Transformers Evolutions: Hearts of Steel

Tema: Transformers Evolutions: Hearts of Steel Dom Ene 25, 2009 11:07 pm

Citación :: Although it's of a new storyline, Hearts of Steel seems to build on the
story after Generation 1, where the Transformers who battled to their
last bits of energy were forced into a state of hibernation and went
through the Ice Age. When they were awakened, they found themselves in
the Great Industrial Revolution, and they changed form accordingly to
disguise themselves from the humans, and the story of Transformers in
steam engines and vehicles begins.

Very much like the movie, Bumblebee is the first Autobots to
appear in the comic. Since the comic is published before the movie,
this should be a coincidence then?

Another huge feature
of the comic is that important figureheads of the Industrial Revolution
are among the human characters, for example Mark Twain the very humorous American writer, Jules Verne, a French sci-fi author who wrote Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days, and John Henry,
the legendary black railroad worker who was rumored to be the strongest
man alive at his time. Instead of fictional characters as we see in all
other Transformers stories, I'm really curious as of how these
historical characters can blend into Hearts of Steel. Don't tell me
Jules Verne will go on a ride with Starscream in the comic, which will
then give him the inspiration for writing Around the World in Eighty Days

Optimus Prime as the steam locomotive.

Megatron as the ancient giant cannon.

In
terms of the Transformers, I think they are extremely well designed.
Not only are they close to their original designs, but most importantly
they look mechanical and robot-like. I have no problem accepting
Megatron as an interstellar fighter jet, but I have a lot of problem
accepting Optimus Prime looking like Superman XD. What do you think?

Unfortunately
for Hearts of Steel, its release was too close to Michael Bay's movie,
and to avoid confusion, the publisher decided to stop the release of
more issues until the movie is over, but they did not announce how long
will the comic be hibernated before the next release, now that the
movie is indeed over. Hasbro on the other hand, decided not to do any
toys from the series as well, for the same reason as above (but we all
know they want to milk the movie's toys dry before moving on to another
product line, agree?).

With the coming of the animated series next year, I wonder whether Hearts of Steel will be frozen forever?
Let's hope not.