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This actually is a bit surprising.
Same here. Who knows, the spotlight might convince me to like Drift after all. Might even convince me to RPG him.zigzagger wrote:Do like the tone of the scenery, though it does have a certain Star Wars quality to it. I'll reserve judgement towards the character himself once I have read this (AHM hasn't really provided enough examples to go by).
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More than one day, actually. Drift's... overdone. I mean, an immediate spotlight issue on day one? Not even Prowl or even Starscream ever got that kind of treatment. Damn you Drift.Cliffjumper wrote: Actually, we'd best knock this off. If we have to list every source McCarthy's cribbed from to create the ultimate Mary Sue, we're going to be here all day.
What I fear is, with McCarthy's love of Drift, and if IDW keeps encourgaing McCarthy to promote his fan characters, pretty soon we might have Shanimus Prime vs McCarthron.
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Is Drift really all that over-promoted though? I mean it's kinda stupid that he's got his own spotlight when there are plenty of pre-existing characters who'd be great still waiting for the Spotlight treatment, but he's barely appeared in AHM (His collective panel time across all 9 issues so far probably amounts to 2 pages, at most) and we've been promised Drift isn't going to be some "Deus Ex Machina" that solves all the problems the Autobots are facing in AHM.
And not trying to start a fight here or anything but how is Drift a Mary Sue? Several of the Autobots seem to distrust him, he's done nothing of any great importance and he's not been treated in any special way. He's far less of a Mary Sue than some pre-existing characters I could name (Furman's Grimlock and Brad Mick's Sunstorm. Nuff said)
And not trying to start a fight here or anything but how is Drift a Mary Sue? Several of the Autobots seem to distrust him, he's done nothing of any great importance and he's not been treated in any special way. He's far less of a Mary Sue than some pre-existing characters I could name (Furman's Grimlock and Brad Mick's Sunstorm. Nuff said)
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I think they mean "Over promoted" in the sense that a to much of the promotional material has focused on him.StarscreamX wrote:Is Drift really all that over-promoted though? I mean it's kinda stupid that he's got his own spotlight when there are plenty of pre-existing characters who'd be great still waiting for the Spotlight treatment, but he's barely appeared in AHM (His collective panel time across all 9 issues so far probably amounts to 2 pages, at most) and we've been promised Drift isn't going to be some "Deus Ex Machina" that solves all the problems the Autobots are facing in AHM.
McCarthy actually is a Ninja Jedi (in the same way the Mick was a orange super God). There's a picture montage of him in full costume somewhere...And not trying to start a fight here or anything but how is Drift a Mary Sue? Several of the Autobots seem to distrust him, he's done nothing of any great importance and he's not been treated in any special way. He's far less of a Mary Sue than some pre-existing characters I could name (Furman's Grimlock and Brad Mick's Sunstorm. Nuff said)
I would like to point out the strange madness of having a Transformer, a being that can reshape itself into any medium-sized hunk of technology, or even a dinosaur, is hanging around bars wrapped up in Ninja Cloth. It would actually be pretty funny if it so clearly wasn't a badly thought-out idea.
Apart from the distressingly made-for-TV levels of blandness in the alien designs*, the artwork is pretty great.
* That said, we have already, thanks to Spotlight: Ultra Magnus, got a very low bar for alien designs in this universe. If only the pundits back in the nineties knew that the -real- damaging effect of Mortal Kombat and Spawn would be a generation of artists bereft of any ability to draw a monster or an alien that had a single trace of originality or thought in its appearance.
Apart from the distressingly made-for-TV levels of blandness in the alien designs*, the artwork is pretty great.
* That said, we have already, thanks to Spotlight: Ultra Magnus, got a very low bar for alien designs in this universe. If only the pundits back in the nineties knew that the -real- damaging effect of Mortal Kombat and Spawn would be a generation of artists bereft of any ability to draw a monster or an alien that had a single trace of originality or thought in its appearance.
Seconded!
In the words of Megan Fox: "If he's supposed to be a super advanced high-tech alien robot, why does he use a piece of crap to disguise himself?"
Also, Drift's legs seem to be waaaay too blocky compared to AHM's rendition of him. Blocky-legged ninja... Meh.
Still, the Star Wars reference is nice...
In the words of Megan Fox: "If he's supposed to be a super advanced high-tech alien robot, why does he use a piece of crap to disguise himself?"
Also, Drift's legs seem to be waaaay too blocky compared to AHM's rendition of him. Blocky-legged ninja... Meh.
Still, the Star Wars reference is nice...
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I got the feeling that the other characters are still trying to tell me that drift is cool. -___-
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