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Va'al wrote: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.
That is indeed a possible reading of what is meant!
The entire TF comics Twitter is buzzing right now, with Roberts talking of News, Griffith tweeting a new Barber scripted issue #1 of Something.. we'll find out as soon as the solicits are out this week.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which brings up the reason reboots exist. What if the next upcoming IDW TF Writers don't want to write about Autobot Megatron, Metrotitans, Functionism, Autobot psychiatry, Colony worlds with oddly gender specific Transformers etc etc
What if they want to write about the Beast Wars? Or the rivalry between Fort Max and Scorponok? Exploring the potential of a symbiotic hive mind between Scourge and the Sweeps?
They can't do that in present IDW, let's also be clear about this: Indie books can continue a narrative for years, decades etc Licensed properties don't have that luxury.
Maybe this potential "End of Days" for IDWverse and the recent cancellation of future Bayformers isn't coincidental??
ZeroWolf wrote:The IDWverse is still continuing though...they will all still be connected plus if writers wanted to write those stories they could pitch it to IDW who could put out a miniseries for that.
@Vaal I can understand your frustration.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:The IDWverse is still continuing though...they will all still be connected plus if writers wanted to write those stories they could pitch it to IDW who could put out a miniseries for that.
@Vaal I can understand your frustration.
Of course the IDWverse is still continuing, that's obvious, it still makes money. But that doesn't mean it will stay as it is. People make too big a deal out of this whole "shared universe" gimmick that Marvel made profitable through the MCU. It's inherently lazy writing. Propping up lesser things, not on their own merits, but because they are share a singular platform that guarantees either complete success or total failure.
I've been there with the Frustration myself. I wanted Furman to continue IDWverse with the -Ations. Aside from Last Stand of the Wreckers, I found nothing of interest in IDWverse post-Furman, so I walked away. Even slowly reading other stories via the Part Work, I don't regret that decision. The more I read of RiD/Optimus Prime and MTMTE/Lost Light, I am reassured I wouldn't have enjoyed reading them independently.
Comics always change. Status Quo forever restored etc etc It's happened as long as the medium has existed. I've read X-Men since the 80's, the fact has been hammered home to me on many occasions.
If this is a reboot, prepare yourself for the fact that concepts and ideas unique to this era of Transformers IE Rung, Buster The Dog, Windblade, Non-Decepticon Cyclonus, Minimus Ambus, Politician Starscream et al might not be returning.
Va'al wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:The IDWverse is still continuing though...they will all still be connected plus if writers wanted to write those stories they could pitch it to IDW who could put out a miniseries for that.
@Vaal I can understand your frustration.
Of course the IDWverse is still continuing, that's obvious, it still makes money. But that doesn't mean it will stay as it is. People make too big a deal out of this whole "shared universe" gimmick that Marvel made profitable through the MCU. It's inherently lazy writing. Propping up lesser things, not on their own merits, but because they are share a singular platform that guarantees either complete success or total failure.
I've been there with the Frustration myself. I wanted Furman to continue IDWverse with the -Ations. Aside from Last Stand of the Wreckers, I found nothing of interest in IDWverse post-Furman, so I walked away. Even slowly reading other stories via the Part Work, I don't regret that decision. The more I read of RiD/Optimus Prime and MTMTE/Lost Light, I am reassured I wouldn't have enjoyed reading them independently.
Comics always change. Status Quo forever restored etc etc It's happened as long as the medium has existed. I've read X-Men since the 80's, the fact has been hammered home to me on many occasions.
If this is a reboot, prepare yourself for the fact that concepts and ideas unique to this era of Transformers IE Rung, Buster The Dog, Windblade, Non-Decepticon Cyclonus, Minimus Ambus, Politician Starscream et al might not be returning.
They may not, but they may very well be embedded in any new fiction.
Windblade is here to stay. She's everywhere, to varying degrees of success, but she's most definitely staying.
Starscream as a ruthless politician has always been the case, IDW writers just took the concept from a different angle.
I can agree on the others probably not finding a dominant space in a new universe, but I'd personally like to see a lot of themes - some groundbreaking - from the current IDW incarnation to become the base level from which all new stories might spring forwards.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sighs
Flashwave wrote:I am going to miss the old. IDW did a lot of things right. Spottlight Prowl and Cliff are two of my favorites. ending the war was a brave, risky thing, but it allowed them to do something different and relatable, and stuff that you cant neccesarily do with a childrens cartoon. I am glad we got shades of good in the Decepticons (Scavengers, Rhundercracker), and moral ambiguity in the "Good" Guys. We got a reason for Megatron and the Decepticons beyond just "He's evil hur dur".
we got real, raw PTSD, we got Wreckers. we got some powerful emotions and deep relationships. (Can you honestly say that the Chromedome grieving moments werent anything but raw with emotion?). We've mourned good bots (Skids) and explored the value of a life lived (Sideswipe). We got Whirl; lovable, laughable, maniacal, Whirl who has been an incredible character arcover MTMTE and LL.
ZeroWolf wrote:Sanitize them? I call that developing them especially looking at the original goals (something that hasn't changed since origins). Also I take it the one time depiction if the war you mentioned AllNewSuperRobot is the assault at the beginning of the movie? Where megatron is pretty much the only thing killing everyone. I wouldn't use that as an example as that had just one purpose...to clear shelves. After all he didn't prove very effective in the series (neither did galvatron in s3).
Also look at it this way, they fought for over four billion years and no side was actual getting close to winning with both needing energy. It was only through offscreen magic that the cons took over cybertron in the Movie. Now that I think about it, that meant a lot of the people killed by unicrons attack were cons...sucks to be a bad guy don't it.
ZeroWolf wrote:Also you mentioned you didn't like it that gender was introduced well you can just thank season 2 for that one when it introduced us to elita 1 and her group![]()
ZeroWolf wrote:All in all it seems like you rather them stick to gen 1 type story telling with easily definable sides, I'm not sure you'll get that as i can see them taking megs the way of magneto who (as I'm sure you're aware) bounced between good and evil. Are you saying tf characters can't be developed like that? We can't see their fears? Their hopes? What they would rather be doing instead of fighting? You mentioned before about how you think they are just people in robot suits now but that's how Furman had them in the 80s and that's what he did with them at the beginning of IDW.
Va'al wrote:Gentle reminder that IDWverse is (still) not the G1 fiction.
If something happened in G1, comics or cartoon, it has no bearing on IDW.
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