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First Gen wrote:I gotta ask, was AHM really that bad? I'm hearing some bad stuff about it and wanted to get the TPB of it as I didn't keep up with the series.

I just read Spotlight Cliffjumper and was less than enthused and it was authored by Shane also.

I loved AHM. Some real great moments in it.

However these pages of Coda and the other five page preview all look terrible. Story could be good, but if the art is that bush then I won't be buying.

AutobotTrainer wrote:The seekers still as F-15's? Awesome. Why do they have to be F-22's?

Because they were F-22's in the previous three series, and as has already been pointed out, there's no reason for the switch other than for pure nostalgia, which was neither wanted nor needed.

But as we were quick to find out, AHM wasn't about what us fans wanted or needed.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

AutobotTrainer wrote:The seekers still as F-15's? Awesome. Why do they have to be F-22's?

Because they were F-22's in the previous three series, and as has already been pointed out, there's no reason for the switch other than for pure nostalgia, which was neither wanted nor needed.

But as we were quick to find out, AHM wasn't about what us fans wanted or needed.

Will Code answer the seeker question? We were promised an answer early in AHM but never got one.

I am looking forward to this issue. It'll be Starscream-licious

MYoung23 wrote:Will Code answer the seeker question? We were promised an answer early in AHM but never got one.

Most likely not.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

MYoung23 wrote:Will Code answer the seeker question? We were promised an answer early in AHM but never got one.

Most likely not.

Oh come on don't be so negative, it'll be explained just like Duke Nukem for ever is going to be released, .... oh wait forget what I just said.

Darth Bombshell wrote:

AutobotTrainer wrote:The seekers still as F-15's? Awesome. Why do they have to be F-22's?

Because they were F-22's in the previous three series, and as has already been pointed out, there's no reason for the switch other than for pure nostalgia, which was neither wanted nor needed.

But as we were quick to find out, AHM wasn't about what us fans wanted or needed.

DB, your opinions are yours alone and don't speak for everyone that really enjoyed the series. The seekers weren't just made for "pure nostalgia" they were simply made better then the poor overhauls they had in the first three series. You may not think it, but plenty others do, that AHM was exactly what fans wanted. Sure it left a lot open, but what comic doesn't?

Well...um...I hope I don't get banned for this but...well, after NOT reading the comics for about two years or so (or whenever Devastation started) the movie kinda kicked me off on a new TF binge so...I pretty much downloaded the scans of everything I missed and had a big marathon session. (Note: I still plan on buying the trades. Liked it enough for that anyways...)

But anyways, not having to wait an entire year or so read this whole plot line....I liked it. The changes for the sake of nostalgia pissed me quite the hell off (o hay Spike is back and is all "badass" now...feh) with the quality of human-characters dialogue being kinda all over the place and seemingly changing issue to issue but, like I said, not having to wait for all this **** to drag out, it was a decent roller coaster ride.

That said, waugh...what an AWFUL last issue...

As for Furman...I guess it was just because his stories and plotlines and such had to be wrapped up or whatever but I thought the Dead Universe stuff and the Reapers, while kinda cool, felt...kinda out of nowhere when I read Devastation. Like, there were build ups and such in the spotlights and in the main series and such but they still didn't feel built up enough and felt like they were too forced into what we got in the end...

And I have absolutely no problem with coming up with a bullshit reason for Hunter to come back. I sure as hell didn't mind when Dreamwave did it for Wheeljack or when Furman brought back as many dead guys as he could for the Unicron arc in the old Marvel comic, and I sure wouldn't mind here either.

Wow. If AHM was just what fans wanted why does it draw such incredible derision? I'm not saying that some fans didn't like it because clearly *some* did. But when you make a statement like that, you are really saying "if you didn't like AHM, you aren't a fan". Which is rubbish as the two are not mutually exclusive. Fans like different things. There are some people who really really really like Drift and think he's the most kick-ass Transformer ever invented and squee whenever they see him on the page.

If IDW didn't want to keep to the earlier continuity they should rebooted. A reboot wouldn't have made AHM a great story, but it would certainly have given people a lot less to complain about.