Review: Asterix the Gladiator
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Asterix the Gladiator by René Goscinny
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
No one's favorite bard Cacofonix has been captured, and our Gaelic duo Asterix and Obelisk have to follow him to Rome and rescue him, lest Caesar in a foul mood not throw him to the lions. Even though the story focuses on the duo's journey and adventures, the real hero is the out of tune bard.
His voice is something that is one of kind; in the sense that if there were more of his kind, the Earth would split apart in sheer agony at having to hear them sing a duet.
I'm not kidding. It seems no one else but the impious bard thinks of his singing as anything fit for mortal ears. It could might as well be an incantation to summon some eldritch gods, that is, those that are brave hearted, or deaf enough to endure his singing.
Roman Legionnaires, slave traders, pirates, gladiators, no one can stand for more than a moment in the presence of his voice, which can be categorized as 'telum exstinctionis' (look it up). Something that should be banned as per the Helvetica convention . I mean, the guy made slaves, SLAVES grateful for being enslaved and not being made to listen to his songs.
You could throw him to a horde of ravenous beasts, and they would flee in mortal agony at having to endure it. Which, incidentally is what transpires.
All of his antics made me almost not want our heroes to save him. Cause, Rome might not have been built in a day, but with Cacofonix there, it might just fall to ruination in just one.
You could say that the bard was such a breakout character in this story, that every other piece of humor was lost in his out of tune melody. And there is quite a lot going on otherwise. The first appearance of the Barba Rouge pirates. Asterix & Obelisk posing as gladiators and spreading their trademark chaos all across the colosseum, all the Romanized modern stereotypes, in Rome herself.
Let's not forget the Hurricane of puns, which seeing as how the story is largely focused on Cacofonix's antics is rather slim : Ekonomikrisis & Instantmix.
Lastly, Holy Blackface Batman! That's some Disney level disturbing s**t
This has got to be the best Asterix story (0f the 3) that I've read so far. Let's see if it keeps that position the more I read. A Solid 5 out of 5
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Asterix the Gladiator by René Goscinny
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
No one's favorite bard Cacofonix has been captured, and our Gaelic duo Asterix and Obelisk have to follow him to Rome and rescue him, lest Caesar in a foul mood not throw him to the lions. Even though the story focuses on the duo's journey and adventures, the real hero is the out of tune bard.
His voice is something that is one of kind; in the sense that if there were more of his kind, the Earth would split apart in sheer agony at having to hear them sing a duet.
I'm not kidding. It seems no one else but the impious bard thinks of his singing as anything fit for mortal ears. It could might as well be an incantation to summon some eldritch gods, that is, those that are brave hearted, or deaf enough to endure his singing.
Roman Legionnaires, slave traders, pirates, gladiators, no one can stand for more than a moment in the presence of his voice, which can be categorized as 'telum exstinctionis' (look it up). Something that should be banned as per the Helvetica convention . I mean, the guy made slaves, SLAVES grateful for being enslaved and not being made to listen to his songs.
You could throw him to a horde of ravenous beasts, and they would flee in mortal agony at having to endure it. Which, incidentally is what transpires.
All of his antics made me almost not want our heroes to save him. Cause, Rome might not have been built in a day, but with Cacofonix there, it might just fall to ruination in just one.
You could say that the bard was such a breakout character in this story, that every other piece of humor was lost in his out of tune melody. And there is quite a lot going on otherwise. The first appearance of the Barba Rouge pirates. Asterix & Obelisk posing as gladiators and spreading their trademark chaos all across the colosseum, all the Romanized modern stereotypes, in Rome herself.
Let's not forget the Hurricane of puns, which seeing as how the story is largely focused on Cacofonix's antics is rather slim : Ekonomikrisis & Instantmix.
Lastly, Holy Blackface Batman! That's some Disney level disturbing s**t
This has got to be the best Asterix story (0f the 3) that I've read so far. Let's see if it keeps that position the more I read. A Solid 5 out of 5
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