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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2018 21:56:18 GMT
Oh I don't mind when it's just a descriptive label ie 'Cyclops. Leader of the X-Men'. That's fine: keys in a new reader in a team book. It's when it's sassy nonsense like. 'Cyclops. Mad. Got something to prove'. Drives me mad. It's like fingernails down a blackboard. It annoys Old Man Burns. Too many comics currently read like the writers haven't experienced anything other than episodes of Buffy. Read some ******* books, comic writers!!!
Old Man rant over now. I return you all to your regularly scheduled thread.
UNICRON.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Feb 20, 2018 6:58:21 GMT
We need labels for Wolverine - it's not like he is used much & in 10 titles each month 20 years ago
But this is also a jumping on issue for those who don't know the characters
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 4, 2018 10:53:04 GMT
I think the sassy labelling only really works, if it's been done as part of an in universe character narration as you are following a character's train of thoughts. Taking X-Men, if for example Wolverine has been narrative captioning the issue so far then it makes sense to have captions like - "Cyclops, leader of the X-Men. Uptight and a colossal pain. Nightcrawler, fuzzy elf and my best friend" etc etc. If it's the omniscient narrator then no the boxes should be even in tone.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 4, 2018 11:14:16 GMT
This thread's title reads like a particularly unbalanced football result. Those FCBD boys are just unbeatable.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 6, 2018 10:56:22 GMT
They're good but they are no Thunderbirds 2086 or Ravage 2099.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 24, 2018 19:34:19 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 28, 2018 9:39:23 GMT
It's a nice redesign.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 28, 2018 17:06:05 GMT
Not my cup of tea at all.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Mar 28, 2018 20:25:39 GMT
Can't say that it is really my thing either.
My immediate reaction was actually "Spiky. Well, I suppose he is a Chaos God..." Rust for the Rust Throne and all that.
I can't say as I am really that enthused by it as a design.
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 28, 2018 22:36:15 GMT
Planet kibble.
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Post by KnightBeat on May 3, 2018 0:55:50 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 3, 2018 13:00:23 GMT
I shall avoid that on the off-chance I can snag the issue on Saturday.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2018 12:22:41 GMT
Can't fault the effort for a freebie. Decent length strip and some back matter. Same standard as current IDW TF so more of the same. Appreciation or lack thereof will depend on how current readers feel. Don't think it will hook any new readers.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on May 6, 2018 20:57:12 GMT
There is a text feature at the end of the issue which recaps IDW history. Unicron has already appeared before & states when - but keep it spoiler hidden here for when. But there is no mention of D-Void so he is not Unicron or linked to him.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 3, 2018 21:10:43 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 27, 2018 11:31:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2018 11:38:08 GMT
Did #1 ever come out? I thought this was a weekly?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 27, 2018 12:44:56 GMT
1 is due 11th July
2 25th July
3 29th August
4 29th August
5 26th September
I imagine those dates will slip.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2018 22:37:21 GMT
I see. Huge gap between the FCBD day issue and #1. No chance of picking up new readers that way!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jun 28, 2018 5:41:59 GMT
It's so the 2 ongoings can get ready for the story. It's not like IDW have released a comic in a limited series before with a story element that follows on from another issue released the month later
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Post by primenova on Sept 4, 2018 11:20:53 GMT
RID Strongarm in preview of latest issue - but is it multi universe or that they (the RID lot) are from another planet?
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Post by KnightBeat on Sept 4, 2018 20:36:58 GMT
I'd say different planet unless we're told otherwise. We already have Beast Wars, Beast Machines, RID 2001, Prime, and probably an assortment of Armada characters that I've forgotten, running around in this and the Functionist universe. I was amazed to see BW Dinosaur Megatron and BW TM2 Megatron appeared in the same panel in an earlier issue.
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Post by primenova on Sept 5, 2018 7:30:19 GMT
Energon lot was in MTMTE one issue
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Post by primenova on Dec 10, 2018 12:42:57 GMT
I've only read #1 but seen that #6 is oversized - not bigger than US size that being more pages like the annuals.
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 19, 2019 13:31:22 GMT
I see Amazon UK are shipping pre-orders for the paperbacks, but (presumably due to the Easter holiday) it will take 1 week to arrive. Proceed on your way to oblivion very slowly.
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Post by primenova on Apr 22, 2019 10:41:34 GMT
Do the events of Unicron #1-6 follow on or do they go Unicron/Lost light/ Optimus each month?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2019 15:45:42 GMT
Lost Light is disconnected from it somewhat so there's no real connection, save the acknowledgement of it in the final issue of Lost Light.
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Post by blueshift on Apr 22, 2019 17:22:01 GMT
Lost Light is disconnected from it somewhat so there's no real connection, save the acknowledgement of it in the final issue of Lost Light. Apart from the 'Unicron' logos on the last LL issues implying a tie-in!! (madness) |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 7, 2019 21:12:10 GMT
Picked up the trade for FCBD - I did pay for it I should add.
A much more satisfying read as a whole.
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