 Ongoing #21 preview/review |
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 Jul 5 2011, 04:13 AM
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Jul 5 2011, 05:29 AM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,896 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
Seems like Bumblebee has become resentful of
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Jul 5 2011, 06:46 AM
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QUOTE This storyline will change Transformers forever! Suuuuuuure it will. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-blitz.gif) |
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Jul 5 2011, 06:53 AM
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I write stuff...just not as much as I used to. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,168 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 7,491 Faction: Maximal |
QUOTE(Bass X0 @ Jul 5 2011, 06:29 AM)  Seems like Bumblebee has become resentful of Can you blame him? He gets picked by his fellows to be leader, he's had an absolutely horrible time on the job, and now a mech that had done nothing but cause trouble has come along with the Matrix and pretty much killed any chances of him maintaining the position. It'd be like a sitting US president going through an absolutely horrible first term, only for the guy he beat in the election to find the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant or (to name a Christian artifact that hasn't been found by Indiana Jones) the Spear of Destiny. Seriously, it sucks to be Bumblebee. -------------------- William Rendfeld
That Echowarrior guy... Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"- Allspark Fic of the Month for December 2005. Archive here. |
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Jul 5 2011, 06:53 AM
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 You humans are so weird.  Group: Supporter Posts: 14,771 Joined: 30-March 04 From: 123 Carenden Road Member No.: 4,369 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
Man, Costa, just because you want narration doesn't mean you should sugar-coat it Bible-style.
-------------------- QUOTE You're far too young to be this bitter and angry at the world....  |
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Jul 5 2011, 07:01 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 7,906 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Ct. USA Member No.: 4,093 Faction: RIRFIB |
And lo did IDW release from their mighty pens a legend of epic epicness. All astonished were the readers, those lowly crawlers upon the dusty, fowl smelling Earth, for lo did the epic speak in tones of epic epicness, ever. Ever did it speak in ye old high pretentiousness like a badly written fantasy novel. And ever aft did they groan and wait for Roberts, the prophesized savior, to hopefully drop some better writting all up in this thing...
-ZacWilliam, the events aren't bad, per say, but ugh that naration grates. Just tell your story and if it's epic it will be epic. Writing the narration like that, badly, just... Ugh... This post has been edited by ZacWilliam1: Jul 5 2011, 07:02 AM -------------------- Ever wonder about the speed of Turbofoxes?
Or the proverbial ailerons of Titanium Moosebots? *Visit the one and only Cybertronic Bestiary. For a mechazoologic tour of the mechanimals of Cybertron. |
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Jul 5 2011, 11:10 AM
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So the story that changes Transformers forever is either a rehash of '86 film events with a new stand-in for Unicron, or a rehash of late season 3 where Rodimus gives the Matrix back and we arrive at status quo again. Right. Got it.
-------------------- Fall of Cybertron will blow your mind. That is all.
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Jul 5 2011, 02:07 PM
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What I'd like is for IDW to realize that there's nothing they can do with the comic that would make it sell more more than it already does without making the stories crappier than they are at the moment. Seriously, how many soft reboot will it take for them to understand that and just put a good writer in charge?
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Jul 5 2011, 02:22 PM
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In direct contravention of the Military Regalia Act! Group: Citizen Posts: 11,070 Joined: 13-January 02 From: London, UK Member No.: 300 |
Nghh. The writing on that narration is horrible. It reads like a parody.
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Jul 5 2011, 02:26 PM
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I write stuff...just not as much as I used to. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,168 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 7,491 Faction: Maximal |
QUOTE(TerraEsperZ @ Jul 5 2011, 03:07 PM) What I'd like is for IDW to realize that there's nothing they can do with the comic that would make it sell more more than it already does without making the stories crappier than they are at the moment. Seriously, how many soft reboot will it take for them to understand that and just put a good writer in charge? Well, James Roberts is doing co-writing for Chaos, and John Barber's apparently taking over from Costa at #125, so I guess...the number they've already had. -------------------- William Rendfeld
That Echowarrior guy... Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"- Allspark Fic of the Month for December 2005. Archive here. |
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Jul 5 2011, 02:32 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 3,554 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Long Island, New York Member No.: 6,131 Faction: Free Agent |
QUOTE(Detour @ Jul 5 2011, 07:53 AM) Man, Costa, just because you want narration doesn't mean you should sugar-coat it Bible-style. Seriously, I felt like I was reading the Covenant of Primus. Not necessarily a bad thing to me, but COMPLETELY OUT OF NOWHERE! Still loving Bee's not-so-new-anymore design, as well as Hot Rods/Rodimus, I would very much like toys of them. I wonder what will happen now that Ironhide and Sunstreaker are back. This post has been edited by Fenix Twilight: Jul 5 2011, 02:38 PM -------------------- |
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Jul 5 2011, 02:44 PM
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 Hawksaur Group: Supporter Posts: 7,922 Joined: 10-December 04 Member No.: 5,603 |
Nothing of importance. I'm placing bets.
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Jul 5 2011, 02:47 PM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,896 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
QUOTE(The Phazer @ Jul 5 2011, 08:22 PM) Nghh. The writing on that narration is horrible. It reads like a parody. Yes it does. It doesn't capture what its attempting to do. But at least its a change from what we're usually getting from the comics. It feels refreshing in that way. We've never had narration in the IDW comics telling us what characters are thinking or their motivations. |
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Jul 5 2011, 02:47 PM
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 The primo-baddest dude Group: Citizen Posts: 3,865 Joined: 24-December 01 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 128 Faction: Predacon |
Bumblebee's kind of a dick in those first few pages.
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Jul 5 2011, 02:54 PM
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 These little ponies really drive us bats. Group: Citizen Posts: 18,612 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Cybertron Member No.: 2,250 Faction: Decepticon |
QUOTE(Fenix Twilight @ Jul 5 2011, 01:32 PM) QUOTE(Detour @ Jul 5 2011, 07:53 AM) Man, Costa, just because you want narration doesn't mean you should sugar-coat it Bible-style. Seriously, I felt like I was reading the Covenant of Primus. Not necessarily a bad thing to me, but COMPLETELY OUT OF NOWHERE! Yeah, that is what I felt they are going for with this, probably penned by Alpha Trion if he's this universe's chronicler. It doesn't annoy me, least not yet, its something new and different and could be interesting since Roberts is helping write the Chaos stuff. -------------------- ***Signature removed by Staff due to size restrictions. Please keep to 500X200 images and text included.***
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Jul 5 2011, 03:00 PM
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 Imminently Ignorable Group: Supporter Posts: 4,289 Joined: 25-July 08 From: The Screaming Moist (Vancouver, WA) Member No.: 11,844 |
Blerg. So this isn't a good time to start reading transformers comics, then?
And who is the giant guy in the back of this panel, Silverbolt? http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/110...sformers215.htm --------------------  |
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Jul 5 2011, 03:01 PM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,896 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
QUOTE(Nanite @ Jul 5 2011, 09:00 PM) Blerg. So this isn't a good time to start reading transformers comics, then? And who is the giant guy in the back of this panel, Silverbolt? http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/110...sformers215.htm Broadside. |
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Jul 5 2011, 03:07 PM
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QUOTE(Bass X0 @ Jul 5 2011, 04:01 PM) QUOTE(Nanite @ Jul 5 2011, 09:00 PM) Blerg. So this isn't a good time to start reading transformers comics, then? And who is the giant guy in the back of this panel, Silverbolt? http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/110...sformers215.htm Broadside. I love how Broadside and Jetfire have been drawn so many ways at this point within the same series that the same question comes up, followed by exactly the same answer, regarding an almost completely different character design. -------------------- Fall of Cybertron will blow your mind. That is all.
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Jul 5 2011, 03:09 PM
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These little ponies really drive us bats. Group: Citizen Posts: 18,612 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Cybertron Member No.: 2,250 Faction: Decepticon |
QUOTE(Nanite @ Jul 5 2011, 02:00 PM) Blerg. So this isn't a good time to start reading transformers comics, then? And who is the giant guy in the back of this panel, Silverbolt? http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/110...sformers215.htm Not likely, this is Costa trying to tie up all his storylines before the next writer takes over. -------------------- ***Signature removed by Staff due to size restrictions. Please keep to 500X200 images and text included.***
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Jul 5 2011, 03:09 PM
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Hawksaur Group: Supporter Posts: 7,922 Joined: 10-December 04 Member No.: 5,603 |
I'm...liking the epic narration. It makes it seem like its building to something that may actually matter.
Whether it does or not is obviously up in the air, but I'll take this over "ugh" and "raawwr" and splash pages. -------------------- |
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