While i totally understand a certain cynicism toward piggybacking all these properties on TF, what kind of hateful monster doesn't want to see the return of dino-riders?

C'mon man, thats just...mean.

 

Τhis, so much this.....

 

John Barber's still handling the continuity heavy stuff...the only issue there is that he's always looking for stuff we've forgotten about to bring in.

also, dino riders. Yes. Make it a comedy piece about the dino riders being really obsessed with saddling the dinobots, trypticon and overkill. To an almost Wil E Coyote degree.

 

Your point been? We have to see a decent, let alone good story for more than 10 years.....

So this is the level of jokes and writting the fandom expects? Funny moments sadling Trypticon? Ok:

 

Ten years?? What happened ten years ago that was so good it's jaded you to everything since?

 

Jaded me to everything since? I dont understand the expression, please explain. Not a native english speaker.

 

Booo hiss! I like the old stuff better than the new stuff &c&c&c

I may not have been super impressed w the first issue (Kup's hasbro mandated plot was some tacky garbage), but i'm keen to see where it goes. At the very least the art is p good!

 

It wasn't Hasbro that mandated they kill him. It was IDW. Editorially mandated character deaths are always a bad thing.

 

It's amazing how even with all those talented artists drawing them, their redesigned "modernised" costumes still manage to look like generic edgy crap...

 

I guess I mean: what's so bad about the last ten years of stories?

 

The old Visionaries costumes looked much better. Just needs a good artistic slant to it. The new costumes don't have that armor feel.

 

Repetition, generic plot lines, 0 unpredictability, social justice warrior tropes etc etc.

 

Within the last ten years:
Stories
* Last Stand of the Wreckers: Almost every character is killed, has a message of "People die in stupid, pointless, ways", makes the war even more cutthroat, and introduces characters who haven't seen any fiction for a while
* The Shadowplay arc: Changes Shockwave's character entirely by making him a victim of the Senate who was originally altruistic with no previous foresight of a change at all
* Spotlight: Megatron: An entirely different take on the standard "Megatron beats up Starscream" by adding the psychological aspect and ramping it up
* Sins of the Wreckers: Introduces a new faction, brings a new layer to Springer's character, shows what happens to one of the "little guys" if they're ignored enough

Ideas
* Almost all of the Primes have sucked
* Cybertron was always awful, with the government forcibly rewriting memories and mutilating citizens
* Starscream is the Chosen One, but was chosen to unite Cybertron to hate him
* Prowl being an antihero willing to do whatever it takes to save people
* Thundercracker deserting and allying with the humans
* The original Thirteen are not beings of mythical power (mostly), but guys who seized power when the opportunity presented itself

 

Yeah, no sorry. I stand by my previous statement. However good these might seem, they all have their inherent flaws that drawback in a category of the few I posted behind. I can understand why it might make someone joyfull, but nothing is original, its a trope that I have seen somewhere else. No wow factors at all, quite the contrary.

 

Could you please articulate why in more detail, sorry, not trying to be antagonistic, just want to understand your point of view

 

Would it sound snide/offensive/rude to you if I rather not? There are many things that I dislike about the way they handed both the lore and the character development as well as the overall script, which I find heavy handed. If I start posting here every thing that bothered me, I know it will turn into a flame war sooner or latter (and I dont mean with you) and I rather avoid that. Its a rather complicated issue with where this fandom is headed in general, who develops it, how and what the general expectations are of it...which will result in a rather....volatile reaction  

 

I understand, I have my own complaints about the direction it's headed now as well, and I know how sometimes arguments here can become.. heated

 

Thanks a lot.