Re: Metal Attraction
So, recap for those of you who might not know this, but I have a second-degree black belt in Ninjutsu and I work as an instructor at my dojo. My job is to help my boss (the main teacher...we're not really big on the Japanese terms aside from the postures and kata names, but I suppose you could say she's the sensei XD) demonstrate techniques for the class and to walk around and make sure everyone is doing them correctly.
That being said, is it weird that when I watch the fight scenes in TF:P I get bothered when things are Wrong? I mean, I love Prime. It's fabulous. The writing is great and the characters are engaging (And there is actual character development which is refreshing after Bay) and the fight scenes are fun to watch, but there are details about them that bother me and detract from that viewing pleasure.
Like today, for instance. Bulkhead and Breakdown's fights seem to go: Let's punch each other in the face until one of us can't get up again. The very first rule we teach to the kids is keep your hands up. Robots or not, getting punched in the face/throat/stomach wherever is not something you can brush off that easily. It throws you off-balance and then your opponent, if they know as much as they should after being at war for thousands of years in this hypothetical robot situation, follows up with more hits that will lead to you on the ground getting the snot kicked out of you, too disoriented to fight back. And then probably dead when your opponent shoots out your spark.
I would just think that, after being at war for such a long time (and still being alive, which should logically mean they're good at fighting) and being warrior-class builds, them both making such a basic mistake just...bothers me. Idk XD It's just such a basic mistake (and oh god, I have said "keep your hands up" so many times to so many kids who have been at this long enough to know so much better that it's probably just a serious pet peeve of mine) for them to make and it makes me go :| to what is otherwise such an awesome, lulzy episode.
Because that is really, really, REALLY not the way you EVER fight hand to hand. You keep your hands up or you lose, plain and simple.