Liked It“Obelix is the main cause of problems in this story where he hits the druid Getafix with a menhir (a big stone) and causes him to lose his memory of how to make the magic strength potion. Meanwhile, the Romans want a pro-Roman chieftan to fight Vital Statistix, the chieftan of the tribe Asterix is...” see full review » see other reviews » |
“Obelix is the main cause of problems in this story where he hits the druid Getafix with a menhir (a big stone) and causes him to lose his memory of how to make the magic strength potion. Meanwhile, the Romans want a pro-Roman chieftan to fight Vital Statistix, the chieftan of the tribe Asterix is in, to take over that tribe.
There's a funny explanation of what a straw vote is, and on another page a parody of the song about John Brown's body in the grave.
They get another druid to try to cure Getafix, but Obelix also causes him to lose his memory. The big fight with the chieftans starts, with Vital Statistix running around the ring, wearing out the other chieftan. Finally Getafix gets his memory back and makes the potion and another round of beating up Romans begins.
Another funny story. ”
“One of the best Asterix book ever”
Darshan K wrote this review Wednesday, January 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A rival, Roman-sympathetic Gaulish chief challenges Vitalstatistix to a fight which would determine who would lead both the tribes. The Romans plot to put Getafix out of his usual magic potion brewing business. The druid who is fetched to treat Getafix is mistakenly knocked out by Obelix while demonstrating the circumstances that led to Getafix's loss of consciousness. How Vitalstatistix and the rest of the Gauls deal with the fiasco forms the story.”
sandhya wrote this review Wednesday, October 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It's a nice, funny story, and I do recommend it, but I couldn't tell if it really was good because the print was old and bad. Some of the important characters in the series were missing, not Asterix. [There wasn't even the fish monger and Blacksmith.)”
Donnesh F wrote this review Saturday, August 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No