 Transformers: Infestation II #2, Out 02/15/12 |
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 Feb 15 2012, 12:54 PM
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 Novus ordo seclorum Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 41,593 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Westlake, OH Member No.: 3,012 Faction: RIBFIR  |
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Feb 19 2012, 10:27 AM
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I write stuff...just not as much as I used to. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,240 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 7,491 Faction: Maximal |
Okay, seeing as no one else has posted anything about it...
I feel like it could've used at least one more issue. No offense to any of the people involved in the production, but it felt rushed. That said, Optimus Prime taking on Cthulhu? Awesome. -------------------- William Rendfeld
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Feb 23 2012, 11:56 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 3,600 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Long Island, New York Member No.: 6,131 Faction: Free Agent |
Just read both issues, they went so fast it really needed more issues.
And while it was great returning to the Hearts of Steel universe, there were more Humans and Fish people then there were Transformers. I also feel a little cheated, or maybe bait-and-switched, I was going to skip this but the first issue featured the Seacons, my favorite combiner team getting some page time, and I was hoping then end would be the Autobots fighting a cool Steampunk/Lovecraft Piranacon. And they don't even appear in the second issue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-megs.gif) Like I said it was great seeing the HoS-verse again, but I'd say the first Infestation was much better. -------------------- |
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Feb 24 2012, 09:02 PM
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 THIS SPACE FOR RENT Group: Citizen Posts: 6,080 Joined: 21-December 01 From: Miami Member No.: 62 Faction: Free Agent |
Could have been so much better. And how did Prime have a train mode before he even woke up?
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Feb 25 2012, 02:34 AM
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 God of a Thousand Forms Group: Citizen Posts: 22,901 Joined: 26-February 06 From: Tartarus Member No.: 7,941 |
"Hey Optimus Prime, what happened?"
"Oh, I just beat up Cthulhu offscreen." -------------------- Zi gong, a disciple of Confucius, asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?" The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?" --Confucius, Analects XV.24 |
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Feb 27 2012, 11:22 AM
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 The most fearsome beings of Faerun-and Larry the Thri-Khreen Group: Citizen Posts: 8,065 Joined: 23-June 10 From: Hungary Member No.: 13,398 Faction: Decepticon |
What!?!
No steampunk Piranacon in a Cthulhu pretender shell? Or even Octopunch, who should have been in this story?! I feel cheated... Then again, these crossovers will culminate in a final issue, maybe something will happen there. I hope Guido shares some of the Seacon designs, or Bonecrusher, later on. -------------------- The de-evolution of Optimus Prime:
1984: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" 2011: "Let's kill them all!"  |
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Feb 28 2012, 03:35 AM
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QUOTE(Echowarrior @ Feb 19 2012, 07:27 AM)  That said, Optimus Prime taking on Cthulhu? Awesome. Yeah, it would've been great to see! QUOTE(Fenix Twilight @ Feb 23 2012, 08:56 PM) I also feel a little cheated, or maybe bait-and-switched, I was going to skip this but the first issue featured the Seacons, my favorite combiner team getting some page time, and I was hoping then end would be the Autobots fighting a cool Steampunk/Lovecraft Piranacon. And they don't even appear in the second issue. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-megs.gif) Agreed. When a great shape rose out of the water, I was really hoping for Piranacon. Oh well. This story felt like it was riding heavily on the established popularity and knowledge of both Cthulhu and TF. Dixon seemed way more interested in spending time with the humans. At least he's good with period dialect. The art was gorgeous, though! Guidi's still at the top of his game. It would've been interesting to see Su take it on in his new Mignola-esque style - it would've been the closest thing to a TF/Hellboy crossover - but Guidi's style works very well too. Speaking of visuals, I noticed Wheeljack wielding swords. Ah, cross-pollination. -------------------- To contact me, please send mail to aquamandible (at) yahoo (dot) com
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Feb 28 2012, 08:15 AM
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 because i needed my posts to sound MORE sarcastic Group: Citizen Posts: 27,533 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Columbus, OH Member No.: 245 Faction: RIRFIB |
Dixon sure likes to set things up and then run out of room and then resolve everything in two pages sorta.
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Feb 28 2012, 01:03 PM
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QUOTE(Code of Walky @ Feb 28 2012, 05:15 AM) Dixon sure likes to set things up and then run out of room and then resolve everything in two pages sorta. I agree the pacing was terrible, but it goes beyond that. For all the time spent on it, the setup wasn't really much of a setup at all. If Dixon had had 5-10 more pages to play out the conclusion, I don't know what else would've happened based on what came before. With the first Infestation, the solution was inherent in the nature of the problem: The zombies came from another universe, and they ended up banished to a third one. But there was no apparent solution to not-Cthulhu, who was portrayed as basically this really old creature who's been on Earth forever. The protagonists were focused on reviving Prime, but even as I was reading it I was wondering how and why his return would change anything. Unless he was going to use the Matrix (which hasn't been seen in this universe yet) as a weapon, what difference would one more TF make? The closest thing to Chekov's gun I could see was Tesla's electricity, which I suppose worked in the Real Ghostbusters, but would still have had the same fundamental problems as Prime's actual "solution." Maybe BB Shockwave's right, and we'll see the real climax in the primary Infestation comics. -------------------- To contact me, please send mail to aquamandible (at) yahoo (dot) com
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Feb 28 2012, 01:27 PM
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because i needed my posts to sound MORE sarcastic Group: Citizen Posts: 27,533 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Columbus, OH Member No.: 245 Faction: RIRFIB |
Mostly it reminded me of the first Hearts of Steel crossover. All setup, no real conflict or resolution.
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Feb 28 2012, 03:36 PM
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QUOTE(Code of Walky @ Feb 28 2012, 10:27 AM) Mostly it reminded me of the first Hearts of Steel crossover. All setup, no real conflict or resolution. Ah, right, I'd forgotten he did that one too. I wonder what the outlines looked like that he showed the editors before he wrote them. -------------------- To contact me, please send mail to aquamandible (at) yahoo (dot) com
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Feb 28 2012, 04:00 PM
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  Group: Supporter Posts: 4,603 Joined: 18-July 03 From: Australia Member No.: 3,210 Faction: Autobot |
Wasn't HOS originally going to be 6 issues though? Hence the rushed conclusion?
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Feb 29 2012, 02:05 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 497 Joined: 25-June 09 Member No.: 12,598 Faction: Decepticon |
Yeah, and this was supposed to be two issues from the start, as per the format of the last Infestation crossover. That excuse doesn't really carry over this time.
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Mar 6 2012, 06:17 AM
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The most fearsome beings of Faerun-and Larry the Thri-Khreen Group: Citizen Posts: 8,065 Joined: 23-June 10 From: Hungary Member No.: 13,398 Faction: Decepticon |
Yeah, in the first HoS we got a rushed ending because (The) Astrotrain forgot he can, yknow... fly.
-------------------- The de-evolution of Optimus Prime:
1984: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" 2011: "Let's kill them all!" |
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Mar 10 2012, 02:17 AM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 3,458 Joined: 2-February 03 From: Blaine KY Member No.: 2,160 Faction: Maximal |
Pretty disappointing..oh well. I still appreciate what we got, but that offscreen fight at the end was terrible.
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Mar 14 2012, 02:15 PM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,936 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
I'm glad I waited and only paid $1.99 for this on Comixology. I'd have felt even more cheated if I paid full price for it.
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