Thanks. As far as internet complaining goes, I think it should at least attempt to be entertaining. There's enough bitching in the real world to keep anybody busy.Best First wrote:That statement cracked me up.Professor Smooth wrote: The message of the book is something like: Being a Decepticon is bad. But the Autobots aren't right, either. Because war is bad. And you can be forgiven for evil acts. Peace isn't always the right answer. And you can use (hyper) violence when necessary. Especially when slavery is involved. And drift-racing is a good way to, I don't know, clear your head?
Best First wrote: I think the last few pages of Drift may be the most dreadful thing i have ever seen - mainly because it forces you to confront the reality that you share a planet with at least one person who thought that was a cool way to end a story.
And that is not a planet i want to live on man.
That's a good point. The dude's name is DRIFT. We GET IT!
Ever see "Bumfights," I wonder? If not, please don't.Best First wrote: The things that bugged me most about Drift were;
- Homeless guy, which generally implies you are a bit decrepid, somehow has mad fighting skills
Exactly. The order could have been to "kill all Aubots," and Drift could have gone against that. "No honor in senseless slaughter," "no challenge," "leave some alive to spread the word of how badass we are." All would have been acceptable, kind of cool, and not kept any sensible reader from judging the character as irredeemable. When you start killing the good guys for the hell of it, against the orders of a Decepticon, you're not going to be treated with kindness by anybody. Not the Autobots. And not the readers.Best First wrote: - The whole disobeying orders thing - would be fine if the order in question was not so stupid
- Once again the only way to try and make the con's sympathetic is to make out the 'bots are not really the good guys
Agreed. Some random Decepticon sways him the cause? That makes sense? Being one of Megatron's heretofore unheard of first recruits? Like I said before, he might as well be a female seeker/gestalt limb.Best First wrote: - the fact Megatron has to play a direct role in his origin, and that Deadlock is important to Megatron - bad fanfic 101
Drift was a completely new character. They could have easily given him a backstory that would fit a Decepticon-turned-Autobot. Instead, they made him the most evil Decepticon EVER and then gave him a change of heart when confronted with...what, exactly? But he was a characters SPECIFICALLY CREATED to be a Decepticon turned Autobot. You know why we never got to see Dinobot do anything Predacon-y before joining the Maximals? Because people ARE NOT PRONE TO FORGIVENESS. So showing us Deadlock obliterating Autobots is not something anybody, not the readers, not the Autobots, not anybody who has ever had a conflict with anybody, ever, is going to forgive.Best First wrote: - His conversion, as you say, has no resonance to it at all, he may as well have gone on Celebrity Rehab
- The Autobots should have shot him on sight
Waste of a comic. And money.Best First wrote: As you say, it's basically a waste of comics
This is one of those times where the internet's negativity has led us to ruin. Since EVERYTHING is met with overwhelming negativity, criticisms of things like this are swept under the rug. But they are legit criticisms. Drift doesn't need to be hilariously terrible. You could get a lot of milage out of the character. As they did already, with DINOBOT (and Marvel's Scorpinok before him). It's just that everything about this character is done poorly. Much like Spike, Drift seems to be pandering to an audience that doesn't read comic books...or exist.
