The modern comics universe has had such a different take on G1, one that's significantly represented by the Generations toys, so they share a forum. A modern take on a Real Cybertronian Hero. Currently starring Generations toys, IDW "The Transformers" comics, MTMTE, TF vs GI Joe, and Windblade. Oh wait, and now Skybound, wheee!
JediTricks wrote:So, nobody gonna touch on the fact that this issue name-checked THE FALLEN?!?!?
I must have missed that. It's a reference I certainly would have enjoyed. I'll have to go back and look for it.
When Nexus Prime reminds Galvatron that his master - a Prime, Megatronus - had FALLEN after conspiring with Liege Maximo to betray Solus Prime and Prima, and upon hearing this part of the tale Optimus and Alpha Trion discuss up Megatron being named similarly to Megatronus.
Megatronus, who is in reality, The Fallen.
So Galvatron served under The Fallen.
As for Alpha Trion, I have no problem with him having to have his memory jogged, considering how long he's lived and how much he has to remember.
It's not like he remembered where he left his keys! He just "forgot" about significant details about the foundation of his culture.
Dom wrote:
There's also the inclusion of ROTF's "only a Prime can kill a Prime" nonsense which at least got tossed on its ear by actions of our protagonist when he acted against Nexus.
They probably brought it up just to undermine it.
Yes, but either way, they still lent it credibility by doing so.
Ramondelli seems to do better with battle-scapes and the like rather than individual characters. (There were some gorgeous pages in "Chaos" and "Autocracy". Amazing stuff.) I appreciate the fact that his art looks more like something that GW would produce than faux-manga or high school sketh-book.
I think everything except his faces are epic and far more mature than he actually is.
See, that one's a camcorder, that one's a camera, that one's a phone, and they're doing "Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil", get it?
As for Alpha Trion, I have no problem with him having to have his memory jogged, considering how long he's lived and how much he has to remember.
It's not like he remembered where he left his keys! He just "forgot" about significant details about the foundation of his culture.
You'd think that type of thing would stick out in his memory, but if he's got millions of years worth of experiences and only so much storage space, it's not hard to believe. Memory is a funny thing. Maybe he had some trauma and repressed the memories.
On the other hand, I agree that it's a little too convenient that he forgot some very important details until the plot needed him to remember, but that goes back to my gripe about the seemingly constant flashbacks we've had for the past few years and the wholesale invention of relationships and conflicts that appear out of nowhere. This is no different. We need some new facts to make the current plot work, so the writer has to invent them wholesale.
andersonh1 wrote:You'd think that type of thing would stick out in his memory, but if he's got millions of years worth of experiences and only so much storage space, it's not hard to believe. Memory is a funny thing. Maybe he had some trauma and repressed the memories.
On the other hand, I agree that it's a little too convenient that he forgot some very important details until the plot needed him to remember, but that goes back to my gripe about the seemingly constant flashbacks we've had for the past few years and the wholesale invention of relationships and conflicts that appear out of nowhere. This is no different. We need some new facts to make the current plot work, so the writer has to invent them wholesale.
If it were a more minor event, I could buy that justification. But this is a turning point, this is where the Primes - his kind - fell, this is where leadership of Cybertron changed hands and all of society became oppressive. I guess the problem is that every past event must be a HUGE THING THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, it's dumb comic book writing.
See, that one's a camcorder, that one's a camera, that one's a phone, and they're doing "Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil", get it?
JediTricks wrote:If it were a more minor event, I could buy that justification. But this is a turning point, this is where the Primes - his kind - fell, this is where leadership of Cybertron changed hands and all of society became oppressive. I guess the problem is that every past event must be a HUGE THING THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, it's dumb comic book writing.
And it makes me wonder, how hollow are the current plotlines for both IDW series that they keep having to reach into the distant past in order to create a plot macguffin or whatever to keep the current stories going? Peacetime is certainly harder to write interesting plots for apparently.
With "Combiner Wars" in the pipeline, I have to wonder how much longer "peace time" will last. Of course, the real problem is the caliber of the writing. (From what I have seen about the current issues, and having read recent issues, "Transformers" is turning in to "big 2 comics, but with Transformers in it".)
I think everything except his faces are epic and far more mature than he actually is.
How is Ramondelli immature exactly? (What has he said or done to justify that label?)
Dominic wrote:With "Combiner Wars" in the pipeline, I have to wonder how much longer "peace time" will last.
Honestly, I think both books could use a genuine conflict to put some energy and focus back into the plots. It might not be a bad thing at all if peacetime went away again.
I just do not want it to go back to "Transformers: Just Like it was in the 80s!"
"Robots in Disguise" (albeit sans the sub-title) is going in that direction now. (I have not picked up RiD for 2 issues now, and am in no particular hurry to catch up, which should give you an idea of how interested I still am in this book.)
Transformers #35
This book is benefitting greatly from having a focus and direction again, and I’m enjoying it a lot more than I was a few months ago. It’s leading into Combiner Wars, and so both sides of the Transformers are essentially in an arms race. Having the humans as a third faction puts both sides in potential danger, and allows Spike Witwicky to resurface, along with (for the first time since Maximum Dinobots, I believe) Jimmy Pink. While it’s nice to see Jimmy again, I’m not sure his presence in the story has been justified yet. Maybe Spike went to him as someone who had interacted closely with the Transformers in the past. Jimmy is certainly carrying a grudge after what happened to Hunter at the end of All Hail Megatron, so there’s some story potential there. I guess my main frustration with the book is that we don’t get any sort of self-contained story every month, we get another chapter of a much longer story. It feels like things are crawling along. And what exactly was the whole “Dawn of the Autobots” about anyway?
"Dawn of the Autobots" was a banner event that followed "Dark Cybertron" and precedes "Days of Deception", which is a prelude to "Combiner Wars". See, "Transformers" is totally being played like a big two comic.
I see what you are saying about focus. After "Dark Cybertron", Barber seems to have prioritized for moving pieces around for the next event. It is annoying at the big 2, and worse here because TF only has two core books (along with the odd mini-series) rather than dozens of books as is the case at the big two. (I can skip "Axis" at Marvel and not miss much of significance. But, if Axis is 50% of the core books, and there are not many books to begin with, then it is harder to avoid while reading comics.)
"Transformers" (the franchise and individual title) is inching back to "standard". Not happy about this.
