Nefarious #1 Discussion

Discussion in 'Transformers Comics Discussion' started by Tim Formas, Mar 16, 2010.

  1. eagc7

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    the longarm and salvage from teh cocmsi were allsaprk mutation, not the actual characters
     
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    no, there was no retcon
     
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    too bad the only references available for the artists, of Soundwave was NIzzi's portrait and the toy, otherwise it would have been a much more better drawing..
     
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    Just read it, and good lord this comic sucks. The art is a mess and barely a step up from the Tales of the Fallen. The writing is poor too, weak lines that are riddled with furmanisms, and I'm kinda pissed off that
    Breakaway got killed off before we could even see him in robot mode
    . The story is a joke too, with Furman seemingly rehashing elements from his Infiltration series (the Machination) and even Reign of Starscream (
    the organization building a new Allspark
    ). I really, really hope it will improve in the next few issues, but I'm not counting on it.

    Starscream's completely different personality for one, as well as Arcee, which was only recently fixed in that Tales of the Fallen comic. There were some other things that I can't thin of from the top of my head as well.
     
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    Breakaway dies? Without transforming?

    Ahem...

    NOOOOO!!!

    You shit-knocker, Simon Furman! You killed off my favourite ROTF character!
     
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    Well, it's a movie comic. The 'bots that aren't in the movie you can count on to drop like flies, I expected that going in. But yeah, without even transforming, that's a little lame. And the "big reveal" at the end being almost the EXACT SAME plot point that Reign of Starscream centered around is a disappointment, too, though I'll have to read more of this series to really make a judgement call on that. Could be it's just starting out that way.

    Soundwave's "cassettes" are awesome, though. Reimagining Rumble as a blue rhinoceros was pretty cool.
     
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    Picked it up and I thought it was pretty good. The art style appeals to me as a very solid translation of the movie look. I like Soundwave in this book. I will pick up the rest and hope it gets better. WAY better than the Bumble Bee series so far IMHO.
     
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    No... not Breakaway... damn it!

    And I guess I shoulda expected Jolt not to speak. Oy...

    eagc7, yes, there was a retcon - Brawl was Devastator in the film, which had some confused over if they were different people in the film. RoS retconned it by confirming it was Brawl all along.
     
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    Not the greatest comic by far. Rumble is a Rhino? He looked okay..kind of weird how all of the minions look sort of like Ravage, except Buzzsaw, who is clearly a G1 Buzzsaw with more detail.
     
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    Wait, no bikes? Didn't one survive?
     
  11. Digilaut

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    None of them appeared in this comic, so yes, it's quite possible they're all dead. Guess we will have to wait and see if they appear.
     
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    I loved the new minions, they were pretty cool. Breakaway's death was utterly pointless. And I thought it was good that Sideswipe got a bit more characterisation - it seems he's closer to G1 Sunstreaker in character than his G1 namesake (apart from loving himself he has a healthy disdain for humans)
     
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    The Arcee thing isn't an issue with Reign of Starscream and the movie, its an issue between Alliance and Reign of Starscream, since when she was in Alliance she was exactly how she was in the movie. And, as you mentioned, the gap was filled with a (pretty cool) Tales of the Fallen issue.
     
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    I think Buzzsaw is meant to be that real gear that turns into an MP3 player. I thought it was off to a decent start until they offed Breakaway. So pointless.
     
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    Yup, like i sayed, they might be dead, but like you sayed lets wait and see
     
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    No, i was not tlaknig about that, i was tlaking that there was not retcon with reign and ROTF
     
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    I wasn't going to read this series, but I figured what the hell & picked up #1 to see if I'd like it. And I did, not sure if Rumble needed to be a Rhino, though it makes sense if you'd make him one(And he's BLUE!:D ). That, Buzzsaw being red instead of yellow and Jolt not speaking(still happy to see him though) are my only real complaints, but I'm nitpicking.
     
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    When I read through this I didn't think they killed off Breakaway but now I'm second guessing after reading all these posts. For all we know he was just shot though right? I don't have it in front of me, but there was no line from the Autobots declaring he's dead right? Like a "Oh Breakaway! Soundwave you'll pay!"?

    I personally am not a fan of Magno's art and much prefer Milne. It was weird having Buzzsaw be the only minion that didn't receive an update. Furthermore he was colored as Lazerbeak =T

    If Furman is to pen transformers comics, I'd much prefer he get his own little mini series. While you may not like how he writes, I think we can all agree that we'll get some good ol' Furman fashioned action. I thought the one or two issues he wrote for Tales of the Fallen were a little subpar. Here, he'll be able to do his own thing.
     
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    I think he was pretty much blown to smithereens, judging from the explosion and the flying panels. Don't have the comic in front of me right now, either though.
     
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    Looking at page 18, second to last panel, I'd say Breakaway is definitely dead. judging by the size of the blast and large pieces of debris.

    Someone yells "Breakaway!" on the same panel mentioned above. Not quite implying that he's dead, but again, The blast makes me think it was a kill shot.

    As for the comic itself, not the best but I'll keep reading. I don't think there's been a movieverse comic I haven't liked (Though I should note that I haven't read the ROTF adaptation) so I have high hopes and expectations.