Rodney Stewart Reviews
Sharp, passionate, and never short on opinions, Rodney Stewart Reviews is your go-to podcast for deep dives into the films and TV shows that define pop culture—both the classics that shaped us and the modern hits (and misses) dominating screens today.
From iconic movie moments to binge-worthy series, Rodney breaks down the storytelling, performances, and cultural impact with equal parts insight, humour, and honest critique. Whether you’re revisiting a beloved favourite or discovering something new, every episode delivers fresh perspective and lively discussion.
Tune in and join the conversation—because great stories deserve great reviews.
Optimus Prime: Awakening — My Final Thoughts
Rodney Stewart Reviews
Peter Cullen’s last turn as Optimus Prime is only twelve minutes long. It doesn’t feel like twelve minutes.
In this episode of Rodney Stewart Reviews, Rodney sits with Optimus Prime: Awakening — the 2026 animated short that played after the 40th-anniversary re-release of The Transformers: The Movie. It is Cullen’s final recorded performance, dedicated to his memory, and it sends Prime into the afterlife to face the war he has never been able to walk away from.
Rodney talks through what the short is actually doing: the opening recreation of Prime’s death, the confrontation with “the One,” the visions across timelines, the last stand opposite Frank Welker’s Megatron, and that ambiguous walk into the light. He also talks about what it means now — a farewell that was already about sacrifice, cycle, and letting go, and then became one in real life.
No recap dump. No empty hype. Just a reviewer’s last look at a very small film that is carrying a very large ending.
If you grew up on that voice — “freedom is the right of all sentient beings,” “till all are one” — this is the episode.
13 Sept 2026
Fight or Flee | Transformers Season 3 Episode 10 Review
Fight or Flee | Transformers Season 3 Episode 10 Review
Rodney Stewart Reviews
Cyclonus and Scourge crash-land on a hidden Autobot colony, discover a planet swimming in energon… and immediately ruin the neighborhood.
Paradron is supposed to be a sanctuary: pacifist Autobots who fled the war and swore never to fight again. Then the Decepticons show up, the slaves start mining, Sandstorm goes looking for backup, and Rodimus Prime drops the line that gives the episode its title. Fight. Or flee. There isn’t a third option that keeps the planet intact.
This week on Rodney Stewart Reviews, we break down G1 Season 3’s “Fight or Flee” — the pacifism speech, the moon-shot, the slave labor, that cold-blooded call to blow the energon core, and whether Rodimus comes off as a leader or a guy who just prefers Cybertron anyway. Animation quirks, continuity wrinkles, and the moment the episode stops being a rescue and starts being a demolition order.
If you grew up on Sunbow, this is one of the meaner hours in Season 3. Come argue about it.
7 Sept 2026
Forever Is a Long Time Coming | Transformers Season 3 Episode 9 Review
Forever is a long time coming | Transformers Season 3 Episode 9 Review
Rodney Stewart Reviews
The Quintessons try to rewrite Cybertron’s history with a time window. A few Autobots fall through it. A rebel named A-3 lands in 2006. Reality starts to fray. Rodney Stewart Reviews breaks down Forever Is a Long Time Coming—the G1 Season 3 episode where time travel, Alpha Trion’s origin, and a ticking cosmic deadline collide.
In this episode of Rodney Stewart Reviews: what the Quintessons actually wanted, why yanking A-3 from the past nearly unravels the universe, how the Autobots in both timelines scramble to put history back, and whether this is a sharp origin story or just another Season 3 scramble with Sharkticons and a closing constellation.
If you care about G1 lore, Alpha Trion, or whether this episode earns its title, hit play. Forever really is a long time coming.
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