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Summary: Excellently produced Star Wars comic
Review: This comic is one of the best examples of the kind of work Darkhorse is now doing. I think that Jan Duursema is the A team penciler - artist they have. I like the fact that Jan draws in a near photo graphic way. It is very annoying to be reading a comic and you know what the characters look like, but you can't recognize them because of some creative license the artist took. I starting buying star wars comics because I could sit and read them with my small children. With one exception, star wars comics are always family friendly books. The artwork reinforcing the visual part of the story and I add creative license to help them enjoy the story. For that purpose, this comic works beautifully.
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Summary: The Graphic Novel of the Movie.
Review: This is a graphic novel of the movie THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES. That pretty much sums everything up. However, being a graphic novel there are two major elements the book can be judged upon, art and story.The art is very photorealistic and cinematic. There is a lot of detail and color. I must admit, I like the artistic style of the Marvel comics of the original trilogy much better than the photorealistic style of this book. However, for the style it is illustrated in, it is done quite well. Story wise, the book stays pretty faithful to the movie. There are a few omissions from the film here, but there are also a few added scenes here that are not in the movie. A lot of the dialogue is taken directly from the film's script and though cheesy, reminds one of the language of the original trilogy. This is something that most Star Wars fans will enjoy having and reading and works well as a memento to someone who hasn't seen ATTACK OF THE CLONES to perhaps get them excited enough to do so.
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Summary: If It Makes It To The Screen¿
Review: This is clearly for people who wish to know as much about the movie and storyline, prior to actually seeing the film. Combined with the trailers that have been issued and the events illustrated in this graphic novel, Episode II should make for a phenomenal film. Not too much can be said without revealing facts that would be spoilers, some general comments can be made. Even though there have been scripts released on the net, this graphic novel, trailers, and the novelization due on the 23rd of April, all are different. The art on the cover of this work shows elements that have been seen in the trailers but are not found in this book. The cover is the second poster that has been public for some time. R.A. Salvatore who authored the very first book in the, "New Jedi Order", series has let it be known his book will not match the movie but will expand on characters and events as the book allows for my time to be spent on detail. For those who follow certain websites parts of the book have been shared. These parts are not in the graphic novel and may not even be in the movie. Some speculate all the different elements will be available when the DVD is released in October of this year. In any event if what has been shown through a variety of methods does come to pass on the screen, "Attack Of The Clones", should be more like the excitement of the original trilogy, and should make up for some of the disappointment many fans felt after viewing Episode I.
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Summary: Get the money to buy this book
Review: Your initial reaction to this book will be based on your feelings toward the film of the same name. The Star Wars saga tends to inspire fierce devotion and intense loathing. It's one of those things. Either your world is rocked or it isn't. I tend to err on the side of the rock (although I'm not a freak or anything about it, I wouldn't join any queues in Seattle if you know what I'm saying). I think Star Wars is alright. Okay Phantom Menace was a little limp, but Attack of the Clones is a marked improvement (in a lot of ways it's better than, say, Return of the Jedi). This book, however, leaves me cold. When I heard there was a graphic novel of Attack of the Clones, I couldn't help but wonder just how it was produced. Did all of the artists involved get a sneaky peek at the movie way in advance? Are the artists involved the same artists that worked on the movie? The back cover copy states that Attack of the Clones was "adapted here in graphic novel format by writer Henry Gilroy FROM THE FILM'S ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales." That's good, I thought. That means that - okay, the artists are privvy to the action and the dialogue but, crucially, they can reimagine the context in which the action and the dialogue take place. It's a graphic novel after all. There have to sparks of invention otherwise - what is the point? I mean, who would want to read a shot-for-shot version of the film in graphic novel form? Really? I'd love to know. Because that is what you get. Somebody has drawn the film. This is a memento of that. Which means, don't you know, that this is just one more example (and forgive me for being so naïve that it's taken me this long to say) of Lucas' need to spin as much money as possible from his fat Star Wars spider. This is redundant art. This is art as commerce, pure and simple.
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Summary: Save Yr Money
Review: Your initial reaction to this book will be based on your feelings toward the film of the same name. The Star Wars saga tends to inspire fierce devotion and intense loathing. It's one of those things. Either your world is rocked or it isn't. I tend to err on the side of the rock (although I'm not a freak or anything about it, I wouldn't join any queues in Seattle if you know what I'm saying). I think Star Wars is alright. Okay Phantom Menace was a little limp, but Attack of the Clones is a marked improvement (in a lot of ways it's better than, say, Return of the Jedi). This book, however, leaves me cold. When I heard there was a graphic novel of Attack of the Clones, I couldn't help but wonder just how it was produced. Did all of the artists involved get a sneaky peek at the movie way in advance? Are the artists involved the same artists that worked on the movie? The back cover copy states that Attack of the Clones was "adapted here in graphic novel format by writer Henry Gilroy FROM THE FILM'S ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales." That's good, I thought. That means that - okay, the artists are privvy to the action and the dialogue but, crucially, they can reimagine the context in which the action and the dialogue take place. It's a graphic novel after all. There have to sparks of invention otherwise - what is the point? I mean, who would want to read a shot-for-shot version of the film in graphic novel form? Really? I'd love to know. Because that is what you get. Somebody has drawn the film. This is a memento of that. Which means, don't you know, that this is just one more example (and forgive me for being so naïve that it's taken me this long to say) of Lucas' need to spin as much money as possible from his fat Star Wars spider. This is redundant art. This is art as commerce, pure and simple.
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