From: pmm34393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dr. Claw )
Subject: Re: Transformers T.V. Series History
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:30:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug16.224349.14994@wam.umd.edu> vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell)) writes:
>In article <Bt1zBG.Aov@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pmm34393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dr. Claw ) writes:
>>>
>>>  Tying this in to rec.arts.comics/rec.arts.comics.misc, anyone care to
>>>speculate how Simon Furman would have continued his US TRANSFORMERS comic
>>>storylines if the title wasn't cancelled? Issue #76, for instance, had a bit
>>>of exposition by Grimlock about the "inevitability" of the Transformers
>>>duality, making allusions to Yin and Yang...
>>
>>Devastator, none of them were in it. Autobots:"Oh no, there's Devastator,
>>nothing we have will stop him!" Oh well, it was stilll good. I find
>
>I assumed that when that assault on Metroplex took place, the Aerialbots
>and Protectobots simply were not on Earth.  After all, even Prime himself
>was away (recall, Blaster had to call him).  And we know Omega Supreme
>is capable of extensive space travel.  Broadside was the size of Superion
>and Defensor, but he was not seen in the movie;  for all we know maybe he
>didn't exist as of 2005.
>    The same rules can be applied to the comic:  certain transformers
>just can't always be where you want them, when you want them.

However, when Primuss called all the earth-bound Transformers to Cybertron,
at least onne or two of the merging teams should have been along for
the ride...
>
>>it interesting that Furman would choose Grimlock to be a philosopher. 
>>There was also the storyline he started concerning the nucleon that
>>Grimlock gave the Dinobots. With the death of Scorponok, I assumed
>>that Megatron would take control of the Decepticons again. The leadership
>>of Ratbat and Scorponok really didn't accomplish much. It was almost
>>as bad as the leadership of the insane Galvatron for the TV series. Would
>
>You remind me of one the best Transformers episodes of all, IMHO:
>"Webworld."  If you've seen it, you know what I mean.   :-)

Was t the 2005 e episodeswhere they try to cure Galvatron of
the plasma in his brain so he no longer is psychotic?

>>be nice for Transformers to make a comic comeback...as long as 
>>Budiansky is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT involved!!!!
>
>Well, like so many, when I saw the commercials for Action Masters, I
>nearly puked.  I understood that making transformable figures that also 
>looked good was tough, but ... dinky figures that did nothing?  Bleah.
>But it became evident that the comics were building an excellent story
>using nucleon.
>    I am certain that Optimus Prime and Hi-Q would have merged as part
>of the effects of the nucleon.
>    The "Last Autobot":  I don't think it was meant just as a device for
>ending the series so abruptly.  I suspect another plotline was in the
>works.
>    I figure both Starscream and Shockwave would have obtained an infusion
>of nucleon in order to gain power, though each of them for different reasons.
>How Soundwave would have become an Action Master, I can't imagine.
>    What I *really* would have liked to see:  since there is a Devastator
>Action Master figure, can you imagine those poor Contrusticons, being
>transmuted by the nucleon while combined?  Forced to stay together as a
>sluggish, slow-thinking (and apparaently shrunk) behemoth?  :-)
>    Obviously, once Megatron had undergone his nucleon transmutation, he
>would have beaten the living shit out of the yanked-from-another-time-line
>Galvatron.  That settles that conflict.  B-)

Damn right! :)
It was never clear to me in the TV series if Galvatron was supposed
to be a rebuilt Megatron, or a new individual with just a trace of
Megatron's memories, like in the comic book series. 

>    If the comic does ever pick up again, and I believe one day it will,
>I hope that it starts with #80.  Replace that goofy clotheslined 
>all-encompassing wrap-up.  I understand the writers did what they had to do,
>but ... that doesn't make it any better.
>
As long as they don't have Quintessons and Junkions running around 
doing stupid things! Ever notice how the size of a Quintesson always
changed? :-) I, too, think the series might make a comeback. One
more question...was Thunderwing ever shown outside of his Pretender
shell? I liked the way they suddenly created a "Decepticon High
Commander" character, when it was obvious to me that Megatron was
the only true "big cheese"!

-pmm



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