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Post by The Doctor on Jul 21, 2011 17:23:14 GMT
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Jul 21, 2011 18:37:03 GMT
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Post by legios on Jul 21, 2011 18:47:44 GMT
John Barber.... I've liked the tone of some of the stuff he has done with the movie tie-ins, so I think I will grab the first issue of this and see what it is like.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 29, 2011 21:49:12 GMT
Looking forward to this. I've enjoyed John Barber's work so far and Andrew Griffith's art passes muster!
Andy
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Post by Hero on Jul 30, 2011 13:58:20 GMT
I got my hopes up a bit when I read the title. But, that RiD has been started and finished. Hope this namesake does well. I need to read more  ===KEN |
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Post by verity on Aug 21, 2011 6:49:12 GMT
While MTMTE is the one I'm anticipating most (more James Roberts writey goodness!!!), this is the one I'm most curious about. It's been a while since I've seen Andrew Griffith draw G1 Transformers and I think he's improved a lot since last he did, so I'm looking forward to it. Also it's the first time John is writing G1, so I'm drawing an absolute blank as to what it will be like. Gonna be good, I'm sure!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 21, 2011 9:23:44 GMT
Oh without a doubt new work from Mr Roberts is the winner by a country mile round these parts. However, John Barber's work in the Bayverse has been by far and away the best (Honourable mention for Chris Mowry) so I am keen to see what he does in a more classic set up.
Andy
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Post by legios on Aug 21, 2011 9:47:17 GMT
Yeah, I've liked what I have read of Barber's work so far. Not always been keen on the artists that he has been paired with but I thought that he has done a fairly decent job with what he has had to work with. It'll be interesting to see what he can do with a slightly more open field.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 21, 2011 9:52:27 GMT
I think Andrew will be a star. The work on Foundation was splendid, as he made the Movie designs work in print - which few people have to be honest.
Andy
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Post by legios on Aug 21, 2011 14:11:53 GMT
I think Andrew will be a star. The work on Foundation was splendid, as he made the Movie designs work in print - which few people have to be honest. Andy Oh, Indeed. I'm looking forward to seeing the two of them together to be honest. They were each the strongest thing about their respective movie series in my opinion so I am hoping that they can make each other stronger together. Karl |
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Post by grahamt77 on Aug 21, 2011 14:28:24 GMT
I too look forward to the Barber/Griffith team!
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Post by primenova on Jan 24, 2012 12:41:09 GMT
In the same way IDW released images on line for MTMTE #1 - they are doing it for RID #1 too.
I don't know how many there are
Ones i've found -
Skywarp, Shockwave, Bombshell, Soundwave, metalhawk,
ratbat, tappet, starscream, bumblebee, prowl, wheeljack, ironhide, zetca
not seen
Needlenose,
They have done 14 - so thats 2 more than MTMTE.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2012 18:59:20 GMT
Read #1. Enjoyed it. Has a different feel from Autocracy and MTMTE, which is good as otherwise what would be the point. The ending was inevitable but I am glad it was not swerved. I think this will be a slow-burner of a title, but there's still enough going on to hold interest.
-Ralph
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Post by Rich on Jan 25, 2012 22:36:51 GMT
Solid start. Felt more might have happened, but enough went on to keep me happy. Read it on my phone, though and felt I missed out on some of the impact of the art.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 26, 2012 0:57:16 GMT
Enjoyed this.
As others have said it's going to be the slow burner but just by it's very set up it really has to be otherwise things will feel forced.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2012 8:40:33 GMT
I'd rather have a slow-burner than decompressed crap any day.
-Ralph
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Post by Dave on Jan 27, 2012 12:27:51 GMT
Grabbed it this morning and enjoyed the read. At one point I thought that it was setting up to quickly hurtle back to all-out war but actually I think that's just me worrying. There did seem quite a bit of recapping (or duplicated information) but I guess not everyone will have picked up MTMTE #1 so it makes sense. Overall a good setup issue.
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Post by primenova on Jan 27, 2012 21:28:49 GMT
That's everyone - but still not seen the needlenose, but know that their is one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2012 11:28:30 GMT
Read it, liked it, want more
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Post by legios on Jan 29, 2012 18:03:55 GMT
Ish 1 arrived on Friday and has been given a couple of good peruses. Pleased with this book so far. It has a different tone and pacing to the first issue of MTME that much is certain - and well it should, because if both books were the same then one of them would be redundant. I quite like what it is setting up, the characters are interesting and the status quo of the book has some potential for interesting storytelling. Nice to see another first issue that functions properly and sets up the premise of the book properly without expecting you to have read other comics. I like the fact that a lot of the classic Heavyweight, villian characters are currently not the main drivers of the story - Ratbat's especially was quite good, very in-keeping with what we have seen of his backstory in Megatron:Origins.
The idea of Cybertron becoming an almost seeming-deliberately hostile environment for Cybertronian life is an nice touch - it does feel as if the planet is actively rejecting their presence, not that one can blame it much...
Off to a good start I think, with the promise of skullduggery, dodgy-dealings and civil unrest rather than a straightforward clash of Good against Evil seeming quite promising on the basis of this first issue. Three for three so far IDW, I am impressed. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2012 19:38:50 GMT
I wasn't quite as taken by #2, partly because Bumblebee seems to have been dropped on his head between issues (veering dangerously close to Costa characterisation) and also because I personally never care for the endless 'Starscream does his usual thing' shtick found in all TF media, but it was generally well put together and I still enjoyed it for the most part.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 27, 2012 16:22:07 GMT
I do have reservations about Starscream, as he is simply a one note character and whenever he is front and centre of stories they do seem to drag. He is nowhere near as interesting as some people seem to find him.
Although I am enjoying Ratbat in this series. Prowl is playing all the angles and this isn't going to go well for him.
Andy
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Post by legios on Feb 27, 2012 20:02:55 GMT
I will admit that my heart sank a little when Starscream emerged into the light of the story. I'm not really a fan of the usual Starscream schtick that we tend to get and I worry that this is what we will be seeing.
That said, I liked the various skullduggery's that are afoot - especially Prowl's determination to be the "hard 'bot making hard decisions", it remains an interesting place to take the character and fits a set-up where somethings are less clear-cut than simple good robots versus evil robots.
Didn't grab me quite as much as the first issue, but it is still quite readable and definitely has me interested enough to stick with it.
Karl
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2012 10:06:20 GMT
Have to say, I'm not quite as excited about RID so far compared to MTMTE (I still like it, but I'm not as excited when the release date comes, unlike how I am with MTMTE)
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Post by primenova on Mar 19, 2012 13:41:28 GMT
If Optimus is now Orion Pax - why is it he still looks like Optimus from Ongoing #1-31?
But we have never seen that the matrix in IDW changed Optimus - but he should not be looking like Optimus when he is Orion. He should have single windscreen & turn into smaller cab.
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Post by Dave on Mar 19, 2012 22:14:58 GMT
It's just a name change. No need for Nip/Tuck to restore his youthful appearance.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2012 10:57:45 GMT
He'll probably be changed to a new body though, like most other characters have (and judging by most of them, it'll be based on either his WFC or FOC body)
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 14, 2012 22:25:35 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 14, 2012 23:49:04 GMT
Who-? Buh? Drift??
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2012 8:06:23 GMT
Not so far from the truth.
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