Darren Jamieson
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Darren Jamieson is a British Transformers fan known for operating the UK-centric Transformers fansite TheTransformers.net and assisting with the production of Transformers DVD releases from both Maverick Entertainment and Metrodome—writing special features such as quizzes and character profiles, convincing Mike Diprose to release the full first season of The Transformers on DVD instead of random episodes of Generation 2, introducing Jane Lawson to artists Lee Sullivan and Andrew Wildman, and generally providing a "fan perspective" on what the audience would want or expect.[1][2][3]
Unfortunately, what he's best known for is writing a little comic called "The Beast Within", and getting into fights about it online. Oh well.
So you like your stories, comics and movies to be explained to you before you begin. You like what is termed as an 'info dump' so that you have all of the facts laid out before you at the outset, rather than be tasked with working things out as the story unfolds. You like 'by the numbers' story telling. Luckily, you're in the minority.Darren "TheTF.net" Jamieson defending his writing, "Anyone afraid of the Dinobot combiner?", TFW2005, September 2009.
Face it bitches... it's canon! It's canon, say what you want! The Beast Within is canon, you can debate it all you want online, but it- is- canon.Darren "Engaging Marketeer" Jamieson defending his writing, "I'm Big Enough, and Ugly Enough", Our Worlds are in Danger, October 2023.
Notes
[edit]- Jamieson owns the domain name transformersthemovie.com and was approached by Paramount Pictures before the release of Transformers, offering to purchase the domain. Jamieson named a price, which they refused. Jamieson was then the target of a smear campaign[4] from Don Murphy who instructed his stooges to 'send some pork' towards his website, TheTransformers.net. Murphy claimed Jamieson was stealing from DreamWorks by attempting to cash in on the movie—despite having owned the domain name since 2001.
- In spite of everything, he's still a fan of the franchise to this day—though he doesn't particularly care for anything released after the end of G1.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Darren Jamieson and Maverick Entertainment
- ↑ "Darren has been an invaluable to Metrodome. He has advised us and been a constant source of information and help - there is nothing he doesn't know! Darren's name was first mentioned to me by Maverick when I spoke to them during the hand over but from memory I think he contacted me directly also! I cannot thank Darren enough for his advice and help that he has given Metrodome. Within Metrodome there are no official "transfans" although I must confess I have become admirer myself since working on it and have the honour of being Metrodome's and TVL's resident authority on all things autobot - although I do not deserve the accolade! [...] When we began work on TF we discovered we had very little decent artwork. Darren Jamieson put me in touch with Lee as we were looking to package the DVD programming in radically different way to anyone before us. At this time we took the decision to commission Lee to draw some new artwork which is exclusive to our DVD's. I think we made the right decision and I was delighted with the artwork Lee produced - it looks great and I hope the fans like it. Lee was really great to work with. I am also in contact with another TF legendary artist Andrew Wildman so watch this space..."—Jane Lawson, Transformers At The Moon, "Interview with Jane Lawson at Metrodome", 2003/12/09
- ↑ "But then... they lost the license. I think it was only valid for about two years, or so. And Metrodome picked up. And it's like... I've gotta start again. Well, I got on the phone to Metrodome immediately, didn't I? Spoke to a lovely lady called Jane Lawson at Metrodome, who I'm still in touch with now, she's lovely. [...] Jane was working on producing the DVDs, and she knew nothing about Transformers, but she just wanted to know lots about everything, so she, she, really loved it all and got involved with it. But I realised then that it was starting again, so it was going to be The Movie, and it was going to be Season 1 boxset, yet again. And it's, you kind of feel like it's going back to square one again, because obviously we just had that, really, it's like getting reissues of Optimus Prime all the time. We want Season 2, and we want Season 3. But I helped them then with the cover art and all the special features again for the coming-up season boxsets. So I introduced them to Lee Sullivan [...] so that he could do some artwork for the DVDs. I also got in touch with Andy Wildman, so he did the postcard set."—Darren Jamieson, Our Worlds are in Danger, "I'm Big Enough, and Ugly Enough", 2023/10/31 - 17:41
- ↑ Don Murphy smears Darren Jamieson
- ↑ "I'm G1 all the way, so for me Transformers ended at Headmasters. I've tried to watch Beast Wars [...] I've watched some RID, I've watched that horrendous thing that was online a couple of years ago. I actually watched two series of that. My CHRIST that was bad. And the movies, my god... I got into an argument yesterday about The Last Knight, somebody saying it was "quite good" or "half decent", and it's like, no it wasn't, it was the worst thing, ever done, in the history of humanity. And I'm talking about all history, all bad things that have happened, The Last Knight was the worst of them. Which I don't understand why the Bumblebee movie was so good, yet all the other Michael Bay- probably the common denominator, is the main problem."—Darren Jamieson, Our Worlds are in Danger, "I'm Big Enough, and Ugly Enough", 2023/10/31 - 05:33
