christina_34's review against another edition
2.0
The two stars is because somebody hit Idefix twice. Otherwise I would rate it with 3.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
5.0
We finally find out just why Getafix has not allowed Obelix to partake of the magic potion when Obelix goes ahead and does just that, with disastrous results. I loved it.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.
These books are full of bright, fun and delightful characters who go on various adventures and get to beat up a bunch of Roman soldiers. Accompanying the story and the characters is a plethora of clever puns and word play that the translators should get a medal for. There are always a few gags or phrases in Latin that may mean nothing to the non-Latin speakers (such as myself) but Google can lend a helping hand there.
naveennbhat's review against another edition
4.0
The 30th volume of the Asterix comic book series, the album was dedicated to Uderzo's grandchild, as well as to the American actor Kirk Douglas. The character Spartakis is based his role in the movie Spartacus. This album has perhaps the closest thing in the Asterix series to a major character actually dying, [spoiler alert] as Admiral Crustacius is left trapped in stone form at the end of the story, without Getafix to revert him to normal.
leticiatoraci's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad and the kids liked it, but I miss the old Asterix balanced stories and ROFL humor.
taetris's review against another edition
2.0
In this one, Obelix drinks a whole cauldron of magic potion and turns first to granite, and then into a little boy. At the same time, the slave crew of Ceasar's galley have mutinied and are heading for the village of indomitable gauls.
The plot takes place on sea and is all over the place.
The plot takes place on sea and is all over the place.
nwhyte's review against another edition
2.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2358150.html[return][return]It may well be thirty years since I last read an Asterix book, which means I completely missed this one, published in 1996 and translated into English as Asterix and Obelix All at Sea. the sixth of the eight books written by Uderzo alone after Goscinny's death. [return][return]I slightly wish I hadn't. A substantial whack of the humour relies on pretty offensive stereotypes - sub-Saharan Africans depicted as leopard-skin wearing savages. (Cleopatra, noticeably darker-skinned than Caesar, does make an appearance as the only significant female character, but is nothing like the memorable co-protagonist of one of the earlier books.) Sure, the Europeans are targeted too - the Spanish and Portuguese feuding over incomprehensible differences, the Brits being posh etc. But there's too much punching down.[return][return]The major theme of the book is an apparent choice between reversion to childhood, or being transformed into stone - both of these happen to the unfortunate Obelix before he is restored to his usual self; the chief baddy becomes a statue and the nice rebel slaves are returned to eternal boyhood on the island of Atlantis. I must say that I might have been better to rely on my youthful memories of Asterix rather than return to him now.