ZeroWolf wrote:What if the tone was meant to be humorous anyway? Mtmte was supposed to be light hearted from the get go.
ZeroWolf wrote:Or maybe you look past that and see them as characters with their own personalities...their sparks if you will?
ZeroWolf wrote: Also do you have proof that alien races have no concept of any of the things you claim to be humanising elements? I mean it's not something you can prove or disprove really
I mean I rather focus on the bigger things then the little things that are meant to make the characters feel three dimensional. Basically just because they are alien giant robots doesn't mean they have not act like that and become one dimensional representations of tech specs. I mean if an alien species choosing to spend time with another because of mutual interests or a desire for company destroys your suspension of dis belief then I have to question how you got past humanoid looking alien giant robots in the first place.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Or maybe you look past that and see them as characters with their own personalities...their sparks if you will?
Which many, many writers have achieved without making them human caricatures.ZeroWolf wrote: Also do you have proof that alien races have no concept of any of the things you claim to be humanising elements? I mean it's not something you can prove or disprove really
I mean I rather focus on the bigger things then the little things that are meant to make the characters feel three dimensional. Basically just because they are alien giant robots doesn't mean they have not act like that and become one dimensional representations of tech specs. I mean if an alien species choosing to spend time with another because of mutual interests or a desire for company destroys your suspension of dis belief then I have to question how you got past humanoid looking alien giant robots in the first place.
I've seen variations on this answer before, so let's cut through the BS of it's overtly sardonic tone and point it directly at Transformers. With Transformers, there is a line, as I've said before. Lean too heavily over it, you are just writing people in cosplay. The "proof" that that line exists for a reason and works elsewhere?
The Award Winning Beast Wars and Transformers: Prime?
They humanise but not to excess. It's not a case of either Humans in Robot suits or Tech Specs. That is needlessly reductive and somewhat dismissive of the franchise as a whole.
I don't recall Simon Furman's G1 or IDW work being 'Tech Specs' and it wasn't pandering to the mentality of it's era either. The next shift in attitude, likely in the next decade, public opinion will likely change once more and a critical and dismissive eye will be cast on everything that dated itself in that era IE That was so 90's etc This era will likely be mocked for it's bizarre social politics.
To reiterate, I don't want a person in a Robot cosplay talking about their feelings, gender politics and guffaws. There are plenty of books for that, written by far more well informed and capable people. Yet I don't want two robots smashing against each other either. That's the mass media tripe that Bayformers sells.
I want balance and that is what I am looking to the Rebooted Universe for. I joked about it before but maybe putting someone like Grant Morrison at the helm would give the series the jolt of new life and purpose it deserves.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Love Geoff Senior and his work always has so much style and energy to it but even he can't make that Rodimus design look good.
ZeroWolf wrote:I don't think it's that bad, but I do want to see more fresh talent brought up through the ranks, same with writers. I still think they should have an anthology type deal where every few months they put out a book which is several one shot stories of tf fiction where a new writer and a new artist is teamed up and we see what the result is.
Stormshot_Prime wrote:DarkEnergon wrote:Ok, I'm really confused, but kind of excited, too. Here is one spoiler question someone has got to be able to explain to me:
Why the @#$@ are Perceptor, Hound, etc. sparkeaters?
Did I miss something, or is it just implied that Getaway did something?
We can only assume. Remember the sparkeater gun that Brainstorm created? This seems to be playing off the vision that Drift has back in issue 1, so there’s also a big possibility that Pharma is at work here too. If his body was dragged to this medical facility, we can only assume he was repaired before his spark faded.
Which raises another question, was the place Skids saw through the portal this same “Cyberutopia”? What of those orbs of light speaking in symbols?
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Thanks to a Tweet from James Roberts himself, we have a new cover of Lost Light to show you, and this one is Geoff Senior's cover for Lost Light Issue 21! The cover features Geoff Senior's ever classic art styles utilized on the Lost Light crew, along with the Scavengers. The colors for the cover are done by Josh Burcham. This very team also did the flashback scenes for Requiem of the Wreckers, and they continue to showcase their talent here.
Check out the cover below, and let us know what you think of Geoff Senior's and Josh Burcham's cover below! Do you like the fact that Geoff is back in action, doing some panel work and some covers? Let us know as well!
ZeroWolf wrote:I don't think Roberts will touch on sentinel prime, in fact I don't think the titans returns stuff went down to well at all. So anything lingering will be completely forgotten. I also don't mind the characters being different as this is idw not marvel, the same that hot rod isn't rodimus from Energon. We also shouldn't want them the same, otherwise what's the point as their stories were concluded. What happens now doesn't take away from what's been done.
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