The Cybertron reboot

[bobaprime85]

Or whatever it is, aside from an abrupt shift in the story. I thought now would be a good time to test the waters in regard to the new 'continuation'. Given the debacle that was the first issues of Energon, I can't say I'm looking forward to this, even if Furman was given prior warning.

Gah, the poor guy must be under more stress than Budiansky back in the day.

[spiderfrommars]

It can't be easy for him, thats for sure.

I have high hopes for the Energon ending story arc. After that, I'm feeling positive. With a lot more time to plan it, I think the transition shouldn't be too painful.

The nice thing is that they don't keep going back and starting from issue 1. We have quite a little saga in our hands now.

[Computron]

Personally I'm dreading it, and feeling really sorry for Furman.

Furman wants to tell a story but ends up having to use the first 6 issues to set up the new continuity, and then using the last 4-5 to end a saga and tie into the new continuity. That meant that out of Energon's 18 issues, 6 issues are not directly tied to introducing or ending the overall story arc. That bugs me, especially given what we lose as a result, such as the Minicons. Despite dreading a possible TF Pokemon fiasco, the Minicons were the best thing to happen to TF's since G2, imho.

That being said, I just hope that Cybertron doesn't result in another 4 issue arc that has us running around for a Deus ex Machina reason for Prime to upgrade, and more importantly have Megatron out of commission for 10 issues.

But I have faith.

[Professor Smooth]

I think that comics like Sandman and Preacher have shown how knowing that a book has a definate beginning and a definate ending can make for a very tight (and overall enjoyable) story. Also, I'm sorry for comparing the Transformers storyline (in ANY incarnation) to Sandman and Preacher.

[Best First]

i'm more curiosuthan enything esle tbh. Furman's output certainly deosn't fill me with dread in the manner other upcoming DW works do.