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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2010 18:07:03 GMT
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Post by Gav on Sept 7, 2010 18:10:16 GMT
The more I see of it, the more I like the look!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2010 22:24:07 GMT
Same here.
My pre-order is already in.
Andy
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Sept 8, 2010 17:34:59 GMT
Looks good!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2010 20:04:18 GMT
If I see this in a shop I may give it a look, but that's unlikely as it's an IDW trade.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 19, 2010 13:17:45 GMT
Digest popped through the door today.
Four chapters and four artists give the book a little bit of a disjointed feel. The art by E.J. Su on 1 and Joe St. Pierre on 4 being the best.
Story is in all honesty pretty slight, and it feels like it could have been done in the Movieverse rather than giving Prime it's own indentity.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2010 16:11:34 GMT
So is Prime a seperate thing from the Movieverse then?
-Ralph
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 19, 2010 19:57:41 GMT
It is, but it's deliberately made to be sort-of-movie-ish.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2010 21:06:36 GMT
Ah right. I ask because Hasbro are doing such an oblique job of promoting the show they've failed to communicate what it's about. I saw the Bumblebee design and had assumed it was a movie show.
I'll have a look at the book if I see it in a shop. Given the recent quality of IDW comics I wasn't willing to order an OGN sight unseen.
-Ralph
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 20, 2010 14:52:54 GMT
This show is supposed to be the One Canon for the next few years, so it's pretty mental that Hasbro doesn't promote it more.
Extra weird, toys won't be out for the first year. That's really weird.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 20, 2010 14:55:49 GMT
I didn't even realise that the OGN was out, I've heard nothing on it anywhere!!
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Post by legios on Oct 20, 2010 18:59:37 GMT
This show is supposed to be the One Canon for the next few years, so it's pretty mental that Hasbro doesn't promote it more. Well, as they don't actually appear to have a completed show at the moment to promote it is perhaps just as well. That said, even if they aren't close to completing something airable they could do with doing something to establish some kind of awareness that it will be coming in due course. That said, at this stage they would be better off holding their fire and using the tail-out of the movie promotional campaign to launch Prime next year sometime. Unless they intended that to be the year that the next movies line was their primary effort, leaving Prime toys to take over once the show was established a bit. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2010 17:09:52 GMT
I read Andy's copy. I honestly can't think of anything interesting to say about it.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 8, 2010 12:19:47 GMT
I liked the interplay between Cliffjumper and Arcee. In fact, it read like a Beast Wars story for some reason.
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Post by legios on Nov 8, 2010 20:06:33 GMT
I have also read Andy's copy of this. It felt like it was assembled on the Chinese Takeaway school of assembly - one from column A (Movie-style aesthetics), one from Column B (backstory similar to War for Cybertron game) and serve in disposable container.
I read it in very few minutes, and found it extremely unsatisfying.
Karl
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Post by primenova on Nov 14, 2010 9:40:34 GMT
This should be titles - The adventures of Cliff Jumper
just had quick look & art is good until last few pages.
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Post by KnightBeat on Nov 18, 2010 23:27:51 GMT
I liked the interplay between Cliffjumper and Arcee. In fact, it read like a Beast Wars story for some reason. I agree. It reminded me of the late 90s Botcon BW stories. I was surprised that the story had been written as a series of 'chapters' that each ended in a cliffhanger. I wonder if IDW will reprint it as a monthly/fortnightly comic when the toy line is launched. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2010 23:34:11 GMT
Apparently it's already been confirmed that they will indeed be releasing it as a mini.
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Jan 27, 2011 9:20:33 GMT
I think they're on issue 3 of this now. Has anyone been getting it?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 9:26:48 GMT
I think they're on issue 3 of this now. Has anyone been getting it? I bought the TPB, which has the first 4 issues in it originally (they just released the chapters separately after the TPB came out for some reason) |
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Post by legios on Jan 27, 2011 20:39:33 GMT
I read Andy's copy of the original release. It certainly didn't make me want to own it - it was a quick enough read in that format, I dread to think what it would be like as individual issues.
Karl
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Post by KnightBeat on Jan 27, 2011 23:41:45 GMT
I suspect that IDW are attempting to appeal to two markets with this comic. The smaller paperback is a gift to the core fan community who are familiar with the Transformer mythos and want to read a story set in the new continuity, while the fortnightly comic is aimed at a younger audience who were introduced to Transformers through the movie line and want to read about the new cool TV series. I would bet good money (a whole 2p) that, if IDW had released the comic in monthly form from the start, the forums would have been filled with bitter complaints from people who bought the first issue, decided that the story was too simplistic, and dropped the comic entirely. In this form, IDW get to sell the same comic to different audiences, without alienating one or the other.
Like Aesir, I bought the smaller paperback and found the variable pacing to be a little weird. However, it works reasonably well in monthly form (with the exception of #1, which was v.v. slow). There's a wonderful pulpy, early Marvel feel to the story - it starts with a dramatic event, tells a bit of story and ends with something dramatic. The artwork also benefits considerably from being presented on a larger page.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2011 9:36:21 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Feb 11, 2011 9:42:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2011 9:45:06 GMT
I hate screencap comics like the plague. It might be an actual drawn out version of the "movie" rather than screencaps |
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Post by blueshift on Feb 11, 2011 9:49:12 GMT
It might be an actual drawn out version of the "movie" rather than screencaps I will eat my hat if that is the case! My delicious candy hat |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 11, 2011 20:07:25 GMT
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Feb 12, 2011 12:28:04 GMT
I hate screencap comics like the plague. And you can be cured of the plague.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2011 16:59:42 GMT
I saw the new digest in FP today. To the surprise of no-one it's a screengrab book. And a poor one too: the images are rather dark and clearly not HD captures either. Avoid.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 18:39:59 GMT
I saw the new digest in FP today. To the surprise of no-one it's a screengrab book. And a poor one too: the images are rather dark and clearly not HD captures either. Avoid. -Ralph hmm...I might avoid those then, I was planning on buying those, but if they're just screen grabs (which will be available, moving as well, when the DVD's come out at some point) then I'll leave it |
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