDW gives Decepticons personalities beyond "evil". You see how they think they're right, doing bad to do good, not just that they like destroying things and hurting people. While TfP kind of gives us this, IDW delves into it and gives you motives and feelings, even doubts. And I appreciate that.
Ravage's voice here could also fit Starscream, was my first thought
Sometimes I come here to make myself feel better. The quiet setting, the music, the restrained emotion, all of this makes it feel like it was made by real people.
ah, it's times like this that I wish I was with the bad guys. kind of hard to explain really, I feel their passion to be something greater and I feel only envy. They made a life for themselves, pushing onward, creating change that many despise. Some change they have good reason to despise, but in the end still leads to conflict no matter how necessary.
And in these rare moments, when I get to see the bad guy down on his luck, lost, wondering if he/she were foolish in their indevers, I feel grief, for I saw them at greatness that they have found a purpose in life no matter how horrible their overall actions were, while I can't tell if I even want to get out of my bed.
If I could just have this moment with Megatron, to have lost my destiny, I would gladly have it, for at least I had one.
Why did this pop up just now, this is so powerful for people who have depression, among many more things
"Dead? Or just resting?"
Anytime I can feel sorry for Megatron ... Damn, that's powerful."
At least ,before my sea green spark mottles and contract into infinitesimal oblivion ,I got to see the face of my leader. Even though a traitor, he still has that coherent contemplation ,the optics of a sage and silence of a warrior on his face. I thank for this one last privilege, I am not disappointed by this experience..........
Dear God in heaven above, they SERIOUSLY need to make the IDW Transformers comic series a TV Series.
Seeing Ravage talking to Megs like that was Pretty Emotional and this seemed Ravaged Idolized Megatron to the point were it seemd like a Son and a Father Relationship
I like that this interpretation of Megatron's voice goes more for the TFA version. An incarnation that, I think, is severely under loved.
I love this comic. It's just so well written. It's the first story that made me actually care about the characters. I remember crying when Rewind died and the same woth Skids and even Ravage. It has some really touching and heartwarming moments. I'd love to see it in the tv as a show one day
I never get tired of hearing this reading here. I mean you really get a depth of character in both Megatron and Ravage that make you love these characters. IDW really is doing good for the story lines for transformers. You should see about doing a reading of the final scene of the "til all are one" comics with Windblade and Starscream, I think it would pair well with this one.
love how your megatron sounds like a more quiet version of animated megs
This legit looks like a real IDW comic dubbed by the cast of transformers prime it’s so good
"I'm old. Old and weak.."
Megatron should NEVER say that! D;
Disgruntled Automated bunny no.....but THIS megatron would!
Disgruntled Automated bunny actually this makes sense because these characters are more than just the roles they take ( also Meg's realizes that he still gots the touch later on in the comics
so many many years of fighting he might just end up saying it
MrX especially when it’s getting stabbed in the spark chamber, blown to pieces and primus knows what else because of all the times he’s been stitched, welded and bolted back together in one body or some shiny new chassis.
even melted togheter with ratchet
That megatron voice is impressive
Even when Megatron sounds like his Animated Counterpart, and the conversation is between two decepticons... I think I might cry...
Even tho old. On a non fictional level, this seems relatable to those who use to be toxic/bad people and realizing the things they did and the people they hurt/bridges burnt.
Damn comic about robot car people tackles some real spots u-u
Your voice over was much more poignant than what it sounded like in my head. Great job on capturing the emotions of these two characters.
Ravage didn’t want to believe Megatron changed, but he just had to accept it….
Can someone please do a dramatic reading of the Megatron/Bumblebee conversation from Dark Cybertron?
You know, the one where Megatron said "I lost the war the moment I gave the order to fight."
Your delivery of the dialogue is so spot on for the tone and the weariness in Megatron's voice. I hope you get to do more TF dubs.
I really want to see the whole series but with all thr voice acting lime this, it's amazing
This is what makes IDW so special.
What I love about this acting is that you can feel the emotions, that's dedication. But my main one is that whoever voiced Megatron sounds like the Animated version of him, and I love that! 🥰🥰
why don't you have a voice acting job?
A brilliant reading Chris, you are very talented when it comes to voice acting and i can now appreciate this scene after reading the issue :-)
Who ever voiced megs holy shit man good job, sounds just like animated megs
Right?!
The pain Ravage must be feeling inside, seeing the bot he worshipped and followed turn into a Autobot. It’s sad to see this. Ravage would’ve followed Megatron to the ends of the galaxy
He did in the end.
I come back to this video a lot. The writing in this scene is too perfect and your voice work Chris is just as excellent. I find on days I need reminding myself that even if our past selves were not good people, we can always improve and do better. Even today whenever I'm feeling down, I come here and remember why I love IDW and their portrail of Megatron
I recognize that this Megatron so so wildly different from the other incarnations, but this level of introspection and nuance makes him the best incarnation and my personal favourite.
That was just... man. You forget in canon that these guys have been fighting a war MILLIONS of years. Plus all the specific stuff Optimus and Megs have been through.
Man... This is touching.
It's kinda hard for me to hear Ravage without the accent that Beast Wars gave him. But nevertheless, this was quite shattering.
Your Megaton voice sounds like Animated Megaton
Ngl, this version of Megs is probably my favorite.
Like, we've had versions of Megatron where he's turned good before, or just flat-out lost the will to continue the war, like at the end of Transformers Prime.
But, like, MTMTE Megatron had GROWTH, man.
It's kinda like Joshua Graham, from Fallout: New Vegas, in the sense that they both recognized the monsters they had become, and did what they could do to try and make right what they originally made wrong. Just not with all the religious context behind o'l "Buckethead," here, or too much of all the spiritual, subtle-but-not-subtle "calling out how modern society thinks" kind of character that Graham ended up being.
And it's stuff like that, which will ALWAYS make me like a character, or a version of a character, be they be good or bad, that they saw what kind of monster they had become, and what atrocities that they did, and tried everything they can to become a better person and facing their inner demons.
I don't care who it is. Be it Cybertronian, be it human, be it a legitimate monster (such as a werewolf or a vampire or something like that), be it one of the numerous alien species of Halo. If they have a sort of character building like this, chances are I'm going to like them.
An amazing scene brought to life beautifully you guys should be proud
That's... that's beautiful... it sent shivers down my spine... it's breathtaking...
So for many the fascinating thing about it this conversation is Megatron and how when he finally took a good hard look at himself he realized just how terrible he was and changed and that is incredible fascinating. But what is more fascinating is Ravage’s response. It’s hard to forget sometimes but Decepticons aren’t just big evil bad guys, at least not anymore, they are a people with a belief system. In their minds all the things they have done and all the twisted or toxic behavior was for the greater goal of their victory and their beliefs. They betray and deceive each other because strength and cunning are the only rules and loyalty and trust are fragile and easily broken to them. It’s hard to imagine but the decepticons are basically a religious order or belief system. And at the center is Megatron, their unbreakable master, the truth of cyber form superiority. And then he just... says everything they know is a lie. I can only imagine the turmoil it would cause. Someone would see him as a traitor, some would delude themselves that it is a trick, and some would finally look at themselves and realize what they have done. Suddenly their belief system, the thing they used to justify their actions turned on them and abandoned them. Megatron is the decepticons, without them they are nothing, but not for his leadership. But because without him, without him to lead them forward with their ideals and remind them they do this for the greater good suddenly everything they do is just pointless and evil. I can only begin to imagine what is going through ravages mind when Megatron speaks to him about this.
Man this is gorgeous, you gave so much feelings to both of them. I love this when I read it and now watching this I cried. Thanks for this!
To this day one of the best Megatron scenes ever put to the pages and your reading and voice work. Spot on and beautiful. So eloquently done.