To Terra… 2
Posted: July 9, 2007 Filed under: To Terra... Leave a comment »Let’s read the back cover:
“In space, no one can hear you cry.”
WHAT? Let’s make sure that’s what it says.
“In space, no one can hear you cry.”
There should be some sort of award for that. You would only need to see how much weeping is done in this volume to know how hysterical that is. And wasn’t that the original tag line for Alien?
While boring space operas where feelings are discussed in depth are generally not my thing, I really got into this volume. Mostly it’s because I like Jomy a lot. He feels like the most balanced and real person amidst all the melodramatic and/or complacent characters that populate the rest of the story. Jomy shows you how a real person deals with an apathetic people who refuse to leave when danger is present, how someone with a heart deals with a robot who is bent on destroying his race, and just… you know, the best way to Terra, I suppose.
I’m not sure how things can be wrapped up in one more volume (even an extra-long one), but with the amount of explosions, space fights, deaths, fires, and blindings that are done in this volume, I think it’s going to be a wild ride. Keep in mind, these things all happen when everyone’s crying. It’s weepiness is only comparable to Swan, where someone is crying on every page instead of every three or so pages. But I love a good cry, don’t you?
