"All Hail Megatron" teasers: art, interviews, etc.
I don't think they're 'going backwards' with the alt-modes. Given how easily the IDW TFs can switch alt-modes, it just means that they had some mission or the other where F-15s were a better disguise than F-22s (which, because only the US operates them, are only a good disguise in America and near US bases). F-15s are hardly ideal as a disguise either, but at least they're a step in the right direction in that respect.Civ wrote:I'd like to know what the reason is for them going backwards, story-wise, with the plane designs. I kinda liked the more articulate-looking designs better.
Of course, its easy for me to say that. I wasn't a big fan of the F-22 design (the same goes for many of the IDW redesigns, in retrospect -- where they overlap, Classics and Alternators usually do a better job reimagining the original characters), so I'm glad to see them go. IMO the F-15 is a much nicer-looking jet.
But like Denyer said, the character's looks are secondary to the story they're in.
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Do we actually know how easy a IDW alt mode change is? As far as I recall we've seen immediately before and after in places like Nightbeat, but not the process itself. It could be a quick scan ala the film, or a radical rebuild as in the oriignal comics. Not that this invalidates Warcry's point as they've a year to rejig themselves in...
I'm guessing it's a quick and easy process mainly because of Spotlight: Shockwave. Grimlock & co. manage to arrive in Earth orbit, pull off an alt-mode switch and still get down to the surface within the time window of Shockwave's mission, without any specialized tech staff on hand. If an alt-mode switch was as involved as it was in the Marvel comics, I don't think they could have done that. The impression I've gotten so far is more along the lines of the "quickly rebuilt in CR chamber"-type thing we saw in Beast Wars than anything else.inflatable dalek wrote:Do we actually know how easy a IDW alt mode change is? As far as I recall we've seen immediately before and after in places like Nightbeat, but not the process itself. It could be a quick scan ala the film, or a radical rebuild as in the oriignal comics. Not that this invalidates Warcry's point as they've a year to rejig themselves in...
But like you say, we don't actually know how it works and I could be totally off-base here.
Is there anyone else who finds this disturbingly more “DW” than “IDW”, if you know what I mean?
And, I was a bit surprised to realize that I’d be that “disturbed”, since I actually enjoyed much of Dreamwave at the time it was going. But, as much as I’ll always love them for the complete physical and verbal smackdown Megatron gave Shockwave in the penultimate issue of their run, I really do prefer the IDW continuity over the Dreamwave material, and I hope that All Hail Megatron doesn’t end up seeming like it belongs in the DW universe. (Which, really, Megatron Origin, despite whatever re-writes were done, still does, I think.)
And, I was a bit surprised to realize that I’d be that “disturbed”, since I actually enjoyed much of Dreamwave at the time it was going. But, as much as I’ll always love them for the complete physical and verbal smackdown Megatron gave Shockwave in the penultimate issue of their run, I really do prefer the IDW continuity over the Dreamwave material, and I hope that All Hail Megatron doesn’t end up seeming like it belongs in the DW universe. (Which, really, Megatron Origin, despite whatever re-writes were done, still does, I think.)
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Shane McCarthy was interviewed about the series by Newsarama:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153048
I got to say that I'm not happy that he seems to be implying that this is pretty much a reboot for the series. I would have liked it to tie in with IDW's other work at least a little bit. Hopefully it won't cancel out any of the subplots that were brought up in the various Spotlights.
I'm also skeptical about him claiming to be a "Transformers fan from the beginning".
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153048
I got to say that I'm not happy that he seems to be implying that this is pretty much a reboot for the series. I would have liked it to tie in with IDW's other work at least a little bit. Hopefully it won't cancel out any of the subplots that were brought up in the various Spotlights.
I'm also skeptical about him claiming to be a "Transformers fan from the beginning".
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I think Furman's aiming to wrap up key points and springboard into the other stuff he's writing -- and certainly a springboard / second phase is a good idea for the title. It just hasn't been presented well by the incoming writer.
You don't need the "isn't a *complete* reset", "we're taking giant steps forward", "new approach to the license", "Chris and I started talking and the subject of Transformers came up. He [...] was looking for somewhere new to take the series." -- it reads like an assassination of the current author/storyline.
You don't need the "isn't a *complete* reset", "we're taking giant steps forward", "new approach to the license", "Chris and I started talking and the subject of Transformers came up. He [...] was looking for somewhere new to take the series." -- it reads like an assassination of the current author/storyline.
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