Post by NexusOfLight on Jul 9, 2011 19:05:47 GMT -5
Swords, sorcery, magic, mysticism, adventure--nah, nah, I got it. To sum it all up--to sum everything up about this book in one word--epic. Dat's it. Everything about this book was just simply epic. Dat's all I gots t'say. I really don't even feel there's a need to give a big thing to kick start this thread other than a "go buy it" and "be happy" kinda logo. A'ight, a'ight, I guess I could give a lil' somethin' somethin' t'give you guys a taste.
Basically, we all know about the Disney tale of Aladdin, and how it all magically enhanced our hearts and minds when we were young, and how even today, the movie is still worth poppin' in from time to time, right? I hope so. Well basically, this is another take on the story that inspired that, except told to a more mature audience. A lil' more realness is added to it, while at the same time, even more fantastical elements are thrown up in there too.
As far as the characters go, there's rich development in the story there. Aladdin you definitely get a good feel for, which is great because his name's on the book, but his supporting characters get a lotta love too.
Remember princess Jasmine? Well here, her name is princess Soraya, and she has a very interesting view on life based on the way she was brought up. The Sultan? Yeah, he's there, and he's a lil' bit more interesting in this take. Jafar? Oh yeah, you know Jafar's in there. Of course his name in this take is Qassim, and his goals and ambitions are a quite a bit more interesting than Jafar's general evil villainy goals.
Sinbad? Oh, my bad, wrong movie. He wasn't in Disney's Aladdin, but he did have a cool movie though. You guys remember it, right? Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. It was made by Dreamworks. I thought it was cool. What's interesting is that Sinbad the Sailor is actually one of the other stories told in the tales of the Arabian Nights, just like Aladdin. Just sayin'.
I could go on and on about the characters and the stories that they bring to add on to the story, but I just can't do that and do it justice. Just know that it's all epic. The story itself is just so full and vibrant, and it's built on such a universally simple, yet elegant premise (save the princess/stop the bad guy) that you have to take a step back and say, wow, this was just too tight. Like all of Radical's books, this could easily be taken as is an' adapted into a movie and be genuinely good--and the art--man, don't get me started on that.
What I found interesting, amazing, and altogether awesome was the fact that it had two artists. Patrick Reilly was on point for the first half of the story. And with it, the tone of being introduced to Aladdin, the streets, the supporting characters and all the "real world" stuff was just perfect. Then as soon as the main mystic and sorcery stuff came on, my main dawg Stjepan Sejic really dazzles the reader with everything. Every panel, every page, everything just screamed epic. All my Witchblade readers knows what an experience that is.
Like I said, all an' all, this was nothin' short of epic. Everyone should go to their local comic book store, book store, whatever and buy this. Right now. On the real. It's crucially beneficial to your well being and your inner child who grew up on Disney movies to honor the legacy...the legacy of--wait for it...
The Legacy of the Lost.
