Re: IDW Transformers: Lost Light Ongoing Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 11:17 am
Ok, so my internet was knocked out over Thanksgiving weekend, and I finally got some time since it was restored. I read the wiki entry this morning while i was in my deer stand, and I read the comic once I got home. And Densh hit it on the head: Jesus. Christ.
Honestly, I really have no idea what to think about Getaway now. From what I gathered, and correct me if I'm wrong, this whole thing is because he believes he should be a Prime, and that has led to a character that has major pride issues, major lying issues, a huge case of narcissism, almost no sense of wrong for what he's doing to achieve that destiny he thinks he has, and ultimately, he sounds a bit like Prime Megatron, who turned evil because Optimus, not him, was chosen.
And now with all the different things he has, I really hate him. Legitimately hate him. He is a wretched character that is worse than most of the antagonists from IDW, and many in Transformers as a whole. He is horrible, and with Sunder now involved, they said that they did kill those crewmembers (or at least implied they would die when eaten down to the life strut or whatever), and memories now altered, how can this really be fixed? and how can next issue make it even worse?
On a plus side, I loved the Rodimus final message, and I also appreciate that Atomizer, while still a piece of crap, is seeing the faults in how far Getaway is going and also how selfish everything he has done is. He may be how things get better.
I wonder which crewmembers were sacrificed, other than Riptide (which sucks, I like him). And my question about how the crew, or at least Riptide, knew about the DJD is answered.
Either way, this was dark, and eye-opening, and holy crap so much more stuff.
As a small side note to end my post, I don't know why, but the political commentary from Roberts this issue made me twitch ever so slightly. I can understand using it sometimes, but with as frequent as it has been and in this case so blatant kinda made me tweak out for a second
Honestly, I really have no idea what to think about Getaway now. From what I gathered, and correct me if I'm wrong, this whole thing is because he believes he should be a Prime, and that has led to a character that has major pride issues, major lying issues, a huge case of narcissism, almost no sense of wrong for what he's doing to achieve that destiny he thinks he has, and ultimately, he sounds a bit like Prime Megatron, who turned evil because Optimus, not him, was chosen.
And now with all the different things he has, I really hate him. Legitimately hate him. He is a wretched character that is worse than most of the antagonists from IDW, and many in Transformers as a whole. He is horrible, and with Sunder now involved, they said that they did kill those crewmembers (or at least implied they would die when eaten down to the life strut or whatever), and memories now altered, how can this really be fixed? and how can next issue make it even worse?
On a plus side, I loved the Rodimus final message, and I also appreciate that Atomizer, while still a piece of crap, is seeing the faults in how far Getaway is going and also how selfish everything he has done is. He may be how things get better.
I wonder which crewmembers were sacrificed, other than Riptide (which sucks, I like him). And my question about how the crew, or at least Riptide, knew about the DJD is answered.
Either way, this was dark, and eye-opening, and holy crap so much more stuff.
As a small side note to end my post, I don't know why, but the political commentary from Roberts this issue made me twitch ever so slightly. I can understand using it sometimes, but with as frequent as it has been and in this case so blatant kinda made me tweak out for a second