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New Simon Furman Q&A from the IDW Forum

Postby WhiteRabbit » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:55 pm

Simon Furman answered some selected questions submitted by forum users over at IDW:

http://idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=705

There's 15 questions answered in that thread, and five more answered on Simon's blog:

http://simonfurman.wordpress.com

One particularly interesting note; we learn for the first time that Cybertron* is in the Shaula system, about 330 LY from Earth.

(* in the IDW continuity)

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Postby Hotrod » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:35 pm

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Postby Neko » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:15 pm

That was good interview. Very nice read.
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Postby jgilkinson » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:15 pm

hey we finally know where cybertron is :)
now how did prime make it from there to Earth in the movie in about a day?
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Postby Neko » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:53 pm

jgilkinson wrote:hey we finally know where cybertron is :)
now how did prime make it from there to Earth in the movie in about a day?


The magic of the 80's! 8)
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Postby Mechanurgist » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:26 pm

Cybertrong got pulled into Earth's orbit in G1 Season 1.

God, I was pay anything to see Geoff Darrow do a wall-size drawing of Optimus Prime or Megatron. That would blow the new movie designs out of the water.
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Postby jgilkinson » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:56 pm

Neko wrote:
jgilkinson wrote:hey we finally know where cybertron is :)
now how did prime make it from there to Earth in the movie in about a day?


The magic of the 80's! 8)


yes good point. i'll just chalk that up with the magical appearing trailer
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Postby Grimshock » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:16 am

Oh, I hate the answer to #20. That's his biggest problem: He disregards the material. On the other hand, I love the answer. It confirms everything I've said about his writing.
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Postby Tigertrack » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:08 am

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I think he has done a good job with his IDW stint. The books are very enjoyable, the character choices are interesting, and the overall direction seems to be going in a good direction.
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Postby Leonardo » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:24 am

That was an interesting read. I really want to see what he's done in the Galvatron spotlight.
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Postby i_amtrunks » Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:23 pm

As always, another great interview where he answers the questions honestly and cleverly without giving any important details away.

I never knew he wrote stuff or Wallace and Gromit! That makes me like him all the more.
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Postby WhiteRabbit » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:00 pm

About Cyberton's location: remember the one he mentions is specific to IDW continuity.

In the original Marvel mini-series it was located in the Alpha Centauri system. And god-knows-where in the Cartoon.
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Postby Leonardo » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:26 am

WhiteRabbit wrote:In the original Marvel mini-series it was located in the Alpha Centauri system. And god-knows-where in the Cartoon.


It may have been the same place, unofficially, in the cartoon.
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