The posthumous DW anti-awards

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The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Best First » Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:31 pm

looking back, what did they get wrong?

Worst character?
Worst story?
Worst writer
Worst artist?
Worst single issue?
Worst series?
Worst cover?

Worst anything else? e.g finanical management...
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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by BB Shockwave » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:10 pm

Best First wrote:looking back, what did they get wrong?

Worst character?
Shockwave, without any doubt. But I guess the femmes would have had this award, had they appeared sooner...
Worst story?
All together now: "Dreamwave Generation 1 Volume 1."!!!
Worst writer
Joint place for Mad Brick and Saccarini?
Worst artist?
Rob Ruffolo... (artist?)
Worst single issue?
Hard... but Armada #3 wins. Over Car wash of doom, any day...

Worst series?
M is for money
I is for incompetence
C is for cash-cow
R is for rushed
O is for "Oh my God! My eyes!"
M is for more money
A is for awful
S is for "story? where?"
T is for tiny heads
E is for "ewww"
R is for retro cartoon plot
S is for Shockwave's head...
Worst story arc?
See worst story.
Worst cover?
Magnus 'coming out'
Worst anything else? e.g finanical management...
Worst boss award to Pat Lee...
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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Señior's Covenant » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:08 pm

Best First wrote:looking back, what did they get wrong?
The only question more easy to ask is "are you reading this?".
Best First wrote:Worst character?
Hmm. Info-Dump/taken out by a Micromaster Shockwave? File-Clerk Pre-Op. Prime? Mute/Background Art Soundwave?

Shockwave. Definitely Shockwave.
Best First wrote:Worst story?
Pick an ongoing, any ongoing.
Best First wrote:Worst writer?
Brick. Maaaaaaaaad Brick.
Best First wrote:Worst "Flung shtuff on paper"-guy?
Ruffolo. Though it's really not an issue for me.
Best First wrote:Worst single issue?
Pick an ongoing, any ongoing.
Best First wrote:Worst story arc?
Micromasters.
Best First wrote:Worst cover?
Any of the seventy alternate-covers-per-title for principle.
Best First wrote:Worst anything else? e.g finanical management...
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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Stormwolf » Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:25 pm

Worst character: Soundwave (G1)
Worst story: Mad Brick's "Shockwave did it" story a.k.a. vol 2 + ongoing
Worst writer: Mad Brick
Worst artist: Rob Ruffolo
Worst single issue: RID oneshot
Worst series: DW G1
Worst story arc: Micromasters
Worst cover: Dunno
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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by spiderfrommars » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:06 pm

Best First wrote:Worst character?


Sunstreaker
Best First wrote:Worst story?


G1 Vol 1
Best First wrote:Worst writer


Chris Sarracini
Best First wrote:Worst artist?


Rob Ruffolo (Maybe Pat hired him so that he wouldn't win contests like this?)
Best First wrote:Worst single issue?


Armada issue 3. The horror, the horror.
Best First wrote:Worst series?


G1 (especially vols 1 and 2)
Best First wrote:Worst cover?


G1 Vol 2 issue 1.

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Post by Best First » Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:27 pm

Worst character?
yeah.... Sunstreaker was a tool, eh?
Worst story?
Micromasters - actually worse than G1 vol 1. wow.
Worst writer
Chris Saracinni
Worst artist?
Pat lee
Worst single issue?
G1 V1 6
Worst series?
G1
Worst cover?
G1 V2 1 (Decep cover)
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Post by Ozz » Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:48 pm

Character

I personally found Sunstorm uninteresting and annoying. Especially annoying.

Story

'The Prime Directive'. Ugh.

Writer

I guess that one goes to Chris S.

Artist

Rob Ruffolo. The horror...

Single issue

I'll go with 'Transformers/G.I.Joe' #6. I enjoyed the series very much, and this... kind of killed it.

Series

I guess Micromasters had less good points than Generation 1.

Cover

The covers to 'War And Peace' #1. Bumblebee's feet. And Megatron's cannon. :(

Anything else

The attitude some of DW's employees presented in interviews and their press releases. "We the best thing there is on the face of the world, you fans are a bit stupid. Marvel did Transformers?" Though I admit that they summarized Furman's accomplishments pretty good in last letter pages in Energon. ;)
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Post by KingMob » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:17 pm

Character
Any one written by Chris Saracini

Story
Any one written by Chris Saracini

Writer
Chris Saracini

Artist
Chri -oops, force of habit. Rob Ruffalo.

Single issue
Micromasters 4.

Series
Micromasters.

Cover
War and Peace #1 Decepticon.

Anything else
As Ozz said. Their PA/hype-factory was just....abysmal.

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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Warcry » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:52 pm

Worst character?
Sunstorm...no, G1 Magnus...no, wait, G1 Shockwave. Er, or G1 Ratbat...

Worst story?
G1V2 'War and Peace"

Worst writer
Mad Brick

Worst artist?
Pat Lee

Worst single issue?
G1V1 #1

Worst series?
Micromasters

Worst cover?
The one with Prime and Elita (was it slated for G1#12?)

Worst anything else?
Pat Lee.

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Post by Repticon » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:25 pm

Worst character?

Sarracini’s Armada Kids. Thank Primus for Mr. Furman, he did a far better work with the trio.

Worst story?

Many people has said Micromasters, but at least its premise was cool, the series failed due to its poor development and terrible art. The RID one-shot… it has nothing redeemable.

Worst writer?

Sarracini, he had some good moments ‘tough.

Worst artist?

Rob Ruffolo as penciler. But we gotta hand it to the man, his colors were great.

Worst single issue?
Armada #3: almost a complete issue dedicated to those pesky kids?

Worst series?
Micromasters

Worst cover?

G1 vol 2 # 1. Pick any cover.


Worst anything else?
Lees= worst bosses ever.

And where the Pit was the editor? Mr. “Brick”, We know you loved the G1 toon (we all do it) but ¿having the same continuity issues?

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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Metal Vendetta » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:19 pm

Worst character?
Pat Lee

Worst story?
RID

Worst writer
Those responsible for Micromasters

Worst artist?
Those responsible for Micromasters

Worst single issue?
Armada #3. I dropped the series from there until World's Collide.

Worst series?
Micromasters

Worst cover?
G1V2#1 was pretty bad

Worst anything else?
Pat Lee blowing all our Transformer money on strippers.
I would have waited a ******* eternity for this!!!!
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Re: The posthumous DW anti-awards

Post by Señior's Covenant » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:07 am

Metal Vendetta wrote:Worst character?
Pat Lee
:lol:
Worst anything else?
Pat Lee blowing all our Transformer money on strippers.
...and cigarettes, and the magnifying glasses he used to draw the heads so small, and paying photographers to take pictures of him smoking, which leads to more cigarettes...

Hmm. Blowing. Strippers. Yup. Pat Lee loves a little head. [/running gag]
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