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Originally Posted by kup

It was basically a pointless sequence to show off how 'bad ass' Spike is otherwise he would have kept his shirt on while doing it.

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A Constructicon was chosen for a reason (re-read the issue). And the method Spike used to disable/kill, is plausible.

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Originally Posted by STL

Really? Like this?


On the basis of that comment there alone (ignoring the previous couple of quotes before that) I'd say my post is more trying to dissect in a critical and reasoned manner the story than throwing around cheap little one liners.

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I am not going around calling anybody a "fanboy" in a degrading manner for expressing their opinion. That's what triggered what I previously said not the rest of your post.

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Originally Posted by griffin

A Constructicon was chosen for a reason (re-read the issue). And the method Spike used to disable/kill, is plausible.

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I disagree with the execution. Although I am not a fan of the concept of a human so effortlessly killing a Transformer, I could have lived with it if it was believably done. The way it was executed was horrible. It's not about plausibility but a really forced attempt to make Spike into a Super cool bad ass. Killing the Constructicon was just a tool for accomplishing that which to me sucks as well as the whole issue just building up to show us how 'awesome' Spike is.

I don't need to re-read the issue to see that.

Haven't read the issue so I can't say how good/bad it is and won't read it till it gets released as a TPB. Guess it must have been done not so well since none of us are kicking up a fuss about the likes of Circuit Breaker and the Mechanic p0wning TFs during the Marvel run.

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Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon

Haven't read the issue so I can't say how good/bad it is and won't read it till it gets released as a TPB. Guess it must have been done not so well since none of us are kicking up a fuss about the likes of Circuit Breaker and the Mechanic p0wning TFs during the Marvel run.

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Circuit Breaker was a kind of a Marvel style super heroine so she was believable within the universe presented. The Mechanic was indeed stupid and I think several of us have expressed that over the years :)

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Originally Posted by kup

It was basically a pointless sequence to show off how 'bad ass' Spike is otherwise he would have kept his shirt on while doing it.

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Minor thing: he did keep his shirt on. The shirt in question was just extremely tight. The scene was also very darkly lit, so it wasn't obvious.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

Minor thing: he did keep his shirt on. The shirt in question was just extremely tight. The scene was also very darkly lit, so it wasn't obvious.

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Sometimes people only see what they want to see.

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Originally Posted by STL

Sometimes people only see what they want to see.

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Yeah they do indeed. I remember a fair few posts of that on another topic actually.

super tight shirt or no shirt really doesn't change things that much. The intent is the same on the part of the writer.

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Originally Posted by kup

super tight shirt or no shirt really doesn't change things that much. The intent is the same on the part of the writer.

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"This friend of mine went to get you a tighter shirt..."

"There is no tighter shirt! We checked!"

Finally, something funny from TF2 worth quoting for a laugh... :p

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Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon

Guess it must have been done not so well since none of us are kicking up a fuss about the likes of Circuit Breaker and the Mechanic p0wning TFs during the Marvel run.

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Erm... people have b!tched about the Mechanic... he's indeed a rather forgettable G1 human villain. As for Circuit Breaker, as kup said she's a super-powered villain (later a dubious "heroine" when she joined the Neo Knights) -- plus she's HAWT. ;D