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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby PointZero » Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:20 pm

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lol, wow. I know, as Transformers fans, we like to complain about anything different and new, but I'm pretty surprised here. So, it's a Zombie story. Yeah, other comic book companies have done that before. Yeah, as far as we can see, zombies seem like a minor threat to Transformers. But, really, whats wrong with just having a little fun like this? It'll probably end up as it's own canon/universe, so whats the harm? Transformers comics are not going to be ruined FOREVER because of this.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby Cyberstrike » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:30 pm

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PointZero wrote:lol, wow. I know, as Transformers fans, we like to complain about anything different and new, but I'm pretty surprised here. So, it's a Zombie story. Yeah, other comic book companies have done that before. Yeah, as far as we can see, zombies seem like a minor threat to Transformers. But, really, whats wrong with just having a little fun like this? It'll probably end up as it's own canon/universe, so whats the harm? Transformers comics are not going to be ruined FOREVER because of this.


From most reports this crossover will be in-continuity for all the series involved. I might be wrong so don't hold me to that and if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me on it.

Since I hate zombies and I'm not interested in reading any of the Ghostbusters, Star Trek, G.I. Joe, and Zombies vs. Robots comics so I'll pass on it. And I love IDW's current take on The Transformers since I read All Hail Megatron TPB vol. 1 and I love the new ongoing series (ask around I'm one the biggest defenders of the current series and of All Hail Megatron) but Darth Bombshell is right, this stupid crossover serves no real reason, from a storytelling point of view, for any of the Infestation books to exist,(or at least that I can tell) other than to milk fans out of their hard-earned money.

If it was Unicron, Q, Gozer, and Cobra-La teaming up to create some multiverse mayhem (and you could throw in some zombies and vampires with them) that doesn't take place in any of their continuities and was done for just for good old plain fun then I MIGHT be interested in it. Does anybody here remember when crossovers were actually fun to read?

But zombies spreading through a multiverse? If I want that I could read any of the various Marvel Zombies mini-series. Even with DnA writing it (two of the finest writers in comics today) IDW can't sell me on this mess.

I don't think that the Transformers, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and Ghostbusters comics being published by IDW (and/or by any future publishers down the road) are ruined forever by this stupid crossover but IMHO it doesn't exactly doesn't help any of them either.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby RK_Striker_JK_5 » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:02 pm

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Darth Bombshell wrote:Apparently this...thing is meant to be in continuity.

#-o

Seriously, IDW? It's bad enough you let All Hail Megatron exist? It's bad enough you let Costa continue to pollute the ongoing with his "writing" and "plot"? It's bad enough you take his dumbest idea ever (killing Ironhide), build a story around it, then provide no answer as to why you bothered in the first place? Now you've gotta take quite possibly your worst idea ever (and that includes the previously mentioned things, so no mean feat there), and then make it canon?!

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That's it. I'm officially done with IDW.


This. I can't make it any better than this.

This idea is just... I can't see it working well at all.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby DeathBlast » Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:32 pm

Hopefully I don't need all 4 comic series to enjoy this.

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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby BATTLEMASTER IIC » Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:51 pm

I don't think zombies would be much of a threat against the Transformers. They can just transform into their car modes and run them all over :)

Although I don't think it would be like the Autobots to kill the zombies, as they are humans, but undead. Maybe Perceptor will find a way to cure them?

The other comics, though, I think Star Trek and GI Joe stand a chance. Good luck Ghostbusters!
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby Heavy B » Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:34 pm

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BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:I don't think zombies would be much of a threat against the Transformers. They can just transform into their car modes and run them all over :)


oh, not true. Zombies vs Robots had "Infected Robots"

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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby Darth Bombshell » Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:11 pm

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As amusing as it is for me to hear you say those words, it's sad that it had to happen in this context.

Cyberstrike wrote:Does anybody here remember when crossovers were actually fun to read?


None of the GI Joe/TF X-overs were any good, and the NA/TF X-Over is one of the top five worst TF stories ever done, so...no. I don't.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby morphobots » Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:26 pm

Wow. They finally did it. A series I won't even try to give the benefit of the doubt. And this comes from someone who tried - tried - to find something good about New Avengers/Transformers. After 26 years the first TF comics I won't even touch. Guess it's time to retire.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby morphobots » Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:26 pm

Wow. They finally did it. A series I won't even try to give the benefit of the doubt. And this comes from someone who tried - tried - to find something good about New Avengers/Transformers. After 26 years the first TF comics I won't even touch. Guess it's time to retire.
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Re: Details on IDW's Infestation crossover

Postby Sky-Quake » Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:06 pm

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Sky-Quake wrote:Zombies don't seem like much of a threat to transformers I love zombies so this is a must have for me


Robot zombies a la the Spotlight Kup issue?

those would be tougher but I think when you compare robotic zombies to Decepticons like Predaking or Bruticus they still don't seem like much of a threat but it's zombies which I love so I'll be getting a few of these basically just GIJOE and Transformers though
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