Machinima Transformers Combiner Wars Posters, by Srisuwan, Grant, Antoin, Guidi

That's some really fine artwork right there.

I really like the artwork on all of those

That battle scene and Computron art are both fantastic!

Wouldn't it have been nice to see these kinds of scenes in the show itself?

The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Well I'll be, that's pretty awesome!

Sabrblade wrote:

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

This is pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by sir, I am a big fan of your work!

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

This is pretty cool.

Thanks for stopping by sir, I am a big fan of your work!

And I'm a big Seibertron.com fan

Sabrblade wrote:

Guido wrote:The Computron art is based on my model sheet pencils too

Oh. wow, hi Mr. Guidi! Welcome to Seibertron!

Guido
Joined: 24 Mar 2005, 10:38

Sabrblade
Joined: 06 Dec 2007, 21:22

Looks like he's been here longer than you.


Man this is some nice art. If only the show had these awesome scenes.

Kurona wrote:Again, I... I really don't get it. All the kibble's there, transformation is used as a plot point, as a way to build mystery and intrigue; while other series use transformation as... just a thing they can do and that's it. Sorry if it sounds like I'm singling you out; but I've heard IDW described by quite a few people as the one series to not use transformation when it's the one series to really actually take advantage of transformation.

IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

Galactic Prime wrote:IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

Not this again.

Autobot N wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

Not this again.

Lemme guess, this is gonna lead to another eventual round of "They should bring back to G1 cartoon!" again, isn't it.

Sabrblade wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

Not this again.

Lemme guess, this is gonna lead to another eventual round of "They should bring back to G1 cartoon!" again, isn't it.

No, but it's no Dreamwave.

Episode 7 - https://www.go90.com/profiles/va_92b2644504054b28a8b694748ea11c87

Oh, but OF COURSE this episode would contain more of the recycled TFTM lines that we so haven't already heard a million times before. With a title like THAT, why wouldn't it?!

As to the episode itself... I could barely make heads or tails of it. At first, it kinda seemed like this show tried to justify Starscream's actions from the end of last episode by having him monologue with a sound, rational mind and not sounding like his selfish old self and such, but the points he was making were too vague to tell if he was speaking from his reformed perspective or from his original ambitious backstabber perspective. He needs to survive to the end of next episode and get turned back to normal for us to really see why he did what he did.

I say all this because, not long after his monologue, he pretty much breaks into madness and all chaos lets loose from the power of the Enigma. And here's where things get more haphazard than ever. Windblade sees the destruction that Enigma Starscream is causing and feels SAD about it. But wasn't this exactly what she wanted earlier in the show? To have all of the Cybertronians killed off? She's had practically zero character growth in this show for her now feeling sorry for Cybertron to not look like a rushed and forced attempt at pathos (which it totally does). And then when she gets hurt and falls to the ground, there's sad music and slow motion playing all around to signal our, the viewers', needing to feel sad about Windblade's condition, when she's been so completely unlikable up to this point as to hardly warrant any kind of empathy from the viewers.

Oh, and her fans can totally repel the force of a black hole. Yeah, that's a thing now, for some reason. And there's a black hole now, because why not?!

Meanwhile, Optimus was probably at his best here, performance-wise, and Cy-Kill masquerading as Megatron is still fun.

Another Tuesday, another episode of the Machinima Transformers: Combiner Wars animated series: Episode 7 - Darkest Hour - shows out more about Starscream's plan, the Enigma of combination, and how Windblade, Optimus and Megatron deal with everything else going on. For US viewers, you can stream the episode here - for some non-US viewers, there will be a YouTube upload later today on the official Machinima channel here.

Join the discussion in the Energon Pub, and pop back to Seibertron.com later for an episode review!

Sabrblade wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:IDW is garbage, has been since day one.

Not this again.

Lemme guess, this is gonna lead to another eventual round of "They should bring back to G1 cartoon!" again, isn't it.

I doubt it...the reasons for bringing back the original animated series are much more valid than just disappointment with some aspects of IDW, but as I've stated many times, I know it will never happen...thus we have things like THIS...

CW episode 7...yeeesh what a mess...every time they give us a glimpse of hope...at what might *possibly* be something cool...they go and muck it up. I know this series is completely its own continuity...but some of the series creators saw this as their "vision" of how the original series might have continued....man...what is wrong with people?

Also congrats on Windblade...for the first time they have created a character that, *if* she is dead (which is doubtful), nobody cares. Unlike Maxima..I think we were supposed to care about Windblade...nope not feeling it.

I have no idea what to make of that episode.

May need to watch it a few more times. I take it the next one is the final in the series then?

*sees Windblade "die"*

Galactic Prime wrote:No, but it's no Dreamwave.

Thank goodness for that! While DW did help kickstart Transformers comics again, they ended poorly. I do not miss DW. IDW has been excellent for a long, long time and I actively look forward to my next issues of TAAO and MTMTE (soon to be Lost Light.).