Robotech CCG VF-1J (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Thanks to my friend Sean we have two more issues of Titan’s run on Robotech to look into. They seem to have jumped right to a two-issue re-imagining of the episode “Bye-Bye Mars”, in which the ship lands on Mars and psycho Khyron sets a trap. I’m curious but as I prepare to read these issues I’m admittedly not as interested as I want to be.
On the one hand it’s a different take on the show, but on the other what have they really changed? One character that survived a lot longer than this was killed and some personalities were altered, and not necessarily for the better. Add in the dull expressions and I’m not really seeing the advantage here. And now we have Simon Furman added to the mix. You know, the guy who has robots forced into sex changes because he doesn’t think they should have gender naturally, has multiple plotlines whenever possible, and loves as much death and destruction as he can put into a story. I’m not all that fired up right now. In fact this two-part story is this comic’s last chance to keep me interested in this book. This could end up being my last look at this series. Let’s find out for certain.
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