Product Description: It's the triumphant return of Transformers. Long thought dead by the inhabitants of Earth, we discover that the classic metal warriors of Generation 1 are far from gone. But where have they been for so long and why only now have they chosen to return? And who is the mysterious man called Lazarus and what is his plan?
Sarracini, the worst writer for Transformers The artwork is okay, but the writing and the plot are terrible to say the least. Chris Sarracini doesn't know a damn thing about the characters and about Transformers. Sarracini put in humans in the book which makes me sick to my stomach. I hated Spike and his son, Daniel when they first appeared in the cartoon. His writing was horrible that I can't even described it. I actually said,"Ugh" to myself when I first looked at the first Transformers mini-series. The ending was a real letdown because it's just plain stupid to see Wheeljack sacrificed himself. When I heard that Sarracini is becoming the regular writer for the Dreamwave Transformers series and said "Oh, I would bring it back to basics". It's all nothing but a damn bunch of B.S.. I fear that he will screwed it up once again, but fortunately, he won't get a chance now that Dreamwave is out of business thanks to that(...)Pat Lee. Pat Lee took everybody's money to buy two expensive Porsches for himself and his no-good brother, Roger. He never paid his employees a single dime and caused the two regular writers to leave Dreamwave and filed a lawsuit against him for unpaid wages. This book is not good for anybody who are big Transformers fans. If you want to blame someone or some people who brought down Dreamwave, it's the three jerkfaces, Pat Lee, Simon Furman, and Chris Sarracini.
Transformers: Generation 1 is a great book! Transformers: Generation 1 is a great book! Chris Sarrachini and Pat Lee do an amazing job of retelling the story about the Autobots and Decepticons from Generation 1! Pat Lee's art is amazing which looks very similar to the animation of the Sunbow/Marvel Transformers cartoon series. Chris Sarachini's fresh new approach to the comic with the human conspiracy theory and Lazerby Project is very intersting. Now,I am very upset that Dreamwave productions shut down in Janauary 2005, But this book will take you back to when Dreamwave productions first got the Transformer comic book license and made the Transformers hit number #1 in April of 2002! This book is worth the memories if you where a fan of Dreamwave productions,Transformers, and Pat Lee back when it started 3 years ago.
Unfaithful to the Legend This story was not reminiscent to the Transformers mythos. Everyone acted completely out of character, and the story was not fun at all compared with the 80 issue Marvel run. Even though the artwork is spectacular, the writing is so bad that I still have to rate this book 1 star.
A great start... I held off buying this book for a long time, mainly because of some negative reviews on this site. I finally decided to bite the bullet after actually seeing the book at a convention, and it completely blew me away!
If you are an old Transformers fan, you won't be able to get enough of the amazing colors and artwork - it's a nostalgic trip that, in my experience, has yet to be bettered. The personalities of the characters are all spot-on and many favorites make an appearance. It's true that the virus part of the story is a bit weak, but the humans definitely do not detract from the overall arch. In fact, I think that one of the main reasons that the old G1 cartoon eventually lost its appeal was that it shifted its focus from Earth and the interaction between the Transformers and the human race. This book reverses that trend, and involves a fun little conspiracy which probably would happen if the Transformers actually existed. Overall, this is top-class entertainment which - along with the preview at the end of the book - sets up nicely for the ongoing series. Buy this book now along with its sequel, "War and Peace" (a real Transformers epic story). If you were/are any sort of G1 Transformers fan, I promise that reading both of these books will leave you begging for more!
Amazing, but... When I picked up the first issue of this series, I read the best single comic issue I have ever been lucky enough to get my hands on. Even today, I still think that the first 2 issues of this collection are the best comics I've ever read. The art is simply astounding - Nothing comes close. Period. And the plot slips nicely into the 20 unseen years between season 2 and the movie. The most promising start anyone could ask for.
But then something happened. It started to suck. A lot. All of the sudden, the world is threatened by a "virus" that the transformers have to fight. This "virus" spreads like a glacier and is apparently metal that grows. Yep, I'm not making this up. So in classic Ghostbusters-2 fashion, the transformers get guns that shoot jelly and fight the "virus". It's as corny and stupid as it sounds. And all the continuity is quickly thrown away (then totally abandoned in the follow-up series.)
Oddly, while all this is happening in the arctic, everything else is great. Optimus and gang are duking it out with the decpticons back in San Francisco old-school style. It's awesome. The dialogue is great, the structure, pacing, and design makes it feel like a really good movie. So what's holding it back? Well, it seems like Sarrachini is incapable of throwing away all the tired old camp and kiddy-ness of the original. Megatron is still as one-dimensional as ever, spouting his usual maniacal tirade and playing the role of generic and cliched mad scientist/world domination obsessed bad guy (not that he shouldn't be that character, but we've seen that from day one from Megatron. How 'bout adding something new?).
The book was most heavily criticized for it's human characters, which many claim bogged down the book. I couldn't disagree more. The humans don't hog much of the story, and add some reality and grounding to the plot. In response, the second book, "War and Peace", has no humans at all, and it really hurts the story. Without any humans, the bots are forced into the role of politics and intrigue, and it's as awkward as a cykill figure at BotCon. And the author lays it on thick, war and peace has so much politics and dialogue, I've had to read it 3 times, and it's still confusing.
So overall, the two Generation 1 graphic novels that have been published so far are well worth the price for the beautiful art and wonderful nostalgia, despite their minor scripting flaws. I think even non-fans can enjoy these books. Perhaps best of all is the high re-reading factor - because of the level of detail, these books will never get old.
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