Transformers: Robots in Disguise #28
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Colours look somewhat off. Not bad, but off compared to what we have been having.
Still, very interesting. I knew that Thundercracker would come back sooner than later.
Still, very interesting. I knew that Thundercracker would come back sooner than later.
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Laughed out loud with Thundercracker's script.
Nice to have a war flashback, but I'm confused...wasn't Cybertron supposed to be barren from Thunderwing's assault long before "half a million years ago"?
Nice to have a war flashback, but I'm confused...wasn't Cybertron supposed to be barren from Thunderwing's assault long before "half a million years ago"?
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OUT NOW AND SPOILERS AHOY
For most of its length this was a great read, fun and frothy and like a breath of fresh air from Barber. Sure, the send up of the writing industry is the sort of thing only writers think is interesting, but it had a nice tongue in cheek feel to it. The only thing I'd complain about there is it'd be nice if, rather than making jokes about the overuse of first person narration Barber just didn't overuse first person narration.
The more serious Autobot stuff was nicely done as well, lots of interesting set up with the new cast and poor old Prowl continuing to be completely ignored everytime he makes a sensible suggestion.
The cliffhanger though is one of those things that will completely depend on the resolution, the idea the humans would be so bloody stupid as to trust any Transformers, let alone the Decepticons, in any way shape or form is so idiotic presumably they'll be a subversion fairly quickly. But with the way humans have been handled in IDW before (and in fairness, across most G1 fiction how governments react has never been handled very well) there's always that worrying feeling it might be something to take a complete face value.
Also, Fairborne is pure Brad Mick.
Still, a decent start apart from those worries.
Did anyone else feel this was intended to be released before Windblade? It covers most of the important stuff in the six month gap and actually sets up what "Dawn of the Autobots" is supposed to mean.
For most of its length this was a great read, fun and frothy and like a breath of fresh air from Barber. Sure, the send up of the writing industry is the sort of thing only writers think is interesting, but it had a nice tongue in cheek feel to it. The only thing I'd complain about there is it'd be nice if, rather than making jokes about the overuse of first person narration Barber just didn't overuse first person narration.
The more serious Autobot stuff was nicely done as well, lots of interesting set up with the new cast and poor old Prowl continuing to be completely ignored everytime he makes a sensible suggestion.
The cliffhanger though is one of those things that will completely depend on the resolution, the idea the humans would be so bloody stupid as to trust any Transformers, let alone the Decepticons, in any way shape or form is so idiotic presumably they'll be a subversion fairly quickly. But with the way humans have been handled in IDW before (and in fairness, across most G1 fiction how governments react has never been handled very well) there's always that worrying feeling it might be something to take a complete face value.
Also, Fairborne is pure Brad Mick.
Still, a decent start apart from those worries.
Did anyone else feel this was intended to be released before Windblade? It covers most of the important stuff in the six month gap and actually sets up what "Dawn of the Autobots" is supposed to mean.
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I suppose they could always go back to the facsimile thing Furman started. A couple of well planted fake humans could explain the alliance, depending on how well known Transformers are on Earth.inflatable dalek wrote:The cliffhanger though is one of those things that will completely depend on the resolution, the idea the humans would be so bloody stupid as to trust any Transformers, let alone the Decepticons, in any way shape or form is so idiotic presumably they'll be a subversion fairly quickly. But with the way humans have been handled in IDW before (and in fairness, across most G1 fiction how governments react has never been handled very well) there's always that worrying feeling it might be something to take a complete face value.
This reminds me about something that annoyed me when Furman's run ended: Devastation #6. During that, we had the presumably unknown-to-humans Decepticons having just defeated the Reapers with the US Air Force coming in. There was some potential in that set up.
Did not realise this was Griffith. Bravo on him for ploughing a new furrow - the action and movement was a big step up. He'll get the hang of lady's faces at some point I'm sure.
I'm pretty mixed on it - I like the basic set-up, how consciously different it is from Windblade, the cast choices and all of the character moments but the evocations of Brad Mick and Costa are not welcome.
I imagine that Barber is often cold at nights. He is always getting new jumpers but can't resist unravelling even the hint of a loose thread.
And man, way to overlabour the jokes. The screenplay intro gets demolished by Fairborne pointing out the funny parts and Cosmos just comes right out and says that he is lonely and bad at talking to people more than once.
This will certainly come up but it's weird for now - the population of the entire species is now low enough that anyone with a clipboard can easily do a headcount. How did they lose track of all those Decepticons?
Oh, and Alpha Trion's quest to hide from Shockwave for half a million years is dumb. That is a dumb idea. I find it dumb.
Everything else was fine though.
I'm pretty mixed on it - I like the basic set-up, how consciously different it is from Windblade, the cast choices and all of the character moments but the evocations of Brad Mick and Costa are not welcome.
I imagine that Barber is often cold at nights. He is always getting new jumpers but can't resist unravelling even the hint of a loose thread.
And man, way to overlabour the jokes. The screenplay intro gets demolished by Fairborne pointing out the funny parts and Cosmos just comes right out and says that he is lonely and bad at talking to people more than once.
This will certainly come up but it's weird for now - the population of the entire species is now low enough that anyone with a clipboard can easily do a headcount. How did they lose track of all those Decepticons?
Oh, and Alpha Trion's quest to hide from Shockwave for half a million years is dumb. That is a dumb idea. I find it dumb.
Everything else was fine though.
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Hey, you're not meant to be looking at Fairborne's face!
Interesting Spike just wore combat fatigues whilst leading Skywatch, but female Earth soldiers apparently have to go for the skin tight cat suit.
I think Mick/Costa memories are what's making me really fearful rather than what's in the actual comic though.
And A3 knew what Shockwave was up to all along apparently. But thought vague nonsense was more helpful than just coming out with it. God knows what sort of cryptic crossword clue the Earth hologram is supposed to be.
Hey, with Galvatron now a major player again, I wonder if that one dangling jumper thread from Revelation where he suddenly remembered who he really was right before falling into THE SOLAR POOL will be addressed?
Interesting Spike just wore combat fatigues whilst leading Skywatch, but female Earth soldiers apparently have to go for the skin tight cat suit.
I think Mick/Costa memories are what's making me really fearful rather than what's in the actual comic though.
And A3 knew what Shockwave was up to all along apparently. But thought vague nonsense was more helpful than just coming out with it. God knows what sort of cryptic crossword clue the Earth hologram is supposed to be.
Hey, with Galvatron now a major player again, I wonder if that one dangling jumper thread from Revelation where he suddenly remembered who he really was right before falling into THE SOLAR POOL will be addressed?
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I have zero recollection of this.inflatable dalek wrote: Hey, with Galvatron now a major player again, I wonder if that one dangling jumper thread from Revelation where he suddenly remembered who he really was right before falling into THE SOLAR POOL will be addressed?
Oh wait,
Is it because he's Megatron?
I can't figure out whether this irritates me or not. On the one hand, it is consistent with Alpha Trion's bonkers and unhelpful characterisation and very neatly marries up Metroplex's role in dumb old Autocracy with his merely uninteresting Spotlight. On the other hand, god damn. Shockwave was keeping his head down and didn't really have much of a master plan at that point.And A3 knew what Shockwave was up to all along apparently. But thought vague nonsense was more helpful than just coming out with it. God knows what sort of cryptic crossword clue the Earth hologram is supposed to be.
Facsimilies are a great idea plucked from solid science fiction but their presence does kind of negate the plausibility of the Decepticons needing train-people and car-people active on the ground in the first place.I suppose they could always go back to the facsimile thing Furman started. A couple of well planted fake humans could explain the alliance, depending on how well known Transformers are on Earth.
Hehe - remember how IMPORTANT that dead general was, back in the day? Who even was that guy?
And ho ho - remember when Megatron used little Megatron guns to mind-control humans when he could mass-produce them in a vat?
Will Arcee the robot now finally meet Arcee Arthurs, the news reporter with a distractingly strange name?
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Actually, if the facsimile guy who was running for President actually is President now that would almost make perfect sense.
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