what is the difference...

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:18 pm

between the failed "polydermal grafts" in Stormbringer and the "synthetic equivalent of mammalian flesh" in Shockwave: Spotlight? Why does one work and the other doesn't?

Manchester Devil · Post by **Manchester Devil** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 5:28 pm

The former is supposed to work on the mental and physical level, essentially living armour, and the latter is merely a physical disguise, which is my take on the question.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:45 pm

so it's like the difference between Spider-Man wearing fur or his symbiotic costume?

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:57 am

My take on it is that polydermal grafting is the attempt to take live flesh from a living thing and put it onto another, which goes with what the Transwiki Teletron 1 says:

IDW comics continuity:
In its most gruesome variation, Pretender technology was the invention of the Decepticon Thunderwing, and used living tissue painfully culled from live (quite possibly unwilling) subjects to create a powerful symbiotic, living carapace.

Spotlight is synthesizing a fleshy material and using it, which is much less problematic apparently in the IDWverse.

A rough equivalent would be a pacemaker vs. a heart transplant? I believe in human medicine we've only recently begun to synthesize skin.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:00 pm

In Stormbringer, they were attaching ACTUAL LIVING TRANSFORMER PARTS ZOMG to themselves.

In Spotlight Shockwave, they just put on imitation fur coats. Synthetic. Possibly nylon.

Post by **Best First** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:00 pm

Indeed - Grimlock is PETA approved.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:50 pm

He actually meditates and is a vegetarian. Who woulda thunk it?