Scan barcode
A review by saroz162
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragons by Daniel Bayliss
4.0
The best of the Storyteller collections up to this point - although, admittedly, I may be biased. Doesn't a dragon always make a story better? (Answer: yes, it does.) We all know what to expect from dragons, which allows the creators of these four stories to go in extremely different directions and still feel unified. Plus, following on from their increased use in Giants, there now seem to be regular featured roles for the Storyteller and his dog - just as it was in the TV series. In fact, one story even makes a passable attempt at mimicking the TV series' narration.
A quick way to describe these stories is simply to list off where they come from - and to acknowledge that the dragons therein feel very "of their cultures": Native American tribes, the North Counties of England, Russia and the Ukraine, and Japan. All four stories are gorgeous to look at, very colorful, and highly individual. None of them is a famous story, although the first, "Son of the Serpent," is a melange of Thunderbird and Horned Serpent legends, while the third, "Albina," is a take on the Popovych tales with a feminine spin. The series has hit its stride, I think, in realizing that stories have to be coaxed from their roots a little.
More like this, please.
A quick way to describe these stories is simply to list off where they come from - and to acknowledge that the dragons therein feel very "of their cultures": Native American tribes, the North Counties of England, Russia and the Ukraine, and Japan. All four stories are gorgeous to look at, very colorful, and highly individual. None of them is a famous story, although the first, "Son of the Serpent," is a melange of Thunderbird and Horned Serpent legends, while the third, "Albina," is a take on the Popovych tales with a feminine spin. The series has hit its stride, I think, in realizing that stories have to be coaxed from their roots a little.
More like this, please.