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Post by blueshift on Sept 11, 2010 20:44:14 GMT
Is it any good?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 11, 2010 20:50:05 GMT
Oh my no. But it cost me nowt to read, so no harm done.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 8:05:29 GMT
M bought a copy over my strong objections then plied me with free coffee and made me read it. I did not clock for a while that he was videoing my reactions. The fiend. -Ralph sort of similar to what people did with that youtube video, you know....THAT one |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2010 10:50:37 GMT
What video is that?
-ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 12, 2010 10:56:32 GMT
He's talking about 2 Girls, 1 Cup.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2010 11:00:26 GMT
Right. I don't think that's the type of video it's really appropriate to talk about here so let's draw a line under it and get back to Drift.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 11:00:58 GMT
I did mean that one, but I didn't want the ad banner to generate something based on that lol
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Post by grahamthomson on Sept 12, 2010 12:52:21 GMT
I had a flick through the first issue yesterday.
I really had no idea what was going on. Deadlock arrives on a planet, is chased by someone in a coat who reveals himself to be Drift. But I thought Deadlock became Drift? I think I mis-read the whole sequence. The colours were bright and a lot of the robots looked the same.
And was that Carnivac (the original Decepticon turned Autobot) getting shot in the beginning?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2010 13:36:18 GMT
I had a flick through the first issue yesterday. I really had no idea what was going on. Deadlock arrives on a planet, is chased by someone in a coat who reveals himself to be Drift. But I thought Deadlock became Drift? I think I mis-read the whole sequence. The colours were bright and a lot of the robots looked the same. And was that Carnivac (the original Decepticon turned Autobot) getting shot in the beginning? If he is, then when Canivac appears in Stormbringer is going to annoy the extremist fans |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Sept 12, 2010 14:53:12 GMT
Alex Milne has confirmed it's not Carnivac.
So the wiki has been calling him NotCarnivac.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 12, 2010 21:21:53 GMT
Deadlock calls himself Drift. The other guy (who rescues Deadlock after his more-powerful-than-guns thumping) just looks like him. As do all the other inhabitants of Planet Drift. Ahahahahahahahaaaa!! Yes for a moment both Ralph and I had thought something very clever had been done, but alas no. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2010 22:26:36 GMT
It had nice colours though and the lettering was fine.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 12, 2010 22:29:47 GMT
I look forward to reading your issue 2.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2010 10:31:02 GMT
I did not buy #1, I read yours fool! I'm not wasting my money on this crap!
-Ralph
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Post by gerhankey on Sept 13, 2010 14:17:29 GMT
I read it, and I don't hate it, but I'm not crazy about it either. McCarthy seems to have gone from having everything happen off-panel in AHM to have everything happen in three panels in this. Deadlock doesn't seem remotely bothered by any of the events happening to him (or maybe he's too cool for that?).
Its just... really average. Not even bad enough to be bad, really
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 13, 2010 15:44:04 GMT
I'll post a fuller review later (along with links to the recording of Ralph's initial reactions), but I felt it made the crime of almost being something good and giving itself plenty of chances to be innovative but at every possible point veering to pap.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2010 15:57:42 GMT
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Your recording survived? I thought the file was corrupted!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 13, 2010 16:08:46 GMT
Only a part... Aha. Ahahahahahaa!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2010 16:13:55 GMT
For the best. I don't think the world needs to see around 20 minutes of foul language over a robot comic!
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2010 17:53:35 GMT
I shall look forward to this video review!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2010 18:42:39 GMT
It won't be a proper review as such. Bear in mind I was not initially aware I was being recorded.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2010 16:18:12 GMT
McCarthy talking about...something. www.smactalk.com.au/?p=348RE: his talk of sales figures going up during AHM. I was curious so had a look. Sales for AHM: TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1 15,703 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #2 13,363 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #3 13,238 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #4 12,837 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #5 12,387 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #6 11,843 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #7 11,832 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #8 11,731 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #9 11,479 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #10 12,183 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #11 12,292 copies TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #12 12,124 copies Source: tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?t=34535It did indeed have a small spike for the last 3 issues of his run. For interest and comparison, sales for recent issues of Costa's Ongoing series: TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #6 12,171 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #7 11,932 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #8 12,360 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #9 12,369 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #10 11,951 -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 16:25:21 GMT
The Spotlights always sold about 11k issues each, no matter who wrote/drew them or who they were about. AHM was just the ending point of the limit of who would buy TF comics, which the ongoing readership shows. Not that that is a bad/good thing, just that there is a certain readership for TF comics, and that is around 11-12k. But by no means at all did AHM lift the readership numbers, that's a really bold claim. It did bring quite a few people into the fold, some who are now good friends, but also alienated a lot of people. Map it out from this sales data, from Escalation to ongoing it was a pretty straight-line sales crash from 45k to 12k www.tfarchive.com/comics/idw/sales.php(It seems a huge mistake was Issue 0 of Infiltration being a loss leader which sold loads, but then not publishing the actual series until 4 months afterwards!) It isn't just IDW though, check out any sales data and most comic series are a slow decline of readership. That is why companies 'reset' comics every so often, issue 1s do actually pull people in. Of course, sustained quality can get numbers up, Green Lantern is probably the best example. Geoff Johns turned it around from one of DC's worst selling books to not only one of their best, but one whose name has suddenly become a huge brand that supports other comics. |
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Post by Nigel on Sept 21, 2010 17:40:56 GMT
Remember how I actually enjoyed AHM, despite its flaws? Shame that didn't happen with Drift #1. I found the opening few pages read like an FP comic - in need of tighter scripting/editing, a mash of colours and some characters thrown in that you know you should recognise but you can't quite put your finger on them. Then in the second half, you get a Gundam dressed up as the Namer from the old Zoids comics. (No doubt that was to make the character seem mysterious but instead you wonder why a robot needs a cloak.) The action scenes in this could really do with some good, old fashioned "kapows" to make it clearer what's happening. The art doesn't do the job by itself. I should have more to say about this but I think I've already forgotten much of what there is to discuss and I only read it two or three days ago. The spoof preview is better than the actual comic. I liked the covers, though. |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 19:21:50 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2010 19:40:16 GMT
"AND UNDER THE COVER OF FIRE AND PAIN AND DEATH, WE SLIPPED AWAY." Before I look at it, that's a spoof quote, isn't it? -Ralph |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 19:46:01 GMT
"AND UNDER THE COVER OF FIRE AND PAIN AND DEATH, WE SLIPPED AWAY." Before I look at it, that's a spoof quote, isn't it? -Ralph Uuuuuuh sure Ralph, suuuuuure.... |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2010 19:48:53 GMT
I'm not looking at it!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2010 19:59:07 GMT
I'm not looking at it! -Ralph Morbid curiosity will get the better of you! |
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Post by Bogatan on Sept 21, 2010 20:13:02 GMT
Nothing really wrong with it. Thought the main chunk of plot is stealing a concept from season three of the cartoon so we're not in high concept territory.
Yet again I'm left wondering why all the characters who meet drift seem to know on first meeting that he is cool, deep, a thinker, spiritual. I admit I haven't readthat much of his appearances but I haven't gotten anything beyond good fighter doesn't say or express much.
Andy
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