IDW announces crossover: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Trek, Ghostbusters...

[Cicero]

Re: IDW announces crossover: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Trek, Ghostbuster

Why are you even trying to defend this? It's a cartoon made to sell toys. The toys, and thus the characters, have goofy names that are designed to be marketable. Trying to rationalize the name in-universe as if there were something remotely logical or plausible about the whole thing is so obsessively nerdy that the endless arguments about Trek continuity on this BBS pale in comparison.

Unless I'm misreading the thread, you were the first to attempt to apply logic to the Transformers world.

(Like, why in the hell would a robot from a planet with no biological life be named Bumblebee?)

I agree with your initial point that the series shouldn't be taken seriously. But I don't think that it's any less silly to post defenses of the series' logic than it is to post criticisms of them.

 

[JoeZhang]

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Surely if they do this, we have to have a transformer turn into a Starship?

 

[Allyn Gibson]

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Surely if they do this, we have to have a transformer turn into a Starship?

See, that would be awesome.

A number of years ago, when Hasbro started making Star Wars Transformers figures, I was really excited. My first thought was that it was to be an alt-universe line where the Ark arrived in the GFFA, and because of that Optimus Prime would transform into, say, a B-Wing Fighter and Megatron would become an AT-ST. Things like that. (Sort of like the comic IDW did about the Transformers waking up in the Old West.) But no, the Star Wars Transformers figures weren't Transformers at all; they were just Star Wars figures that transformed between a TIE-Advanced and Darth Vader, which wasn't interesting to me at all.

As for a Transformer starship, I'd like to see something like the Constructicons -- five or six robots, and together they can become a Constitution-class starship.

 

[SeerSGB]

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Surely if they do this, we have to have a transformer turn into a Starship?

See, that would be awesome.

A number of years ago, when Hasbro started making Star Wars Transformers figures, I was really excited. My first thought was that it was to be an alt-universe line where the Ark arrived in the GFFA, and because of that Optimus Prime would transform into, say, a B-Wing Fighter and Megatron would become an AT-ST. Things like that. (Sort of like the comic IDW did about the Transformers waking up in the Old West.) But no, the Star Wars Transformers figures weren't Transformers at all; they were just Star Wars figures that transformed between a TIE-Advanced and Darth Vader, which wasn't interesting to me at all.

As for a Transformer starship, I'd like to see something like the Constructicons -- five or six robots, and together they can become a Constitution-class starship.

Omega Supreme would work for this too. You could even use a mini-con or Cosmos as the saucer section or a shuttlecraft.

The closest thing we got, IRC the only thing we've got, was the "Transwarp" (was that the name) 1701-D. Flip a few bits of hull kibble and the 1701-D turns into the refit from "All Good Things". Damn it, I want my big-ass-robot-transformer-starship!

And Hasbro really didn't go anywhere with SWxTF line-- outside, "Dude it's Star Wars and it's a transformer!. But that's for another thread.

 

[Cybersnark]

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Well, the SWTFs (and the Marvel Crossovers) weren't actually designed by the "Transformers" team at Takaratomy --they were entirely Hasbro's product.

And transforming starships fairly common in TFs; Animated used Omega Supreme as the Ark, and War for Cybertron turns Trypticon into the Nemesis. Even as far back as G1, Fort Max's "battlestation" mode was treated as being flight-capable.

 

[OmahaStar]

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Why are you even trying to defend this? It's a cartoon made to sell toys. The toys, and thus the characters, have goofy names that are designed to be marketable. Trying to rationalize the name in-universe as if there were something remotely logical or plausible about the whole thing is so obsessively nerdy that the endless arguments about Trek continuity on this BBS pale in comparison.

Chris, what was it you said previously? Oh, yes ...

^There's no need to be rude and insulting just because you don't share another poster's viewpoint on an issue.

Dude, if you can't say something nice, don't say it at all.

 

[JoeZhang]

Re: IDW announces crossover: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Trek, Ghostbuster

Why are you even trying to defend this? It's a cartoon made to sell toys. The toys, and thus the characters, have goofy names that are designed to be marketable. Trying to rationalize the name in-universe as if there were something remotely logical or plausible about the whole thing is so obsessively nerdy that the endless arguments about Trek continuity on this BBS pale in comparison.

Chris, what was it you said previously? Oh, yes ...

^There's no need to be rude and insulting just because you don't share another poster's viewpoint on an issue.

Dude, if you can't say something nice, don't say it at all.

Something that's being puzzling me for a while, who's the guy in the bathrobe in your picture? Is it someone famous or you?

 

[OmahaStar]

Re: IDW announces crossover: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Trek, Ghostbuster

Why are you even trying to defend this? It's a cartoon made to sell toys. The toys, and thus the characters, have goofy names that are designed to be marketable. Trying to rationalize the name in-universe as if there were something remotely logical or plausible about the whole thing is so obsessively nerdy that the endless arguments about Trek continuity on this BBS pale in comparison.

Chris, what was it you said previously? Oh, yes ...

^There's no need to be rude and insulting just because you don't share another poster's viewpoint on an issue.

Dude, if you can't say something nice, don't say it at all.

Something that's being puzzling me for a while, who's the guy in the bathrobe in your picture? Is it someone famous or you?

That's a very famous person. It's me, in a scene from a movie I was in this year, called Destination: Outer Space.

 

[SeerSGB]

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Well, the SWTFs (and the Marvel Crossovers) weren't actually designed by the "Transformers" team at Takaratomy --they were entirely Hasbro's product.

And transforming starships fairly common in TFs; Animated used Omega Supreme as the Ark, and War for Cybertron turns Trypticon into the Nemesis. Even as far back as G1, Fort Max's "battlestation" mode was treated as being flight-capable.

Of the TFxSW thing: I just meant they wasted a chance to do comics and tell a fun little story.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

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Of the TFxSW thing: I just meant they wasted a chance to do comics and tell a fun little story.

I dunno; there's always a chance that IDW and Dark Horse could put their heads together and do something. When IDW started doing "Elseworlds" Transformers stories a few years ago, that was intriguing. Never got much past the Steampunk Transformers mini-series, though. And Dark Horse had their own "Elseworlds" Star Trek series, Star Wars Infinities. The precedent is there on both sides; it's just a question as to whether or not the two companies, and the actual IP owners, want to work together for something fun. I'd buy it, in a heartbeat, that's for sure.

As for this zombie thread necromancy and to bring this thread back on topic, with New York Comic-Con this weekend I wonder if IDW will say anything more about Infestation, like when it's coming out, who's behind it, how these disparate series come together, that sort of thing.

 

[Turtletrekker]

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As for this zombie thread necromancy...

As you read on, you will find that this is very appropriate.

...with New York Comic-Con this weekend I wonder if IDW will say anything more about Infestation, like when it's coming out, who's behind it, how these disparate series come together, that sort of thing.

Wonder no more...

Excerpts

Running from January to April, "Infestation" will see one major threat from the IDW-native "Zombies vs. Robots" universe overwhelm the worlds of "Transformers," "G.I. Joe," "Star Trek" and "Ghostbusters." "Infestation" #1-2, bookending the event, will be written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (the writing team known collectively as DnA) and illustrated by "True Blood" artist David Messina. Abnett and Lanning will also write the February-shipping "Transformers: Infestation" #1-2 with artist Nick Roche, while "Star Trek: Infestation" #1-2, alternating weeks in February with "Transformers," are penned by Scott and David Tipton with art by Casey Maloney.

"Without giving too much away, I can say that we start in the IDW universe with a zombie outbreak of epic proportions. The threat is contained (or is it?), but not before it infests other realities - the realities of our licensed books," Waltz told CBR. "The individual series will show just how our intrepid heroes - folks like Optimus Prime, Dr. Peter Venkman, Mr. Spock, Baroness, and so many others - face down this new and obviously shocking threat, and their desperate efforts to stop it before it can completely consume - both literally and figuratively - their realities."

Other than the direct threat of zombie infestation itself, there will not be any crossover between the licensed titles, but "there is a surprise licensed-based crossover into the IDW universe in 'Infestation' #2," Waltz said. "But, that, as they say, is top secret."

"Star Trek: Infestation" takes place during the "Motion Picture" era and will star Spock, Kirk, and Dr. McCoy.

I'll be damned if they haven't piqued my interest.

 

[Daddy Todd]

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"Star Trek: Infestation" takes place during the "Motion Picture" era and will star Spock, Kirk, and Dr. McCoy.

Which "Motion Picture" era are they referring to? That looks like a TOS-era Spock to me. Maybe they mean the JJ-verse "Motion Picture" era...?

 

[Turtletrekker]

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I noticed that too. But Spock looks more like Nimoy than Quinto. Perhaps the promo isn't accurate of the actual timeframe.

 

[captcalhoun]

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since they said 'Motion Picture' i'd guess as in the Slow-Motion Picture, not the Star Trek O11 era.

is it me or does this sound like a monumentally bad idea?

 

[Turtletrekker]

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I think it will all be in the execution, and it seems to me that they're doing this right. By not having any of the various franchises actually interact with each other, they cut down the potential cheese factor a lot. I get the impression that if one were just to read the Star Trek issues, what you would get is a Star Trek story dealing with an extra-dimesional threat and not miss anything by not reading the other crossovers. That's not an implausible plot for a Trek tale, or for any of the other franchises involved.

But if you think crossing these properties together is awkward, you should check out War of the Independents. This is a crossover event between dozens of independent properties including, but hardly limited to, Cerebus the Aardvark, The Tick, and (so help me God) Gumby and Pokey!

 

[captcalhoun]

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weirdest ever crossover is Archie Meets the Punisher... i shit you not.

 

[Cybersnark]

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I'll be damned if they haven't piqued my interest.

And lost mine.

I kinda got bored of the Zombie Apocalypse 475,000 times ago.

 

[TheAlmanac]

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There is now a brief interview article on io9 discussing this crossover.

 

[Turtletrekker]

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I just think it's a shame that IDW lost the Angel rights. Can you imagine crossing this puppy into the Buffy-verse as well?

 

[JD]

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So they're pretty much going to Star Wars: Vector route with this then. For those who don't know what I'm talking about Vector, was a massive SW crossover with all of the comics going on at the time. And since they covered almost 4,000 years in the different series, they just had a Jedi and some artifact that all of the characters in different series ran into independantly. I haven't read the series yet myself, so I don't know how all of it worked out, but it sounds pretty similar in execution.