Fear not this night, you will not go astray.
Сейчас в США проходит Боткон, и сегодня (или вчера?) там выступал Робертс :3
Так что вот некоторые ответы с его выступления:
upd!
Продолжение банкета, часть два
- Did not actually know Chromedome had to “kill his little friend” in an episode of Headmasters.
- Hanging over the next 25 issues is Megatron being an autobot. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s planning something or not.
- Pitched 12-15 stories to IDW before LSotW, most of them being one shots/spotlights, one of them was a dinobot origin story. Has since been able to work some of it into MTMTE.
- Decided he wanted MTMTE to be an ensemble piece, writing as both comedy and drama, says he takes out some gags to get the tone right.
- Does he plan out all the characters he’s going to kill in advance? There are some characters he knows will die, not all of them have died yet. Some were slated to die but didn’t. Tailgate was going to die at the end of Remain In Light but the idea of Cyclonus saving him came to him. Says plans can change. He insists he doesn’t kill for the sake of killing. “And you don’t know what’s around the corner.”
- Part of his creative process is being in a fetal position and sobbing.
- Says he has a weakness for Lost Light characters.
- Relying more on post issues as far as past knowledge and familiarity with characters goes.
- Says he reads Saga, Hawkeye and Sex Crimes as far as comics goes.
- He’s a huge X-Files fan.
- “Some of the MTMTE episodes are sitcom-esque.” (He has a lot of respect for the way sitcoms are written)
- Burning their way through the traditional G1 characters. Sometimes limited in how they can use certain characters because of backstory/placement. “Sometimes you need a good old red shirt.”
- Rung’s alt-mode isn’t important. “Very little is important in Rung’s life.”
- More romance? Maybe. He assumes nothing is off limits until he’s told it is.
- MTMTE Season 2 will be sort of a roaming spotlight on characters, certain episodes will have all of them
- Favorites to write: Whirl, Swerve, Chromedome and Rewind, Cyclonus and Tailgate, Megatron at the moment, Nightbeat, Nautica, Ultra Magnus. But at the moment Nautica and Megatron.
- Scavengers will come back in a 2 part story in the not too distant future. DJD not in that particular story. DJD will be making more than one appearance and we’ll see how Tarn reacts to Megatron’s betrayal.
- Drift is “out there in space doing stuff.” We’ll see him again. Drift has two people “in his orbit” who are Rodimus and Ratchet (issue 30).
- “Every issue is my attempt to say ‘Please make this toy.’”
- If fans make enough noise and show support, Hasbro is very receptive to that. (I.e. Swerve, Tailgate, Whirl, Brainstorm, Chromedome, Hoist, Trailbreaker)
- Is it hard to get a green light for some of the heavier issues? (Like how Transformers are created). Disposable class (like Rewind) was originally left to die and were born with x amount of energon and no effort was made to refuel them. John Barber said no. The religion, PTSD and mental illness issues have had support from IDW.
- Brainstorm story arc? He’s an A-list character for season two and there’s a lot more to come.
- Identifies most with Megatron and Nautica.
- Does Grimlock get more story? He’s going to go places. His relationship with the scavengers is the important story there. Says the scavengers are not that nice and that they do have rough edges.
- “Everyone uses the TFWiki.”
На английском
- It was always going to be Rodimus in the coffin but Megatron showing up changed how it was going to be found.
- There is more Fort Max story to come.
- Issue 34, Brainstorm’s briefcase is open.
- We will see Grimlock and the scavengers in season 2.
- Tarn and the DJD are the powder keg under season 2.
- “Overlord is completely dead.” (Said with a grin)
- Xaaron being on Lost Light was a selfish decision because James liked him, and he’s not necessarily the diplomat character he was in Marvel.
- James has no plans to blow up the earth to get rid of humans and said that was John’s department.
- The conjunx endura thing was because he thought that that kind of relationship needed its own name and deserved its own name. He said there’s also a different kind of relationship coming. And that IDW and Hasbro were very supportive of it.
- Pharma was his favorite bad guy along with Tarn. He also said that he doesn’t create an original character unless there’s not an existing character to do the job. Someone also asked about a Rung toy and how we could get one if he doesn’t transform into anything, and James said that plot and story was more important than toys, but that we might see one.
- Tyrest was originally going to have two faces.
- When James described Rung’s design to Alex, Alex put the wheel on his back and then James had to explain it.
- We’ll see more of Star Saber and he is what happens when religion goes bad.
(х)
Так что вот некоторые ответы с его выступления:
upd!
Продолжение банкета, часть два
- Did not actually know Chromedome had to “kill his little friend” in an episode of Headmasters.
- Hanging over the next 25 issues is Megatron being an autobot. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s planning something or not.
- Pitched 12-15 stories to IDW before LSotW, most of them being one shots/spotlights, one of them was a dinobot origin story. Has since been able to work some of it into MTMTE.
- Decided he wanted MTMTE to be an ensemble piece, writing as both comedy and drama, says he takes out some gags to get the tone right.
- Does he plan out all the characters he’s going to kill in advance? There are some characters he knows will die, not all of them have died yet. Some were slated to die but didn’t. Tailgate was going to die at the end of Remain In Light but the idea of Cyclonus saving him came to him. Says plans can change. He insists he doesn’t kill for the sake of killing. “And you don’t know what’s around the corner.”
- Part of his creative process is being in a fetal position and sobbing.
- Says he has a weakness for Lost Light characters.
- Relying more on post issues as far as past knowledge and familiarity with characters goes.
- Says he reads Saga, Hawkeye and Sex Crimes as far as comics goes.
- He’s a huge X-Files fan.
- “Some of the MTMTE episodes are sitcom-esque.” (He has a lot of respect for the way sitcoms are written)
- Burning their way through the traditional G1 characters. Sometimes limited in how they can use certain characters because of backstory/placement. “Sometimes you need a good old red shirt.”
- Rung’s alt-mode isn’t important. “Very little is important in Rung’s life.”
- More romance? Maybe. He assumes nothing is off limits until he’s told it is.
- MTMTE Season 2 will be sort of a roaming spotlight on characters, certain episodes will have all of them
- Favorites to write: Whirl, Swerve, Chromedome and Rewind, Cyclonus and Tailgate, Megatron at the moment, Nightbeat, Nautica, Ultra Magnus. But at the moment Nautica and Megatron.
- Scavengers will come back in a 2 part story in the not too distant future. DJD not in that particular story. DJD will be making more than one appearance and we’ll see how Tarn reacts to Megatron’s betrayal.
- Drift is “out there in space doing stuff.” We’ll see him again. Drift has two people “in his orbit” who are Rodimus and Ratchet (issue 30).
- “Every issue is my attempt to say ‘Please make this toy.’”
- If fans make enough noise and show support, Hasbro is very receptive to that. (I.e. Swerve, Tailgate, Whirl, Brainstorm, Chromedome, Hoist, Trailbreaker)
- Is it hard to get a green light for some of the heavier issues? (Like how Transformers are created). Disposable class (like Rewind) was originally left to die and were born with x amount of energon and no effort was made to refuel them. John Barber said no. The religion, PTSD and mental illness issues have had support from IDW.
- Brainstorm story arc? He’s an A-list character for season two and there’s a lot more to come.
- Identifies most with Megatron and Nautica.
- Does Grimlock get more story? He’s going to go places. His relationship with the scavengers is the important story there. Says the scavengers are not that nice and that they do have rough edges.
- “Everyone uses the TFWiki.”
На английском
- It was always going to be Rodimus in the coffin but Megatron showing up changed how it was going to be found.
- There is more Fort Max story to come.
- Issue 34, Brainstorm’s briefcase is open.
- We will see Grimlock and the scavengers in season 2.
- Tarn and the DJD are the powder keg under season 2.
- “Overlord is completely dead.” (Said with a grin)
- Xaaron being on Lost Light was a selfish decision because James liked him, and he’s not necessarily the diplomat character he was in Marvel.
- James has no plans to blow up the earth to get rid of humans and said that was John’s department.
- The conjunx endura thing was because he thought that that kind of relationship needed its own name and deserved its own name. He said there’s also a different kind of relationship coming. And that IDW and Hasbro were very supportive of it.
- Pharma was his favorite bad guy along with Tarn. He also said that he doesn’t create an original character unless there’s not an existing character to do the job. Someone also asked about a Rung toy and how we could get one if he doesn’t transform into anything, and James said that plot and story was more important than toys, but that we might see one.
- Tyrest was originally going to have two faces.
- When James described Rung’s design to Alex, Alex put the wheel on his back and then James had to explain it.
- We’ll see more of Star Saber and he is what happens when religion goes bad.
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@темы: комиксы
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20.06.2014 в 23:58he's goin to kill us from inside i fkin swear-
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21.06.2014 в 00:03-
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21.06.2014 в 00:05Так мы и поверили.)) Я все равно буду надеяться, что его еще покажут.)
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21.06.2014 в 00:06он что-то задумал
он всегда что-то задумывает
someone hold me plz
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21.06.2014 в 02:02Не сметь убивать самого харизматичного шестифазника!!
Ауыыы, more intimate relationships to come, fuckkkkkkk yeah!!!
Реал, я успела полюбить тебя
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21.06.2014 в 10:37- When James described Rung’s design to Alex, Alex put the wheel on his back and then James had to explain it.
Ничитаеткомиксыничитаеткомиксы
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22.06.2014 в 00:22THERE GOES MY HEART
help me plz i'm dyin from feels
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22.06.2014 в 01:37И тут мне вспомнился старый стрип на тему
а так есть чему порадоваться и от чего хочется поорать капсом
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22.06.2014 в 02:34OH MY FUCkiNG gODDDdddd aughhhh
блин ну я не знаю, я плачу
*обнимает Добе и рыдает*
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22.06.2014 в 02:53*SOBS AND WHINES*