Personally, I had no problem with IDWverse at all, until AHM. Then when I reached my limit with DoOP, I simply tapped out without complaint, as that achieves nothing. I look forward to seeing what the next Gen of writers does with TF, hopefully as refreshing as when IDW first began.
ZeroWolf wrote:Come on, we both know that the Totems wouldn't have saved this series. The flaws go much deeper than that.
No, of course not. But it would have shown an ounce of integrity. Clearly Hasbro didn't care about this beyond cashing in on a revival, nor did the writer.
Reimaginings "work" when people are at least familiar with the source material in the first place.
The lack of Totems, Medieval armour and appreciation for the time period the series was based around, show the writer had less understanding of what they were writing about than Michael Bay did with Transformers.
Instead, you get some half-baked nonsense, that could be anything
apart from Visionaries, with the clearly ripped-off visual aesthetic of Fury Road.
I'm not saying there even would be someone else out there that would do Visionaries "justice", but if they have at least seen it before, their understanding would probably be more insightful.
ZeroWolf wrote: Also, the transformers do transform in the series, I thought it was the right amount (other people's opinions may vary). I don't want panels wasted because people think they need more shots of alt modes. If an alt mode scene is unnecessary then cut it. If they transform for the sake of it, cut it. Transformations should always serve the plot, to the point where if they interfere with it, drop them. I don't read Transformers just to see them transform, nor does it bother me if they don't. I read Transformers because I like the characters and want to see what's going on, in times of peace and (because we all know that the new continuity will be set either at the start of the war or during) in times of war.
Scene specific characters.
If you have an issue revolving around Grimlock and Shockwave, Clearly we all just want
Talking Heads, expressing their feelings Example 2: Kup is fleeing across a Cybertronian highway, trying to escape a rampaging Trypticon. So let's have him run on foot, occasionally falling over and taking breaks to wheeze, because he is sooo old
>Insert Guffaws<They are literal machines of War, altmodes should be front and centre in action sequences and the like. EG Prime's most impressive moment in The Movie? Plowing through the Decepticon ranks as a trukk.
This is what I am getting at. Being what they are, Transformers are capable in all media of extremely dynamic action and set pieces. Make the most of it! Don't just have punches and pew pews. Everyone else can already do that.