ITT: western /m/ media
Watch the skies coming at you. A hero of metal hue. He locks horns with disaster, for the red and the white and the blue.
What's his best armor? What's his best story?
>>23651087Always liked this one
>>23651087The heroes reborn was one I liked>>23651104Modular is a pretty sharp style. And this one was spiffy
>>23651087Ive always been partial to the ultimate design
>>23651087Powerwise, Bleeding Edge, or Superior Ironman, I didn't care for the design of those though. >Best StoryI hate to agree with people that Ironman is so C-list he never had a classic storyline, but I see the criticism. Probably the best of what he has is Demon in a Bottle, and I'm really fond of Armor Wars. Also his fight against Doom (the one where they accidentally time travel to King Arthur's day) is underrated, but probably too silly for most people.
I just learned about this and am planning to read it asap because the premise reminded me of a film noirs Orguss and Big O
The cancellation still stings
Imagine getting written out of your own series going from Americanized gundam to another boring ass fucking battle royale
>>23651087
>lol destroid
>>23650653is that a Gallus-J
This show is pretty fun.
Needs no introduction
>>23651173>I hate to agree with people that Ironman is so C-list he never had a classic storyline,The problem with comics is that so often people are only ever really looking for single stand out stories they can point at. A Dark Knight Returns or a Kraven's Last Hunt but a lot of characters don't really have too many major hits like that. I still wouldn't call him C list by any stretch, especially not when people who watch the MCU say it like they were the defining triumph of the character. He's headlined HUNDREDS of comic books. You don't do that a C lister. Not by any stretch. C listers are characters who may get a book but it's cancelled inside a year or two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y63i2NR9-LE
>>23651393People talk about him like he was almost Peacemaker levels of obscure before the films. He might've been B-list enough that Black Sabbath didn't deliberately write the song about him, but he wasn't so B-list that it's not reasonable people assume they did either.
Unicorn Warriors Eternal was a weird show but I liked the robot.
>>23651496I thought the Sabbath song was about the same short story Iron Giant was based on?
>>23651639I think they said it was an original idea or something, either way the point is it wasn't actually written with any knowledge of the Marvel character, despite the name and the more modern use of it in relation to him.
>>23651087Earth X to both
>>23651244Huh so there were episodes where we don’t see the people in the cockpits after all. And that does look like a destroid lol which is funnier because some episodes were animated by Sunrise
>>23651496Modern "nerd" culture has been warped so badly by the MCU that you'd think none of this shit even existed before it.
>>23651821Iron Man never reached the heights of Spider Man or X-Men.The whole Avengers were B-listers until the MCU, with zero cultural presence outside comic books. Mostly because they never got any decent cartoon adaptation in the 80s or 90s, every attempt fell totally flat.
>>23651828See this is the exact kind of moronic MCU brain rot I mean. An idiot so retarded from the movies that he honestly cannot process the idea of people actually reading the comics and the comics themselves being famous outside a cartoon.
>>23651839I was there, dumb fuck. Iron Man and the Avengers were niche within a niche, nobody cared about them. Meanwhile every person in the country had 2 copies of X-Men #1 and everyone was reading the fucking Clone Saga and seething over it. Nobody remembers a single run of Thor, Hulk, Avengers, Iron Man, etc from after the fucking 70s until those gay movies came out.And the ONLY reason those jobbers even got movie pushes was because Marvel sold off the rights to their actual big sellers, Spiderman and X-Men (and somehow they convinced them to pay real money for F4 lmao).
>>23651847>Nobody remembers a single runCitation needed. You're an idiot. You probably caught the tail end of the 90s an think it speaks for the entire history of comics. You're an idiot.
>>23651195They did the HMER dirty. Lazy and disappointing way to kill it off. Finale was just bad writing and it ruined the whole thing for me.Good show though.
>>23650655Lacking in /m/ scenes>>23650656Any good?
>>23652773
Tina a cute
>>23651847Iron Man literally had his own TV show in the 1990s
>>23654116And a toy line.
>>23654125Yeah it was great
>>23654116yeahafter they did X-Men and Spider-Man they had to fall back on the b-list
>>23654163I really liked those old marvel figures. They were cheap and had limited articulation but they made like EVERY FUCKING CHARACTER. And you could get them. Cheap. It wasn't like 30 bucks for a marvel legends is today. Even the original Legends line would give you cool stand or a comic book or something. I hate current action figures. It's not just the actual price but they're all scalped to hell. I miss the 3.75 line.
>>23654122FUCKING YES ROBOCAIN!!!!
>>23654116https://youtu.be/5NBt8kaIQEY?si=kiQs0N505-KexSVY
>>23654116And nobody watched it, which is why it lasted half as long as Spiderman and only a quarter as long as the X-men series
>>23654116>>23654125He was also in MvC
>>23651087>What's his best armor?Model 42.
>>23655013
>>23654966So was Marrow though
>>23651871It's all just X-Men fans seething that they lost their eternal second banana slot to the techbro character because of Fox shitting up their movies.
Man the 80s really did like ancient warring factions. Though I do wish they were a bit more creative with the names. The Goodguylons vs the Badions!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ve7IoBZaUU
>>23654959I gew up with reruns of the Iron Man cartoon on Fox Kids.
>>23656518Didn't like the reboot that much (it has its moments but forgettable compared to the original) but I did like the redesigns for these guys
>>23657248There's this weird part of me that wishes it was worse. Like it wasn't even interesting to be bad. It was just the most bland thing ever put. Being bad at least might have been memorable.
Last of the Atlases is pretty good
>>23657292It did seem like it mostly understood the satire and adapted it to modern realities, but yeah, it just didn't leave much of an impression. Definitely in the "oh yeah, that was a thing" category.
>>23659488The problem is that there's a special kind of irony about the anti corpo message when it comes from a major corpo banking off nostalgia.
>>23655299> peter cullen voices the main bad guy Optimus, No!!!!
>>23651534The robot is literally from return to oz.
>>23661148That might be why I liked it so much.
>>23661156based
>>23661160God I hate seeing western cartoons try to be anime.
>>23651087I've always liked Arno's armor.
>>23661231Then you're in the wrong thread faggot.
>>23661681Yeah because there's totally not other mediums to explore and discuss. Fucking, cartoonfag.
>>23661795Then discuss them thanks for bumping my thread.
>>23661115I know people rag on it, but I think Matrix 4 is going to age well on account of that. It's basically one big rejection of the premise of being a 'Matrix Awakens' type franchise restarter for WB.
>>23655025Holy shit I remember this. These dudes were searching for the mythical creature "man" that was sleeping in a desert or something.
>>23663107>It's basically one big rejection of the premise of being a 'Matrix Awakens' type franchise restarter for WB.qrd?
>>23663107I think Matrix 2 and 3 being kind of shitty also were a good reason for people to want to give them a mulligan.
>>23663352Short version is WB really wanted to take a second stab at The Matrix as a franchise. The film they got with Matrix Resurrections was really more a great big middle finger to needless legacy sequels. The first fifteen minutes is a pretty direct comment on its own existence, through the thin pretence of a resurrected Neo in a new simulation having been made to think the film trilogy were the events of a game series he directed.The studio wants a new game, with or without him, and the experience of trying to make a focus-grouped, 'mind bending' but safe and like the old ones sequel drives him into such a miserable mental state it begins to break the machine conditioning. It's about some other stuff too but that's the most direct.>>23663365I suppose it depends what you went in looking for. I went in wondering if there was any way they could do this without fundamentally betraying the spirit of the original and came out reasonably satisfied they'd found the answer. I think that's going to age better than if it was a solid but soulless retread.
>>23663107I never actually saw this and forgot it was a thing.
>>23651339Recently caught it on Tubi. Made me almost buy those expensive Ramen Toys recreations.Also surprised it has an episode that could be considered a proper ending too (the one where the bad guys summon a chthulu monster)
>>23661231I give the ones by Gendy a pass since he's one of the only western animators to "get it" so to speak Oh and obviously XLR too
>>23663517That's why I posted Genndy and XLR robot.
>>23663517>GendySHAKE ITBAKE IT
>>23650653
Death's Head counts, yes?
>>23651244>>23651780Where can I watch ExoSquad?
>>23664269back in the day I got into him through his solo run imported as the Marvel UK bannerironically I had NO clue about his TF connections despite being big into G1 USA, back then I think I vaguely recall sentence to the effect of "there's some UK TF comics" was the extent of what I'd heard by the mid 90sthe UK Zoids comic is pretty neat, really lush art and an early paycheck for... somebody who became a name, I want to say Grant Morrison
>>23664495I'm sure there's a torrent for it in pirate bay. Alternatively, you can watch the whole thing on YT. https://youtu.be/KINV-aDKXck?si=yi9uYIAaQjJPR5r2
We need more Jaegers in here.
I've been looking for this shit for years. l thought his name was Armand van Buuren, not Helden.
>>23665243Jaegers you say?
>>23651215>titanfall was killed for apex legends and the lore states that titans were retired from service>tga 2025 ended with another shitty hero shooter overwatch clone LMAO
>>23668542Not even made by respawn but devs that left actually stupid they didn't try to make a new mecha shooter
I guess the Transformers IP technically isn't western but I've always preferred the western media. I was never able to get into shows like Car Robots and the Unicron trilogy.
>>23668542All the replies in every comment section being filled with "huh? why are you making this shit instead of titanfall 3? are you stupid?" has been pretty cathartic.
>>23669429OOOOOOOOOPTIMUUUUUUUUUS PRRRIIIIIIIIIIMU!
>>23669448Oh yeah, why didn't they call him Convoy? Did they want him to be a more explicitly different character from their G1 Convoy?
>>23651195pure kino, all they had to do was add some more enemy mechas to sell toys of and they'd have been fine
>>23669465Iirc, unironically Bayverse synergy.
>>23650756Moderoid fucking WHEN?!
>>23663923The open cockpits were dumb and made me bate them espscially when the sentinels had amazing designs
I'm working on my own 'western mecha' design style, its actually tougher than it would seem to ger away from the stereotypical looks of gundams and chicken walkers and still have appeal
>>23651087sidenote: given the blunder of the MCU, whats the best war machine comic to follow
>>23669440Its already being called concord 2, shame since titanfall had some cool mecha
>>23673404Marvel really fumbled the bag by making ironheart instead of a war machine show desu
>>23673749It's always the case. Marvel has had plenty of minorities to push but they never push the ones people like. Or in a form that people liked them in. Everybody liked War Machine. Like More than Shell Head even for a point. >>23673404Rhodie's been around for a while, since Iron Man 118. He was actually the guy in the suit during Secret Wars and had a stint as the actual Iron Man in issue 169. He became War Machine in 291 and is pretty much a fixture of the Iron Man mythos ever since.
>>23673867>That time a former nazi scientist put his brain in the body of a 12 foot tall Captain America robot.
>>23669429Animated Megatron was so great.
>>23651215The franchise died with Vince
>>23651772love this one, miguel series was great.
the Coalition is here
the Mawlr
>>23682056That looks fucking awesome
>>23651393>The problem with comics is that so often people are only ever really looking for single stand out stories they can point at.Iron Man Extremis exists its literally the one of the two stories people talk about (Demon in a bottle and this one) not only because it was the basis for the design in the MCU but also a great introduction for new comers. It is sad that the stories that came after wherent that good
>>23651828I completly disagree ironman was pretty much in the top 4 most popular marvel characters theres a reason why he always keeps getting runs theres never been (at least to my memory) a time where we didnt get any ironman runs. If you want any proof just look at his tv series and the short film pre mcu
>>23673404simple the run in 2009 to 2010 you do need to read a single issue in the ironman director of shield run but its the last issue of that run so dont worry about it. Its to my knowledge the last rhoedy story because they castrate him for MCU synergy
>>23687241The problem is that people think comics need to have single stand out stories rather than consistently good and entertaining runs. It's all just hyping single bits and peaces so lazy secondaries can jump in read a trade or kindle edition and pretend their hardcore fans because they know the one thing. Iron Man had a comic that ran for decades and was one of the tent pole Avengers. There were many stories beyond the two.
>>23687262Strangely this goes counter to the 'infinite money' thing modern capitalism strives for.
>>23686146Neat art.
>>23669429They put Bulkhead in the new comics, but he looks cursed because he isn't FAT.Pic related is the only transformers pic that I saved, poor Rod got butchered by the last cartoon.
>>23650653That's either Battletech or Videya, really. The French have been dipping their toes into the genre in comics, but they yet have to find their own take.
>>23685181Coalition SAMAS powered armor from Palladium Books Rifts rpg.And then they beefed it up even more
>>23651215Is it true that the art book for Titanfall 2 has several of the devs trying really hard to say that the Titans are “totally not anime”?
>>23654122He was the best part of Robocop 2. Stop motion animation, the sound effects, and the Apple desktop he used for his diagnostics
>>23651215I heard EA had some hand in that franchise getting jobbed out so hard. Is there any veracity to that?
>>23663517>I give the ones by Gendy a pass since he's one of the only western animators to "get it" so to speakToo bad it's not enough to redeem the material he's given to work with, e.g. >>23661160.
>>23693083Less cool looking
>>23673787I still can't believe they fumbled Sam Wilson so badly. He was pretty much the Tim Drake of Captain America.
>>23693581The whole thing is just a massive disservice to their own history. Falcon is a character with real legacy. Real history. The Falcon Identity is one of the earliest black super heroes in marvels catalog and they just tossed that all away to give him someone else's label. People like the Falcon. His name was plastered on the cover of the main Cap book for a long time. People like Mackie in Winter Soldier. But nope forget all that you get to wear this costume now you finally made it.
>>23669490The Marvel Godzilla run was shockingly good. Felt like the writers really understood the character and the narration was great. Though holy shit does Red Ronin look off-model in that first image.
>>23693150but they made a Gargantia FPS?
>>23693583The US comics industry chasing normie dollars and failing. Tale as old as time.
>>23693760I don't think this even applies to normies. They don't care or think too hard about this stuff at all.
>>23692698Sweet Primus, Rodimus.
>>23661156What's that?
>>23700457B.O.B. from The Black Hole not a bad scifi flick, much better if you like sidekick robots, sorta a spooky castle movieif you watch it try for an hd copy, it's got some nice sets and stuff
>>23696180Furman wanted a more gritty Rodimus to stand apart from Optimus. In fact, 2010 was way darker in the Marvel comics.
>>23700692I loved that movie so much. The satanic robot and cathedral like space ship were amazing. And Maximillion was a great villain.
>>23701113I wonder how things are in the universe where that got a well-received video game around the turn of the century and then Disney kept trying to make Black Hole sequels a thingbet the NINs do the music for the third one of that too like they did Quake
>>23701249Are you referencing another franchise?
>>23701534Tronstarted out as another early 80s ambitious scifi flop out of Disney
>>23701875Then became a 2010 ambitious flop. They really need to just learn that nobody cares about Tron.
>>23702054Nobody cares about decent creative works in general. Tron 2 was fine. The Tron cartoon was pretty good. New movie... kind of looks terrible, but I haven't seen it (and probably won't, so maybe I don't care about Tron after all).
>>23700692So much of that movie is great. I understand why it flopped though; during the original fever pitch of Star Wars mania, Disney of all people made a really eerie and depressing space horror/disaster movie. I'm sure people were expecting a more Buck Rogers style adventure flick out of them. The scene where they literally DON'T make it on time and the female lead actually starts getting lobotomized has stuck with me for years.
>>23651763Reminds me of the Iron Giant
>>23650655>>23650656These were peak 80s/90s for a kid>>23651895>Any good?Its been a while since I watched them, but from what I remember they are typical straght-to-vhs cult classic scifi films
Klatu Barada ....neACHOO
>>23651087Personal Faves>Neo Classic(Heroes Return)>Telepresence>Modular>Extermis>War Machine>Silver Centurion
>>23651193glad to see mention of Dynamo Joe. Thought I was the only one who remembered.
Bumping a good thread
>>23664093What's the date of that publication?
>>23708892
do they count?
>>23706579Cringe.>>23709457Fuck yeah
>>23709843>>>23706579>Cringe.>>>23709457>OMG, bruh.wavFTFY
>>23664093
>>23709457THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS IS A MILLION TO ONE, HE SAYS!
>>23665243
>>23692799Source?
>>23693198Wouldn't be the first time.
