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Post by **Best First** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:31 pm

SPOLIERS!!!!!

Obvioulsy.

Looks amazing. THink the bot's may be in for some serious grief.

http://www.idwpublishing.com/previews.shtml

oh, and from what i can tell, suspected as much about Prime.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:30 pm

Very good. Saw the trailer bit coming as well.

What is TF: Balancing Act?

Post by **Best First** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:05 pm

some botcon TF: Cyberton stuff - not that interested to be honest.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:12 pm

I, however, AM!

It's been an absolute friggen nightmare to... "import" those! They're gosh-darn rare.

I believe that TF-cybertron is actually supposed to continue after that collection? As a comic from IDW. I rather like the multiversal approach, it makes Vector Prime so, SO much cooler of a character.

PLUS: Marvel continuity is referenced!

Sort of.

Post by **snarl** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:14 pm

EJ's art is getting **** hot, and the new colourist (or is it the same guy - it is definitely better) is making it look even better. The comic is ******* lush to look at...

When I see / hear people complain that it doesn't look as good as the DW book... it baffles me. This shits all over most of it, (bar the Don stuff, who is obv. at IDW himself so I'm not counting as DW anyway) ******* nutters.

Blacksword · Post by **Blacksword** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:07 pm

Yeah, it may not have the fancy computer tricks (which in my opinion made the DW stuff harder to read) but it's solid clear, dynamic story telling. But you know, ta heck with story, it's nothing without 1 million colours, computer effects and easter eggs....

Post by **Best First** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:36 am

loads of people over at the IDW boards whine about the colouring, i really am not sure why, other than possibly the arguement "Bright colours am good, make feel nice", but i don't really subscribe to that.

i think EJ is better than Don is some ways as well - his story telling is far better.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:15 pm

Yeah, seems like a lot of us had the creeping suspicion of the Trailer. ( killing Prime is just too damn cliché by now)

Snarl, it's a new colourist, Rauch is doing some Marvel-work now instead, wich oddly enough looks much better than his work on Transformers...

I suppose it was just a case of the new guy actually caring more about this particular brands finished product. Atleast that's what I think.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:50 pm

I expected Prime to survive by uploading his conciousness into the Matrix, or something along the way, but this is an even better idea - taking the old Marvel "three modules" aspect of Prime into a new level.

Though I wonder - do TFs have sparks in IDW? Then which module houses Prime's?

What I also find interesting is that Hot Rod is no longer a simple grunt, as Prowl doesn't even outrank him... odd. Hardhead comes off as an interesting character too (his only memorable moment in Marvel, for me, was when Unicron stepped on him...)

Btw, off topic but did anyone read the new Simon and Nick Roche interviews? Interesting stuff... Prowl and Grimlock - Electric Dreams sound like fun. Those two make interesting stories.