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Star Trek: The Mirror War #3
Star Trek: The Mirror War #3
Enter the Mirror Universe of The Next Generation! The Mirror War continues here! New problems arise as Picard and crew head towards Faundori. With no changes to their course, they are likely to be found by any number of Klingons or Cardassians—including Worf! With plans in place to destroy a Cardassian listening post, the crew of the Enterprise embarks on a dangerous mission…
28 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2022
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June 17, 2023
Star Trek: The Mirror War #3 - A Conundrum
This was a mediocre issue in this Star Trek mega-event series. It's basically just a filler issue. The only thing that happened that was of any consequence was that we finally learn how O'Brien got to Terok Nor (DS9) in the Mirror Universe. I do have two problems with this issue, though, and that's why I gave it three stars only.
The first problem I have with this story is that we're nearly half way into this and there's no war going on whatsoever. This story, so far, is very reminiscent to that of a heist story, like Ocean's Eleven, except with pirates. The I.S.S. Enterprise-D and her crew are being stalked by Regent Worf, who comes off here like the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood because they stole dilithium from him and he wants it back. There's also another party involved but they're not involved in this issue.
There's absolutely no war going on in this story so far. If you have a title like "The Mirror War", to me that suggests that there's all types of space battles going on and unfortunately there's not and that seems a little misleading to me. And my second problem with this issue is that this story should be intense and dramatic nonstop and, by adding in some comedy, it's not.
I'm issuing a *spoiler alert* because I'm going to write down the two scenes in this comic that just didn't jibe with me. There's a scene in this comic that involves Data and Barclay going to therapy with Inquisitor Troi because Data feels betrayed by Barclay. This scene serves no purpose. We're in the Mirror Universe.
People betray each other all the time in the Mirror Universe and nobodies feelings get hurt because these people are sociopaths. We're not supposed to empathize with them. And then there's a scene where Commander Riker blows up a whole planet and he gets chided by Captain Picard like he's a child. But, instead of the scene being shocking or suspenseful, Riker comes off sounding juvenile because he tells Picard "Well, we had to do something to get away".
And that's one of the comedy bits right there. Those are my two reasons why I gave this issue three stars only. And I'm really surprised that David and Scott Tipton would include comedy pieces in a Mirror Universe-set story because I've read ALL of their Mirror Universe stories going all the way back to a TOS story called Mirror Images (which came out 15 years ago next month) and there has never been any comedy in them before. Because they know, when writing about the Mirror Universe, that it's gonna be serious and it's gonna be dark.
But this time they added comedy pieces in and I just have to wonder why. I'm also beginning to think that this story might not have been the original idea for "The Mirror War" story. If you read the original Mirror Universe trilogy of TNG stories that came out before this, it seemed like they were building up to a Prime Universe vs Mirror Universe Star Trek story and that's definitely not what this is about. It's a shame too because that would've been a more fitting story to tell and one worthy of the title "The Mirror War".
This was a mediocre issue in this Star Trek mega-event series. It's basically just a filler issue. The only thing that happened that was of any consequence was that we finally learn how O'Brien got to Terok Nor (DS9) in the Mirror Universe. I do have two problems with this issue, though, and that's why I gave it three stars only.
The first problem I have with this story is that we're nearly half way into this and there's no war going on whatsoever. This story, so far, is very reminiscent to that of a heist story, like Ocean's Eleven, except with pirates. The I.S.S. Enterprise-D and her crew are being stalked by Regent Worf, who comes off here like the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood because they stole dilithium from him and he wants it back. There's also another party involved but they're not involved in this issue.
There's absolutely no war going on in this story so far. If you have a title like "The Mirror War", to me that suggests that there's all types of space battles going on and unfortunately there's not and that seems a little misleading to me. And my second problem with this issue is that this story should be intense and dramatic nonstop and, by adding in some comedy, it's not.
I'm issuing a *spoiler alert* because I'm going to write down the two scenes in this comic that just didn't jibe with me. There's a scene in this comic that involves Data and Barclay going to therapy with Inquisitor Troi because Data feels betrayed by Barclay. This scene serves no purpose. We're in the Mirror Universe.
People betray each other all the time in the Mirror Universe and nobodies feelings get hurt because these people are sociopaths. We're not supposed to empathize with them. And then there's a scene where Commander Riker blows up a whole planet and he gets chided by Captain Picard like he's a child. But, instead of the scene being shocking or suspenseful, Riker comes off sounding juvenile because he tells Picard "Well, we had to do something to get away".
And that's one of the comedy bits right there. Those are my two reasons why I gave this issue three stars only. And I'm really surprised that David and Scott Tipton would include comedy pieces in a Mirror Universe-set story because I've read ALL of their Mirror Universe stories going all the way back to a TOS story called Mirror Images (which came out 15 years ago next month) and there has never been any comedy in them before. Because they know, when writing about the Mirror Universe, that it's gonna be serious and it's gonna be dark.
But this time they added comedy pieces in and I just have to wonder why. I'm also beginning to think that this story might not have been the original idea for "The Mirror War" story. If you read the original Mirror Universe trilogy of TNG stories that came out before this, it seemed like they were building up to a Prime Universe vs Mirror Universe Star Trek story and that's definitely not what this is about. It's a shame too because that would've been a more fitting story to tell and one worthy of the title "The Mirror War".
February 27, 2024
This is mostly just a continuation of the whole Mirror saga, but there is a moment where Data admits something that proves the Tiptons know what they're doing when they write this. I enjoyed the book but I give it 4 stars based off that moment by itself.
January 7, 2022
Excellent!!!!!
We finally get to meet MJ Leah Brahms and find out how O'Brien came to be on Terok Nor! Definitely give *****'s!!!!!!
We finally get to meet MJ Leah Brahms and find out how O'Brien came to be on Terok Nor! Definitely give *****'s!!!!!!
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