adelaidemetzger_robotprophet's review
4.0
“Ohmynerdgasm!!! The DINOBOTS are in this VOLUME!!!!”
No, I’m not one of those fans.
I never really liked the Dinobots, but this recent modern updates to characters—especially Grimlock—in Transformers media has completely revolutionized the character. Unfortunately, the leader of the Dinobots is not in this volume but it’s a good turn out anyway as we finally get to see what Orion Pax is doing right off the top.
I LOVED that issue (#6)! John Barber, I tell ya, he may not weave emotion on the top layer, but the dialogue and personalities of the characters come SO naturally to him that it…just feels right. Of course Optimus/Orion Pax is always a great character to write off of, but the parallel plot with Shockwave, that eventually leads into Dark Cybertron, is absolutely perfect with everything else that’s going on.
The rest of the volume continues with the political issues on Cybertron but is slightly more interesting as a few characters put themselves in peril and responsibility is strained. Ironhide has always been a natural favorite and to have him take lead on a mission with the Dinobots is just plain awesome and builds up to some serious peril that is left on a cliffhanger by the end of the volume. Wheeljack also gets himself into trouble and is saved by a strong figure I have come to admire—no spoilers.
Another thing that makes the story better in this volume is seeing Bumblebee’s unsteady progression as “leader” of Cybertron. Characters chiseled to perfection are boring—this is a fact—so when Bee begins to doubt his position as a worthy leader for Cybertron compared to the first volume I find him all the more likable. Unlike Starscream, Bumblebee’s decision in leadership isn’t necessarily based on him being in charge of Cybertron, he just wants what’s best for the people, but in the first volume he thought his way was the best way (like most politicians). By the time we reach Vol.2 the surface of his confidence begins to crack as he compares himself to Optimus Prime and the questioning of his very purpose is an inevitable outcome for future volumes. I love this kind of conflicting spiel in characters because it makes them complex and it just comes so well to John Barber with the Transformers characters.
I’m looking forward to catching up to volume #5 in Robots in Disguise so I can be 100% paralleled to where I am in More than Meets the Eye. But until then, this volume turned out to be substantially better than the first. *Please don’t let me down, Barber*
No, I’m not one of those fans.
I never really liked the Dinobots, but this recent modern updates to characters—especially Grimlock—in Transformers media has completely revolutionized the character. Unfortunately, the leader of the Dinobots is not in this volume but it’s a good turn out anyway as we finally get to see what Orion Pax is doing right off the top.
I LOVED that issue (#6)! John Barber, I tell ya, he may not weave emotion on the top layer, but the dialogue and personalities of the characters come SO naturally to him that it…just feels right. Of course Optimus/Orion Pax is always a great character to write off of, but the parallel plot with Shockwave, that eventually leads into Dark Cybertron, is absolutely perfect with everything else that’s going on.
The rest of the volume continues with the political issues on Cybertron but is slightly more interesting as a few characters put themselves in peril and responsibility is strained. Ironhide has always been a natural favorite and to have him take lead on a mission with the Dinobots is just plain awesome and builds up to some serious peril that is left on a cliffhanger by the end of the volume. Wheeljack also gets himself into trouble and is saved by a strong figure I have come to admire—no spoilers.
Another thing that makes the story better in this volume is seeing Bumblebee’s unsteady progression as “leader” of Cybertron. Characters chiseled to perfection are boring—this is a fact—so when Bee begins to doubt his position as a worthy leader for Cybertron compared to the first volume I find him all the more likable. Unlike Starscream, Bumblebee’s decision in leadership isn’t necessarily based on him being in charge of Cybertron, he just wants what’s best for the people, but in the first volume he thought his way was the best way (like most politicians). By the time we reach Vol.2 the surface of his confidence begins to crack as he compares himself to Optimus Prime and the questioning of his very purpose is an inevitable outcome for future volumes. I love this kind of conflicting spiel in characters because it makes them complex and it just comes so well to John Barber with the Transformers characters.
I’m looking forward to catching up to volume #5 in Robots in Disguise so I can be 100% paralleled to where I am in More than Meets the Eye. But until then, this volume turned out to be substantially better than the first. *Please don’t let me down, Barber*
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