Talk:Transmetropolitan

message: Kudos to whoever constructed the phrase "infamous renegade gonzo journalist of the future".  While being perfectly true, it sounds exactly like a sci-fi movie poster—which is just the tone I think it should aim for.  I love it.  Journalist from the Year 5000! Anville 16:50, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Kudos

message: It's been mentioned before that while a lot of the political issues in Transmetropolitan are based on past American politicians, Warren Ellis has himself said that a lot of it is still as much about British politics as anything else.--MythicFox 09:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Politics

message: Being personally not very gifted or concerned with editing Wikipedia, I have no idea how to add a spoiler box above the plot synopsis, but I definitely think it should be added, considering it summarizes everything in the comic from beginning to end. Shralla 08:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoilers 

message: This article lacks the release date of the comic, which is an important piece of information. I noticed because I wanted to know whether the blog-spirit in the comic was very avant-garde at the time. Unfortunately I'm currently in a state of mind that doesn't allow me to research and add it on my own :o, so I add this comment.
62.206.74.26 22:08, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Where are the dates on this?? -Branddobbe 07:16, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release date 

message: Both the parties use both red and blue colors, probably because the red and blue parties of today become more and more alike. At some point at least the republicans have become extinct - note the numerous references to the "republican party reservation" - and the parties in the comic's present aren't easily recognizable by today's standards, though they're mostly characterized by preservative contra progressive ideologies.  And it seems they're simply called "The party in government" and "The party in opposition", trading names as they trade places. Anyway, I was thinking maybe some of that would have a place in the article?
:Good point.  Early on, a video screen says that Gary Callahan is a "D-Cal", which I presume means the "D" senator from California.  "D" might stand for "Democrat", presumably, in which case the two parties might be something like the Democrats and the Constitutional Unionists.  However, the only names ever given explicitly are the "party in government" and the "party in Opposition", which sounds like a British turn of phrase to me.  At one point, Spider actually calls the Smiler's party "the party formerly in Opposition" (volume 7, I think).
:Also, at some point, the two-term limit got repealed.  The Beast defeated Senator Longmarch eight years before the story opens, and the weird pol-turned-pusher (Kristen?  Kirsten?) says he could stay in the White House at least eight years longer.  Anville 16:16, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political development of the future 

message: Is there any word about the connection between real word writer Joseph Heller and President Heller? The first time the Beast is called by his birth name, it's "Joe Heller", though it seems to be consistently "Bob" for the rest of the series. I smell a DC cover-up to avoid lawsuits. . .
-If I may correct you there, Heller was the other opposition presidential hopeful besides Smiler, and was only refered to as Bob I think, since he was only in one issue.  I think Heller may just be a very Germanic name (a search in Wiki turns up a number of German, Austrian and Hungarian people)  I dont think the Beast's name is ever revealed, his campaign material only ever refered to him as 'The President'.
--Maybe Joe Heller was someone else, but this is the Beast: http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7144/heller1qv.jpg
:Heller is a senator from Florida and a contender for the Opposition Party candidate; Spider describes him as "Hitler stuffed to the gills with jumpstart" or some such.  His campaign slogans are all like "America for Americans" and "Give 'em Hell, Heller!"  When Spider is tripping out in the Greenbrook Tower bathroom and typing his first anti-Smiler column, he says the Smiler "considers himself on close moral terms with the monstrous Joe Heller" (I'm quoting from memory, but I'm pretty sure on the name).  Later, in "Notes on a Rally", Spider says, "Bob Heller has a really punchable face."  Heller doesn't make a personal appearance until the rally, and he vanishes entirely after the election.  Anville 16:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And the JPEG image is of Heller, not the Beast.  Anville 16:21, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, I had confused the Beast and Joe/Bob Heller. But still - any Joseph Heller connection? 81.225.148.147 12:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I believe, none/accidental, the name being a play on words "Hell" and "Hitler". Sharpfang (talk) 09:37, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heller 

message: I was under the impression that smiler was (at least physically) Robert Kennedy, JFKs bro... Have a look at his wiki entry,, or go to http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/celebrity/K/Previews/Plans-11332.jpg
Tony blair seems a long stretch as well.
:The smiler also shares Kennedys favourite poem (according to Ellis anyway)- see what spider says in "Year of the Bastard" Part 2 (which is Issue 14, i think) Suicidal mongoose 15:31, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smiler 

message: Did this article actually exist at one point and just got moved, or does this need complete creation? Having an empty link be the only item in a section seems a bit off to me. Deafgeek 00:07, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No I don't recall a list of characters. Most of the major characters have their own pages (which  should perhaps be collected as they're all quite short) Elijya 04:59, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Characters 

message: I've noticed in several issues that grafitti says "free Steve Chung." In the last (or near enough) issue, a background item proclaims "Steve Chung free!" or somesuch. I'm not sure on the specifics, but the references happen at least once an issue towards the last half of the comic's lifespan. It's not a central theme, I know, but it seems like something deliberately put in there, an 'easter egg' of sorts. We might want to put that in the article. 129.237.90.24 03:34, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steve Chung 

message: We should probably have a contents box on the entry...I don't know how to do it, but the article has enough subsections to justify it.
68.102.179.135 05:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You mean a box that lists all the sub sections fo the article? there already is one. Content boxes automaticly appear when there are enough headings, and following the opening sections of articles. Elijya 19:39, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick Suggestion 

message: D'you think we can fit this in somewhere? Noted here so I don't forget it, as I won't get the chance to do it properly right now. Warren Ellis said:  
--Mrph 10:16, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quote worth using...?

message: I added a link from the Transmetropolitan page, for a site that stars Spider Jerusalem in ongoing webcomics. (I won't bother to mention it or post a link, because I'm sure the reference will disappear.) The user Dragonfiend has taken it upon himself to erase this, and other bits I've posted, regardless of whether or not the links I added were relevant. This came about after I had the "audacity" to post a relevant link in the webcomics page. Since then he has systematically "edited" out just about everything I've posted, or edited myself. This kind of behavior is nothing new for Dragonfiend, and if you read his page here, you'll see what I mean.  Put simply, Wiki doesn't belong to ONE person, nor should ONE person decide what is and isn't appropriate.  Unfortunately, Wiki's rules of "mediation" favor the individual who deletes material, and the burden of proving the relevance of material lands on the original poster.   People like Dragonfiend pick and choose what THEY think is appropriate to appear in Wiki, all the while hiding behind Wiki's policy of non-hostility when they decide to obliterate someone else's contributions.
I'm not particularly concerned that my username here will become invalid or get banned, so please spare me the (obviously memorized) warning about Wiki's code of conduct, Dragonfiend.  Only a sad, misanthropic individual would devote so much time to policing a website that doesn't belong to him or her.  Someone needs to contribute a piece on Wiki Fascists, the folks who know what you need to know, before you even think to ask.
Anothermic 21:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And a sad, misanthropic individual would waste his time whining that his inappropriate edits on an online encyclopedia keep getting deleted. This isn't the place to complain, anyway. Looking through your history of supposed "contributions", it's clear you have an agenda to promote this webcomic, seeing as you've added it to several entries, and basically nothing else. This means, in all likelihood, you're the creator of that web comic, in which case you're just shilling your own stuff. Sorry, but wikipedia is not a place to advertise fan creations of minimal notability. I don't know, nor care, who Dragonfiend is, but I agree with him in removing your edits and would do it myself if you add it again. I've read the comic before, it's mildly funny, but it's not an appropriate addition. You're not adding it to enhance wikipedia entries, you're adding it to promote the strip.. Elijya 16:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overzealous Dragonfiend 

message: one of the crazy people on the street (in a later issue of transmet, i don't recall which one at the moment) has an excerpt from a rant that's been around on the net for a while, about people being reborn from their asses.  http://people.tribe.net/ferrarabrainpan
maybe link it as an external reference?
NB:
before ferrara brain pan used it, it showed up as a "true statement by delfim sousa"
http://web.archive.org/web/20020802023933/http://www.esophagus.com/sousa.html
Rmd1023 04:38, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  net.kook rant 

message: 2 Continuity statements were removed by me for the following reasons:
The "Revival Mary" camera claim that she received the camera after events is not a continuity error. No mention is made of when she recieved the camera and it is safe to assume it was given to her before the Sacht meeting with Fred Christ. (ConallB Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. 08:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially considering radical body surgery is -canon- in this comics (re: the woman who became a dolphin for a while, it made Spider happy. Awww.). Lots42 (talk) 14:40, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Channon only had barcodes for nipples in one of the "versions" of her, I'm not sure if it was the feature film version or the porn movie version. The real her never had barcodes... Jacobshaven3 (talk) 00:01, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually, no. In her first regular appereance in the comics, she had the bar codes. Lots42 (talk) 02:04, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actual volume when that's shown? I can only recall in "The New Scum" the "filthy assistants" throwing a party in Spider's penthouse during the election night, Channon wears a white dress with a triangular cut-out at her breast showing a regular nipple. Sharpfang (talk) 09:45, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continuity 

message: Remind me later to add these to the article: * * * * * * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  *  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *m/?page=article&id=13372 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Skomorokh 16:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation dump 

message: I deleted the 'Politics and Trivia' section for multiple reasons. Mainly because it was literally mostly guesswork and random observations. Clever ones, mind you, but all original research. Suitable for a LiveJournal or weblog but not Wikipedia. But the <B>most important</B> reason I deleted it was because it compared real people to murderous insane psychotic people. This, quite simply, cannot be allowed on Wikipedia and is, in fact, not. You can't compare real people to fictional bad guys. Just not allowed. Lots42 (talk) 14:44, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Politics and Trivia. 

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message: Is the plot to Peter Jackson's and Neill Blomkamp's movie "District 9" suspiciously reminiscent of the Greys in "Angels 8"? --Eldin raigmore (talk) 21:28, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's really not.  Not by a long shot.  Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  District 9 movie plagiarizing Transmetropolitan? 

message: I think we need a separate List of Transmetropolitan story arcs article. With this new article, we could clean up the main article by shortening the plot synopsis section and cleaning up collected edition section with currently include the back cover summaries from the trades.--Marcus Brute (talk) 00:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That doesn't really seem necessary to me.  The article in its current form doesn't seem cluttered, and a list of story arcs would be pretty much all plot by its very nature.  Nutiketaiel (talk) 17:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transmetropolitan story arc seperate article 

message: The plot section is crammed with run-on sentences. Also, I think it's noteable to somehow mention that Spider's weird glasses were because his A.I. 'maker' was screwed up on mechanical-drugs. I'd do all this myself but my computer is running wild. This comment serves double duty as a test message. Lots42 (talk) 10:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot 

message: I don't know much about Wikipedia, so it's possible I'm misunderstanding the way things are classified here, but I was a little surprised to find the City described as "liberal."  It seems to me it's liberal on social policy and conservative on civil liberties and economic policy.  Any thoughts?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.153.254 (talk) 18:19, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political Classification 

message: It may be worth adding that the first absolute edition is released containing the first 3 TPBs. 87.173.245.49 (talk) 13:44, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Absolute Edition 

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