Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Ironhidensh wrote:Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Randomhero wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Not if you’ve enjoyed the ride. My favorite comic Invincible ended this week. 15 years, was that a waste? When Chew ended last year did that too feel like years wasted? Hell no! If you enjoy something and it ends it’s never a waste.
That’s like saying you feel like you wasted your childhood after watching all of G1 as a kid becuase rebirth was the finale.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
ZeroWolf wrote:They're really putting those issues out of order aren't they? Dark Cybertron was almost two years before all hail optimus.
That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
ricemazter wrote:That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
Eh, I'm not sure how I feel about this. IDW got the transformers universe into a really interesting place. I don't want to have to spend another decade going through the war all over again, reintroducing each character and scrapping all the current story directions instead of fixing the ones that don't work as of now.
ricemazter wrote:The war ending was probably the best thing to happen to transformers.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ricemazter wrote:That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
Eh, I'm not sure how I feel about this. IDW got the transformers universe into a really interesting place. I don't want to have to spend another decade going through the war all over again, reintroducing each character and scrapping all the current story directions instead of fixing the ones that don't work as of now.
Reminds me of when the -Ations ended and AHM took over. Shattering everything interesting that Furman was building, for Sunbow 2.0. All the more disappointing was that AHM was successful, indicating to Hasbro and IDW, Sunbow was all people actually wanted from Transformers.
IDWverse does need a reboot now though. It's become too convoluted and bloated. It started with the Primacy trilogy and the pointless retcons and later by shoehorning too many other properties into Transformers.ricemazter wrote:The war ending was probably the best thing to happen to transformers.
Not in IDW, as the war never really took off in this continuity. Furman gave highlights, some tertiary battlegrounds such as Earth in Infiltration. Then AHM "ended" the Sunbow War and now we are at "people in robot suits".
Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
Stormshot_Prime wrote:Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
I think you might be onto something. Why suddenly dump Megatron away like that? There’s probably a lot in the planning of this, as truncated as it is probably going to be.
What if Lost Light? Is that just going to fade out on it’s own? Seems like there’s some universe shattering stuff coming up there too.
Targetmaster Kup wrote:The comics are all selling far below what TAAO was selling when it got cancelled. So ending it all and then rebooting makes sense from that standpoint for sure. Especially since the first issues of First Strike outsold any Transformers comic that month. Events comics are selling. The regulate comics are not.
Randomhero wrote:Stormshot_Prime wrote:Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
I think you might be onto something. Why suddenly dump Megatron away like that? There’s probably a lot in the planning of this, as truncated as it is probably going to be.
What if Lost Light? Is that just going to fade out on it’s own? Seems like there’s some universe shattering stuff coming up there too.
Well I think this is all just hype. IDW isn’t losing the rights or anything. They said the comics will come after this event. The entire “Unicron is coming to destroy everything” is just hype. He’s not going to eat earth, he’s not gonna eat Cybertron. The universe is not getting reset. Comics do this all the time. Unicron will be defeated and we wil be entering into phase 4(?) of the IDWverse.
Lost light? I don’t know. I can’t even imagine but I don’t think that series is really ending but maybe it is. We got this Scavengers story ending and it’s supposedly their final story and then we got this story about Rodimus and crew “Dying” so I means that would leave around 7-8 issues to get the crew to Cyberutopia and conclude...maybe that’s enough I don’t know.
Even IF lost light ends let’s all be grown ups for a moment and look at the real picture. It’s james Roberts. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he is this generations Simon Furman. He will always have a place writing transformers fiction. Just like Simon did for the span of 25 years if James wants to continue and he more than likely will if offered. Just like how John has cemented himself as one of the best writers too. Unless these guys don’t want to continue doing it or IDW doesn’t want them which I find hard to believe considering how their relationships with the company are they won’t be going anywhere. John may not be editor anymore but let’s not kid ourselves he’s still running this whole universe for transformers,
While I don’t want a new start but let’s not deny that over 13 years so far we’ve gotten way more good stories than bad and it’s the longest running continuity that transformers has ever had. It’s been a helluva run
Over 300issue I think. That’s damn good for company like IDW
We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
MagicDeath wrote:I'm pretty sure the interview person just mis-used the word continuity. About 90% sure. Like how they ended 'continuity' with Death of Optimus Prime and Revolution.We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
I took this as: Unicron is coming to devour stuff, everybody has to fix the problem. And then there will be the aftermath, where things start happening again.
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