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Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero by Yvel Guichet, Pericles Junior, Travis Beacham, Sean Chen
dembury's review against another edition
3.0
If you're like me and badly wanted more official Pacific Rim content in your life, then this is worth a read simply to fill in a couple little knowledge gaps from the start of the Kaiju attacks and the creation of the Jaeger program. As long as you're not expecting anything nearly as good as the film, but rather just some backstory and snippets of info, you're good to go.
The core of the story is a bit random and lackluster as it follows a journalist basically writing a fluff piece on those involved in the Kaiju attacks; this mostly just serves as a way for characters to infodump and have flashback moments. The result kind of feels like reading a very descriptive Wiki page, plus some Yancy and Raleigh drama that's a bit cliché (fighting over a girl...yawn.) Also the art styles throughout feel super low-budget? It's just not a pretty thing to look at.
But all that being said, it was still cool just to get some more info on the world of Pacific Rim, plus a neat little Pentecost and Mori side story. The origins of the creation of drifting was also fun to see, Also, don't skip the forwards by Travis Beacham! It has so much obvious heart and enjoyment for this world that it makes the story shine a little brighter.
The core of the story is a bit random and lackluster as it follows a journalist basically writing a fluff piece on those involved in the Kaiju attacks; this mostly just serves as a way for characters to infodump and have flashback moments. The result kind of feels like reading a very descriptive Wiki page, plus some Yancy and Raleigh drama that's a bit cliché (fighting over a girl...yawn.) Also the art styles throughout feel super low-budget? It's just not a pretty thing to look at.
But all that being said, it was still cool just to get some more info on the world of Pacific Rim, plus a neat little Pentecost and Mori side story. The origins of the creation of drifting was also fun to see, Also, don't skip the forwards by Travis Beacham! It has so much obvious heart and enjoyment for this world that it makes the story shine a little brighter.
snowkab's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
There are so many unnecessary panels of naked or mostly naked women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer
oregano13's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
kaitlynbrianna's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ⭐️
Pacific Rim is my favorite movie of all time and this does a pretty good job answering questions nobody asked.
Pacific Rim is my favorite movie of all time and this does a pretty good job answering questions nobody asked.
amy606's review against another edition
3.0
Pacific Rim is my favorite movie but this really didn't add to the love. It was mostly just ok, nothing great nothing terrible, it's just kinda there
melodieturori's review against another edition
2.0
Quick, enjoyable read for someone who loves the Pacific Rim world (and I do). I would have liked it to be longer.
winterlelie's review against another edition
4.0
Really gives the Pacific Rim universe more depth and so does what a prequel should do: make you even more invested in the Story. Though to be completely honest, I'm not sure how objective I am with this comic since I loved the movie so much. Then again, the enjoyment you get from reading a book should be the most important, and I really enjoyed reading TFYZ. And if it was actually badly written or had a terrible narrative, I would be able to say so. I think.
sersi's review against another edition
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.