Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts

Indiana Jones & the Kindom of the Crystal Skull

I haven't seen the movie yet but liked the comic adaptation. The story is interesting although quite early I guessed that Matt is actually Indi Jr.. Why do I get the impression that Matt was introduced for future sequells when Harrison Ford will decide that he is too old for the role ???
The art is bright and good too. I'm looking forward for the new Indi comics.

Star Wars: Dark Times - Paralels

I enjoyed this 2nd story arc of the Dark Times series less then the 1st story arc. Maybe because of the dark art that made it hard to dechiper what's happening, esp. when a blue/green creature is painted in a blue/green background. Maybe because there was no mention of Lord Vader or Palpatine. Or maybe because the annoying tendancy of the Jedi master to see himself as a monster when all he did was protect the innocent. He didn't use the force to get more power like Anakin did so I don't see why he has to worry about going to the dark side.

Star Wars: Dark Times #1-5 - The Path to Nowhere

The 1st issue of Star Wars: Dark Times, Vector story is about to arrive in this week's shipment, so I decided that it's time to start reading this series. I'm not as versed in the Star Wars universe as I am in the Star Trek and Stargate universes, but I enjoy it anyway.
The 1st story arc - The path to nowhere is great and I'm very happy that I "gave in" and started reading Star Wars comics. The story is very touching and the fact that the Jedi didn't manage to save the youngling made it different.
I don't understand why killing the slaver means that the Jedi strayed from the Jedi path. Also I have a problem with the portrayal of Lord Vader. The writer goes out of his way to show that there is more of Anakin Skywaklker in Vader then was shown in movies 4-6.

Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic #25-28 - Vector p.1-4

WOW !!! The KotOR part of Vector is great. The story is very interesting. It also hints at how the Vetor story can span all 4 current Star Wars series and eras. My guess is that the common factor is Celest in that Sith box that can keep her alive for eternity. This way the story can move from era to era. Can't wait to read Dark Times part and KotOR #29 to see what happen next, both in Zane Carrick and Celest stories.
The art is great and annoying at the same time. The panels are very clear and it's easy to see what's happeneing. But the faces are annoying. The artist use the same approach to sketching faces as Flash Gordon's artist and sketch weird faces. At least the proportion between body and face is good unlike in the Flash Gordon comics.

Doctor Who Classics #4-6 - Doctor Who and the Star Beast

Another very cool Doctor Who story. The art and new coloring is just great. What bothered me in the story is how the Doctor was portrayed as kind of dumb. One would have thought that the Tardis's data banks have info all on the races in the universe, so the Doctor shouldn't have been taken in by the Meep's act. And it took the Doctor too long to realize that he has a bomb in his tummy.

Kudos to IDW for coloring and re-printing these old Doctor Who comics. I'm looking forward to see what they'll do with old Star Trek comics.

CSI: Serial

Great CSI mystery. I realised who the killer is only in the last pages. Loved all the bio details about Jack the Ripper. The penciled art is great and so are the likemesses. On the other hand Ashley Wood's pained art is horrible as usual. It's very hard to dechiper what's going on the in flashbacks cos of it.

Flash Gordon #0

The 1st ever issue from a new publisher is always a risk. I liked it a lot. The story is very short - only 10 pages. No Flesh Gordon in it, only Ming doing his worst. But I liked it. The art is a bit weird due to disproportion in the way characters were drawn, as can be seen in the cover. Small ellogonated heads / faces in contrast to very muscular upper torsos. I'm lookign forward to issue #1 abd hopefully Flash's appearance.

Starship Troopers #5-8 - Bad Blood

This story arc does not continue the adventures of the Tanner Tigers. Instead it introduce a new MI squad "the Vandals" and a new alien enemy. The story is good. The alien enemy is actually another technological advanced race who hate the bugs as much as the humans does. But instead of joining forces they fight each other. The arc ends with the aliens withrawing after a change of leadership leaving the humans to deal with the bugs.

The art isn't good. The drawings themsleves are beautiful but hard to dechiper what's going on. Esp. due to the nonchrom coloring. Everything is either grey tinted or green tinted.

I enjoyed the story and looking forward to the next installment esp. since it has Tony Lee, who wrote all the other story arcs, as guest writer. I do hope that the art and coloring will be better.

Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment #1

Another very promising 1st issue. I'm very happy that IDW decided to go for several issues 0er story instead of the too short 1 story per issue that was the rule in pervious series. The art is great too. Bright with good likenesses.

Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle #1

WOW !!! This is one great issue !!! 1st of all it's 33 pages long which is great. This issue is only 1st part of the story and I can't wait for the rest. The story is great. A magical being took control of the Zoo's animals, kill people and lay the blame on the animals. The art is great and precise as I love it.

Stargate SG-1 con special 2003


Another way too short but cute and true SG-1 story. Brata'c typically looking down at O'neill while Teal'c defends his friend and commanding officer. Of course Teal'c was proven right :)
The art ain't as good as the Aris Boch art esp. in the likenesses department.

Stargate SG-1: Aris Boch

A way too short but very cute and true SG-1 story. The Art is great and the liknesses are good. When Boch scratched Jack's hand I was sure that he is notg oing to give them his own DAM sample but Jack's. Very sneaky.

Angel: Earthly Possessions

Another good Angel story. Already read several Dark Horse & IDW Angel books. Aside from the new After the Fall series, this is the 1st Angel book with monsters. What can I do? I don't like monsters and believe that evil can be visualised in other ways.
Loved the story although somewhere around the middle I figured out that the ex-priest is the one infesting the celebs with demons. The story ends with the ex-priest resuming his deeds in London and I wonder whether there was a sequell to that.
There is 1 big hole story wise. Chapter 1 ends with Doyle going to talk to the "wrong guys" as he puts it to gather info for Angel. Chapter 2 starts with the fact that Doyle died with no explanation to how, when and why. This story is set during the TV show's season 1. Since I started watching Angel from season 3, I can only guess that it's explained on the show.
The art is very good and bright even during the night. The monsters are not that noticeable like in the new IDW series.

Star Trek: New Frontier #1 - Turnaround p.1

As usual I just had to read the 1st issue of this new Star Trek series. Part of me is very happy cos it's one hell of an issue and chapter 1 of what looks like one hell of story. The other part is displeased cos now it will have wait for several months till the all Turnaround issues will be released. The art is great too. The characters looks like what I imagined them to be.

Star Trek TNG: Intelligence Gathering #3 - Chasing shadows

Great issue !!! Issues #1 & 2 were each a sperate story, so naturally I was expecting issue #3 to be the same. But it isn't a seperate story, but a 1st part of a bigger one. Issue #1 was about the Rumulans trying and failing to kidnap Data. In issue #2 Worf had to diplomatically solve a contracting dispute on some planet. In the issue La Forge and O'brien find mysterious gadgets in 2 starships, the Enterprise and the Jackson that were meant to simulate core breach in both ships. Both ships were just out of maintanance stops at the same starbase. The issue end with the Enterprise's crew wondering why those gadgets were planted during the maintanace and they were meant to lead the starships to somewhere. I'm so looking forward to issue #4. The art is also very good. All the characters are recognisebe and the starbase drawing is just magnificent.

Angel: After the Fall #1-5

To start with, I have 2 complaints:
1. The 1st story arc was supposed to end in issue #5, but it didn't. Issue #5 ended in the middle of the fight between Angel and the hellish monsters, with a caption stating that it will be continued on issue #9 after the 3 issues "First Night".
2. Too many monsters. The story starts with "L.A. goes to hell" when Angel and co. stood up to Wlofram & Hart in the ally at the end of TV season 5. The artists too the easy way out in visualising "all hell broke loose" as L.A. being ran down by hellish monsters. A more elegant and sofisticated way would have been to draw the hellish minions as for example mafia bosses and goons.

Other then that, when you look beyond the monsters, the story is good. Angel is human again, Wesley is a ghost representing Wolfram & Hart, and Gunn was turned into a vampire. But when Angel challange the hellish monsters to a fight over the worlds future, the gang close ranks. Will they win ??? Guess I'll have to wait to issue #9 for an answer. Of course there are also Spike, Ilirya and Connor.

Battlestar Galctica: Origins #1-4 - Baltar

In the classic BGS TV series, Baltar was a grouchy old man. In the new TV series he is young.
Baltar's story can be summed up as how one arrogant man who thinks that he is better and smarter then everyone else, and refuse to listen to others, can bring about Hunmanities end. This sound too real because it reminds me of Iran's mad president whose name I can't spell and of our own leaders.
All in all, I liked the story and the art. Looking forward to Adama's story arc.

Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #0-6


Battlestar Galactica's 1st story arc is just great. It tells the adventures of the Galactica when Commander Adama 1st took coomand of her, long before the series started. The motif of crew as a one big family with loyality to each other and their commander is exemplified when Adama himself leads the rescue of Starbuck and Helo. The art is good and not too dark. I'm looking forward to the next story arc which will begin in issue #7.

Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus

In accordance with my resolution to catch up with my BSG comics reading, I've already read the Pegasus oneshot, and wasn't impressed.
The new BSG is being aired only on the satalite channels here and I've got cables and not sattalie at home, so I'm probably missing something, because I don't get what this oneshot was all about. There is nothing special about a story in which the cylons ambush the colonials and wipe them out. This is what the BSG universe is based on. I also can't decide whether the whole story really happened or it was a dream sequence. The art though, is very impressive.
Next I'm going to read Season Zero #1-6. Maybe it will make things more clear. BTW, although I'm not watching the new BSG series, I had no problem re what's going on with the other NBSG comics that I read so far.

Doctor Who #2


Since issue #1 of the new Doctor Who comics contained a whole story, naturally I thought that the same goes for issue #2. But no, issue #2 is part of a bigger story arc that will continue in issue #3.
Anyhow, I loved issue #2. The art is great and much better then issue #1. No idea what that Bast cat creature is planning but from the cover of issue #3 it looks like it involves those cat creature sisters that were in one of season's 2 eppisodes.