Coptur wrote:I liked Autobot Megatron at the time but have grown to dislike it and the entire IDW Origin of Megatron.
ZeroWolf wrote:Coptur wrote:I liked Autobot Megatron at the time but have grown to dislike it and the entire IDW Origin of Megatron.
Out of curiosity, why don't you like the IDW origin of him? I think it's fantastic and shows his good intentions twisted. He's much more three dimensional then any other megs we've seen.
Maverick69429 wrote:"We achieved something" Yeah, turning a beloved franchise into an SJW circle jerk. Good. Riddance.
ZeroWolf wrote:The quantum trick...how many times could that be pulled off? Is James setting up a miniseries in a few years time where the characters are living peacefully till an armada of lost lights come home?
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:The quantum trick...how many times could that be pulled off? Is James setting up a miniseries in a few years time where the characters are living peacefully till an armada of lost lights come home?
It was pulled off once, but in reality, this is a case where there could be an infinite number that will never run into each other and thus cancel one out, so people can make their own futures for the crew that last as long as they want.
It's really clever really, and I love it.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Question: do the duplicate crew know that they're a duplicate? I mean, it doesn't make them any less real, but do they have the memories they had before the quantum jump? This may have been explained previously, and just don't remember it.
I forgot to mention this last time, but I was glad to see the Protectobots alive and well.
DarkEnergon wrote:I'll just throw out there that this is the one comic I read full series. The one I bought every issue for. Not always the day they came out - there were some dry spells there in the run - but no other comics have been able to maintain that suspense and interest for me...
ransformers started out as a boy's toy. The robot characters, which could be quickly reconfigured into guns and cars - tapped into the young male zeitgeist of 1984.
Those children have grown into today's adult collectors. But thanks to a cult comic, the franchise's male-dominated audience has crossed the gender divide.
At Europe's largest Transformers convention this year, TFNation, women accounted for almost half of attendees aged 21 to 31. It caps a three-year trend in which female attendance grew by a third. Taking the credit is the comic Lost Light.
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Responsible for much of this is the comic's author, James Roberts, who penned all 80-odd issues.
Although the stories are infused with a British sci-fi humour - BBC TV comedy Red Dwarf was a major influence - his ambition for the publication, which tackled topics such as same-sex relationships, freedom and self-determination, was "unashamedly political".
"Misfits and also-rans, in an enclosed space with a pitch-able quest - it's a good way into a story," says Roberts. "This is the difference between American and British sci-fi and comics, and TV shows like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the new Doctor Who - their love of language, puns, banter.
"You can get away with more swear words if they're British."
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The publisher wanted the comic "to speak to Transformers fans and beyond," he says.
Roberts was given the freedom to look beyond the A-list of characters. And with that came the opportunity to take more chances.
An initial positive reception emboldened Roberts, leading to his favourite moment - issue 16, the "declaration of love" between two same-sex Transformers characters, Chromedome and Rewind. It was "a first".
"In the nicest possible way, it became normalised. The world didn't come to an end. That reaction gave me and others the confidence to tell more stories like this," says Roberts.
There was some concern about what Hasbro, a toy maker with a long history and a wholesome, family-friendly image, would make of this turn of events. But head office appeared remarkably unruffled, says John Barber, Lost Light's publisher.
"The company's vice-president of global publishing said something to the effect of: 'I asked you guys to make the characters human and you have'," recalls Barber.
Coptur wrote:And where's the BBC article about the boys/men that love MLP? oh right they did't get one they just get mocked and under represented within MLP.
James is a nice guy in person but LL was part of the reason I turned away from IDW comics.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Thanks to a multitude of sources, we have word that the ending of IDW's Transformers: Lost Light has garnered some major attention.
BBC News
Sagitta wrote:Hasbro may have wanted what they call a "more human" comic. But Transformers themselves are living alien robotic lifeforms. Not organic. Inserting LGBTQ issues were rather out of place, a glaring inconsistent destraction, and took away from exploring various other aspects of the mythos that could have more enhanced tales.
In relation to the BBC article will only say stating the series promoted gay characters as if that was it's sole achievement was saddening to read. There were many of the stories that were character driven that stood on their own varied merits.
Burn wrote:This has been a point I've been stressing, they're alien robots, but we're applying human traits to them.
That being said, LGBTQ issues are important, and have been for a number of years. While I personally felt they weren't needed in the book, I can't deny or fault what it meant for the LGBTQ community as they had characters they could relate to.
It was either that, or try to be a fan of Iceman, and no one wants to admit to liking Iceman.
That's what these forums are for, for us to discuss all the other aspects that made up the run.
So then the crew in space can't really be called the "duplicate crew," because who's to say that the crew that was there before the quantum jump isn't the one in space? Or at least they think they are the original.Sagitta wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Question: do the duplicate crew know that they're a duplicate? I mean, it doesn't make them any less real, but do they have the memories they had before the quantum jump? This may have been explained previously, and just don't remember it.
I forgot to mention this last time, but I was glad to see the Protectobots alive and well.
I seem to recall back in the "The Path Not Taken" arc when Nautica worked out the mystery of the 2 Lost Lights she mentioned one was as real as they other. So up until the actual point of the jump both sets of characters would hold the same type of memories.
From what Rewind, from the other Lost Light, and what Nightbeat mentioned it sounded like everything was the exact same until the jump was initiated. Two Lost Lights, same backgrounds, sane crews, separate experiences.
Rodimus Prime wrote:So then the crew in space can't really be called the "duplicate crew," because who's to say that the crew that was there before the quantum jump isn't the one in space? Or at least they think they are the original...
DeadCaL wrote:Did they ever explain what point was of a Deception baby hiding in the chest of a giant robot dinosaur, or did I miss that bit?
william-james88 wrote:this question is regsrding the issue from Mtmte when fort max took rung hostage : why did it take 3 years for the autobots to respond to one of their main prisons (the one with Impactor and a Magnificence wearing Grimlock were held no less) being taken over by the Decepticons?
Also was the magnificence epistomus or an Omega guardian? I dont think i ever read the actual amswer.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:this question is regsrding the issue from Mtmte when fort max took rung hostage : why did it take 3 years for the autobots to respond to one of their main prisons (the one with Impactor and a Magnificence wearing Grimlock were held no less) being taken over by the Decepticons?
Also was the magnificence epistomus or an Omega guardian? I dont think i ever read the actual amswer.
To answer the first one, apparently it simply was: it wasn't on the top of Prowl's to do list at the time. It was taken over when they were marooned on Cybertron, and then they fought on Earth, and then they had to get off Earth and then the Wreckers had to be assembled properly again and all that and the Earth situation had to stabilize somewhat before Prowl ended up getting to it.
And I don't think it was really answered, I took it as it was Epistimus but the Omega Guardians were able to take it over from him. But I don't know, the Omega Guardians were kinda lame
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:DeadCaL wrote:Did they ever explain what point was of a Deception baby hiding in the chest of a giant robot dinosaur, or did I miss that bit?
Scorponok wanted to remove the sparks of Cybertronians and put them in organic bodies so they could reproduce, and once numbers were high enough, remove the sparks from all the organics to make a new larger force of Cybertronians.
It was a bit strange.
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