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Post by Bogatan on Mar 25, 2019 0:17:07 GMT
Finally got around to reading issue 1. I think Im pretty much of the same opinion as everyone. It was fine, but low key and nothing that seems like it required a reboot. So far, I realise its issue 1.
I know its Transformers so theres only so far I can expect them to stray from the expected, but I like my reboots to be different. Battlestar Galactica being maybe the best example.
While not for the same reason a Primenova (I think) Windblade appearing bothered me. I know shes now one of Hasbros go to characters, but I still mostly associate her with the previous IDWverse. Her appearing here doesnt help create a mental break between old and new.
More observation than anything, but Bumblebee (and I guess Rubble) also stood out a little as the only one not based on a current(ish) toy. Although that might be more due to the switch of artist for the Prime scene. Windblade still looked more based on an existing design than Bee.
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Post by The Huff on Mar 25, 2019 15:46:32 GMT
Why does Rubble look like a Titan Master?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 26, 2019 21:54:48 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 27, 2019 22:31:19 GMT
More of the same as Issue 1. {Spoiler}Brian Ruckley is showing his prose roots here. The comic isn't working as a serial.
There are some nice character moments, but the drama is curiously absent, as is most of the population. This is a bustling pre-war Cybertron. It feels just as barren and empty as every other iteration we've had.
Also - the big rally that Megatron had, we had what twenty/thirty people and Optimus was worried for that?
I want to like this, I really do but it's so empty and none of the characters have any distinct voice. |
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Post by Benn on Mar 28, 2019 9:34:48 GMT
True that.
Empty is the best way to describe this.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 29, 2019 23:35:08 GMT
I thought it was alright.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 9, 2019 16:51:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2019 17:03:53 GMT
*tink*
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 9, 2019 17:06:50 GMT
Tink?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2019 17:14:43 GMT
The noise her staff made every two minutes in that cartoon. She was always hitting the ground with it!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 9, 2019 17:22:23 GMT
He says its a new character so possibly not her.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 9, 2019 17:45:27 GMT
Ah yes, tink.
The staff looks interesting.
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Post by Benn on Apr 9, 2019 19:18:25 GMT
Man, Andrew has come on so much since RID started.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 9, 2019 21:09:24 GMT
Always liked Andrew's work. overshadowed by the likes of Nick, Alex and Kei.
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Post by Kingoji on Apr 17, 2019 12:04:14 GMT
#3. World building continues, and it's kinda interesting in itself. Actual plot events are a snail's pace though. At the moment I'm leaning towards interest piqued enough to carry on, but... damn. The idea of violent death being a shocking and unheard of thing is kinda countermanded by the revelation that there has been a semi-recent war... |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2019 12:14:33 GMT
Point of order: issues one and two have separate threads, but Ed's put his issue three post here. So..... All in one thread or separate threads per issue?
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Post by Kingoji on Apr 17, 2019 12:37:58 GMT
My bad
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2019 13:09:33 GMT
No, just genuinely trying to establish what we want to do
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Post by Benn on Apr 17, 2019 16:40:09 GMT
We normally only have one thread per series.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 17, 2019 17:31:12 GMT
Imagine what the previous canon's threads would look like now if you'd done one per comic. I don't think you want to have to manage that, Phil!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2019 17:39:23 GMT
Hmmm. Read #3. Still enjoying it. Working much better for me than the previous comic iteration.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 17, 2019 19:35:38 GMT
We normally only have one thread per series. Rebel! Row row fight the power! |
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Post by Benn on Apr 17, 2019 19:50:18 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Apr 17, 2019 20:09:54 GMT
Was actually going for this but that works too
(Guttingly, Netflix doesn't have Gurren Lagann on it anymore, why do I even bother to pay my subscription, that was 50% of my viewing!)
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 17, 2019 21:07:17 GMT
We normally only have one thread per series. Rebel! Row row fight the power! No we didn't. It ended up that way when we had multiple series as it was easier to keep track of. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 17, 2019 21:18:52 GMT
Just not feeling it.
Want to like it more, but it's not gripping me in the slightest.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2019 10:22:15 GMT
I think for the early part keeping the single threads is the way to go, but if the series continues we can merge.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2019 10:23:24 GMT
100% agree with Ed's spoiler.
It's also not a strong enough reboot. There is nearly nothing here that doesn't make it feel like it could be a prequel to the universe we've had already.
Andy
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Post by manmiles on Apr 18, 2019 14:45:32 GMT
This slow enough that I can't help but not think 'Written for the trade.' It really doesn't help that some of the designs like Optimus and Megatron still seem too block to actually move and walk in the ways shown.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2019 17:54:38 GMT
I don't agree with the spoiler. {Spoiler}This is a society that does not know murder of their own kind on their home world rather than one which does not know war. I find that interesting for all sorts of reasons.
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