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Post by killer on Oct 10, 2012 1:20:16 GMT
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Post by Dr Headache Rushing on Oct 13, 2012 9:56:05 GMT
Got this today and have just read it, thanks Steve. Can someone, anyone, explain to me WTF that was all about? Having just finished it I've got no idea whether there is even a story contained within, and if there is then what is it trying to say?
Maybe it will make more sense after a re-read and following a re-read of the last couple of RID issues too, but as a standalone I have to say it's the worst release we've had for ages.
What did everyone else think?
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Post by Omega Steve on Oct 13, 2012 14:25:01 GMT
I haven't read mine yet but I'll do that and let you know my take on it. From the preview, as a first impression its nice to see the Wheelie/Reflector thread being picked up (again) and Bludgeon's return.
One thing I would say is this feels a million miles from the early RID comics which I thought were about post war Cybertron and the difficult political situation. There's lots of threads being tossed into the mix at the moment and its getting a little confusing.
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Post by zedebo on Oct 20, 2012 10:27:52 GMT
Quite a mental story, the fabric of space and time being ripped apart every couple of panels. It seemed like a way to explain Reflector's appearance in AHM and SL Wheelie using time travel. I take it that this issue will be expanded in SL Orion Pax.
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Post by Dr Headache Rushing on Oct 20, 2012 22:36:47 GMT
Having re-read this a couple of times now, I think I kind of understand what they were trying to do with the issue storywise and I appreciate the gesture as I'm a massive continuity freak. However I still think it's a confusing mess and there would have been a better, linear, way of conveying the same story.
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Post by Omega Steve on Oct 23, 2012 22:53:49 GMT
I get the gist of what was happening here, but it's quite confusing as other posters are saying. From what I could gather the Reflectors stole Turmoil's ship (with the time machine at its heart) and journeyed to Wheelie's planet where they were transported back in time and thus fulfilled their role in Spotlight Wheelie.
Meanwhile Prime came into physical contact with the vessel and this sent him on a journey through several time zones and caused him to meet with Jhiaxus, Bludgeon and Monstructor. I got the impression (perhaps wrongly) that Jhiaxus and Shockwave were responsible for constructing the time vessel, but whether the ship had absorbed its time shifting abilities from Wheelie's planet, or vice versa (the ship effected the planet) I couldn't be sure.
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Post by Omegastoopreme on Oct 25, 2012 14:14:58 GMT
I think in general there could do with 3 in continuity titles not 2, the whole Pax & gang epic is ok, but agreed they're totally over complicating everything at the moment.
Its starting to run the risk of the "ation" series where there are just so many loose ends they can never be tied up.
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Post by zedebo on Oct 27, 2012 11:13:54 GMT
Yeah, I agree. Maybe the whole Orion Pax story line should have been a mini series.
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Post by Dr Headache Rushing on Oct 27, 2012 17:07:53 GMT
Yeah, I agree. Maybe the whole Orion Pax story line should have been a mini series. That would have been a much better idea. I guess with the two ongoings, ReG1 and the upcoming Spotlights maybe IDW figured it would be overkill though. |
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Post by Omegastoopreme on Oct 28, 2012 20:09:58 GMT
Yeah, I agree. Maybe the whole Orion Pax story line should have been a mini series. That would have been a much better idea. I guess with the two ongoings, ReG1 and the upcoming Spotlights maybe IDW figured it would be overkill though. Never stopped them before.... They usually see pound signs and just come running.... |
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