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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe, Celebration V Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 1/26/07 2:31am Subject: RE: Astérix
	That is one of the things I really enjoy with reading Asterix in several languages, I'm still aiming to have a complete collection in at least Swedish (which I have), German and French (I have a couple of albums in each). Funny enough it has been really hard to find albums in Italian or English, it's actually easier to find translations to Latin and German dialects. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/26/07 6:20am Subject: RE: Astérix
	I didn't know they come in Latin; that's perfect, somehow.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe, Celebration V Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 1/26/07 2:14pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	There are albums in ancient Greek, Hindi, German dialects and of course French dialects as well. I have one in Latin and one in South Tyrolean. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/3/07 8:42pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	South Tyrolean?
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/11/07 8:27pm Subject: RE: Astérix - Date Edited: 2/12/07 8:15am (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Obelix and Co." Crackerjack opening: the local Roman garrison is changing the guard, and as a birthday present, the village present the information to Obelix. He beats up the new garrison while the village sings "Happy Birthday." It then proceeds like a lunatic satire of capitalism. Everybody gets into the act, including ze pirates. The book really lacks a good denouement, but the change-up in plots is welcome.
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darkmole Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 2/12/07 6:13am Subject: RE: Astérix - Date Edited: 2/12/07 6:28am (1 edits total) Edited By: darkmole
	One of my favourites - and the first story I thought of when Asterix was being unfairly compared to Tintin over in the other thread. For all his justly celebrated talents, I don't think Herge would ever have dared write a book like Obelix&Co, which bristles with a very adult sense of the absurdity of market capitalism. The hero is not Asterix this time, in fact he does very little. It's a book about Obelix, but then again it's not really about him either, as he gives up the business about two-thirds of the way through. The romans have a larger part than ever - but the real star is not a person but an object. The menhir is the glorious, subversive, mystifying hero of the story. It was a stroke of genius to make Obelix a menhir delivery man when the series started. How did all those strange neolithic rocks that still scatter the European landscape get there? Someone must have delivered them. Goscinny had joked a couple of times before that Obelix's menhirs might have been responsible for Stonehenge, but here he lets rip at their majestic absurdity. And what a brilliant metaphor they are. The marketeer tries to explain capitalism to Caesar, who looks blankfaced at an ancient version of a power point presentation, until the impatient marketeer brings it down to Caesar's level:'Big heap menhirs make you plenty rich' (or something like that). Caesar is no more clued up than Obelix, but he is soon in over his neck as competition from Roman and even Egyptian menhirs create a run on the sestersi, and the Roman menhir manufacturing industry (until now non-existent) goes on strike in protest at foreign imports. "it's the right one, it's not the light one, it's a menhir!" goes the jingle. The latest fad soon becomes yesterday's news, Caesar is bankrupt, and the villagers have a good fight to let off steam at the end. And as Getafix says (of the menhirs), 'we don't even know what they are for.' Priceless.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe, Celebration V Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 2/12/07 12:34pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Obelix&Co is an album that I have a very personal attachment to. I still remember when I got my first copy of it, and it was in German. My dad got it for me on the train station in Munich, just before we boarded a train to Hamburg. Now being around 6 years old my German was hardly existant, and I remember how disappointed I was that someone always had to read it and translate it to me when I wanted to read the album. For that reason I didn't like it. In fact it was one of the last classic Asterix albums that I bought in Swedish, since I didn't think that I would like it, but then I realised just how good it was. Now it's definetly a favourite, and the German album that I got was of course the start of my international collection of albums. Now when it comes to the album itself I think it's so funny. I love the advertising for the different menhirs, especially when the Romans go on strike. It's definetly one of the most mature albums, but still it's filled with so many funny drawings and details that you don't really have to understand the capitalist angle on it. It's really an album that shows why Asterix is so popular, and so good, since it has so many levels, and you can read it from a very early age and find it funny, just to read the same album a lot later and discover something new but maybe even funnier within it. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 2/12/07 4:51pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	The art is really brilliant...the page where Obelix gleefully beats up the new garrison, especially, and the one with the puzzled boar.
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darkmole Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 3/13/07 2:28pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Asterix and the Vikings is coming out on DVD, there's a very detailed review here: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=64330
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe, Celebration V Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 3/13/07 2:41pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Interesting review, and I must say that I had totally missed that there was an "Asterix conquers America" film, but I guess that one's based on "The great crossing" and that's never been a favourite. On the other hand, the Asterix-fan in me is very ashamed. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/13/07 3:32pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	The last collaboration, "Asterix in Belgium" is next. I have to read it first, though.
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darkmole Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 3/13/07 4:17pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Not one of my favourites, but still well worth a punt. I'll post my thoughts when Zaz has read it, wouldn't want to spoil the story ... and at least it doesn't have any aliens in it. Or a clone army of superheros.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/14/07 12:19pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Usually when Asterix goes to another country, they make fun of that other country's national characteristics.
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darkmole Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 3/14/07 1:37pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	Well, a couple of characters from a certain Belgian comic strip do make an appearance. Sadly, this is the first book that Uderzo illustrated without Goscinny by his side.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/14/07 2:11pm Subject: RE: Astérix
	I thought it was the last collaboration?
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