TFW2005 Reviews More Than Meets the Eye #6

Can't wait!
Red Alert is one of my favourites, so I'm looking forward to his roll in all this. Nice review!

I can't wait. I'm dreading to find out who doesn't make it.

So Max is the attacking Rung interesting

I hate who they had to kill off. He was such a character -- I mean maybe if they didn't kill him off Hasbro might be "forced" to make a figure of him (like Drift). Then again, Roberts does have a tendency of killing off characters faster than those vintage Gundam series (Tomino?).

I wont be able to pick this up for a while, any chance you could message me some spoilers? like who dies?

Or just spoiler it in the thread for now.

he sent me a message, i just think that some people might come to this thread to read the preview and not expect major spoilers this early!

Come on Comixology, hurry up and update!!!

....and the whole issue is up on tfwiki already!

Be warned of spoilers. The wiki openned it all up!

That ending. Holy fuck.

Was it Swerve?

i dont want to say anything yet, but just look at the wiki page

Mother of god that ending.

How...in the name of...did...but it was....and he was...WAT.

Just saw the wiki. Maybe we'll get that rematch now.

Holy fuck. That was genuinely brilliant.

*skips all posts in thread*

Yet, somehow I opened the thread to begin with. Comic store doesn't open for another 3 hours or so. Aaaagh too long of a wait.

At least you have a comic shop nearby. I have to wait for this to arrive in the mail.

That was easily the best single issue of a comic I have read in a long, long, time.

Yay, finally it's up, let's take a look...

Ha! Funny stuff...

Lol, brilliant...

Oooh, clever Ratchet...

Geat back story and world building there...

Ah, that's where he is and what he had...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Roberts you've made me cry again you bastard!!!

Nooo, that's not... It can't be??? Fuck it is!!!

Holy sweet mother of Primus!!!

Mind. Blown.

this issue

THIS FUCKING ISSUE

HOLY SHIT

Man, if we thought the 5 page preview was brilliant, the rest of the comic will simply pull the rug from under you!

I applaud them for showing the last frame -- in doing so, it created such a reaction that made readers clamor for more!

Dudes I'm kinda bummed that Rung died. Really liked him.

Dude, you're really not alone there. I think we need to form a support group

Eh never cared for Rung myself but I want to see Max and Overlord get a rematch.

STAFF EDIT: If you're going to post spoilers use the spoiler tags - ORIO

Oh ffs, spoiler tag that for crying out loud. Just cos you don't want to read this issue don't ruin it for those that haven't yet!

I guess that's why we don't look in the basement then?

Have just read it via comiXology. Man, now I'm really love-hate Roberts. It was... it was...

(Rest in peace, Rung)

Holy crap. HOLY CRAP!

Okay there were two moments this issue that made me say holy crap.

I can't believe Rung died! I liked Rung! A LOT! Why did they have to kill Rung?! Damn you Swerve! And damn you for making me damn you!

Holy crap! Overlord is alive?! Holy crap! Why the crap is he on board?!

It occurs to me, the *Warning, this will spoil the ending* Spark eater could have been on board to keep watch over Overlord to kill him if he were to try to escape. Now as for why Overlord is there? No fricken clue. totally called the Me Kill as Kill Me though

on a sadder note, *Warning this will spoil the death scene* RUNG!!! I loved him like an uncle, and they go and KILL him? And then they use the new fan fav to do it? I mean, i LOVE Swerve, but HATE him for accidentally killing Rung. I think I'm starting to both love and hate Roberts now-damn, that man knows how to make you care, then pulls the floor out from underneath ya. DAMN YOU ROBERTS!!!

^^^ and that's why he's the best writer around.

I like your theory about the Sparkeater watching over Overlord. I wonder who rebuilt his body though?

Maybe some of those NAILS arent as NA as we thought...

On that note, why hasn't anyone back on Cybertron tracked down the NAIL's who sold Rodimus the Lost Light in the first place? The rather glib acceptance of the loss of 200 Autobots back home has been a major peeve of mine from Barber.

That... was very cool.

rung: born,beaten up in bar,had arm severed,was used as bait for a sparkeater, was shot in head by a rivet gun, died.

you flare, you flicker, you fade.

STAFF EDIT: If you're going to post spoilers, use the spoiler tags - ORIO

I'm blown away by this issue - OMG - THAT LAST PAGE!!!!

Prowl might not want to open any big investigation because he knows what really happened to the Lost Light, and knows there'd be no point to really questioning anyone. Of course, there's a lot of stuff suggesting that he doesn't know what happened, so he might also not be investigating for fear that it could be exposed he really did have something planted aboard the ship.

Also, Metalhawk would most likely balk if Bumblebee and Prowl started interrogating and accusing NAILs--especially seeing as how he thinks they're the ones responsible.

Man, what the f-...!

WHAT IS HE DOING THERE?! WHO OWNED THIS SHIP?!

Roberts! You magnificent asshole! I love you! I'll tell you anything you wanna know! Just please stop this agonizing 4-week drip feed! *cry*

All true, however Metal Hawk can hardly complain if the NAIL's that sold the ship are at least questioned. Prowl might not want to investigate, but where are the Autobots who have just seen their millenia old friends vaporised knocking on his door demanding one? Where was the uproar when the memorial service got hi-jacked by Starscream's politiking? Why has no one taken it upon themselves to try and dig a bit?

I appreciate that it's not the major focus of RID, but I can't help but feel that if Roberts was handling that book as well then something would be bubbling away in the background. Barber doesn't seem to be anywere near as adept at carrying multiple plot points or several characters at the same time. He seems to focus on one or two things at a time. It may well crop up again shortly, but for now it's as if it never happened except for the odd passing mention.

The question here isn't what he's doing onboard, the question is WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD PUT HIM BACK TOGETHER?

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Oh my god.

This issue

This fucking issue.

I just. Jesus. So much going on. Character background and even some development for Whirl. "Riveting conversation" 10/10 I laughed to death. RUNG WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHYYYYYYY. And Overlooooord NIGGA WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE SHIP WHAT THE FUCK

Roberts...you're a madman. A brilliant, brilliant madman.

Overlord is the target of the DJD I bet.

STAFF EDIT: spoiler tags. Again. Use them please.

We keep hearing how Springer's in a coma, I wonder if Roberts will eventually bring HIM back too. I'd love for that to happen.

Maybe they um 'blew up'? There was that space-port accident and the one in which Barrel Roll died in RiD #3. So any trace of them disappeared and there's also the fact that Prowl himself had agents on the Lost Light to sabotage the ship.

Besides; nobody knows (with the neutrals gone) what's going on/ was/ is on the ship.
Everybody thinks that they are dead, 200 Autobots killed by something that went wrong on the ship, "an accident" and accidents happen sometimes.

That last page. Wha? How did he-? Who owned that ship? agsggybhghgdfnhjhsdlkfmlcsrf

Can I marry this comic?

The wait for the next issue is gonna be fucking brutal. Curse you, Roberts!