smw@tilt.UUCP (Stewart Wiener) (05/17/84)
Oh, yes, they're trying hard. Their consistency with the series brings a big, big smile to my face... catch the details of Spock's uniform when he rescues Saavik -- the "Where No Man Has Gone Before" version, replaced in the "Amok Time" flashback by the one he wore then. And the mole on George Takei's right eyebrow -- you KNOW that half close-up was there just to prove the artists caught it. (New artists? Or did they also work on 1-5 with Sutton?) But they just can't bring it into line with ST3. Roger Noe's latest spoiler in net.startrek tells us that ST3 *does* begin only hours after ST2. It's just not possible to fit DC's storyline in where it belongs. Too bad, too, because they're doing a fine job meeting the challenge they took up. I was wondering about Saavik's age, and having Spock rescue her between Captain Pike and Captain Kirk's commands fits her in well (her late twenties or so). I am, though, less than sanguine about having Spock take her to his parents to be raised, breaking the silence with his father. Saavik would surely have been mentioned in "Journey to Babel" if she were around, wouldn't she? In giving hints about ST3, Mike Barr is less than subtle. His clue about McCoy just hits you over the head with it. The plaintive scene with Amanda and Sarek, though, was done quite well. The plot of this one -- a two-parter, to be concluded TWO months from now, after the ST3 adaptation comes out [AHA, it just struck me, they'll make whatever changes they need for consistency IN THEIR ADAPTATION of the film] isn't half bad. Saavik is undergoing her pon farr. (Why did they have to spell it wrong?) Her bond-mate isn't on Vulcan, though, and isn't drawn there as he should normally be... does anyone recognize the name Xon? (I do. And it's not from one of the novels, either. I'll post the answer in net.startrek in a few days.) To those reading this in net.startrek, I do recommend DC's new series of comics. At 1/4 the price of a novel (1/6 if you subscribe), it provides good value. And you will be amazed at its integrity with the Star Trek universe. (N.B. - I do not read other comics, so I'm far from prejudiced in their favor. Trust me on this, net.trekkers.) To those in net.comics... is the quality here typical among readily available (i.e., drugstore rack) comics? It can't be! But I'm open to rational argument. -- Stewart Wiener :-) "Read and weep as did Alexander Princeton Univ. EECS :-) when he beheld the glories of princeton!tilt!smw :-) Egypt." --G. Roddenberry