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Oct 14, 2011 12:10:10 GMT
Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 14, 2011 12:10:10 GMT
Made it fifty pages in before putting it down.
Dull, and it's rehashing plots from the Cybertron cartoon.
No more please.
Andy
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Oct 14, 2011 12:19:38 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 12:19:38 GMT
I actually quite enjoyed it, it was rehashing the Cybertron series somewhat, but actually improving it, it's how I would have preferred the Velocitron part of that series to have been (rather than 20 episodes of just races or whatever it was) and then it delves into the Thirteen's storyline quite a bit as well, telling us more about the causes of their own civil war and where their artifacts came from etc
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Exiles
Oct 14, 2011 12:25:19 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 14, 2011 12:25:19 GMT
Made it fifty pages in before putting it down. Dull, and it's rehashing plots from the Cybertron cartoon. No more please. Andy Is the prose in the same deathly style as Exodus? Is it a proper story or a summary of the Hasbro background bible? |
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Oct 14, 2011 12:28:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 12:28:28 GMT
It is a proper story set over just a few days/weeks rather than millions of years. That's the main reason why I like this story over Exodus
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Exiles
Oct 17, 2011 23:17:42 GMT
Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 17, 2011 23:17:42 GMT
Made it fifty pages in before putting it down. Dull, and it's rehashing plots from the Cybertron cartoon. No more please. Andy Is the prose in the same deathly style as Exodus? Is it a proper story or a summary of the Hasbro background bible? You get to find out, you now have the book in your hands. Andy |
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Oct 19, 2011 2:06:01 GMT
Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 19, 2011 2:06:01 GMT
Is the prose in the same deathly style as Exodus? The bit that makes Cybertron worth watching is when the writers and actors agreed to have fun with it, sneaking in one-liners and poking fun at the plot & stock footage. I would hate to see Cybertron done in the Exodus style. Alternatively, I'd love to see Exodus redone to be full of one-liners, lampooning, and Soundwave talking like a DJ. |
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Oct 19, 2011 7:21:14 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 19, 2011 7:21:14 GMT
The bit that makes Cybertron worth watching There were bits of Cybertron that were worth watching? I phsyically can't watch it. I tried. I even watched all of Armada. But Cybertron just felt like some crude awful CGI dubbed over by some children without a script (and yes I know it was the same team but somehow it is unlistenable to my ears) |
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Exiles
Oct 23, 2011 19:23:05 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2011 19:23:05 GMT
3 pints got me through the first 200 pages. I will read the rest when next drinking.
-Ralph
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Oct 23, 2011 19:58:28 GMT
Post by legios on Oct 23, 2011 19:58:28 GMT
3 pints got me through the first 200 pages. I will read the rest when next drinking. -Ralph Hmmm. So, definitely a "with liquid painkiller" kind of thing then. I shall have to try to make sure I have some suitable mixing Whisky available should a copy fall into my hands. Karl |
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Oct 23, 2011 21:42:26 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2011 21:42:26 GMT
I can't really see why some people don't like it, I actually quite enjoyed the book
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Oct 23, 2011 22:05:15 GMT
Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 23, 2011 22:05:15 GMT
Because none of the characters have a distinctive voice at all.
Andy
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Oct 23, 2011 22:22:58 GMT
Post by chrismcfeely on Oct 23, 2011 22:22:58 GMT
Finished "Part 2" of it today. Now that the characters are off Velocitron, it's taken an upswing - I think maybe because this is the first time that Junkion's culture has actually been examined in a serious way, instead of just as a source of jokes (but possibly also because Velocitron is rubbish and was the worst part of the Cybertron cartoon, too - there is just no interesting way to interpret "everyone likes to race"). I like the new take on Wreck-Gar - combining the "actually quite lucid but obfuscates it by taking weird" manner of G1 Wreck-Gar with the bellowing ADD-ness of the Animated character. Also, the strange "unedited" feel of the book has dropped off on Junkion - on Velocitron, bots were switching from place to place as the result of what were obviously editing gaffes, and characters would be repeating themselves, or changing their tunes, or acting as if certain things hadn't happened. It was a real mess. The Junkion story hasn't had any of those problems. I'm enjoying the good show Prowl is getting in the book (it's been a decent few years for him, what with all the attention he's been getting in IDW - I hope they let him be in Fall of Cybertron), and I like the greater "quest for the Star Saber" pieces plot a lot, but that IS because I feel a bit "rewarded" by it, having followed it over from the Fun Publications comics where it began.
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Oct 24, 2011 6:42:12 GMT
Post by blueshift on Oct 24, 2011 6:42:12 GMT
(but possibly also because Velocitron is rubbish and was the worst part of the Cybertron cartoon, too - there is just no interesting way to interpret "everyone likes to race"). It could be interesting! You'd just need to base it off Starlight Express! That would be awesome! |
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Oct 24, 2011 9:41:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 9:41:36 GMT
Well I for one hope they make a 3rd novel, maybe have them go to Gigantion, Animatros or even Nubulos or something.
Maybe they could give appearances to some of the Beast Era characters on Animatros, or show that the Headmaster procress is at least being worked on in this continuity or anything like that really.
There's a wealth of ideas from the Transformers back catalogue that they could easily work into it (like they have been already)
And I think there's something up with that Hightail guy from Velocitron, maybe he's Amalgamous Prime in disguise? Could happen, he was a Shifter after all, and there seemed to be something different about him.
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Oct 24, 2011 15:11:04 GMT
Post by charlesrocketboy on Oct 24, 2011 15:11:04 GMT
It could be interesting! You'd just need to base it off Starlight Express! That would be awesome! The Bullet Train Team would finally make a comeback! (You think the Starlight Express is one of the lost Thirteen...?) |
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Oct 24, 2011 17:46:44 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2011 17:46:44 GMT
I can't really see why some people don't like it, I actually quite enjoyed the book Different strokes for different folks. If you enjoyed it there's nowt wrong with that. For me, personally, I just find the prose style to be thunderingly dull and so I can't get interested in the events happening. -Ralph |
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Nov 2, 2011 10:19:18 GMT
Post by verity on Nov 2, 2011 10:19:18 GMT
I liked it better than Exodus because it had a more novelish structure. Also had a few interesting elements in it. Still, it's no Eugenesis...
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Nov 2, 2011 13:06:13 GMT
Post by legios on Nov 2, 2011 13:06:13 GMT
Still, it's no Eugenesis... Very few things in Transformers fiction are though... Still haven't read Exiles . I am hesitant in spending the money on it after reading its predecessor. If it follows the same path which that did then Exiles may well turn up in my library in about May of next year mind you... At least then it wouldn't cost me anything. Karl |
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Nov 2, 2011 18:31:09 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Nov 2, 2011 18:31:09 GMT
I'd rather drive diahorrea through my eyeballs than read anything else by this author.
-Ralph
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Nov 9, 2011 18:45:56 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2011 18:45:56 GMT
And then I gave it to Mr Bodsworth.
-Ralph
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Nov 9, 2011 20:52:48 GMT
Post by legios on Nov 9, 2011 20:52:48 GMT
And then I gave it to Mr Bodsworth. A cruel, cruel thing to do...... Karl |
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Exiles
Nov 16, 2011 19:37:44 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Nov 16, 2011 19:37:44 GMT
Made me laugh like a drain though.
-Ralph
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Nov 18, 2011 0:46:10 GMT
Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2011 0:46:10 GMT
He is curiously silent on the twitter, perhaps you broke him?
Andy
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Nov 18, 2011 8:09:40 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2011 8:09:40 GMT
Heh heh heh.
-Ralph
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Nov 18, 2011 9:50:22 GMT
Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2011 9:50:22 GMT
He has made contact, and has yet to start on his epic ordeal, I mean quest!
Andy
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Nov 18, 2011 19:04:05 GMT
Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2011 19:04:05 GMT
The quest is the quest!
-Ralph
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