Sneak Peek - IDW Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #45 iTunes Preview
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 11:47AM CDT
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Make a list of every single DECEPTICON. Remove the warriors, the high-rankers, the loyal foot soldiers, the over-achievers, and anyone who’s ever made even a modest contribution to The Cause. You should now have five names left. Welcome back, guys.
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Posted by leokearon on September 22nd, 2015 @ 12:17pm CDT
Also love the toy panel
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on September 22nd, 2015 @ 1:06pm CDT
Posted by Syn_13 on September 22nd, 2015 @ 1:11pm CDT
leokearon wrote:Why's the second page printed twice?
Also love the toy panel
I think it's intentional. Looks like a bit of a head**** episode.
Edit: No, it isn't intentional. Looking again the 2nd page is missing.
Posted by ScottyP on September 22nd, 2015 @ 1:19pm CDT

Posted by bluecatcinema on September 22nd, 2015 @ 1:21pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 22nd, 2015 @ 2:13pm CDT
Sorry, weird glitch on multiple machines.
Posted by LE0KING on September 22nd, 2015 @ 2:18pm CDT
But now I want a spin off series...

Posted by SlyTF1 on September 22nd, 2015 @ 2:34pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 22nd, 2015 @ 2:53pm CDT
Posted by CombaticonsCombine? on September 22nd, 2015 @ 4:01pm CDT
Huh.
Posted by Shuttershock on September 22nd, 2015 @ 4:53pm CDT
CombaticonsCombine? wrote:Is nobody going to comment on Shockwave's gun-hand in panel 3?
Huh.
"Hey, Krok! What should I do with the Retconicon?"
"Eh, set it aside in case we need it later."
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 22nd, 2015 @ 9:54pm CDT
This is gonna be a fun ride here. I love these guys so much!!

Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on September 23rd, 2015 @ 12:24am CDT
uncontrollable laughter
ATO.exe has stopped working
im broken due to this ....







Posted by Henry921 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 12:28am CDT

Clearly this can't be real.
Posted by Whifflefire on September 23rd, 2015 @ 5:12am CDT
This looks intriguing indeed.
At first I didn't realize that the beginning was like a "previously on" segment and read the first few panels as one scene. Silly me!
I can't wait to find out what's happening. Just a few more weeks...
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 23rd, 2015 @ 8:00am CDT
Henry921 wrote:Misfire managed to hit a target he was aiming at...![]()
Clearly this can't be real.
He's right you know



Posted by mooncake623 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 9:23am CDT

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Posted by Optimizzy on September 23rd, 2015 @ 10:50am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on September 23rd, 2015 @ 11:16am CDT
Posted by mooncake623 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 11:18am CDT
Randomhero wrote:Slow news week apparently.
Nah we thought it was cool.
Posted by Randomhero on September 23rd, 2015 @ 11:27am CDT
mooncake623 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Slow news week apparently.
Nah we thought it was cool.
It's a picture in a panel. I hope everyone's expectations were filled when it was revealed to exactly what it looks like. A fan taking a photo of toys for someone. But hey it's related to MTMTE so it's gotta be made into news.
What's next? James making a tweet about having a cold and an up roar on how this may effect the next issue?
Posted by mooncake623 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 11:34am CDT
Randomhero wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Slow news week apparently.
Nah we thought it was cool.
It's a picture in a panel. I hope everyone's expectations were filled when it was revealed to exactly what it looks like. A fan taking a photo of toys for someone. But hey it's related to MTMTE so it's gotta be made into news.
Maz is a well known Fan that has contributed a lot to the community with his articles and blogs.
James Roberts is the writer of MTMTE.
I'm not exactly sure why you are bothered by this piece.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 23rd, 2015 @ 12:00pm CDT

Posted by Randomhero on September 23rd, 2015 @ 12:56pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:Randomhero wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Randomhero wrote:Slow news week apparently.
Nah we thought it was cool.
It's a picture in a panel. I hope everyone's expectations were filled when it was revealed to exactly what it looks like. A fan taking a photo of toys for someone. But hey it's related to MTMTE so it's gotta be made into news.
Maz is a well known Fan that has contributed a lot to the community with his articles and blogs.
James Roberts is the writer of MTMTE.
I'm not exactly sure why you are bothered by this piece.
I put issues 1,29, and 43 in a frame and James Roberts retweeted it. Is that news?
Posted by Va'al on September 23rd, 2015 @ 1:00pm CDT

Posted by MaverickPrime on September 23rd, 2015 @ 1:55pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Slow news week apparently.
not everything has to be news, there's Creative Spotlights, editorials like William's biweekly top 5 and other stuff, so see it as that, reporting something really cool

Posted by Blastback on September 23rd, 2015 @ 3:20pm CDT
Posted by dragons on September 23rd, 2015 @ 5:31pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on September 23rd, 2015 @ 6:30pm CDT
dragons wrote:transformer playing jenga, whats next wheelie playing twister with dinobot?
Perceptor, Brainstorm, Chromedome, Nightbeat and Highbrow play "Clue", then argue about the correct answer.
Posted by jogunwarrior on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:28am CDT
MtMtE is one of the few comics that could pull having an entire issue done in the style of using actual photographs of toys to tell the story. It'd be a challenge, but if any could pull it off it'd be James Roberts. I'd actually like to see something like this!
Posted by Va'al on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:58pm CDT
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #45
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
Make a list of every single DECEPTICON. Remove the warriors, the high-rankers, the loyal foot soldiers, the over-achievers, and anyone who’s ever made even a modest contribution to The Cause. You should now have five names left. Welcome back, guys.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Return of the fan-favorite characters, the Scavengers!
Variant Cover by Golby!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:06pm CDT
"I would've waited an eternity for this. It's over Misfire" REALLY GUYS?!?!?! REALLY?!?!?!
Primus I cannot wait for this to come out. holy cow please let Wednesday be here

Posted by ZeroWolf on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:30pm CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:27pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on September 25th, 2015 @ 10:42pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:So the scavengers have been playing Farscape for the past year and a half?
There are worse ways to pass your frelling time.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 25th, 2015 @ 10:46pm CDT
Shuttershock wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:So the scavengers have been playing Farscape for the past year and a half?
There are worse ways to pass your frelling time.
That's true, Ever watch LEXX?
Posted by Shuttershock on September 26th, 2015 @ 12:04am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Shuttershock wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:So the scavengers have been playing Farscape for the past year and a half?
There are worse ways to pass your frelling time.
That's true, Ever watch LEXX?
Nah, I missed that one. All I know about is pseudo-organic ships. Which, now that I think about it, isn't dissimilar to Farscape.

Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 26th, 2015 @ 2:30am CDT
Shuttershock wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Shuttershock wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:So the scavengers have been playing Farscape for the past year and a half?
There are worse ways to pass your frelling time.
That's true, Ever watch LEXX?
Nah, I missed that one. All I know about is pseudo-organic ships. Which, now that I think about it, isn't dissimilar to Farscape.
Much like how Kevin James is a poor man's hobo, LEXX was the poor mans farscape. Except schlocky-er. Like tromaville levels of schlock.
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 26th, 2015 @ 2:49am CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 26th, 2015 @ 3:12am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Wasn't lexx meant for a slightly older and edgier crowd than farscape?
In a way, but that didn't mean it was good. Or watchable. Or well written. Or had good production values. I mean I know allot of people who liked it but like, for me it was just, really unpleasant. Farscape's writing and quality got progressively better as the series went on, like by the last quarter of season one, it stopped being a hokey adventure of the week sorta show. Also something it had that put it above the it's contemporaries; Jim Henson puppets. They weren't always the best, but I always remember this thing I dunno what it is. It appeared in like one shot of the first episode, but i always remember it.
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 26th, 2015 @ 4:12am CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on September 26th, 2015 @ 4:17am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:My point was that I didn't feel it was comparable to farscape which to me always felt for a wider audience within its niche.
well it's comparable in the same sense Gary Coleman is a taller version of Webster, they're technically on the same scale, but both are entirely different. Also farscape was a superior show in every single way.
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 26th, 2015 @ 4:38am CDT

Looking at this issue again though, I'd say that Roberts is a red dwarf fan.
Posted by Va'al on September 30th, 2015 @ 8:41am CDT
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
Make a list of every single DECEPTICON. Remove the warriors, the high-rankers, the loyal foot soldiers, the over-achievers, and anyone who’s ever made even a modest contribution to The Cause. You should now have five names left. Welcome back, guys.
Story
Let's leave aside the storylines being run so far in More Than Meets the Eye, and dip into the lives and troubles of the bunch of misfits introduced all the way back when the DJD was still just a name. In issue #45, MTMTE brings back the Scavengers, Grimlock, and their ship - the Weak Anthropic Principle. Has anything changed? Read on and find out.
James Roberts knows these characters, and the Scavengers are in fact one of the best example of how he operates as a writer, giving the spotlight to minor, lesser-known faces, in order to (sometimes) address a wider narrative. That has been the case for MTMTE, but Krok, Spinister and the crew show it even more.
There is a narrative, obviously, though it will feel really quite distanced from everything else currently happening in the IDWverse for the Transformers - at least until much later in the book. What I find both a positive and negative here, are the parallels with the group's first introduction to the readership, in terms of plotlines.
Nevertheless, the read is extremely enjoyable, the humour is plentiful, the characters all have their voices, and we do circle back in time for tea to the wider plots left dangling in season 1, while also exploring the single characters along the way. More thoughts overall included below.
Art
Alex Milne and Brian Shearer team up for some slick linework (layouts, pencils and inks), and the initial pages are an excellent nod to the regular ongoing issues with a Scavenger spin (check out this article, too). The flexibility and dynamism of the different styles condensed in the opening alone are enough to reinforce the rep of the visual team of the book - and it only continues strong from there.
The visual team, of course, also features the excellent work that Joana Lafuente brings to the colours, complementing and complimenting the lines and inks that the artists provide. Shading, mood, tone, and the same dynamism of layouts are accentuated and made even more lush to look at throughout.
There is a specific running gag relating to the Scavengers, too, and Tom B. Long's work is the only means of achieving it - which is a nice recognition of the importance of lettering in the medium, even to convey humour. As for covers, the main recurring group shot by Milne and Josh Perez stand triumphant, as Nick Roche and Josh Burcham take on cover B (thumbnailed) a little less seriously. We've seen Kei Zama and Yamaishi's take on MTMTE's big baddies of the past too, but still pretty, yes?
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
This issue is definitely filler material, until it's not. Not entirely, at least. But until that point, a lot of what you're reading is predominantly Roberts enjoying his own writing skills with a bunch of misfits, and their interactions, dragging in popular culture references and callbacks (though much less so than the Swerve issue from a couple of months ago). It's a fun romp, with exceptional visuals, and both good characterisation and well-placed twists.
However, and I realise this may just be me, so far it just sort of hangs there, at the periphery of the wider story, much like the first time we came across the WAP and its crew. The next issue will undoubtedly fill us in more, given that last sequence and last page, but I kept finding myself thinking about the overall relevance of the issue in terms of narrative. Think of it as a bottle-episode, with a twist, if you will. It may be more your thing.








Posted by Noideaforaname on September 30th, 2015 @ 9:57am CDT
*reads "Thoughts", which makes it sound kinda the same as the last string of issues have been --not great*
Oh boy.
Posted by Va'al on September 30th, 2015 @ 10:21am CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:*hasn't gotten the issue yet*
*reads "Thoughts", which makes it sound kinda the same as the last string of issues have been --not great*
Oh boy.
This is my opinion entirely. I am welcoming discussion because of how little I effectively cared about the story other than the funny (and really quite so) moments throughout. Someone please tell me I'm wrong, and show me why!
Posted by Randomhero on September 30th, 2015 @ 10:57am CDT
In the words of Immortan Joe, "mediocre!"
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 30th, 2015 @ 11:19am CDT
Posted by MaverickPrime on September 30th, 2015 @ 1:54pm CDT
I like the characters and how they interact, but unlike the misadventures of the Lost Light crew, we don't see them nearly as much, I wanna know the full stories!