Transformers Continuum

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:46 am

Just caught some of the preview pages of this.

This is great. Look how the events of M:O are recapped and phrased:

"With records from the Great War scattered and incomplete, little is known for sure. It is believed that Megatron was a slave...

"Another form of recruitment may have come from battling in gladitorial-style matches".

"Sentinel Prime, it is said, challenged Megatron.."

Very clever. Leave it open to interpretation. I give IDW credit there.

http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&al ... 00&start=0

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:59 pm

"Starcream, Thundercracker and Skywarp were noble..."

WTF? Please repeat that. Since when? I wish Costa and Shame would start handling the seekers as they have always been handled. Let's face it, Skywarp and TC are thugs at worst, elite warriors at best, but they are nowhere in the Con hierarchy. Yet they are always given spotlight as if they were the next Shockwave... Why? Oh yeah. Sunbow fanbase...

stranger · Post by **stranger** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:14 pm

BB Shockwave wrote:"Starcream, Thundercracker and Skywarp were noble..."

WTF? Please repeat that. Since when? I wish Costa and Shame would start handling the seekers as they have always been handled. Let's face it, Skywarp and TC are thugs at worst, elite warriors at best, but they are nowhere in the Con hierarchy. Yet they are always given spotlight as if they were the next Shockwave... Why? Oh yeah. Sunbow fanbase...

Andy Schmidt (w)

I take your point though. Skywarp being the hardest to find nobility in...

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:02 pm

What is TF: Continuum?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:56 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:What is TF: Continuum?

It's "The Definitive Chronology"

A one-off that summarises all that has happened in the IDWverse to date.

Except that it doesn't appear to begin at the beginning, in-universe-wise (i.e. Megatron:Origin not Nova Prime-era), and will probably end up missing out the entire Dead Universe stuff.

And as for retconning M:O as "open to interpretation", that's hardly inspirational. They'll probably have some kind of "it was war, no one knows what really happens in the heat of battle" cop-out for AHM too.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:31 am

Rebis wrote:
And as for retconning M:O as "open to interpretation", that's hardly inspirational. They'll probably have some kind of "it was war, no one knows what really happens in the heat of battle" cop-out for AHM too.

I sure as hell hope so. Cop-out or not, sweep that **** under the rug and start anew, please.

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:49 pm

They should go one further and have all the TFs wake up at the start of Ongoing #1 with their memory of the last four years erased.

"Last thing I remember, I'd just knocked Galvatron into a vat of lava. What the flip are we doing on Earth? Where's our ship?"

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:57 pm

Jack Cade wrote:"Last thing I remember, I'd just knocked Galvatron into a vat of lava. What the flip are we doing on Earth? Where's our ship?"

"Why are we in our original beast modes, why are we being hunted by an army of vehicles and where did Rhinox and Silverbolt go?"

?

Post by **Best First** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:13 pm

Yaya wrote: Very clever. Leave it open to interpretation. I give IDW credit there.

http://transfans.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic ... l+megatron

I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:57 pm

Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote: Very clever. Leave it open to interpretation. I give IDW credit there.
http://transfans.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic ... l+megatron

I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

say make it a legend rather than fact

"They say Megatron came from nowhere, a humble worker rising through the games to eventually fell a Prime. That's what they say, but the truth... the truth is somewhat different"

Hehe. Looks like IDW listened to you, BF.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:21 am

Yaya wrote:
Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote: Very clever. Leave it open to interpretation. I give IDW credit there.
http://transfans.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic ... l+megatron

I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

say make it a legend rather than fact

"They say Megatron came from nowhere, a humble worker rising through the games to eventually fell a Prime. That's what they say, but the truth... the truth is somewhat different"
Hehe. Looks like IDW listened to you, BF.

So EJ Su is now drawing the ongoing and it is being co-written by Furman and Roche?

Post by **Best First** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:43 am

They listened to the wrong bit the tw@ts!

Damnit.

Edit-

Two other things;

re; Skywarp being 'Noble' it means he was part of high society, not of noble spirit - just because you have status does not neccessarily mean you are a thug so i think that bit is fine - it should possibly say "Nobles" rather than noble.

This is a good example of the kind of thing Marvel give away for free before an event or a character relaunch - sadly i doubt IDW are in a position to do the same thing but it would work great.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:33 am

A review of Continuum:

http://tformers.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1100

The most glaring error is the continual confusion of Skywatch, and The Machination. Continuum seems to say they are the same organization.

Wow.

If that's the case, the fallout from fans from this issue is going to be ugly.

I didn't really care for Skywatch or the Machination myself, but this again could be a major editorial blunder if true.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:18 am

http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20091111.html
http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20091112.html

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:48 am

Heh, beat me to it.

But that IDW apparently emailed Walky about a parody comic? Not even Pat Lee did that, and Shortpacked made fun of him in a much more severe way...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:12 am

BB Shockwave wrote:But that IDW apparently emailed Walky about a parody comic?

Nah. Tis satire. Hence all the typos and the "that part is true" about his wife.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:45 am

So:

No New art
Wrong text
Not free

sweet.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm

Ozz wrote: http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20091112.html

Umm... WTF is Doug doing to ALF in the background there?

stranger · Post by **stranger** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:27 pm

Good grief what a mess. Andy Schmidt is rapidly becoming a great way to describe these books in rhyming slang...

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:24 pm

stranger wrote:Good grief what a mess. Andy Schmidt is rapidly becoming a great way to describe these books in rhyming slang...

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:18 pm

Just read this "summary" of events issue.

Seriously, I've read every IDW issue to date, and all this thing did was confuse the hell out of me.

I don't even want to think about how confusing a newbie would be.

I'm pretty sure the creators half way through this came to the realization that one of the problems with how they've handled Transformers thus far has been the mucking up of the timeline and where events fit into the scheme of things. It's a clusterfock. Well and truly, a clusterfock.

I feel sorry for Schmidt and Costa, actually. To make sense of the past is just impossible at this point. I just hope fans can understand this and give these guys a break with regards to jiving with the past.

Best to look at this new direction as a complete reboot, if you're a fan or a creator. It will be less painful that way.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:40 pm

Unless you are really sick of reboots....

Post by **snarl** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:50 pm

It's not even ******* hard to get the IDW timeline nailed.

I'm sure anybody here could sort it in a ******* day.

Jesus suffering [composite word including 'f*ck'].

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:53 pm

http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679

Aaand supposedly Schmidt ****ed up Continuum on purpose.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:29 pm

This is just fragging idiotic. I have no better words for it...

And at least now I have a face to match the name Andy Schmidt. KInd of what I expected to see...

Also, no Galvatron until 2011. Bummer. But at least we'll see Metroplex again next year.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:40 pm

BB Shockwave wrote: And at least now I have a face to match the name Andy Schmidt. KInd of what I expected to see...

Ouch. That was a bit harsh.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:09 pm

Hot Shot wrote:http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12679

Aaand supposedly Schmidt ****ed up Continuum on purpose.

Wow, such respect for the more junior reader...

Also - seems a bit unfair to essentially say that people "didn't understand" who it was intended for - probably shouldn't have been sold as "an essential guide for every TRANSFORMERS fan!" eh? Can't have it both ways.

Sunyavadin · Post by **Sunyavadin** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:03 pm

He really couldn't have made himself sound like a more pompous, arrogant, condescending prick. He must have been trying pretty hard to convey that.

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