The fight:
Although I've never really been interested in Transformers, My money was in Starscream the entire time. Hey, Don't look at me like that; He's a giant freaking robot, for gods sake! Giant freaking robots tend to be pretty strong. Well anyway, I estimated he had a 66% chance of winning. 33% isn't too Rainbow Dash either. I expected a pretty equal match. God was I wrong.
Throughout the entire fight, he got only two hits on Rainbow Dash. One had almost no power in it, and the other was a anti-electric laser thing. Wouldn't a true coward just pump her full of lead as soon as she dropped her guard?
And another thing: How could rainbow dash use the tornado to lift Starscream? I did a bit of research and found that Starscream would weigh 15 tonnes at the very least. Also, was I the only one who found Rainbow Dash to be out of character?
The ending:
When the fight started, I made a prediction. I predicted that the Sonic Rainboom would be done badly. Unfortunately, I was right. Unless done perfectly, the Sonic Rainboom just ends up as a
"What do you mean, It's not awesome?" moment.
Since The animators for the actual show are freaking amazing, They pulled it off. Her eyes tear up, You can see the effects of the G forces and there's a real sense of urgency. The Rainboom is beautifully animated as well. It's great.
In The DeathBattle, we get a sprite which overlaps the cone, moves as if it's any other scene and doesn't show any emotion at all. The Rainboom is just an ellipse with a standard rainbow pattern and a hole in the middle. It originates from behind Rainbowdash, which is confusing as she is in the centre of it. It used a backstitch there when it clearly called for a topstitch or maybe a traditional blanket stitch and the overdesign is reminiscent of an effect made in Microsoft PowerPoint and not true Flash haute couture... AND IT'S NOT FINE!
But Wait, There's even more laziness! Instead of getting sliced in half, or smashed through the chest as a result of the Sonic Rainboom, They push him off screen and make parts of his body fly in random directions. It wasn't until several seconds ago that I realised that was supposed to be the Buccaneer Blaze. What a cop out!
And seriously? Eating him? That's just anti-climatic and totally out of character for Rainbow Dash. How would that even kill him? Couldn't he just phase through her? Or burst out her stomach? I could think of at least three better endings than that.
My thoughts on why it was made:
Some people are saying they're brave for making a video using ponies. I Disagree. I think this episode was just made to cater to the large amount of Bronies on ScrewAttack. By including Rainbow Dash in an episode, they attract people who would not care otherwise. I think they were scared that the potentially new audience wouldn't enjoy it if Rainbow Dash got hurt. If they were truly brave, they would have had Rainbow Dash get hurt. Or even killed. But nope, they attempted to win people over by taking the obvious route.
Final Thoughts:
I'm tired of potential being wasted.