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Jul. 31st, 2013 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doodleboyPlanetes I think is a really under-rated comic. Not in that it isn't well-regarded, but it has been mostly forgotten or overshadowed by it's anime adaptation. I first read it as a teenager and liked it, but reading it in my mid-twenties really made me appreciate it a lot more.
So what is Planetes about? Well it's set in the future where the depletion of fossil fuels on earth has lead to greater space exploration. Including the first manned project to Jupiter.
The developer of this project is Werner Locksmith. He's an unparalleled genius, the Issac Newton of his generation.
Like Issac Newton he’s also a complete jackass.
Reads right to left.
"Simple. I live, breath, and worship space travel. I'm the best there is."
During the press release of the accident he doesn’t even pretend to care about the lives lost, which makes him universally reviled.
Later he visits the graves of one of his engineers.
During this he meets the his sister, also grieving. They both compare him to Gusko Budori
"Yes. However I feel sad."
What I like about Werner is that he represents a lot of men who were leaders in their fields. Often great authors, film-makers, scientists, revolutionaries were terrible to the people close to them. He's not a likable character, or a good person in any sense, but he's complicated and I find ultimately sympathetic.
So what is Planetes about? Well it's set in the future where the depletion of fossil fuels on earth has lead to greater space exploration. Including the first manned project to Jupiter.
The developer of this project is Werner Locksmith. He's an unparalleled genius, the Issac Newton of his generation.
Like Issac Newton he’s also a complete jackass.
Reads right to left.
"Simple. I live, breath, and worship space travel. I'm the best there is."
During the press release of the accident he doesn’t even pretend to care about the lives lost, which makes him universally reviled.
Later he visits the graves of one of his engineers.
During this he meets the his sister, also grieving. They both compare him to Gusko Budori
"Yes. However I feel sad."
What I like about Werner is that he represents a lot of men who were leaders in their fields. Often great authors, film-makers, scientists, revolutionaries were terrible to the people close to them. He's not a likable character, or a good person in any sense, but he's complicated and I find ultimately sympathetic.
