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Date Posted: 18/07/02 21:10:11 GMT+10
Author: Goktimus Prime
Subject: Re: Dreamwave G1 #4
In reply to: Axaday 's message, "Re: Dreamwave G1 #4" on 18/07/02 19:18:19 GMT+10

>
>What is the *correct* way to draw humans? Maybe they
>should just include photographs instead of drawings.
>

For one thing, humans don't have their fingers all the same length. ;p

>
>8/5! 8/5! 8/5! Why are you so arrogant that you
>keep yourself intentionally ignorant of such easy
>conversions??? You say that there is no reason for
>you to bother with it and then you complain when you
>can't communicate. It isn't THEIR fault. It's yours.
> 83.2 km.
>

Ppppfffttt, I'll most likely never need to use imperial units in my life, so there's not much point in learning how to convert it other than for perhaps the odd occasion that I might bump into it. But I'm probably just as likely to bump into something written in Classical Latin, but you don't see me rushing to learn that extinct language. :p

Furthermore, it's a hassle (and I'm a lazy sod) to have to convert everything over. It's also confusing, 'cos I really do just naturally think of things in metric units, so I was actually expecting the Dreamwave posters to be a LOT smaller than they actually are. You can imagine my surprise when I picked up the Dreamwave poster with Soundwave and the Decepticon cassettes! I was astonished at how big that poster was -- I was expecting it to be so much smaller. Oh well.

We could rave on about this till the cows come home (and in the past, we have) but you'll know that I'll always have a good bitch whenever I see an imperial unit of measure, cos they kinda suck like hell. :p :p

Let's move on before someone starts swearing...

>
>Two things to note: Since Devestator is primarily
>tall rather than wide, he doesn't hold as much water
>on top of his surfaces as the Nemesis. It can come
>off much faster. Plus, humans come out of the water
>soaked because their clothes and skin and hair absorb
>water and hold it in. Metal doesn't do that. The
>water would roll off Devestator as soon as he came out
>of the water, leaving him simply damp.
>

He wasn't even damp!! Surely they could've drawn a few more droplets throughout the body -- maybe a puddle on the shoulder or two... he just looked way too dry. If not for the fact that the splash was too small, it kinda looked more like he was jumping into the water, rather than out of it.

>
>Since Prime and Superion were there and you were not,

How do you know I wasn't there, huh? Maybe I was! Maaaaaaybe I was. Or maybe I was tripping on acid... hrmmm... ;p

>
>Issue #4 needn't provide a reason. #1 did. He's been
>reprogrammed.
>

I just had a quick re-read of #1, and I didn't see any mention of Grimlock having been reprogrammed by Megatron. I know that he was reprogrammed by the humans, and yes, it is very possible that he could have been reprogrammed by Megatron, but I don't recall anywhere in the comics that actually states that Megatron has done this.

I'm not saying that it's a bad hypothesis, in fact, it's a very valid one, but if there is actual evidence that Megatron has done this, please point it out to me.

>
>The heck? I don't remember seeing the key.

Turn to the 23rd page and have a good look at that little golden thingie that Wheeljack is playing around with his utility arms (which is a pretty cool homage to Gundam and is also a more practical modification for Wheeljack IMO) -- it's a little Key to Vector Sigma.

By the way, I just spent the last couple of hours making this page to illustrate my opinion on the fight between Devastator and Superion -- I'm still not convinced that Superion could have knocked Devastator down like that with a right hook after having grabbed his left wrist. The fact that there is a huge gap between the first two frames (ie: HOW the hell did Superion manage to pull that punch) is really bad visual narrative in terms of story telling in a comic book format. It's a very poor use of the cinematic technique.

Anyway, I've tried to explore several different possibilities as to what Superion could have done, and I have not been able to find a viable way for him to do that right hook.

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