Oh, that's what this topic was about. I need to check these things out sooner.
Dominic wrote:And, in case anybody has figured it out, this is the first time we have all agreed about a comic in....possibly ever. Sparky, Mako, O6, myself. Where the hell is Prowl? We need to get him in on this.
I'm gonna be more bold than I probably should be here and say that I'm not quite sure why everyone hates this so much. Is 'Decepti-God' a stupid name? Sure, but it seems to be a placeholder for something that won't actually be named on-page more than anything else. I think the actual idea is pretty aces. It's a suitably epic idea for what's supposed to be an epic story (though I'll agree that the execution on that front hasn't exactly been sound), and damn if the art doesn't convey it well (I clicked on Dom's second link there and the first thing I thought was "Oh, awesome!"). It makes sense, Galvatron's got this big mess of Sweeps, he wants to get rid of the Autobots so he can finish his plan or whatever, and we've already seen that Sweeps by themselves are capable of being one-shotted by guys like Wheelie (!), so he sticks 'em all together so they're a bigger threat. Now, if this thing turns out to be your bog-standard slow, unwieldy Gestalt Transformer, then I'll be disappointed. But if it actually comes across as the (literally) massive threat it's supposed to represent, something that actually makes the Autobots look up and go "Oh shit, what're we gonna do now?", that even Megatron realizes he has to fight against without having a certain chance, then it'll be pretty much what I liked about what I saw in that initial image. Either way, it's a cool idea in my book, especially because it's something we haven't ever seen in TF before. At least, as far as silly comic plot-things go, it's better than a magic eyeball that can answer any question, or zombies from another comic book series infecting robots.
I'm with O6 in hoping that "The Death of Optimus Prime" is a more metaphorical title, but considering IDW seemed content to spoil the shit out of the rest of the 'event' at this Q&A (Seriously, do they want people to actually read these comics, or did they always plan to tell us how everything ends with only like three issues out?), I'm not holding my breath.
Side note: The people asking the questions at that thing sound like a bunch of fucking idiots. They seriously asked if these were in the same continuity as the live-action movies? And acted surprised at the notion of killing off Optimus Prime, despite the fact that he dies every other Tuesday? And don't give me that "They're just regular reporters" excuse; when you're a reporter, you're goddamn job is to do a little research before you go to something like this, so you can ask questions anyone might actually care about, as opposed to something you could've found in three seconds with a Google search.
