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Post by machsabre on Jan 31, 2018 0:14:11 GMT -5
According to James Roberts, only Mirage and Rook were offed. The other Protectobots are injured but alive.
That said... While Getaway didn't get his comeuppance... Do you want him to just get killed off right away? Or do you want Rodimus to beat the shit out of him for Skids?
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Post by darkseraph on Jan 31, 2018 3:33:36 GMT -5
According to James Roberts, only Mirage and Rook were offed. The other Protectobots are injured but alive. That said... While Getaway didn't get his comeuppance... Do you want him to just get killed off right away? Or do you want Rodimus to beat the shit out of him for Skids? Your not entirely right..... I want to see Nautica beat the shit out of him with his own bloody leg, then Rodimus become a real prime right in front of the son of a glitches eyes before they throw him in the scraplet pool. but with the once a month release, I might be waiting until 2020 to see him get his comeuppance.
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Post by Matrix Dragon on Feb 1, 2018 0:37:38 GMT -5
According to James Roberts, only Mirage and Rook were offed. The other Protectobots are injured but alive. That said... While Getaway didn't get his comeuppance... Do you want him to just get killed off right away? Or do you want Rodimus to beat the shit out of him for Skids? I didn't want him killed off. But I wanted the good guys to achieve SOMETHING. Instead, Defensor was useless, the good guys all suffered pointlessly, the only potential part of it I was interested in (Atomizer realizing he'd made a mistake and trying to do something about it) ends with more of Getaway being a fucking monster and giving more innocent people over to other monsters to be tortured.
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Post by machsabre on Feb 1, 2018 11:34:08 GMT -5
It's subtle, but the good guys DID achieve something. While the rest of the Protectobots were captured again, First Aid escaped with both Riptide and Thunderclash... The latter who has Matrix visions allowing him to be a map to Cyberutopia. Fortress Maximus and Red Alert both know that Team Rodimus is alive. And I think we can all safely say that Cyberutopia is NOT going to be what Getaway OR Rodimus thinks it's gonna be.
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Post by Optimal Megatron on Feb 1, 2018 13:18:14 GMT -5
I think that it's more after seeing Getaway continually get multiple NON-subtle victories and generally just make himself an incredibly punchable asshole, there wasn't a whole lot of closure for a set of issues aimed at "oh, yeah, what's been happening while Roberts has been all over the plot over here for months?"
It feels like writing for the trade, which is not a good way to make me want to buy your books on a monthly basis. Also, if you need to confirm that not everyone died on Twitter, that's kind of bad presentation, IMO. The traditional "smoke gouting out of the face" result is kinda ingrained after TF:TM (and I still think Rook and Mirage were pointless deaths for shock value).
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Post by darkseraph on Feb 1, 2018 16:31:57 GMT -5
(and I still think Rook and Mirage were pointless deaths for shock value). Same. Also here is a question, they grabbed Amubulions corpse to form Defensor..... but Mirage was affected by the Enigma of Combination. So why not use him? Ambulions corpse shows you can mix and match combinor limbs, so why not get a limb that would work? Roberts is rasing more questions than he answers. (like the whole Scorpanok bit)
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Post by machsabre on Feb 1, 2018 16:41:48 GMT -5
Well, a lot of writers these days DO write for trades. Which... Yeah, can be infuriating when it comes to monthly collections. But to be fair... It's where 80% of the money is these days.
As for the smoke from the mouth bit... I know. But remember, Transformers is really weird when it comes to deaths. Rung got his damn head blown off. Nightbeat shot in the head. Starscream was blown in two. Wheeljack was executed, gangster style... And he's still kickin'. All these guys had deaths that would in any other book be bluntly obvious they're for good dead. But then on the same note, we have people like Sentinel Prime who died... By falling down a hole. Hardhead get exposed to the Dead Universe, and dies... The same universe that Arcee, Nightbeat, Kup and others were exposed to. Sideswipe is killed by a gunshot by Brawl... But only after holding on for over a year to the point that I forgot he was on life support.
Unless it's stated otherwise, it might be best to assume no one is actually dead in Transformers. Hell, I still think Rewind I is out there.
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Post by Optimal Megatron on Mar 27, 2018 10:57:17 GMT -5
So, Unicron is wrapping up the current IDW continuity, officially.
Beyond the grand finale aspect, I've seen some comments here and there where people are a bit saddened because IDW was providing them with a Transformers storyline over multiple years that they could get invested in. I mean, say what you will about our thoughts on it recently, but I can't say I don't care that it's ending. I'm kind of nonplussed in realizing that this sort of thing seems to be something only the comics can do. The TV series will always reinvent itself every time the toyline does, but the comics are suitably "detached" to be able to continue an ongoing run.
That said, they've confirmed that this isn't the end for IDW publishing Transformers comics, so I'm curious what the reboot will go with, especially since the Hasbroverse concept didn't go exceptionally well and the Visionaries were received so poorly that they won't even get a separate book before the end.
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Post by machsabre on Mar 27, 2018 11:43:29 GMT -5
I wrote about this on Tumblr, but I'll just repeat it here.
What's happening? My theory is that Hasbro is gonna buy IDW.
Hasbro has been pushing into this whole being more than just a toy company for a few years now, and it seems like they’re really starting to push forward with it. They bought an animation company last year. They formed their own studio, Allspark Pictures and made a distribution deal with Paramount. (Apparently, as of this writing, about six hours ago, Zak Penn has just been announced to be writing a Rom the Spaceknight script for them.) They’re doing what companies do: They’re buying talent. Disney bought Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilms and apparently now Fox. It makes perfect sense that Hasbro is doing the same.
Think about it. Hasbro wants to grow into an Entertainment Company. That requires having property to license, promote and create as movies, TV shows, video games, web series, books and comics. You can only do so much with robots, ponies and 80s cold war nostalgia. You need new stuff. They already have a great relationship with IDW, to the point that they have probably influenced the toys more than any other company since the days when Marvel and Griffen-Bacal helped create Generation One. With the acquisition of IDW, there’s a bunch of properties that Hasbro suddenly either has the rights for, or has the first opportunity for the rights for. Wynonna Earp, 30 Days of Night, Locke and Key, The Highest House Suicide Forest, Aleister Arcane… Not to mention smaller more out there projects, like Wormwood and a personal favorite of mine, The Infinite Loop.
They already publish a bunch of Disney books, including some original Star Wars stories (even though Marvel has the rights to the Star Wars books). All of that, Hasbro would have some cut from.
On top of that, Hasbro said they plan to keep working with IDW. Well… Look, let’s be honest here. The Hasbroverse wasn’t the smash success people wanted it to be. Myself included. And I could go off on example by example for each other. (Seriously, WHY the hell was Skywarp on G.I.Joe?) They’re pushing forward with a new direction and take on many of their properties. And if the direction Hasbro has for G.I.Joe is more like Overwatch and less like the 1980s toys… You’re going to be needing that entire section of the universe reworked. If the new direction for Micronauts is less Transformers “Micronus Prime” centric and more it’s own thing… Or if MASK was a period piece… Whatever they rework these new concepts into, they’re going to have to fit appropriately into the new universe. And sadly the best way to handle that is a rebooted universe. Maybe they want to incorporate a few of their new ideas, like Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Force into this? Or maybe they don’t even WANT a new universe out of this? Maybe they want all these books to stay their own thing until they feel otherwise? Really, until we know more… This is all speculation.
But if I was a gambling man, if I was to take my best guess as to what the future of the Transformers comics will be like? Considering the influence that IDW has had on Transformers over the past decade… I think we’re looking at a Nu52 style of reboot, like how DC had a few years back. Transformers will come out of this mostly unchanged. Much like how Batman and Green Lantern was mostly untouched during the Nu52 launch. There may be some differences, like Kup and others (who’s gonna die during the Unicron storyline) may be alive again, and it’ll feel like a new start. But the finer details that we’ve grown to love, like Caminus, Titans, the origins of the war, where Megatron isn’t outright evil and Optimus isn’t outright good, Conjunx Endura, the DJD, Forged and Cold Constructed… Not to mention certain relationships… I think that’ll all still be around. We’ll have new creative team (MAYBE?), but I think for the most part… It’ll be familiar enough for us Transformers fans. It’s like Alpha Trion once said to Ironhide:
“The story never ends, Ironhide. It just changes into something else.”
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Post by Optimal Megatron on Mar 27, 2018 12:28:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm looking forward to the reboot. They should be able to know what worked and what didn't, so it'll be good to see how things go.
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