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A review by sersi
Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero by Travis Beacham
3.0
Evaluating Tales from Year Zero as it’s own, independent, entity, separate from the movie that spawned it, is more than slightly difficult. I read it less than two hours after seeing Pacific Rim for the first time and thus engaged with the text already familiar with many of the characters it stared. On a whole, I think that this made the experience more favorable, although by no means do I think I’d have found it entirely unfavorable without.
That said, this graphic novel was highly enjoyable. The art was serviceable, with most characters presenting a reasonable facsimile of their film counterparts. The story was the real draw and it did not disappoint. Divided up into vignettes largely focused on members of the film’s sprawling cast, Tales from Year Zero helps to flesh out the world introduced within the film. In particular, the section devoted to one of the scientists who created the drift technology adds a lot of depth and emotional weight to one of the universe’s core concepts. Also incredibly emotional is, unsurprisingly, the section focused on Stacker Pentecost, whose story I really can’t handle at this point.While I don’t want to get too specific, this level of added emotion is hardly restricted to the Marshall—most of the things in this book seem designed for maximum feels.
In short: If you liked Pacific Rim, read this. NOW. And if you haven’t seen Pacific Rim, go to the theater, buy a ticket, and watch it. And then come back and read this.
That said, this graphic novel was highly enjoyable. The art was serviceable, with most characters presenting a reasonable facsimile of their film counterparts. The story was the real draw and it did not disappoint. Divided up into vignettes largely focused on members of the film’s sprawling cast, Tales from Year Zero helps to flesh out the world introduced within the film. In particular, the section devoted to one of the scientists who created the drift technology adds a lot of depth and emotional weight to one of the universe’s core concepts. Also incredibly emotional is, unsurprisingly, the section focused on Stacker Pentecost, whose story I really can’t handle at this point.While I don’t want to get too specific, this level of added emotion is hardly restricted to the Marshall—most of the things in this book seem designed for maximum feels.
In short: If you liked Pacific Rim, read this. NOW. And if you haven’t seen Pacific Rim, go to the theater, buy a ticket, and watch it. And then come back and read this.