25 May 2008

Megatron Origin quotes

*Admittedly, this post took longer, much longer, than I'd initially intended for it to take. Well, here it is at long last... and with a gratuitious picture to start off with!*



Like I previously mentioned, Eric Holmes really outdid all expectations I had for Megatron Origin. Not only is it jam-packed with subtle G1-centric references, which I previously identified, there are lines in there that are destined to be as oft-quoted as "'till all are one".

Here are some of them...

*Spoilers from here on forward*

Rumble: "Why didn't you burn them?"
Megatron: "Think about it- right now their priority is to search for and rescue their precious, wounded Senator... if its destroyed, their first priority would be hunting us."
Rumble: "So what now?"
Megatron: "Now... we disappear."

Megatron Origin #01

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Megatron versus Cy-Kill in gladiatorial combat:

Cy-Kill: "Heh... dumb scrap, got no weapon?"
Megatron: "Can always- become one."
Transforms and crushes Cy-Kill

Megatron Origin #02

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Soundwave: "Your request- for a flight capable combatant?"
Megatron: "Hrm. You have one?"
Soundwave: "Negative. I present three. Skywarp, Thundercracker- and Starscream."

Megatron Origin #03

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Sideswipe and Sunstreaker before answering Megatron's call to arms:

Sideswipe: "I'll watch the fights, but, bro- I don't want you in there."
Sunstreaker: "C'mon... it's me. I never lose."

Megatron Origin #03

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Megatron to the gathered Cybertronians:

"I want to ask each of you a question- why are you here? You come from Tarn, you come from Vos, Altihex, Uraya and Kalis. We gather in Kaon- and so you bring our misery together- and we fight."

"We are the forgotten, trying to forget. Forgotten until you stand with a blade in one hand, a throat in the other. Then you remember. You feel it- you are alive."

"We can wear badges, join teams, fight and kill... then the badge comes off and you crawl home. Assembled here I see strength. Power. The most dangerous Cybertronians alive. So... what if the badge never came off? What if the new arena was the entire face of the planet? What if there was one badge for all of us? And instead of fighting each other, we attack those that put us here... and take what is ours!"

"Would you have the bearings for that?"

Megatron Origin #03

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Sentinel Prime to a captured Megatron:

Sentinel Prime: "So this is Megatron, huh? The big bad himself? I don't see it."
Megatron: "Keep... looking."

Megatron Origin #03

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Starscream at his hearing:

Senator: "Why did the prisoner seek an early hearing?"
Starscream: "I was eager to see how the other half lived. Nice place."
Senator: "This chair holds the prisoner in contempt! I suggest a movement to expel the prisoner and return him to confinement..."
Starscream: "Hah, do you empty chairs also hold me in contempt?"



Megatron Origin #04

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Starscream to the Senate at his hearing:

"I have a message for you. For all of you. From all those in your cells. Through your own interests you created this. You brought us here. You didn't just make it possible- you made it happen. All we did was give it a badge."

Megatron Origin #04

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Megatron to himself:

"Oh destiny, how it pleases you to caress a few and molest others."

"In the mines, we had no idea that destiny must be harnessed, kicked and ridden until it takes you in the right direction... not just where you want to go, but where you force it."

Megatron Origin #04

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Starscream gifting Megatron with a fusion cannon:

Starscream: "With this, you can make that work for you."
Megatron: "Hmm. Yes. There is something about this."
Starscream: "Heh... something to make sure that a fair fight is the other guy's problem."

Megatron Origin #04

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The attack on Kaon:

Unknown warrior: "Megatron we await you command."
Megatron: "Fall on them as predators do prey. Show no mercy. Everything.

Megatron Origin #04

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Megatron to Sentinel Prime:

"I've heard it said that we only gain wisdom through suffering, and tonight I intend to make you very wise."


Megatron Origin #04

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Sentinel Prime: "Your ways, criminal? And when you have crossed the planet with your little gang of thugs. What will you do then?"
Megatron: "I will create desolation- and call it peace!"



Megatron Origin #04

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Dawn of the Decepticons:

Soundwave: "Commander Megatron. They wear your badge. They fight for you. You wield an army, you hold a city, what next?"
Megatron: "Next, Soundwave? Choices... we are spoiled for choice but one. Cybertronian by birth. 'Decepticon' by choice."



Megatron Origin #04

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Whew, and those were just some of the great lines, there are many more. My personal favourite is 'I will create desolation and call it peace', which appears to me like a direct reference to Megatron's tech spec motto of 'Peace through tyranny'- we now know, it was at this point, when fighting for his life with a Prime, that Megatron crystalized his vision for the route he will take.

I'm going to say it again, what an excellent series, Megatron Origin.

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Read all Megatron Origin chapters!
Chapter 01: The Mini Series
Chapter 02: Issue #02 easter eggs
Chapter 03: Issue #03 easter eggs
Chapter 04: Issue #04 easter eggs (part 1)
Chapter 05: Issue #04 easter eggs (part 2)
Chapter 06: Quotes from Megatron Origin

2 comments:

  1. Ya know... I gave up reading TF comics during the Dreamwave run but I may just have to pick this up when it is collected based purely on your posts.

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  2. naladahc, to be honest, I almost gave up during the Dreamwave run as well... substandard story and all.

    The IDW run, is just... different. Even Furman is scripting like he never did. Its delightfully surprising and I think you might find it to your liking!

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