Beast Wars Ongoing Announced

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  1. T-Hybrid

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    I hope they go over her past a bit. Even if she eventually meets the same end, getting more character time would be great.
     
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    Just got my copy home, and if they make figures of everyone on that scale chart....yes please. Especially if they go with the sizes of the four dudes I wasn't expecting to see on there.
     
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    Imagine the poor sod who gets a fish alt-mode.

    Depthcharge was lucky he arrived after the quantum surge.
     
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    If I remember his bio, he's vain. Which would be great. Just the stupidest looking alt mode on the most self-absorbed person ever.

    Walking around thinking he's King S**t.
     
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    Don't discount the value of an aquatic alternate mode on a planet that's 71% water.
     
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    Yeah, but what happens if they have to return to beast mode due to energon build up while on land?
     
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    Seems like something worth exploring, right? Like a stasis pod crashed in water so the nearest lifeform was aquatic...what now?
     
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    Barber talking a little about how the comic came to be.

     
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    I'm curious as to what should be done with this thread now that the first issue is out and the second is on its way in about two weeks-- should this be repurposed into more of a general discussion/speculation thread for the comic as a whole?
     
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    Isn't there a Comics subforum? I'd assume further discussion would go there.
     
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    Moving to Transformers Comics area for general ongoing discussion, join discussion of individual issues in each month's solicitations thread.
     
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    Alright, that answers that. Wasn't sure if it was going to get locked or stay open, I figure this was probably the best route that could've been taken.
     
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    The Beast Wars TV series has 52 episodes over three seasons -- 26, 13 and 13 episodes respectively. At one monthly issue per episode, we're looking at over two years just for Season 1, assuming the overall storyline of the comic book series follows somewhat loosely along with the TV show; and that's even before taking the opportunity to delve deeper into some of the storyline potential from the show and adding new plots.

    Take Dark Designs, for example, with Megatron using the Transmuter device to turn Rhinox into a Predacon. In the show, it was given a single episode, but you could see that being easily expanded into a four or five issue storyline. Rhinox is turned into a Predacon, betrays Megatron, forms his own sub-faction (perhaps gaining some allies from Stasis Pods, or a super-powered Terrorsaur, a la Power Surge) and tries to see out his own plans before finally being turned back to his Maximal self. So much juicy stuff that could be done.

    I'm excited to see where the series can go, and what it can do. We already have some potential foreshadowing for stories. Earth has the two moons, and we saw Protoform X's Stasis Pod ejected from the Axalon. These are plot points from late Season 1 and Season 2. While things like the floating mountains will likely be played upon sooner, Planet Busters and Rampage are well down the line from here if the TV show is anything to go by, and both tie directly into the notion of Transmetals. Whether they're utilised in a similar way, time will tell, and their inclusion now could just be Easter Eggs more than anything, but seeing them is exciting nonetheless.

    It's been said a couple of times that the series is an "Ultimate" version on Beast Wars. Something I would love to see them do, well down the line, is play with the ideas behind Dark Glass. The story could actually run as a nice addition to a Feral Scream storyline:
    • Scouring through old files from some salvaged parts of the Axalon, Rattrap discovers the stored data-tracks from Dinobot
    • He takes the information to Optimus, seeing it as an opportunity to try to bring him back
    • Optimus disagrees. In the wrong hands, the information could be a security risk to them
    • Rattrap protests. They've lost a lot of friends. This is an opportunity to get one back. Megatron's recent experiment with the Cyber-Raptors, plus his previous cloning of Dinobot, means he could be trying something -- something they could capitalise on
    • Optimus' answer is still no
    • Rattrap is monitoring the scanners when he detects a strange energy reading, similar to the Cyber-Raptors. Rather than report it, he takes off. Cheetor follows him
    • Cheetor catches up to Rattrap and tries to talk him out of it, but Rattrap presses home that it's what a friend would do. Cheetor agrees, and agrees to help
    • They discover Megatron's Transmetal 2 Platform
    • Depth Charge arrives, having detected Protoform X's energy signature
    • They devise a plan to distract Megatron and Waspinator while Rattrap tries to install the data-tracks
    • The files are installed but it has no effect. Transmetal 2 Dinobot is born
    • Dinobot turns the fight in the Predacons' favour. Cheetor is blasted into the device and seemingly killed. "The cat was tough. He went out fighting"
    • Optimus holds Rattrap personally responsible for Cheetor's death. Depth Charge also feels responsible, as the senior Maximal involved
    • Depth Charge ditches the Transmetal Driver, but it is rescued by Blackarachnia
    • Rattrap leaves to try to find and destroy the new Dinobot to make amends
    • A mysterious creature begins stalking Maximals and Predacons alike...
    Like I said, this is would be well down the line of the series, but it's opportunities like this that make the potential for the series so exciting.
     
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    It just hit me that issue #2 drops four days from now.

    Where does the time go?
     
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    I'm surprised I haven't seen the five-page preview of Issue #2 yet, now that I think about it.
     
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