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Didn’t Like It “There are certain things that simply should not be mixed. And not in a "you got your peanut butter in my chocolate, I got my chocolate in your peanut butter" kind of way where everything turns out alright in the end. Some things, you just don't do-as Jim Croce said "You don't tug on Superman's...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Very odd mix of Star Trek and the X-Men, but I love them both.”
Kevin J wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This crossover was extremely entertaining!”
Geela G wrote this review Saturday, January 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“There are certain things that simply should not be mixed. And not in a "you got your peanut butter in my chocolate, I got my chocolate in your peanut butter" kind of way where everything turns out alright in the end. Some things, you just don't do-as Jim Croce said "You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger..."
Nighthawk wrote this review Saturday, January 5 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
And you don't write a novel that teams up the X-Men with Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Michael Jan Friedman is actually one of the better authors cranking out ST related novels-when I was a bit younger I bought every one of these babies, and I found I usually enjoyed his. Mainly that was because Friedman seemed to have a good grasp of the characters. Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that he juggles so many characters in what amounts to an extremely small novel.
Planet X not only features all the regular crew of the Enterprise E including Data plus Guinan and Worf-it also features several characters on the planet in question, Xhaldia, and several ancillary characters aboard the Enterprise PLUS Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Archangel, Banshee, Colossus and Shadowcat from the X-Men. The result is that Friedman jumps from character to character faster than Hugh Hefner jumps playmates-and with about the same degree of true intimacy.
The plot is predictable, and therefore boring. Even the twist in the last few pages doesn't serve to make this palatable to fans of either franchise IMHO. Sure there are some satisfying moments-Worf and Wolverine get along famously, for instance, and a lot of security guards have names like Lee, Kirby, Kane and Ditko, which is a great in-joke for us comics fans. Not to mention the meeting between Xavier and Picard in which their uncanny resemblance to one another is noted. But a few cute moments are not enough to make a good novel-and I've read enough ST novels to know it can be done. I recommend this book only for the curiosity value, plus the fact that Picard has the hots for Storm, which is too weird not to be experienced.”
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