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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Va'al » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:14 pm

Motto: "Fnargh."
I went through all of them so far, and this is what I picked up:

1 - I/D chips are disabled by Shockwave and Soundave "for Ratbat".
2 - While Starscream believes Ratbat, Shockwave and Soundwave are a bit more stoic about things.
3 - Wheeljack finds out about the quantum/time travel device.
4 - Bombshell mentions All-Who-Are-One (7); introduction of the cerebro shells; Bombshell's eyes glow yellow when he activates the control, and so do the subjects under control (Dirge and Sunstorm in this case, p.8); Prowl shoots Bombshell, but we don't see the latter's face, and the swirly background (from the cover) shows up (16); Prowl changes, final page is very Megatron-esque.
5 - Dirge's secret. Prowl says he has "tricks" to get "things out of Decepticons" (AHM Bombshell has a similar line with Hunter O'Nion).
8 - Prowl says that the Dinobots make him nervous (4), suggests that Autobots should not be in charge (8). Shockwave is stoic. Again. Dirge has yellow eyes (17) but may be a mistake. The Dinobots definitely have yellow eyes as they attack Ironhide.
9 - Yellow eyes again! Bumblebee says "is something controlling Prowl?", Wheeljack replies that he checked, and there's nothing, or "nothing that isn't usually controlling him anyway" (7). WJ suggests that the planet wants to keep everyone in the same place. Silverbolt's message says that the Aerialbots "started to act like one" (15).
Annual - Omega angrily states that Monstructor is "not when all are one". After Starscream is identified as the chosen one by the Metrotitan, Prowl does the angry face when others find out (34) and scheming face as they move back to Iacon (39).
11 - Prowl tells Bumblebee that he is "not Megatron. Believe me" (2) and adds, ominously, "we will WIN". Prowl sends Arcee to "kill" all Decepticons, and tells her to move them to the black room "with the others".
13 - Prowl admits to have been pulling the strings, and to not having been himself or odd at times (8). Megatron gets taken to the black room.


Whew.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Blurrz » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:29 pm

Motto: "The Wreckers. Weird brain bullets. Impossible odds... It doesn't get much better than this."
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I just... Barber set this up for all this time. Just. Wow.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:49 pm

Motto: "It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it; fear of tyranny corrupts those who are subject to it.
-Paraphrased from Napoleon Bonaparte"
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Ww. Just...wow. I mean Prowl...and then...

And Wheeljack...

And Bumblebee?

Wow.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Va'al » Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:06 pm

Motto: "Fnargh."
I'm a little confused about Bumblebee though.

He's on the cover and in the blurb for the next issue. So what did Megatron actually do to him?
(And the Spotlight will give more information and character development, apparently. But from Earth-based events, prior to all this.)
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Henry921 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:32 am

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Nemesis Maximo wrote:It's like the opposite paralell to the ending of DOTM, where all the 'cons died. I mean, I was in utter disbelief when Prowl shot Wheeljack!. :shock:


That was literally the only thing I didn't like about this issue. Farewell, old friend. :-(

The info about gestalts and how they work in the IDW-verse is also a great explanation. That Barber guy just continues to impress.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Va'al » Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:58 pm

Motto: "Fnargh."
The issue was featured in CBR's The Buy Pile, and even gave the title to this week's installment!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=43995

Transformers: Robots In Disguise #14
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Also? Whoa. Megatron's plan for recapturing the planet Cybertron are revealed, and they are ... wow. Using nothing more than the tools readily at his command, he's orchestrated a symphony of subterfuge that will make you look at this series' 13 previous issues very differently. "Infiltrate -- hide in plain sight -- and conquer," Megatron boasts, "that's the Decepticon way. Your petty politics ... did no more than provide a distraction for us to gain a foothold in high command." John Barber's script is so good it's scary, reimagining the concepts of a decades old toy into science fiction excellence. The artwork of Andrew Griffith, Brian Shearer and Josh Perez showed both riveting detail and evocative emotion. Another fantastic issue.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:17 pm

Motto: "It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it; fear of tyranny corrupts those who are subject to it.
-Paraphrased from Napoleon Bonaparte"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
I love how Megs is going back to his Infiltration Protocol roots. Simply epic.
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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby legundir » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:58 am

Burn wrote:Guess I'm in the minority when I say ... meh.
Probably shouldn't have read Batman Inc. first, such disappointment is enough to jade anyone.


I'm with you on this one. I was completely underwhelmed by some of the "revelations" in this issue. I mean, cerebro-shells, really?

IDW could have made a real gamechanger here with Prowl. For an order/control-obsessed schemer, as he's been made out to be in the continuity, switching to the Decepticons would've made total sense as a reaction to the shifting political landscape of Cybertron. I mean, compared to the NAILs, at least the Decepticons would bring unified, ordered leadership. And certainly, Prowl's ambivalence towards the NAILs goes back to the beginning.


Also, why doesn't Bombshell just cerebro-shell every-damn-one if they're so all-powerful? Weak.

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Re: Lunchtime Reading Suggestion: Read IDW's ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #14-- You won't be sorry!

Postby Va'al » Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:03 am

Motto: "Fnargh."
We don't really know he hasn't used the same technique on everyone, though.
I have to say, I really wouldn't have minded your suggestion about Prowl. It would make sense. But at the same time, this new Prowl wasn't exactly himself, either. So maybe not.

I keep saying this on various boards: I'm going to wait and see how it develops.

There are flaws, yes, but I enjoyed how Barber is trying to patch up pretty much the whole IDW continuity. All of it.

(Now that I've written it thought down, I believe that a lot of grief for some fans actually comes from that. I've seen comments along the lines of 'How dare you mention Chaos and the previous Ongoing? RUINED FOREVER'. :D )
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