Parallel Lives #1 (spoilers)

[comixfan1980]

I just finished up the first issue of this series and aside for the first few pages of funny interaction between Kato and Green Hornet, I found this to not be my cup of tea unfortunately. It basicly focused on Kato as a child and what it was like for him growing up in Shanghai, personally I don't get why DE chose to release this series besides to try and cash in on the Green Hornet name so close to the movie release. But I guess its smart business to a certain extent, I do kind of hope DE cools it down on the Hornet releases for a while though.

[GreenHornet0415]

I have little interest in this series. I'll wait and see if the movie is any good first. If it is, I may go back and pick up these issues (or the tp if there is one). At $3.99 each I have to draw the "green" line somewhere. ;)

[Ghornet2]

I just finished up the first issue of this series and aside for the first few pages of funny interaction between Kato and Green Hornet, I found this to not be my cup of tea unfortunately. It basicly focused on Kato as a child and what it was like for him growing up in Shanghai, personally I don't get why DE chose to release this series besides to try and cash in on the Green Hornet name so close to the movie release. But I guess its smart business to a certain extent, I do kind of hope DE cools it down on the Hornet releases for a while though.

Agreed. Even the timeing of the release is wrong. It is a tie in to the movie which is 6 months away. It should have come out in October & November just before the origina release date for the movie.

[Tulku]

I have decided not to buy this series. I am already buying Smith Hornet, Smith Kato, GH Year One, Kato Origins and Sting. And I intend to buy GH Remastered. I think 6 comics of variations on basically the same concept is enough. Parallel Lives can die as far as I am concerned.:(

[Captain Canuck]

I was hoping that it would be a story about the father of the Rogen Hornet, basically the previous generation, but sadly no, and it only reinforces what a clown Rogen's character is going to be. If anything, it actually made me more pessimistic about the movie, not more eager.

I don't blame its creators; it's awful hard to make chicken salad from chicken...well, you know how that goes.

[Mr. Fantastic]

You're confusing the movie with Kevin Smith's comic book series. As I understand it, the movie is about what motivated Britt Reid to become the Green Hornet. His father left him his empire but his father was not the Green Hornet.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/green-hornet/




I was hoping that it would be a story about the father of the Rogen Hornet, basically the previous generation,.

[Tulku]

You all are so polite to me. In my previous note I referred to "Sting." Of course, I meant "GH Strikes" but it was nice that nobody jumped on my back about it.

I really must remember to only post when I am awake. It'll save a lot of apologies in the future.

[Captain Canuck]

As I understand it, the movie is about what motivated Britt Reid to become the Green Hornet. His father left him his empire but his father was not the Green Hornet.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/green-hornet/

I am not confusing it, I was not aware of it. I try to avoid finding out too much about a movie that I plan to see, aside from the trailers. It doesn't appear from the tailers as though there was a previous Hornet but I was hoping that there would be.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Dynamite must only have the rights to publish Green Hornet comics for a short time. That's the only reason I can think of why they would be cramming so many GH titles all at once into the market.