Simon Furman interview at Transfans

Post by **Denyer** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:26 pm

TransFans talk Death's Head, Transformers IDW-style and the final days of Dreamwave with the Furminator, including a few tantalising hints about Infiltration.

http://transfans.net/interviews_furman3.php

What're you waiting for? Go read!

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:34 pm

How'd ya score this one??

{reads}

EDIT:

Furman wrote:there’s the big summer ‘event,’ which is pretty much under wraps currently. All I will tell you, is that it introduces a truly kick-ass menace... and it’s NOT Unicron.

What could this possibly be?? I just keep thinking about Leige Maximo but.. no way! We know it is also equally 'no way' to be the Fallen, or multiple such as him. So uh... I've got no clue.

Furman wrote:They have to get the tone and pitch just right. But can they possibly match the sheer kick-ass spectacle of the original (animated) movie? It’s going to be tough... that movie rocked... big time!

Well, it's official now.

Sorry Besters, but the movie kicked tail! HEH!

I can hear the screams now.. from some dark halls filled with marvel comic-only super-hardcore fans..

"NOOoo! It's impossible! Madness! Nothing out of the cartoon, or in any way related to it could ever possibly spawn even one useful concept!!"

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:14 am

Top class interview - Ah you see the wonder of the admin forum already told me this was cool!

Its interesting to read about how he feels he developed as a writter, he makes it sound like the early G1 marvel days were luck? surely not, talent more like.

Cheers Simon

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:48 am

yeah, T2006 still stands out as a very strong piece of work for example.

great responses.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:05 am

Predabot wrote:the movie kicked tail! HEH!

I can hear the screams now.. from some dark halls filled with marvel comic-only super-hardcore fans.. "NOOoo! It's impossible! Madness! Nothing out of the cartoon, or in any way related to it could ever possibly spawn even one useful concept!!"

I don't think there are many hardcore Marvel US-only fans, and the Marvel UK material drew heavily from the movie.

If we never see Unicron in this continuity it'll be too soon.

The plain fact was, I realised, I didn’t want to just tell the same story again. Instead, I looked back at what had been done before and I asked key questions like: does this still work?

Fills me with hope.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:16 am

Lovely work lads.

I am really looking forward to all this so much now.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:23 am

Good work, you.

A grand TF conspiracy that goes back to Earth’s prehistory and rolls on into a first contact scenario in 1984?

Does it involve a pool of goo under the bottom of the ocean?

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:53 am

Excellent interview.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:33 am

Ozz wrote: Does it involve a pool of goo under the bottom of the ocean?

"mood slime?"

Anyway, franklu i love the fact that he actually sticks it to Pat. Maybe thi smkes me a bad gossip mongering human being but Lee seems to have got not nearly enough flak IMO.

Quite excited about Death's Head. And Issue 0. And the ongoing (and Serenity).

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:40 pm

Top work lads and props to Mr. F for doing the interview.

I like what I'm hearing about Infiltration, though it doesn't exactly tie in with the "Epics have to be earned" ethos we were hearing from Ryall...sounds ike Furman is planning an epic all of his ownsome for this...

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:06 pm

Yeah, Pat finally gets from SF what he deserves.

I'm sad that Cybertron comic is nowhere to be seen.It was Simon's Armada and Energon comics that made me even remotely interested in these series.

Btw, in the next interview, ask him about Shockwave and the "Shockwave did it" syndrome. And mostly, if he plans to use him in IDW or give ol' one-eye a well-deserved rest (after all, he had the whole Cybertron running).

DH, good, new design - bad. Hope they lose most of the Minion bits, asFurman hinted, and go back to Ol' version 1.0 personality.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:58 pm

That was the most interesting interview I've ever read with a TF creator. A bit miffed that we won't see Prime until at least MAY of next year, though.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:02 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if he puts in a part appearance through radio messages before that... but I do like the focus on characters other than leaders. Both #0 and #1 look to be reassuringly fast-paced, too.

though it doesn't exactly tie in with the "Epics have to be earned" ethos we were hearing from Ryall...

Would you say G2 #1 was an epic? Hopefully it'll be a redefining event like that rather than "bad guy of the week" stuff.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:17 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:That was the most interesting interview I've ever read with a TF creator. A bit miffed that we won't see Prime until at least MAY of next year, though.

credit pretty much goes to Spidey.

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:57 pm

Best First wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:That was the most interesting interview I've ever read with a TF creator. A bit miffed that we won't see Prime until at least MAY of next year, though.
credit pretty much goes to Spidey.

Then well done Spidy.

Y'know, I don't think I had this level of can't-wait anticipation about anything TF since I was about 12 years old. And that interview has got me all boyed up even more.........

And now I hate Pat Lee even more.......

Post by **Best First** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:29 pm

dude, Pat is not worthy of your hate.

Think instead of the karmic retribution that is hurtling toward him and pity his sub-human talentless balloon animal ass.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:21 am

Damn straight.

"Why did you leave your last job, Mr. Bisley?"
"It was a...difference of opinion."
"Pat Lee's House of M: Iron Man?"
"...yeah."
"You didn't like it then?"
"No."
*taps nose*
"I'll get some money out to you this week."

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:35 am

Been linked:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/colum ... ticle=2266

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:03 am

Hey, cool. I likes me some Rich and LitG.

Good going, that spidey.

incidentally, I met a TF comic fan who's buying Iron Man: House of M, t'other day.
'Even with the Pat Lee?' says I.
'I love Pat Lee', he says.
'But he tanked his company and screwed over lots of people and the thing with the car and condo and the strippers and the not paying of the people!' says I.
'Yeah, allright,' says he, 'but his art's great'.

I had to go have a cigarette.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:09 pm

i hope you stubbed it out in his eye...

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:29 pm

KingMob wrote:Hey, cool. I likes me some Rich and LitG.

Good going, that spidey.

incidentally, I met a TF comic fan who's buying Iron Man: House of M, t'other day.
'Even with the Pat Lee?' says I.
'I love Pat Lee', he says.
'But he tanked his company and screwed over lots of people and the thing with the car and condo and the strippers and the not paying of the people!' says I.
'Yeah, allright,' says he, 'but his art's great'.

I had to go have a cigarette.

For the love of Primus I can't understand how people can like his art. Even his humans look all the same... Same faces, Imean.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:59 am

Denyer wrote:Been linked:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/colum ... ticle=2266

I'm torn on this. I'm absolutely thrilled that the interview is getting exposure on the hands down BEST comics news site on the planet. But Mr. Johnston is also the guy who told me that if I wanted to copy/paste any of the blurbs he's done on Pat Lee in the past for one of my rumors (which was eventually scrapped, btw) that I'd have to pay him. Still, this is a good thing.

Post by **Denyer** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:21 am

Stick to relevant quotes, add some flavour text and voila—fair use by purpose of news and review.