Movie Prequel 2 & 3 & 4

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:16 am

I note no one could be arsed to comment on these?

i must say i was pretty underwhelmed, the whole thing feels very constrained by the McGuffin premise of the movie, which doesn't stack up that well.

There's nothing actively bad about them IMO but compared to Escalation or the Kup spotlight... this just seems a bit of a non event.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:47 pm

I agree. And those things looks like TOTAL pain in the asses to draw and make distinct from each other. Don's doing a great job as usual, but they're totally pinned in by the source material.

Blacksword · Post by **Blacksword** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:29 am

I can't help but feel like a chump for buying these, but now that I've bought the first few I'd feel just as stupid if I didn't find out how the thing ends... sigh... We be whipped gents.

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:00 pm

There just isn't a story here. So far, they read like a series of disjoined 'insights' into the various subplots of the movie, essentially there to answer questions like 'how did megatron end up in the ice?' and 'how did Bumblebee loose his voice?'

All rather pointless really.......but I'll read 'em till the end. Mainly 'cos I've already paid Mr Bax for them

. Theres a faint hope it might be going somewhere, though, with the arrival of Screamer and co on Mars.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:48 pm

Scraplet wrote:So far, they read like a series of disjoined 'insights' into the various subplots of the movie.

My thoughts exactly.

By the way, I've added issue 4 to the thread title...

And said issue was a non event for me.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:54 pm

I dunno. I thought they were fun. Nice chase scene in 4. But seriously, does anyone want another continuity?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:33 am

Best First wrote:I note no one could be arsed to comment on these?

i must say i was pretty underwhelmed, the whole thing feels very constrained by the McGuffin premise of the movie, which doesn't stack up that well.

There's nothing actively bad about them IMO but compared to Escalation or the Kup spotlight... this just seems a bit of a non event.

I pretty much felt the same way, though I don't blame Simon or Chris. I think the writers were definitely constrained by the movie here.

I was expecting more about what went on on Cybertron rather than this sort of intro.

As far as setting up the movie, it did a good job. But it really was only just that: a set up.

Post by **Best First** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:22 am

to be honest i think they may have taken the wrong approach - a bit more war on Cybs and adventures within that, possibly with non movie chars would have been more fun.

then again with the designs as they are and the dark colouring they used for Cybertron i couldn't tell what the **** was going on so maybe not.

either way, my overall response is: meh, sadly.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Fri May 11, 2007 12:50 pm

The colouring was bad?

But I thought it was one of the smashin' Josh gents, and ussually they're both ace, aren't they?

rusty_herring · Post by **rusty_herring** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:09 pm

I just got Issue 1 on 'free comic book day'. Like some people are saying, I couldn't tell one robot from each other most of the time (I could only tell who "Arcee" was by the pink speech bubble).

I don't blame Simon or Chris. I think the writers were definitely constrained by the movie here.

My thoughts exactly. I'm sure their creativity was heavily, heavily constrained for this project.

I don't know why you could re-attach Bumblebee's arm with no repercussions but his 'voice box' is lost forever. Maybe they should've just given him a 'Stephen Hawking'-like voice simulator for the movie.

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