Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:21 pm
This enormous graphic novel puts together a large core story and several smaller stories.
It mainly focuses on Ryushi, a newly inhabited planet used for cattle. The problem is that it's also a hunting ground for Predators. The main story is a good chunk of the book and the rest are smaller stories dealing with survivors or others who visit the planet.
This omnibus goes a lot deeper into the mythology of the Predators than any film has or probably can. It also shows the very interesting relationship between the Aliens and the Predator and how they actually need one another despite their eternal conflict.
Of special note is Chapter 1 of the core story is a pretty damn good read as it deals with a conversation between two nobody humans while showing the lifestyle of the Predators. It's an interesting statement about our growth from hunters to technology slaves.
Not saying the rest of the book is thin, it's not. In fact, the main storyline is exceptional and sets up the following stories very well. The smaller stories aren't really "hit or miss", but I only remember one that didn't connect with me as well as it could have. Another was very much devoid of action yet had an interesting tone behind it implicating that maybe there are things on this very world that we don't know about.
As you get into the Omnibus, it's very cool to check out what makes the Predators tick and how they keep finding the Aliens to hunt. The Aliens are actually less of the story in this book and are used more like zombies in any zombie story...they're a constant danger, but you know what they are, so there's no need to go further into it.
I highly recommend this book for fans of Aliens, Predators, and/or Sci-Fi fans.
9 out of 10.
It mainly focuses on Ryushi, a newly inhabited planet used for cattle. The problem is that it's also a hunting ground for Predators. The main story is a good chunk of the book and the rest are smaller stories dealing with survivors or others who visit the planet.
This omnibus goes a lot deeper into the mythology of the Predators than any film has or probably can. It also shows the very interesting relationship between the Aliens and the Predator and how they actually need one another despite their eternal conflict.
Of special note is Chapter 1 of the core story is a pretty damn good read as it deals with a conversation between two nobody humans while showing the lifestyle of the Predators. It's an interesting statement about our growth from hunters to technology slaves.
Not saying the rest of the book is thin, it's not. In fact, the main storyline is exceptional and sets up the following stories very well. The smaller stories aren't really "hit or miss", but I only remember one that didn't connect with me as well as it could have. Another was very much devoid of action yet had an interesting tone behind it implicating that maybe there are things on this very world that we don't know about.
As you get into the Omnibus, it's very cool to check out what makes the Predators tick and how they keep finding the Aliens to hunt. The Aliens are actually less of the story in this book and are used more like zombies in any zombie story...they're a constant danger, but you know what they are, so there's no need to go further into it.
I highly recommend this book for fans of Aliens, Predators, and/or Sci-Fi fans.
9 out of 10.