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Can you name me...

Post by spiderfrommars » Tue May 31, 2005 11:59 am

Can you name me one good thing about:

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom
Rock & Roll Out
Cash & Carnage (The Roadjammer story)
Raiders of the Last Ark
The first Marvel TF/GiJoe crossover
Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1
Dreamwave's Micromasters
Dreamwave's RID story

Can you name me one bad thing about:

The Harder They Die (UK 98 )
Victory (1987 annual)
War Without End (first G2 issue)
The original Carnivac saga (issues 237, 238 and 239)
The final two parts of Matrix Quest

I'll be interested in your answers... ;)

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue May 31, 2005 12:25 pm

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom
The kiss scene at the end!
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Post by Kaylee » Tue May 31, 2005 12:38 pm

Bah i had answrs typed out but i didn't know half the stories and my answers are dull anyway :(

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Post by Osku » Tue May 31, 2005 1:01 pm

Quick answers. :)

Can you name me one good thing about:
Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom


Idea of Decepticons using humans to get the energy. Better than the normal "let's attack X" scheme. What could the autobots do if the scheme had actually worked?

Rock & Roll Out

New method of "creating" cybertronians. Wasn't used after this? Autobots trying to figure out the planet.

Cash & Carnage (The Roadjammer story)

Firecons appearing in their robot modes. :D

Raiders of the Last Ark

Windcharger and Megatron actually using their special abilities.

The first Marvel TF/GiJoe crossover

Pass.

Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1

The short preview was interesting.

Dreamwave's Micromasters

Haven't read.

Dreamwave's RID story

Pass.

Can you name me one bad thing about:
The Harder They Die (UK 98 )


Use of Guardian unit instead of seeing more Wreckers in action.

Victory (1987 annual)

"Just a dream".

War Without End (first G2 issue)

Not fond of so many splash pages.

The original Carnivac saga (issues 237, 238 and 239)

Catilla's too easy death.

The final two parts of Matrix Quest
Thunderwing killing only one autobot, not very realistic. Harpoon.

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Re: Can you name me...

Post by Brendocon » Tue May 31, 2005 1:09 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Dreamwave's Micromasters
Can be easily mined for comedic value. :oops:
Grrr. Argh.

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Post by Ozz » Tue May 31, 2005 1:10 pm

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom - I never thought about it as a worst Transformers story ever, like it is often described. It's just weak.

I dunno, Buster and Jessie standing alone against two Decepticons, and winning?

Raiders of the Last Ark - Windcharger and Ravage working together.

Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1 - Megatron disposing of Lazarus. And enjoying it, too.

Dreamwave's Micromasters - Characterization of Micros in first issue.

Victory (1987 annual) - It was only a dream? ;)

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Post by Metal Vendetta » Tue May 31, 2005 1:53 pm

Good :

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom

Ratbat. Great Decepticon leader, crap plan. I liked Ratty in charge.

Rock & Roll Out
Uh...Hoist getting a starring role in a story?

Cash & Carnage (The Roadjammer story)
The revelation of Scorponok at the end. No great surprise, just good to see the big fella again.

Raiders of the Last Ark
Autobot/Decepticon co-operation, special powers, all the stuff previously mentioned.

The first Marvel TF/GiJoe crossover
Bumblebee gets destroyed. Though later rebuilt.

Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1
Optimus fights Devastator. That was pretty cool I thought.

Dreamwave's Micromasters
The Deluxe Insecticons?

Dreamwave's RID story
That pic of Scourge reflected in the building...some nice artwork.

Bad:

The Harder They Die

Nah, pretty flawless. Though it's annoying that Megatron's "evil Optimus clone" strategy worked so well.

Victory
It's pretty throwaway, since it doesn't really advance the Dinobots' plot, otherwise, a great UK TF story.

War Without End
The adverts in the middle, which I skipped the first 50 or so times I read it, meaning that I missed the Hot Rod/Optimus dialogue nestled somewhere within.

The original Carnivac saga
Catilla's death was a little easy (what, that Pretender shell won't protect you from a little sword?)

The final two parts of Matrix Quest
The blatant Aliens homage/rip-off?
I would have waited a ******* eternity for this!!!!
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Post by KingMob » Tue May 31, 2005 3:43 pm

Cool thread.

Good Things About:

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom
-The lettering of the title in the credits. Ratbat is certainly inventive; he also seems to have a knack of making bonkers plans sound really sensible and completely the best thing to do and if you disagree with him it's because you're educationally subnormal. Or at least that's the vibe I get from him.
Rock & Roll Out
-"Skywarp, the fleshlings fly to meet us. Toss them a cube." Always makes me think of cubed cheese for some reason....um, Skids is endearing, no? Come to think of it, all the newbie TFs get slightly more indepth character introductions than "I'm X and I can do Y". Facsimilie human drivers and covering up Autobot symbols was interesting.
Cash & Carnage (The Roadjammer story)
- Splitting up the Autobot team into 2 Sparklers and 1 Triggerbot. Yeah, so they all had to be cars, but still. Mr. Z, Mr. K etc is a level of stupid-funny that's allright, I guess.
Raiders of the Last Ark
-Megs using his abilities is quite scary to a 5yr old. Early signs of Ravage being a favourite. Nice to see Windcharger use his abilities, as everyone said.
The first Marvel TF/GiJoe crossover
-Ummm....Duke's (or was it Hawk's?) heart gets broken by a treacherous lady love! And then she gets her head blown off! Proving that a bad US soap opera storyline is handled better than one involving giant alien shapechanging robots battling terrorists and eco-destruction. What's my point? I have no idea.
Dreamwave's Micromasters
-That Don F cover with the golden disk is pretty nifty, if totally misleading. The Micromaster character viewpoint flashback that had Ultra Magnus saying "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH" made me laugh. That's it.
Dreamwave's RID story
-Meant we almost got a BW comic instead.

Bad Things about:

The Harder They Die (UK 98 )
-Having a Guardian unit be the one to take Prime down is a shame. Shoulda been a Wrecker, or even more than one. Still, I guess it set them up for the next part, oh Doh!, I'm finding excuses for it now, hush my fingers. Damn, this is a lovely issue.
Victory
Squee! Oooh, I heart this story! Oh, um, bad things...Megatron is coloured gold?
War Without End
-It's not actually drawn by Simon Bisley.
The original Carnivac saga
-Impenetrable Pretender shell in no use at all shocker.
The final two parts of Matrix Quest
-Thunderwing's 'BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA *punch someone*' routine a little grating?
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Post by Señior's Covenant » Tue May 31, 2005 3:48 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:Can you name me one good thing about:

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom
Rock & Roll Out
Cash & Carnage (The Roadjammer story)
Raiders of the Last Ark
The first Marvel TF/GiJoe crossover
Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1
Dreamwave's Micromasters
Dreamwave's RID story

Can you name me one bad thing about:

The Harder They Die (UK 98 )
Victory (1987 annual)
War Without End (first G2 issue)
The original Carnivac saga (issues 237, 238 and 239)
The final two parts of Matrix Quest

I'll be interested in your answers... ;)
Micromasters used the word "Guzzlers".

Matrix Quest had Thunderwing.

Everything else I'm still seeing a therapist over.
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Post by Warcry » Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:02 am

spiderfrommars wrote:Can you name me one good thing about:

Buster Witwicky and the Carwash of Doom
It featured Ratbat, who was his usual ridiculously hilarious self.
Dreamwave's G1 Vol 1
Some very nice cover art.
Can you name me one bad thing about:

The final two parts of Matrix Quest
Thunderwing is the most grossly incompetant villian ever.

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