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heartless guttersnipe (parsimonia) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-26 22:24:00

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medium: webcomic, title: shortpacked!

One Shortpacked! Strip

Now it's going to bug me until I can figure out when/where it was shown that Megatron does when he wakes up in the morning...

(From Shortpacked! by David Willis.)

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	trueredorion 2009-05-26 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	He does it in the Bay movie. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-26 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Does he? I gotta watch that again before the sequel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sinisterlink 2009-05-27 12:03 am UTC (link)
	He says it right when he first busts out of the ice and stuff he was being held in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proteus_lives 2009-05-27 12:08 am UTC (link)
	I thought Megatron had excellent over-the-top villain dialogue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sinisterlink 2009-05-27 12:13 am UTC (link)
	He did, didn't he? Loved it when he's chasing Sam around and yells, "I smell you, boy!" My favorite though was still just when Optimus shows up and is all like, "Megatron!" and Megatron is like, "Priiiiiiiiiime!!!" lol. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	menagerie 2009-05-27 12:21 am UTC (link)
	That line just made me laugh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	He did indeed. proteus_lives 2009-05-27 01:07 am UTC (link)
	My personal favorite was "Then join them in extinction!" I love how he's talking to Prime during the fight. He's bigger, stronger and probably going to win but he still HAS to convince or get Prime to admit that he's right. It's an example of the perfect protagonist/antagonist relationship. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-05-27 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Pah! He got what... four of five lines? In the whole darn movie? Beast Wars or Transformers Animated Megatron got that much in before a commercial break and still had time to be sarcastic to Quickstrike. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-27 02:23 am UTC (link)
	God I wish there could've been more Beast Wars. (Yes, Beast Machines was good too, but it didn't have Dinobot.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-05-27 04:00 am UTC (link)

In terms in insane genius and magnificent sarcasm, BW Megatron is tough to beat; "When expecting a bobby trap, always send a boob in first"

Transformers Animated isn't as witty, but IS a Magnificent Bastard, with his wonderful approach to dealing with the treachery of Starscream. As opposed to G1's Megatron "I shall keep him around.. just in case the plot requires that he betray me again", TA Megatron's response was to blow his head off IMMEDIATELY he had a chance... and when that didn't kill him... he shot him again... and then had a standing order for all Decepticons to shoot him on sight. It was incredibly refreshing.

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	ninjapeps 2009-05-27 07:38 am UTC (link)
	someone back in s_d classic posted a panel of Megatron talking about his choice of bringing back Starscream. if memory serves, it was something like this: "why did I bring back the Decepticon with the longest history of betraying me at every opportunity? because I'm an idiot, that's why." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-05-27 09:29 am UTC (link)
	Is there more Megatron in the last season, then? I haven't seen that yet but what I have seen of Animated has left me reeeally disappointed with how little Megatron there's been. He just has no panache so far! And just does basically nothing all the time! Or so it seems to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-27 09:44 am UTC (link)
	Oh he gets to do a LOT more in Season 3, since he's now the returned and active leader of the Decepticons. They take him out of the equation for a few episodes (otherwise they really would have won) but when he comes back he's in top form; cunning, malevolent, clever and brutal (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-27 09:49 am UTC (link)
	Hurray! I've been holding off from watching, because Sari kind of makes me cringe, but I cannot say no to some good old maniacal megatron. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-27 10:41 am UTC (link)
	Sari undergoes a bit of an alteration too these series, as well as answering a question I've wondered since Beast Wars... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-05-29 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	SO I HAVE HEARD. About Sari. I shall reserve judgement I think. What question is that? :O Though I confess I skipped Beast Wars and went straight in at Beast Machines (which is why I never speak up and say I LIKED IT when the dissing starts (and it always starts..)). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-29 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Not sure I should say about the question, it's sort of a spoiler. And you really should make the time to watch Beast Wars, it repays you for it, and has probably THE best Transformers episode of all time in "Code of Honour" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-29 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	D'aww. Such a good episode. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-05-27 10:29 am UTC (link)
	I never watched Transformers Animated. Is it in its own continuity? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

icon_uk
2009-05-27 10:41 am UTC (link)

Yes, completely, and don't let the odd animation designs throw you, it's been enormous fun as well as a lot smarter than you might expect. It is to Gen 1 what Brave and the Bold is to the 1970's Batman cartoon.

It knows it's audience very well, and there are nods to the old shows and toys aplenty (Cameos be everyone from Spike and family, to never released Japanese Gen 1 characters) but it has it's own story, it's own feeling, and by going down the road of Beast Wars and focussing on a small cast of characters, it's actually character driven a lot of the time.

Try it, if you're a TF fan I can pretty much guarantee you'll find something to like in it.

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	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-27 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. Every word. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-05-27 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	so will you two be encouraging them to do season 4? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-05-29 12:52 pm UTC (link)
	I would LOVE them to do season 4, provided they felt they could keep the same standard going as the first three seasons. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-05-26 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	points Icon! :O (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-26 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	OMG WE MATCH! Do you have any idea who made that icon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-05-26 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Errrr... I did. ^_^;;; (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-26 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	AH HA! Now I can credit you! I seriously love that icon. I used to think I was the only one who loved that pairing/non-pairing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-05-27 06:12 am UTC (link)
	giggles Trust me, you're not. (Onoes, you found me! XP) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dorksidefiker 2009-05-28 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Tch. Your own icon tells you that this is not so! is a pervy Dinobot/Rattrap fancier (Reply to this) (Parent)

	D: octopussoir 2009-05-26 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Voice actor-cest! I met Scott, he's awesome. He did his Dinobot for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: D: parsimonia 2009-05-26 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Really? That's very cool. The cast of Beast Wars was just phenomenal, I really must say. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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icon_uk
2009-05-27 04:03 am UTC (link)

I went down the autgraph line at a Botcon about 12 years ago, and the great thing about doing that with voice actors is that, since I have a very noticeable Scottish accent (Well, noticeable in California) they were all trying out their Scottish accents on me. Scott McNeil, Susan Blu, David Kaye.... by the time I got to the end of the line it was like a clan gathering... Surreal, but brilliant.

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	Re: D: cmdr_zoom 2009-05-27 04:08 am UTC (link)
	I'm a fan of Susan Blu from way back, and have a weakness for the feminine form of the Anglo-Gaelic accent. I don't think I'd be able to handle both at once. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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icon_uk
2009-05-27 04:18 am UTC (link)

Yup, she was lovely, and does have a wonderfully smoky, sexy voice - Stormer from Jem <3 (She did sort of spoil it by noting that her favourite voice to perform was Granny Smurf... which wasn't quite as sexy.

I was also helped immeasurably in impressing the locals (and visitors) by the fact that for some reason, probably a throat bug or something I caught on the flight over, my voice dropped almost an octave for three or four days, so I went from tenor to bass overnight. It didn't hurt or anything, but I was now not only "the Scottish guy", I was "the Scottish guy with a voice like Sean Connery"

Other memorable moments included Garry Chalk, in his Optimus Primal voice, serenading us with "Feelings" whilst waiting for a room to quieten down, and a hysterical script reading session!

Ah, BotCon... good times... :)

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psychop_rex
2009-05-28 01:51 am UTC (link)

I'm not surprised - they probably wanted to show off. A Scottish accent is a really fiendishly difficult thing to get right, assuming you A: are not Scottish yourself, and B: have little opportunity to do research.
I know this because a few years ago I was taking voice acting classes, and for some reason, I decided to try out a Scottish accent on this script that I was assigned to do. Well, first off, it turned out to be the absolute worst choice possible for the role (there was a note on the script that I didn't see which read something like 'should sound like Adam West'), and secondly, I discovered that I SUCK at doing a Scottish accent. Nobody could figure out what the hell I was trying to do - I got guesses that ranged from French to Eastern European. When the teacher asked me if I'd learned anything from this, I said "Yeah. When in doubt, don't do Scottish." (Not what she wanted to hear, by the way.) So the moral of this story is that A: my accents suck, and therefore B: anyone who IS good at them should be damn proud of themselves, and flaunt their skills whenever they can.

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	slicensmile 2009-05-27 01:03 am UTC (link)
	I was most definitely expecting that to be an "I AM BATMAN" reference. o.O (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-27 01:08 am UTC (link)
	"I'm Batman" tends to be more of an explanation for something, or just something Batman has to say every five minutes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-28 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Ethan must have considerable presence of mind to do something like that seconds after waking up. I think the best I could manage in his place would be something like 'hmp? Uh... MRAAUUWRAUUWRAUUGGHH!' (Reply to this) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-05-28 01:58 am UTC (link)
	I know! I would do better if I had an alarm clock that shouted "I AM MEGATRON!" at me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-05-28 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Either that, or one that whispered 'psst - it's your cue!' at me in a frantic directorial voice. I have enough of the actor in me that I think my subconscious might snap into action if something like that woke me up. (Either that, or I'd get stage fright, of course.) (Reply to this) (Parent)