Re: New IDW Beast Wars comic series
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:43 am
Taste is pretty much subjective, personally, I love his art as well.
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AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Indeed. While at the same time, just because you like something, doesn't mean it's good. Especially when it comes to this art on an objective level.
ZeroWolf wrote:You may not care for this style but it doesn't make it bad.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Indeed. While at the same time, just because you like something, doesn't mean it's good. Especially when it comes to this art on an objective level.
william-james88 wrote:This art aint got nothing on John Romita Jr
Jar Jar?AllNewSuperRobot wrote:JRJR
He was a Wave 1 Hasbro toy.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I assume Razorbeast was part of the BW2/Neo series.
Sabrblade wrote:He was a Wave 1 Hasbro toy.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I assume Razorbeast was part of the BW2/Neo series.
His importance in those comics was purely Furman picking some non-show character and making them important, like what he did for Thunderwing and Bludgeon back in Marvel G1. It's a thing that Furman was known for doing.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He was a Wave 1 Hasbro toy.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I assume Razorbeast was part of the BW2/Neo series.
I assumed he was part of the BW2/Neo series, based on his prevalence and importance in The Gathering/Ascending. I had the original figure.
Sabrblade wrote:He was a Wave 1 Hasbro toy.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I assume Razorbeast was part of the BW2/Neo series.
Sabrblade wrote:His importance in those comics was purely Furman picking some non-show character and making them important, like what he did for Thunderwing and Bludgeon back in Marvel G1. It's a thing that Furman was known for doing.
While yes, his toy was released in Japan redecoed in gold as the Beast Wars Neo character Randy (one of the most notorious, self-destructive victims of GPS ever), but he was only ever a single-episode guest star and very one-dimensional. 99% of the Western fandom hadn't even seen Randy's episode (let alone the majority of either JBW cartoon) back when The Gathering/Ascending came out. Nobody gives a hoot about Randy as a character.
Japan mainly only cares about Lio Convoy when it comes to the JBW-original characters.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:All these years and I assumed Razorbeast featured because he meant something to the Japanese series. Furman's character choices for The Gathering/Ascending continue to be infuriating...
ZeroWolf wrote:Nope, same team. IDW probably don't see a reason to mix up the staff if sales are strong
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:His importance in those comics was purely Furman picking some non-show character and making them important, like what he did for Thunderwing and Bludgeon back in Marvel G1. It's a thing that Furman was known for doing.
While yes, his toy was released in Japan redecoed in gold as the Beast Wars Neo character Randy (one of the most notorious, self-destructive victims of GPS ever), but he was only ever a single-episode guest star and very one-dimensional. 99% of the Western fandom hadn't even seen Randy's episode (let alone the majority of either JBW cartoon) back when The Gathering/Ascending came out. Nobody gives a hoot about Randy as a character.
All these years and I assumed Razorbeast featured because he meant something to the Japanese series. Furman's character choices for The Gathering/Ascending continue to be infuriating...
He liked the name, without ever knowing what he looked like beforehand.Razorbeast was more of a handy blank slate, onto which I could write a character. I already had the idea for ‘The Pack,’ a sort of covert Maximal Mission Impossible team, so it was matter of finding a suitable ‘agent.’ Razorbeast’s name (and the fact that he was one of the first BW toy releases in the US) kind of stood out for me, though I’m glad I didn’t actually see the toy (physically) until later. It might have put me off him.