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  1. G.B.Blackrock

    BotCon 2022 Nashville, TN August 25-28

    I think that's likely exactly what's going on. They're being intentional about using color schemes that call back to SG characters, but that's as far as they seem to dare referencing old stuff without stepping on anyone's actual intellectual property rights.
  2. G.B.Blackrock

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    I'm torn. As you say, TOS Chapel had rather little to her, so I'm pleased to be given more to work with. On the other hand, it's been difficult for me to reconcile this Chapel with that one. I kind of have to treat her as a different person entirely.
  3. G.B.Blackrock

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    One issue I have with this discussion is that some of it is apples and oranges. I prefer 80s/90s Trek (and SNW) over Discovery/Picard (both of which I enjoy) because I greatly prefer the episodic storytelling in those things over the season-long arcs of Disco/Picard. That's not a "bad writing"...
  4. G.B.Blackrock

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    The thing is, "stands the test of time" really isn't something I think one can say until something has... or hasn't... done so. I have no objection to people liking things I dislike (or perhaps in this case, vice-versa), but I strongly object to this idea that there are objective things that...
  5. G.B.Blackrock

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    Not to criticize love for "Far Beyond the Stars" (one of the best DS9 episodes, yes) but it was both preachy and non-subtle. Neither prevented it from being excellent, but I simply don't buy an argument that says it wasn't preachy or was being subtle about what it was saying.
  6. G.B.Blackrock

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    When TOS had aliens that literally used Nazi swastikas, I'm not sure you can say that they were more "subtle" than modern writers.
  7. G.B.Blackrock

    BotCon 2022 Nashville, TN August 25-28

    Well, they KIND of transform....
  8. G.B.Blackrock

    Transformers Legacy toyline

    He knows. That's the "not-Grapple appearance" he was talking about, I assume also to point out that an Orange Hauler is just Grapple, who we've already gotten.
  9. G.B.Blackrock

    BotCon 2022 Nashville, TN August 25-28

    Back when the Wasp Raider was announced (ages ago, now), we were promised that some exclusives would be transforming robots. Ultimately, it depends on what partners are willing to work with them. We'll see.
  10. G.B.Blackrock

    BotCon 2022 Nashville, TN August 25-28

    Hopefully they'll be a step up from the humanoid figure painted up like Waspinator.
  11. G.B.Blackrock

    Generation 1 Skyfall

    Thanks for such a thorough look at the Action Masters (through the lens of this particular figure). I often try to tell folks not only that Action Masters are more than just "Transformers than don't transform," but that other non-transforming Transformers don't rise to the level of being Action...
  12. G.B.Blackrock

    Willow - streaming on Disney+

    Perhaps this is why Warwick Davis stepped down from hosting Tenable last year? (for the uninitiated, Tenable is a British game show)
  13. G.B.Blackrock

    Robots in Disguise (2001) Appreciation Thread

    Understood, but that comic didn't try to wedge the Matrix Blade into the mix. I mean, sure, we could always posit that Omega Prime could have conjured up the Matrix Blade at an earlier time, then put it back into subspace for later. But once we've done that, we no longer have to assume that...
  14. G.B.Blackrock

    Robots in Disguise (2001) Appreciation Thread

    Since the story was pretty much over by the time Omega Prime acquired the Matrix Blade, I'm not sure how much we can assume. This may have had to have been a different "RiD" continuity from the cartoon.
  15. G.B.Blackrock

    Disney+s Live Action Rescue Rangers Is Not What You’re Expecting

    Scheduling might always be a potential concern, but now that the vast majority of voice work is done remotely, and assembled later, it's much less of a concern than it used to be. ESPECIALLY for cameos.
  16. G.B.Blackrock

    Transformers Legacy toyline

    I agree in broad strokes with your point (that future versions of a known design should respect the original design), but I'm not convinced that Legends Override fails to do so. The starship Enterprise, as seen in the Kelvin movies and in the post-Discovery versions of the TV shows, is clearly...
  17. G.B.Blackrock

    Transformers Legacy toyline

    This. I will never understand how so many people can take matters of aesthetic preference and turn them into absolutes of right and wrong.
  18. G.B.Blackrock

    Transformers Legacy toyline

    I will (and have) absolutely buy stickers from Toyhax on occasion. I use them all the time to replace stickers that have aged poorly, and occasionally for customization purposes. I never want to see them come with a modern Hasbro toy. If Hasbro does it, the toy is incomplete if the stickers...
  19. G.B.Blackrock

    HasLab Victory Saber

    A possible answer, I'm sure, but decidedly unsatisfying. I have trouble accepting that a better way couldn't have been found.
  20. G.B.Blackrock

    Transformers Legacy toyline

    Or, at least, tampographed details where the G1 version had stickers. I'll never not hate stickers on modern toys.


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