Post by Jeff on Aug 18, 2007 16:00:44 GMT -5
Ep 26: Cliff Notes
I'd recently acquired a Diaclone colored Ultra Magnus from ebay and really liked the look of the Blue Optimus Prime cab that came with it. I immediately began considering replacing the ratty old G1 Prime I was using in the comic. This one was far more distinct for the comic (who's ever seen a blue Prime before?), had more distinct facial details for close-up shots, and, from a vanity perspective, would let my readers know that not all my TFs were crappy and beaten up. So I quickly decided to return to the cliff from episode 24 and actually have Prime go off the end, allowing him to be rebuilt as the blue Prime.
Sometime soon after ACT began, I became very interested in the contradiction that Prime was a mouthless robot searching for a Twinkie. I'd been waiting for an opportunity to draw attention to this for weeks now, and this confrontation with Poseidon on the cliff seemed like an excellent opportunity.
I think it's incredibly important that Prime willingly jumps off the cliff, here. This episode allows me to pull back on Poseidon's character a little bit. Clearly, he's reluctant to tell Prime how much he sucks as a leader, which suggests some degree of kindness. By the end of the episode, he isn't disappointed that Prime has jumped, but at least Poseidon didn't do the pushing. There's still enough hope left for him that he can remain a likable character.
I have absolutely no memory of how I posed Prime for the fourth panel. My best guess is that I'm holding him with my left hand and used photoshop to remove my hand from the picture. I don't think I could have held Prime in that pose with silly putty, especially since his foot doesn't seem to be resting flatly on the table.
Incidentally, "Come, oh happy death," is Juliet's line when she kills herself in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Juliet couldn't have her soul mate. Prime couldn't have his Twinkie. It's the same thing, really.
Episodes 26 and 27 were posted on March 8th, 2003.
I'd recently acquired a Diaclone colored Ultra Magnus from ebay and really liked the look of the Blue Optimus Prime cab that came with it. I immediately began considering replacing the ratty old G1 Prime I was using in the comic. This one was far more distinct for the comic (who's ever seen a blue Prime before?), had more distinct facial details for close-up shots, and, from a vanity perspective, would let my readers know that not all my TFs were crappy and beaten up. So I quickly decided to return to the cliff from episode 24 and actually have Prime go off the end, allowing him to be rebuilt as the blue Prime.
Sometime soon after ACT began, I became very interested in the contradiction that Prime was a mouthless robot searching for a Twinkie. I'd been waiting for an opportunity to draw attention to this for weeks now, and this confrontation with Poseidon on the cliff seemed like an excellent opportunity.
I think it's incredibly important that Prime willingly jumps off the cliff, here. This episode allows me to pull back on Poseidon's character a little bit. Clearly, he's reluctant to tell Prime how much he sucks as a leader, which suggests some degree of kindness. By the end of the episode, he isn't disappointed that Prime has jumped, but at least Poseidon didn't do the pushing. There's still enough hope left for him that he can remain a likable character.
I have absolutely no memory of how I posed Prime for the fourth panel. My best guess is that I'm holding him with my left hand and used photoshop to remove my hand from the picture. I don't think I could have held Prime in that pose with silly putty, especially since his foot doesn't seem to be resting flatly on the table.
Incidentally, "Come, oh happy death," is Juliet's line when she kills herself in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Juliet couldn't have her soul mate. Prime couldn't have his Twinkie. It's the same thing, really.
Episodes 26 and 27 were posted on March 8th, 2003.