Snowflake Challenge Day 13
Jan. 13th, 2012 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Days 3 and 4 were "go meet someone" or "go comment", so uh... things happened?
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Days 3 and 4 were "go meet someone" or "go comment", so uh... things happened?
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Day 13
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favourite interview, a book) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Megatron: Origin. No question. Because it's beautiful, and because it gives Megatron a past and an identity and makes him sympathetic without thereby convincing you he's Just Misunderstood By The Meanie Autobot Establishment. And did I mention it's beautiful? I mean like oh my God, is this really a comic book beautiful? (I don't mean that as a dig at comic book art. I just mean this is different, and different good. Different in a "whoa, I'm not used to this" way, where after you get used to it you realize wow, it's beautiful.)
Honestly, when I first heard about it I thought I'd hate it like a Star Wars prequel. But instead of making Megatron retroactively into some whiny angsty teen with a bad temper, it fleshed out a character I loved in a way that really engaged me and opened up new possibilities. And I remember reading an interview with the script writer who said "This is about someone who discovers his dark side -- and realizes he likes it, and comes to revel in it." And that intrigued me from the moment I read it, though I still feared they'd deliver like Lucas.
Nope. They delivered just as cool as they made it sound. I'm a sucker for dark ascension done right, and they hit it out of the park.
Oh, and (minor spoiler, I... guess?) for once, my side gets to win one.
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favourite interview, a book) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Megatron: Origin. No question. Because it's beautiful, and because it gives Megatron a past and an identity and makes him sympathetic without thereby convincing you he's Just Misunderstood By The Meanie Autobot Establishment. And did I mention it's beautiful? I mean like oh my God, is this really a comic book beautiful? (I don't mean that as a dig at comic book art. I just mean this is different, and different good. Different in a "whoa, I'm not used to this" way, where after you get used to it you realize wow, it's beautiful.)
Honestly, when I first heard about it I thought I'd hate it like a Star Wars prequel. But instead of making Megatron retroactively into some whiny angsty teen with a bad temper, it fleshed out a character I loved in a way that really engaged me and opened up new possibilities. And I remember reading an interview with the script writer who said "This is about someone who discovers his dark side -- and realizes he likes it, and comes to revel in it." And that intrigued me from the moment I read it, though I still feared they'd deliver like Lucas.
Nope. They delivered just as cool as they made it sound. I'm a sucker for dark ascension done right, and they hit it out of the park.
Oh, and (minor spoiler, I... guess?) for once, my side gets to win one.