Hoist, duh!
All that and I’m green and have a towline.
I have always liked Hoist, but this part where Hoist describes himself after taking offense to Swerve not thinking much of him is what really locked it in. That describes me perfectly, right down to the job – just a normal maintenance engineer. It’s funny because I pretty much already wrote this for my About Me page for this blog.
The cover of issue #14 – Overlord with a HUGE evil grin.
This is not good.
There was certainly a hint of things to come back when Red Alert found him in the basement, but it wasn’t until this cover that I knew everyone was screwed. Within the comic, as soon as Chromedome let slip that Megatron was still alive, that was it. That was the turning point when Overlord stopped feeling sorry for himself and started to turn the tables on Domey.
Oh scrap!
Even then there was still hope that Chromedome might be able to get out, keeping Overlord trapped in the slow cell. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Once he got out and taunted Chromedome, that was it.
Overlord is the Gingerbread Man.
Obviously, there should be more Hoist. I mean he’s barely been in the comic. At least he got his own Spotlight comic. That’s more than some other ‘bots can say!
Skids got the shoulder gun idea from me.
But I’m really missing Drift. Unlike so many others, he didn’t get killed off; he just got banished. That means that it won’t take too much of a leap to bring him back to the crew. Here’s an idea:
In the prose story at the end of issue 21 – the one where the stop Tyrest and his Killswitch – Drift to Rodimus that he needed to take the blame for Overlord because Rodimus is too important. Drift mentioned his vision that something is coming and it won’t be able to be stopped unless they find the Knights of Cybertron. Enter the Dark Cybertron story. While everyone else is busy with the Necrotitan, Metroplex or in the Dead Universe, Drift keeps searching for the Knights. When all seems lost, he shows up, Great Sword in hand and the Knights of Cybertron in tow and unties with everyone else to stop Shockwave, Nova Prime and their crew.
I doubt that would happen because then what would the Lost Light do afterward with the Knight Quest over?
Sports cars don’t have snow tires.
Even though he was around before MTMTE, my favorite Design is Fortress Maximus. He’s not flashy. He’s not funny-looking. He’s a pretty straight-forward bruising hulk of an Autobot and that’s why I like him.
It’s not going to be a good day for those ‘Cons.
He was left in such a sad state in Last Stand of the Wreckers after being tortured by Overlord. It was great to see him get some redemption on Overlord himself and not just other ‘bots on the crew that share the same colors.
Payback!
Now, he is the new Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord, a position formerly held, and defined, by Ultra Magnus. He’s currently taking care of Luna 1 with Red Alert. Considering the symbols on the other side of Luna 1 and how they might play into the cryptic message the Skids received after going through Tyrest’s space bridge portal, I’m sure we’ll be seeing Max again.
It’s a pretty recent development in MTMTE, but I’m really liking the relationship between Brainstorm and Perceptor. Brainstorm is the brilliant yet arrogant weapons engineer and is a huge fan of Perceptor.
He’s such a fan, he has a microscope modeled after Perceptor.
Perceptor, on the other hand, alternate between annoyed and horrified by Brainstorm and his shenanigans.
I have a feeling that this isn’t the first time this type of exchange has taken place.
Still, when it comes down to it, Perceptor won’t let his feelings toward Brainstorm get in the way of siding with him on important decisions.
You can tell it physically hurt Perceptor to say this.
I’m looking forward to seeing some teaming up of these two genius ‘bots.
It was simply the logical next step.
I have been a fan of Transformers from the beginning – all the way back in 1984. Actually, it was probably before then because I remember getting some transforming robots during a trip to Japan when I was very young. I think they were Go-Bots, but you know, basically the same idea.
I didn’t stick around much after G1 as I had other things in my life at the time, but years later, I started to feel nostalgic. I was thrilled when I heard that there were big-budget movies coming to the theater. So far, I have enjoyed all of the movies because I’m not expecting them to be G1, but I do appreciate any G1 nods that I see.
It wasn’t until they were filming Dark of the Moon at Kennedy Space Center that I dove back in. I was at work on the last day of filming and got an email saying that Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were going to be available for photos! I made my way over there as fast as I could and met Bee and Prime. It was a great day.
I just happened to be wearing that shirt. It must have been fate.
That night I bought my first Transformers in almost 20 years and I haven’t stopped.
When I dove back in, I dove in hard. I got every toy that I could find and looked for all the information that I could find about what has happened in Transformers while I was away. During that searching, I came across the IDW comics. I think it was in the middle of the Transformers continuing series, right before the Chaos story arc that ultimately led into the split into MTMTE and RiD.
So there you have it, I got into MTMTE because I have spent 30 years working my way toward it.
Whirl always provides great dialog. This is a great example of his enthusiasm for fighting. Even though he wouldn’t be in the fight, he apparently likes to watch fighting just as much. The only time he’s been more excited was right before the crew dropped down to Temptoria to go battle some ‘Cons.
Fight? Pretty please?
There hasn’t been anything creepier in MTMTE than this memory of the sparkeater. Chromedome was reading Shock’s memory through the eye sockets, which is creepy enough, but then we see what Shock last saw:
The epitome of creepiness.
I think the sketchiness of the image makes it that much more creepy and foreboding. Then again, the sparkeater wasn’t any less creepy when we finally see him as he’s wreaking havoc through the ship.
A truly scary image was when Pharma cut Ambulon in half – lengthways – proving just how much of a sadist that he had become.
The horror.
Rewind died. That’s all I have to say about that.
How do you choose just one? How about pick the scenes that the other bots in the story thought were badass?
When Orion Pax said he’d “drop by”, this is not what I expected.
Swerve and Tailgate are certainly fans of this one; Whirl, not so much. But then again it’s Whirl – he’s pretty badass himself. He’s just hard to impress.
“But wait,” you say, “that’s in a story being told by Chromedome! That doesn’t count!” Well I say it does! But to play by another set of rules in which flashbacks don’t count, try this on for size:
Sparkeater onboard? Cool.
Drift and Skids are clearly Rodimus fanbots on this one, though Rung seems unimpressed. Actually, I think he’s just in shock after having just been used for bait. You just can’t please everyone, even if you’re Rodimus.