Bumblebee mini-series

[andersonh1]

These are things that Costas should be fixing. Blurr does not talk like John Moschitta in IDW. This book is wrong.

Costa isn't writing the Bumblebee mini series. The author is Zander Cannon, who I've never heard of prior to this.

[Onslaught Six]

Murr, that's what I get for being out of the loop for a month. I meant Schmidt. He's the editor, it's his job to go, "No, Blurr doesn't talk like that, new guy."

[Dominic]

Well, Schmidt is the guy who green-lighted the Winter Soldier (aka Bucky) over in Captain America.

As far as Blurr goes, I did not mind the speed-speech from him. It makes sense that he would naturally talk that way, especially if under duress. Talking at a normal speed would be a concession to civility for Blurr. (Even the arrogant and young Blurr of the "Spotlight" special would have had to slow-down enough for his pit-crew to understand him.

What bothered me was Blurr's sudden change of heart. he went from being sensible (and trying to kill Bumblebee) to being stupid, and working for Bumblebee.

Dom
-is getting the feeling that IDW is trying to present the stupider Autobots are morally superior.

[Dominic]

Bumblebee #2-
It is only fair to give credit where credit is due. IDW is doing a good job of keeping 2 books by two different creative teams relatively well coordinated. The problem is that the direction of these books is leaving a bit to be desired. There is a huge difference between having flawed heroes and the heroes being so damned stupid than any rational thinking adult would want them to be killed. This might be a bit more palatable if I were not getting the feeling that IDW was setting up to say that the more foolish characters were moraly superior. Blurr's "speed speech" was a nice touch though.
Grade: C/D Having the characters be conveniently unprincipled/stupid generally does not make for a good comic.


is Dom
-still wondering why he never got "Classic Transformers" volume 5.......

[BWprowl]

Just my two cents, but I think the main reason the Autobots can't take their badges off is because then Skywatch would notice that they took them off, then speed down to their base to take them out. They'd have a fix on their position thanks to where the badges were before the 'Bots took them off, so the Autobots are effectively forced to keep the badges on. Which was a stoopid move in the first place, but still.

[Sparky Prime]

What bothered me was Blurr's sudden change of heart. he went from being sensible (and trying to kill Bumblebee) to being stupid, and working for Bumblebee.

How exactly is trying to kill Bumblebee the "sensible" thing here? I mean, obviously Blurr doesn't want to be put under human custody. But when it becomes clear Bumblebee isn't going to hand him over, then what sensible reason would Blurr have to fight/kill his own comrades? It's only logical that Blurr would help them out of the mess they've gotten themselves into once it became clear they wouldn't turn him in.

[Onslaught Six]

Well, Schmidt is the guy who green-lighted the Winter Soldier (aka Bucky) over in Captain America.

To be fair, while I agree that bringing Bucky back to begin with is a dumb idea, apparently his run as Cap has actually been good.

[Dominic]

Considering that Blurr, (sensibly), left the Autobots because Bumblebee's leadership was....lacking, him going back and working for Bumblebee (doing something incredibly stupid mind you), does not make much sense. The fact that Bumblebee had not smartened up, (and barely shut up), after his control tag was damaged only makes Blurr seem more foolish.

Killing Bumblebee would have been perfectly fair. Bumblebee was working for guys who were making a point of capturing and/or killing TFs...and he was going after Blurr. Why the hell would Blurr not shoot Bumblebee to get away?


Dom
-getting nostalgic for the King Grimlock era.

[andersonh1]

I'm still trying to figure out how the Autobots think standing around silently like idiots with smiles on their faces is a strategy. And how they think Skywatch won't notice the sudden silence and get antsy about it. And if the badges are wired so that Skywatch can hear everything they say, how is it that Bumblebee can't be heard through one of the other badges when he talks?

The more I think about the plot, the more it falls apart. I guess I'd better stop thinking about it.

[Dominic]

I may have been misreading the art, but it looked to me like the gy in charge was looking at the computer monitors with a sorth of "uh, wuh?" look on his face. He likely knows that something is up.

I think you complaint is less a hole in the plot and more a question of convenient stupidity by the Autobots. Granted, it is still bad writing, but it is a different type of bad writing.

Dom
-the book is a staple....for now.