tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post1316658065550142433..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: TRANSFORMERS: WAR AND PEACE #3Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-75607610021887175232023-05-18T03:53:21.271-07:002023-05-18T03:53:21.271-07:00Like I said in an earlier comment, I never saw Whe...Like I said in an earlier comment, I never saw Wheeljack as being truly dead. If he was totally drained of energy by his device (that drew on the Autobots' energies to combat the virus), I figured he would go into stasis until he could be reenergised.<br /><br />Just like Snowkatt, I prefer my Dinobots intelligent. That's how they were in the UK comic. There were several storyarcs that they starred in in the first 100 issues or so that still have a fond place in my memory<br /><br />I don't hate the first 6-part storyarc the way you guys seem to, but I agree that this one is much betterSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582845368766619225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-85428282109552837102015-10-16T16:09:21.411-07:002015-10-16T16:09:21.411-07:00The "Seeker"term seems to have come from...The "Seeker"term seems to have come from a 1984 JC Penny catalog of all things, according to the wiki, who has done some extensive research on the subject. <br /><br />http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seekers#Origin_of_the_term<br /><br />Their original Sub Group name was Decepticon planes or Decepticon jets. <br />Personally I like the G2 term SkyRaiders. <br /><br />Unfortunately, in 2002 Furman used the term Seekers in a War With in, issue and made the term canon. ( drat and double drat )<br />Snowkattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-70357736182833223022015-10-16T10:33:14.785-07:002015-10-16T10:33:14.785-07:00I don't know how or why the term "Seeker&...I don't know how or why the term "Seeker" became so widespread among fans. I don't like it either. In G1, there was no term for the characters; they were just the "Decepticon jets", which works fine for me. But if a term must be applied to them, I prefer "Air Warriors", since Starscream's Tech Spec calls him the "Air Commander" while Skywarp, Thundercracker, Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust are all identified as "Warriors". Plus, in subsequent years, the generic light purple jet clones have come to be called "Air Warriors" as well.<br /><br />But I agree -- whatever they're called, I refuse to call them "Seekers".Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-34017732078388406992015-10-13T08:04:01.342-07:002015-10-13T08:04:01.342-07:00I think this Sixshot is just an easter egg, or th...I think this Sixshot is just an easter egg, or the in universe explanation could be that Sixshot just transforms in to a generic, for Cybertron anyway, assault vehicle. <br /><br />V2 might be so dense because they wanted to wash away the bad taste of V1. <br /><br />I am not ....a fan of the Sunstorm arc and thats a bit of an understatement'. <br />I'm indifferent at the best of times about the Skyraiders ( I refuse to call them seekers. ) And I dislike Starscream. <br />So a storyline with Starscream in a main role and with a skyraider repaint that lasts for 6 issues, is not going to win any favors with me. <br />But I will air those grievances when we get there. <br />Snowkattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-75322566436319933092015-10-12T15:24:05.060-07:002015-10-12T15:24:05.060-07:00Yeah, I don't know what Sixshot's actual d...Yeah, I don't know what Sixshot's actual deal is here. Much later in the ongoing series, he shows up again, mostly off-panel, and Astrotrain and Blitzwing have dialogue about how Shockwave has "completed" him. So it seems like the Sixshot seen here is either -- as you said -- a prototype, or it's the unfinished actual character.<br /><br />Good point about the ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN influence. WAR AND PEACE is pretty dense, as I said above, but as soon as we hit the ongoing, Mick goes into "full decompression" mode, padding his Sunstorm story out way too long.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-84751329729952507072015-10-12T09:22:52.401-07:002015-10-12T09:22:52.401-07:00Yeah this one ..hmm, in the middle of the six p...Yeah this one ..hmm, in the middle of the six parter. <br />I don't have much to say about it to be honest. <br /><br />Personally I like my Dinobots intelligent. Because intelligent thugs are dangerous thugs, more dangerous then a couple of imbeciles wandering off. <br /><br />The cartoon did the Stunticons and Aerialbots for that matter, right.<br />But then again the comic never gave either much of a spotlight. <br /><br />The vehicle the Dinobots go joyriding in is mostly likely a homage to Sixshot because its one of his alt modes. <br />( Dreamwave G1 comics are so replete with homages and nudge nudge wink wink, fanwank it's often hard to see what is and isnt an easter egg. )<br /><br />I mostly see wheeljack being alive and those comments about V1 as retconning the most egregious parts and then ignoring the rest. ( Easily done because v1 operated in a vacuum and is so ..forgettable. )<br />But i am all in favor of ignoring V1 anyway. <br /><br />This issue and the whole mini series really was released in 2003. So that means it was released at the height of Ultimate Spider-man's popularity. <br />I mostly blame that series for decompression and writing for the trade. <br />Along with Planetary, The Authority and the Dreamwave transformers mini's which were all high profile decompressed wide screen comics. <br />marvel later also ranw ith ti with the punisher max series and the ultimates <br />But Ultimate Spider-man was the most high profile and most successful. <br />With each story line running at a snails pace, being decompressed and slowed down to near breaking point.<br />The original 11 pages origin of Spider- man was inflated to encompass 7 issues. <br />154 pages <br />Which seems a bit excessive.<br />Snowkattnoreply@blogger.com