XMAS (W)RAPPING - Simon Furman reveals details of unreleased TF Dreamwave #14
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 3:42AM CST
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It’s Christmas! Well, almost. And here’s a little extra gift for Transformers fans from my recently dredged Dreamwave archive of unpublished tidbits. Not a lot of people know this, but in the final months of Dreamwave (not that we were aware they were the final months at the time), circa November 2004, I was asked to prepare a one-issue fill in for Dreamwave’s G1 book (issue #14 to be precise). Regular G1 writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk had stepped away from the book. (Being closer to the heart of things, Dreamwave-wise, they clearly saw the writing on the wall, so to speak, and stopped pouring work into the rapidly expanding black hole that was Dreamwave.) In the splendid isolation of this sceptered isle, I just carried on regardless. Though it was shaped to stand alone, I wanted the story to both pick up on what James and Adam has already established and tie G1 and my War Within series tighter together. The outline (it was never scripted) for ‘The Enemy Within’ (yeah, I know, but it fitted) follows. Enjoy!
To see the summary, simply click here. For future reference, Simon's blog can be found at http://simonfurman.wordpress.com.
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Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 23rd, 2010 @ 7:01am CST
Posted by Cyberstrike on December 23rd, 2010 @ 8:25am CST
Cliffjumper Prime wrote:I've held my tongue long enough... I know there are a lot of DW fans out there (I have never had a problem with DW), but I'm getting sick of these summaries of stories that never happened. This is all well and good for Furman, but it's non-canonical. It's psuedo-news and it clutters up the homepages of all the Transformers sites I go to. Same thing with the ark addendums... publish this stuff in batches so it doesn't clutter up the news! alright I'm done ranting.
Seconded.
Posted by Joetx on December 23rd, 2010 @ 9:06am CST
Cliffjumper Prime wrote:I've held my tongue long enough... I know there are a lot of DW fans out there (I have never had a problem with DW), but I'm getting sick of these summaries of stories that never happened. This is all well and good for Furman, but it's non-canonical. It's psuedo-news and it clutters up the homepages of all the Transformers sites I go to. Same thing with the ark addendums... publish this stuff in batches so it doesn't clutter up the news! alright I'm done ranting.
What a Scrouge.
Sheesh.
I for one am grateful Furman has put out endings of stories that were in serious need of a conclusion.
And to argue what belongs or doesn't belong in The Canon is an exercise in folly.
Posted by Bass X0 on December 23rd, 2010 @ 9:08am CST
And since when did Seibertron sit on news for flimsy reasons?
Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 23rd, 2010 @ 9:45am CST
Joetx wrote:Cliffjumper Prime wrote:I've held my tongue long enough... I know there are a lot of DW fans out there (I have never had a problem with DW), but I'm getting sick of these summaries of stories that never happened. This is all well and good for Furman, but it's non-canonical. It's psuedo-news and it clutters up the homepages of all the Transformers sites I go to. Same thing with the ark addendums... publish this stuff in batches so it doesn't clutter up the news! alright I'm done ranting.
What a Scrouge.
Sheesh.
I for one am grateful Furman has put out endings of stories that were in serious need of a conclusion.
And to argue what belongs or doesn't belong in The Canon is an exercise in folly.
I'm just a little annoyed with these summaries being posted almost daily... It could've just been one big batch
p.s. you mispelled Scrooge
Posted by MysteriousDewd on December 23rd, 2010 @ 9:52am CST
Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 23rd, 2010 @ 10:03am CST
MysteriousDewd wrote:I think he was trying to make a funny by combining Scrooge and Scourge.
I was afraid of that
Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 23rd, 2010 @ 10:05am CST
Posted by Stormwolf on December 23rd, 2010 @ 10:23am CST
Posted by The Legend on December 23rd, 2010 @ 10:30am CST
Posted by Black Bumblebee on December 23rd, 2010 @ 10:50am CST
I LOVE this stuff. As an old school, born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s TF fan, it is awesome to see the behind the scenes items of work like this. To see the Transformers that "almost" was (and didn't we just have an interview with Pat 'Superstar' Lee, to connect all this), to see the early movie scripts, or to hear that certain characters were to have other names.... this is news.
Soon, these websites sites will be filled with the insectoid looking Michael Bay creatures, and I can skim. But for now, this is my news. Don't ruin my Christmas :-p
Posted by Joetx on December 23rd, 2010 @ 11:32am CST
MysteriousDewd wrote:I think he was trying to make a funny by combining Scrooge and Scourge.
Bingo!
Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 23rd, 2010 @ 11:37am CST
Black Bumblebee wrote:Don't ruin my Christmas :-p
yeah that's what I was trying to do...
Posted by Springer on December 23rd, 2010 @ 1:41pm CST
Black Bumblebee wrote:I for one am very grateful to be getting them. But for now, this is my news. Don't ruin my Christmas :-p
Aww...
Here's your balls back.
Now go hang them on the tree.
Posted by Windsweeper on December 23rd, 2010 @ 3:03pm CST