rebus 's review for:

We3: The Deluxe Edition by Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison

4.0

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A fascinating concept that was hindered only slightly by the small panel lay out technique used to illustrate much of the battle footage (which was mitigated somewhat by it not being just a gorefest). It's a very deep and philosophical book that looks at the ethics of fusing biology with technology and the human mistreatment of animals will be gut wrenching for those of us who love our dogs and cats (and maybe even rabbits). It illustrates a sad world of a generation of psychopaths who were led to our imperialistic wars with notions of the safety of hiding behind a videogame controller (and the old, epic, comic book style be all you can be ads have, as of my writing this, now been replaced by warm appeals for kids to become mass murderers for their moms, when it appears as though they are filling out college applications to impress them). 

It's truly chilling and was rather prescient about the next generation of low IQ sociopaths who would enter the military, even if there are some unrealistic moments (these poor animals would die instantly if even half of their interfaces with the tech were taken out).