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[ STOP SLAPPING MY STICK ] |
To QUOTE the classic
Peter Sellers film, Doctor Strangelove: 'Gentlemen!
You can't fight here. This is the war room'.
THE STORY:
God damn it, Kilowog. Do I have to do this right here, right
now?
I've had a f*cking emotional day of it today, already. What
with preaching to the corps about Kyle's passing, as well as honoring our
other fallen dead. And now you want me, you, Salaak, and two-six, to fly off to
some neutral space-port called the 'Oasis
Bay ', to see if I'm able to make
peace with the war-like Khund!
Sigh! Alright then. I'll do it for you, old pal. Heck, if
were lucky enough, we might even get a drink or two out of this, without me
having my bloody head kicked in! Ha!
A few moments before I picked and read this issue of 'Green
Lantern', I started wondering if Robert Venditti was able to maintain his top-class
story-line for another month. I know so far he seems to be doing a very good
job on this book. Yet it only takes one single issue to turn a title from a hit
to a plop.
But then again, I shouldn't have bothered worrying myself
really. I shouldn't have bothered because this rip roaring adventure has got it
all.
Yeah. I'm not kidding. You name it. It's got it. It's got
some really nice and earthy artwork provided by Martin (please hire him DC)
Coccollo. It's got a midget in it that's smaller than Yoda. It's got a funny
bar room scene I thought was out of this blooming world. Plus it's got prayers,
fighting, daring do, and an all of those science fiction type elements which is
transforming this series into 'The Fifth Element meets Star Wars'.
Good on you, Mister Venditti. I do apologize for doubting
your abilities.
THE BAD:
The only thing about this adventure I wasn't too keen on would
be the rather obvious way it showed there's a Durlan spy amongst the corps. It
was in that small little scene at the very end of this book, where that fishy
lantern looked coyly off panel with a cheesy grimace on his face.
THE MUSIC:
Because of that great bar-room sequence between Hal and Captain
Khu, I feel compelled to compare this story to the Clint Eastwood and Ray
Charles classic, 'Beers to You'. Here. Check this out and you can hear what I
mean...
Conceptually this adventure came across like a tale of two
differentiating halves, even though symbolically the whole thing was about
familial traditions plus honoring your dead. So that's what I'm going to
compare it to, folks. A familial ceremony
of sorts. A ceremony where people do whatever they feel they have to, and
basically go through the stages of mourning.
THE CONCLUSION:
By now I'm sure you know what I felt about this issue of
Green Lantern, entitled 'Death and Life'. It was an amazing issue, and I
couldn't find fault with it in the art or the story-line departments.
So instead of me just wafting on about stuff I've talked about before, I thought it might be a good idea to suggest to Robert Venditti a couple of names for Green Lanterns. Well, he is a very nice chap, and willing to tweet my articles from time to time.
So instead of me just wafting on about stuff I've talked about before, I thought it might be a good idea to suggest to Robert Venditti a couple of names for Green Lanterns. Well, he is a very nice chap, and willing to tweet my articles from time to time.
OK Robert! So this is for you, pal...
- Double-dutch -- A one armed Danish disco diva with a purple perm and a blue bum.
- The
Black Dahlia -- Also known as Elizabeth Short to you movie buffs out
there.
- Curtain stain -- A distant relation to Monica Lewinsky.
- Sedrftgyhuji -- This is what happens when I slap my hand down onto my keyboard.
- The Solicitor -- Because I hear they have a lot of wills.
- Bruce Campbell -- Oh come on. Don't tell me you wouldn't want to see Bruce as a lantern!
- Will-I-Can't -- That is unless he can.
- Dolly Parton -- OK. I'm just being silly now.
Nuff said.
GREEN LANTERN #30
Reviewed by David Andrews
on
April 17, 2014
Rating:
