[Gobots] Whisper it...

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:57 am

Still not finished with the first arc. Surprisingly good, if generic, material. Definitely more serious than I was expecting; "I wouldn't like to be the one that has to tell him he's an orphan."

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:50 am

...and the missing page for the second arc arrived today. Will be scanning this afternoon, and hopefully uploading over the weekend

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:28 pm

Excellent.

Answer my PM about the Lego sheriff so I can take your stuff to post office.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:46 pm

Cliffy never replies to PM's less than six weeks after they were first sent.

I'm now deeply anoyed that, having a flick through my James Bond collections (mainly to remind myself how the Casino Royale adaption delt with the carpet beater) that Titan seem to have skipped three stories with no explanation between the last two books. It's The Big Broadcast of 2006 all over again.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:22 pm

Originally posted by Cliffjumper

http://counter-x.net/gobots/comic/robo_ ... index.html

Now updated with both arcs

Be prepared for a very "It wasn't meant to be the end" sort-of ending, though.

SPOILER! (select to read)
I mean, Cy-Kill, Zod and Casmodon are basically left with the run of Earth, for Christ's sake!

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:02 am

Originally posted by Cliffjumper
Now updated with both arcs

Finished the first arc yesterday. The final battle was sort of anti-climax., in otherwise rather well done story. Strip would have benefited a lot of 1-2 pages more per issue.

Now to figure out which issue I haven't downloaded yet...

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:44 pm

The July stuff (last four) is the stuff that wasn't put up before

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:06 am

Yay!

I was waiting for that missing page you kept mentioning to be added before I read them...just because I like making up excuses to put stuff off.

Now I can read them!

My actual experience with GoBots fiction is frail at best. I've read the eHobby Dimensional Explorers backstory, which I thought was "neat" and I've seen the Rock Lords movies, which I didn't think was very neat at all.

Yet I am oddly drawn to them. Maybe it's because of Tux.

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:02 am

Having a problem with the comic.

I read through Story 1 fine, but the third page of every issue won't display, saying Photobucket couldn't find it.

I pwomiss to hate ":D" forever if you fix it, Cliffy.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:02 pm

Hmm, yeh, can't work that out right now... will have a proper look when I get back from the post office in an hour or so

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:32 pm

Fixed (Cliffy busted for sloppy cut-n-paste job).

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:48 pm

Originally posted by DrSpengler
I've seen the Rock Lords movies

Movies?!?! Rock Lord Movies? As in more than one Movie with Rock Lords? How the hell did that happen?

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:13 pm

Originally posted by inflatable dalek
How the hell did that happen?

Via type-o.

PS:

Thank you Cliffy. I enjoy free stuff!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:28 pm

Spengs, as a bit more of a cartoon buff, how much would you agree with the theory that the Rock Lord film was an intended TV serial repacked as a film?

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:29 pm

Originally posted by DrSpengler
Via type-o.

Phew, never do that to me again.

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:45 pm

Originally posted by Cliffjumper
Spengs, as a bit more of a cartoon buff, how much would you agree with the theory that the Rock Lord film was an intended TV serial repacked as a film?

I actually watched the thing on You Tube in 11 parts, so it felt like I was watching a TV serial, honestly.

It certainly didn't have the production values of a theatrical film. I know it's Hanna Barbara and all, but if they'd spent more money on animation and less on Margot Kidder it might have come out a little better.

Since the movie really looked no more impressive than the the TV series, they probably could've broken the thing up into 5 half-hour parts and shown it on TV and no one would have even guessed it was supposed to be a movie (save for maybe the presence of celebrities).

Also, for some reason I have a problem with cartoons where the plot boils down to "item collect!" It always makes me want to go play video games.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:10 pm

Sorry Speng. got by me first time round. Very rude of me

Originally posted by DrSpengler
Since the movie really looked no more impressive than the the TV series, they probably could've broken the thing up into 5 half-hour parts and shown it on TV and no one would have even guessed it was supposed to be a movie (save for maybe the presence of celebrities).

Yeh - TBH, if anything the 'film' animation is even cheaper than the few episodes I've seen... also, if you get bored enough to watch the thing with an eye on the timer, every 20 minutes or so there's a cliffhanger-y type event, and then a fade... There's also a fair bit of padding - dunno, wouldn't it be easier to save the money on 10 minutes of animation and simply have the film only run 80mins instead?

More on-topic, while those two stories were all we had for Robo Machines, we did getthis, which gets a full 10 on the Cliffy WTF-o-meter.

DrSpengler · Post by **DrSpengler** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:02 am

The pages won't load but maybe that's because my computer is stupid.

I can't claim to know who Dan Dare is but man, the "borrowed" character model of Cy-Kill is so blatant it hurts. I dunno, you'd think the artist would have added a few more bells and whistles and stylized the design a bit to make it a little less obvious.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:18 pm

Originally posted by DrSpengler
I can't claim to know who Dan Dare is but man,

Probably the most importan British comic character of all time. Though the artist who drew that doesn't even get his eyebrows right, so it seems your not alone in your ignorance.

Clogs · Post by **Clogs** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:32 pm

What about the Mekon? Don't forget about the Mekon.

Has no one seen the most recent small screen version outside the UK? Egads, for shame.

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