ScottyP wrote:This is very on purpose and it's why this announcement is close to exactly what I was expecting. More about the Brand than anything else.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Again, I like what I'm seeing, don't get me wrong, but it feels like they are now hitting us on TV, comics, and movies with the same stuff and I don't want that, it's far more interesting with diversity.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
It's a totally new creative team and continuity so I don't understand this. If nothing changed and they slapped a Marvel logo on the cover (along with a cool $4.99) would that matter, or are you not inclined to read TF comics at all?Coptur wrote:IDW nah this is an easy pass
She's been in almost every piece of TF media for the past two years, not just the previous main-continuity comics. RiD, Cyberverse, and the Prime Wars shows all have Windblade from a little to a ton. Star Trek vs Transformers has her. It's a (probably corporately mandated) push to get the character out there to the masses. I'm honestly surprised there isn't a Movie version yet. Anyways, don't see any irony here.Nemesis Maximo wrote:I'm not saying I hate Windblade or anything, I just find the irony very...ironic.
ScottyP wrote:It's a totally new creative team and continuity so I don't understand this. If nothing changed and they slapped a Marvel logo on the cover (along with a cool $4.99) would that matter, or are you not inclined to read TF comics at all?Coptur wrote:IDW nah this is an easy pass
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Here's a thought. Notice how the press release doesn't say who the murder victim is. Now, I know that they are pretty much guaranteed to not do this, but suppose, for a second, that if they wanted to really go for something new and even unexpected with these familiar iconic classic characters of old, what if the one who was killed off, whose murder sets everything in the story in motion to spiral out of peace and into war, was none other than Bumblebee? Who honestly would ever see something like that idea coming, especially in this day and age where the brand is all about making the old new again? IMO, it could potentially be one of the boldest and most shockingly unexpected decisions ever, but it would never happen.
Lore Keeper wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Here's a thought. Notice how the press release doesn't say who the murder victim is. Now, I know that they are pretty much guaranteed to not do this, but suppose, for a second, that if they wanted to really go for something new and even unexpected with these familiar iconic classic characters of old, what if the one who was killed off, whose murder sets everything in the story in motion to spiral out of peace and into war, was none other than Bumblebee? Who honestly would ever see something like that idea coming, especially in this day and age where the brand is all about making the old new again? IMO, it could potentially be one of the boldest and most shockingly unexpected decisions ever, but it would never happen.
There! Fixed it and made the whole series better.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Here's a thought. Notice how the press release doesn't say who the murder victim is. Now, I know that they are pretty much guaranteed to not do this, but suppose, for a second, that if they wanted to really go for something new and even unexpected with these familiar iconic classic characters of old, what if the one who was killed off, whose murder sets everything in the story in motion to spiral out of peace and into war, was none other than Bumblebee? Who honestly would ever see something like that idea coming, especially in this day and age where the brand is all about making the old new again? IMO, it could potentially be one of the boldest and most shockingly unexpected decisions ever, but it would never happen.
There! Fixed it and made the whole series better.
I take it we're back in middle school, now.
Sabrblade wrote:I take it we're back in middle school, now.
Rodimus Prime wrote:"Through the eyes of a young Bumblebee and his friends..."
That sentence combined with that shot of Prime and Megatron just deflated my enthusiasm for this. And it seems that we'll have all the same characters back that were in the previous IDW incarnation.
I'm not going to totally ignore this, but my expectations have plummeted. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised in 3 months.
Sabrblade wrote:Here's a thought. Notice how the press release doesn't say who the murder victim is. Now, I know that they are pretty much guaranteed to not do this, but suppose, for a second, that if they wanted to really go for something new and even unexpected with these familiar iconic classic characters of old, what if the one who was killed off, whose murder sets everything in the story in motion to spiral out of peace and into war, was none other than Megatron? Who honestly would ever see something like that idea coming, especially in this day and age where the brand is all about making the old new again? IMO, it could potentially be one of the boldest and most shockingly unexpected decisions ever, but it would never happen.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Transformers has a lot more characters to choose from than your examples. But I get what you're trying to say. Even if Prime and Megatron must be included, they could have totally changed the supporting cast and it would have been fine, refreshing even.Agent 53 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:"Through the eyes of a young Bumblebee and his friends..."
That sentence combined with that shot of Prime and Megatron just deflated my enthusiasm for this. And it seems that we'll have all the same characters back that were in the previous IDW incarnation.
I'm not going to totally ignore this, but my expectations have plummeted. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised in 3 months.
Of course the main cast of the first comic of the reboot is the biggest core characters of the franchise, if they did an Avengers reboot would you not expect Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America, if they did a Justice League reboot would you not expect the Trinity?
Right now the consensus is that he will be an homage to Leader class Galaxy Convoy.1- If this does tease a leader Optimus how will the trailer armour be retooled for Optimus
Small change, but a welcome one, if true.2 - Will said armour be used in the comic, fulfilling the super mode Optimus part of the franchise to my knowledge something that Original!IDW Optimus never employed.
I think that's a given, especially after the reveal that he will be the central character in the new iteration.3 - If Bumblebee is the audience surrogate, does that mean that a Siege figure of him is on the way?
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Transformers has a lot more characters to choose from than your examples. But I get what you're trying to say. Even if Prime and Megatron must be included, they could have totally changed the supporting cast and it would have been fine, refreshing even.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Agent 53 wrote:Does anyone else think Optimus' Chest resembles Cybertron Optimus? As in the front of his vehicle mode?
Munkky wrote:I'll probably avoid this, I'm already bored of this "back to basics everything like early G1 'member the 80's?" approach that's been dominating Transformers fiction for the last year or so. Perhaps once the story gets off Cybertron and we get some human characters and Earth alt modes (PLEASE don't be set in the goddamn 80's!) I may take another look. I'd rather have some more Beast Era and Unicron Trilogy inspired fiction from IDW, but I know it'll never happen.
Great great great great idea! On the surface it seems unlikely, but I feel like they're going to need some crazy, unexpected hook like this if they want this relaunch to grow sales of TF comics rather than maintain status quo and burn out from attrition after 12 issues.Sabrblade wrote:Here's a thought. Notice how the press release doesn't say who the murder victim is. Now, I know that they are pretty much guaranteed to not do this, but suppose, for a second, that if they wanted to really go for something new and even unexpected with these familiar iconic classic characters of old, what if the one who was killed off, whose murder sets everything in the story in motion to spiral out of peace and into war, was none other than Megatron? Who honestly would ever see something like that idea coming, especially in this day and age where the brand is all about making the old new again? IMO, it could potentially be one of the boldest and most shockingly unexpected decisions ever, but it would never happen.
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