Asteriksovih XII zadataka

Asterix: Adaptations #Film Adaptation 1

by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Melita Logo-Milutinović (Translator)

I Pobediti u trci Nikospatikosa, prvaka iz Maratona
II Baciti koplje dalje od Persijanca Nipetnišesa
III Savladati Germanina Piknika u borilačkim veštinama
IV Odoleti čarima sveštenica sa Ostrva užitka
V Izdržati neizdrživ pogled Urokljivisa, egipatskog čarobnjaka
VI Pojesti do poslednje mrvice obed kojipriprema Multipraktiks, kuvar kod Titana
VII Ući u Jazbinu Zveri... I iz nje izaći!
VIII Nabaviti propusnicu A 38 u Izluđivaonici
IX Preći klanac pun krokodila preko nevidljive žice
X Popeti se na najvišu planinu i rešiti zagonetku Časnog Starine s Vrha Planine
XI Provesti noć na planini aveti
XII Preživeti igre u Cirkusu Maksimusu

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Humor, Childrens, France, Historical Fiction

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

René Goscinny (1926 - 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Asterix , which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris (considered the series' golden age).

Reviews

[Gary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written after and based on the 1973 animated film of the same name. The screenplay for the film was written by Peter Tchernia together with Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.
After yet another Roman legion is beaten senseless by the village of indomitable Gauls, the centurion decides that the Gauls must be gods and 'it's a fat lot of use fighting gods'.
He sends a message to Julius Ceasar in rome, and Ceasar decides to issue the Gauls with a challenge.
Using the story of the twelve tasks of Hercules as a reference point, but choosing new tasks because the Herculean labour were a bit outdated, Ceasar sets twelve new tasks for the Gauls.
If they complete all twelve tasks Ceasar will concede the village of Gauls are gods and concede defeat and lay down his arms but if the Gauls should fail they will become Ceasar's slaves.
The Gauls will never turn down a challenge and Vitalstatistix chooses his best two warriors, of course, to do the tasks: Asterix and Obelix.
The diminutive Roman Cauis Tiddius is chosen as an adjudicator to guide the Gauls and see that they complete the challenge
The tasks are quite novel ones and include beating the German marshall arts champion, Cylindric, crossing a lake through an island filled with beautiful sirens, surviving the hypnotic gaze of Iris the Egyptian and finishing the meal by Mannekenpix, the Belgian.
The two heroes complete them all needless to say throwing everyone into confusion in the process.
Just how it's done is full of vivid colour and fun.
A bit more surrealistic than some of the Asterix comics, this one plays on the whole idea of our heroes knowing they are in a strip comic where 'anything goes'.
This is not perhaps the greatest Asterix classic, but worthwhile for diehard fans to complete their collection.

[Rianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

3/52 books read in 2019.

EN: This one falls into the category 'nostalgia'. I remember finding this copy on my parents attic while still in elementary school (you go there till the age of 12) & being immediately fascinated with the Asterix and Obelix stories. This time I still enjoyed it tremendously and I actually understood the references to the classics!

NL: Dit verhaal brengt nostalgische gevoelens naar boven. Ik zat nog op de basisschool toen ik dit exemplaar vond op zolder en ik was meteen enorm geïnteresseerd in Asterix, Obelix, en hun magische dorp. Tijdens het herlezen was de pret nog steeds net zo hoog & ik herkende nu eindelijk alle klassieke referenties!

[Jokoloyo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Actually I read the Indonesian edition at a bookstore. But I cannot find the edition in Goodreads, and don't know the book details (and too lazy to search the info in the internet) to add the edition in Goodreads.

I don't like the book of the film (is "graphic novelization of the movie" a correct term?) in general but 12 Tasks of Asterix is worse than average other books of the film, because the quality of screen captures are bad. And I have to endure for 50+ pages of it. I have read at the bookstore checking the story, and I could not care about the story.

The result: I cancelled my decision to buy this book.

[Michael Wormsbecher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soort van verstripping naar aanleiding van de film. De opdracht om het formulier A38 te bemachtigen is erg leuk en natuurlijk het eiland der lusten verlaten omdat er geen everzwijn op het menu staat… Topper!

[Rocio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esta es, sin dudar, mi adaptación favorita de Asterix. Sin embargo, he echado de menos el formato de los cómic originales, porque aquí lo tenemos como un libro con ilustraciones más que un cómic.
Por lo demás, una historia divertida con guiños a la mitología antigua.

[Miłośniczka Książek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Od lat bardzo lubię przygody Asteriksa, dlatego też z chęcią przypomniałam sobie jego dwanaście prac :D
http://magicznyswiatksiazki.pl/dwanas...

[Joost Brokamp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Het verhaal is fantastisch. Maar Asterix gelijk als een god zien. Dat is voor mij nog een stap te ver. Toverdrank doet veel, maar zo veel...

[LadyFie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ich verstehe die Entscheidung nicht, statt einem echten Comic dieses seltsame Comic-Fließtext-Mischding zu machen. Liest sich wie eine schlechte Nacherzählung des (eigentlich ganz guten) Films.

[Alex Castillo Barona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Siempre me han encantado las historietas de Astérix y Obelix. Mucho que reir y algunas buenas cosas que reflexionar con respecto a los imperios, a los soberanos, a los líderes y a las enormes y enloquecedoras complicaciones de las eternas burocracias. Una gozada a revisitar.

[Remo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estamos en el año 50 antes de Jesucristo. Toda la Galia está ocupada por los romanos… ¿Toda? ¡No! Una aldea poblada por irreductibles galos resiste, todavía y como siempre, al invasor. Y la vida no es fácil para las guarniciones de legionarios romanos en los reducidos campamentos de Babaorum, Aquarium, Laudanum y Petibonum...

Los Astérix son otra de las series con las que crecí, junto a Tintín y tantas otras. Ya desde el principio el planteamiento de la serie es genial. Una aislada aldea resiste en solitario la conquista del Imperio Romano, que ha tomado completamente la Galia. Cuentan con la ayuda de una poción mágica que les hace invencibles en combate. Y corren mil aventuras, por todos los países del Imperio. La ventaja que este planteamiento otorga es que puedes tener aventuras estancas que te dejan explorar un aspecto cada vez, y te sale una serie completísima.
Los nombres también son geniales: Obélix, que no es gordo sino bajo de pecho, Astérix, que es más soso pero da nombre a la serie, Ideafix, Asurancetúrix y todos los demás tienen cada uno un toque de humor.
En el libro de los godos, por ejemplo, los autores aprovechan y hacen un montón de chistes sobre los alemanes, alternando los tópicos con algunas observaciones muy agudas:


Los autores repiten este truco con Astérix y Obélix viajando a Grecia, Inglaterra, España, Bélgica, Suiza, Egipto... En cada uno de los tomos presenciamos la genialidad de una historia bien construida con multitud de guiños al lector.
Había miles de detalles interesantes, como que cada pueblo tuviera su propia tipografía:

O cuando Astérix entra en la Legión y se enfrenta al pestilente rancho que todos encuentran repugnante excepto el British:

De niño, obviamente, mucho de esto me pasaba inadvertido. Yo leía los tebeos para ver qué pasaba. He comprobado que resisten perfectamente una relectura de adulto, lo cual refleja, una vez más, su genialidad. Imprescindibles.
Este tomo en concreto no es uno de los comics originales sino más bien un libro con multitud de ilustraciones provenientes de la película que adapta. Me pareció gracioso que la prueba que más cerca están no superar es la de completar un trámite en la burocracia romana.

[Irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il MIGLIOR film(e libro) di sempre,
Saprò tante delle parole della storia
Letto in italiano,ma su goodreads ho trovato solo quello in francese...

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating 3.5.

Not bad as novelizations go ... the animated feature on the other hand, was the best.
The only version I ever watched was the Italian dubbed, and somehow I'll stick with that one.

Lasciapassare A38 .......classic.

[Tredo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not entirely a comic. Rather more a illustrated book based on the scenario of the first animated film created by Studio Idefix. My fondness for these heroes and memories of my childhood when I watched this cartoon obviously affect my assessment. I just like Asterix and Obelix :)

[Sleepover137 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this comic book series and since I knew the movie that goes along with this one, I enjoyed it even more.

[Simbasible Comics · Rating 3 out of 5]

Asterix Conquers Rome is an Asterix comic book written by Goscinny and illustrated by Uderzo. It was published in 1976.

This book isn’t in the official Asterix canon because it wasn’t original. In fact, it was based on the movie released that year titled ‘The Twelve Tasks of Asterix’. As such, it’s not really a necessary read even for fans, but I chose to finish it off as I truly adored the movie itself.

The film was the most unique and different entry in the Asterix movie series. While the story is still fantastic, the comic itself left a lot to be desired. Its main issue is that it just copies the same plot points and dialogue from the movie without adding anything new to it, which felt lazy and uninspired.

Another issue is that this is some kind of combination of a comic and a storybook as there are no bubbles to be found anywhere, but large swaths of text combined with large panels. Admittedly, those huge panels were gorgeous to behold and simply stunningly detailed throughout, but I wished to have seen the bubbles in them, though the writing of the narration and the dialogue was actually quite strong and sophisticated, which elevated this unfortunate stylistic choice undoubtedly.

Asterix Conquers Rome benefits from gorgeous large panels and some strong writing, but it was also a lazy rendition of a much better movie that ultimately felt uninspired.

[Celebandùne · Rating 3 out of 5]

7.5/10

Asterix's first original feature film (and third overall) was The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, translated into German as "Asterix conquers Rome". Once again, this is not a comic book per se, but a book with pictures, which were used as storyboards for the feature film. Nonetheless, it is quite funnily written, and does a pretty good job of not only telling a story, but also encouraging the reader to actually watch the movie. The story is about Caesar being told by a legionary that they think the Gauls of the Village are Gods and not normal people. The emperor, enraged, asks them to do 12 tasks to prove their divinity, like Heracles did back in the days. Asterix and Obelix are chosen to perform these tasks, with Gaius Pupus being the referee. The tasks range from running to javelin throwing, from martial arts to eating. Some are quite interesting, like defeating Roman bureaucracy...or guessing the correct softener... as I said, the book is funnily written. In the end they reach Rome and defeat all the tasks, proving to Caesar that they are not normal people...

Of course this story is non-canon and does not take place in the main Asterix timeline, but it is a funny "what-if" and a good book to one of the best Asterix films there is. I liked it! :)

[Naveen N. Bhat · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of those books based on a movie - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, a 1976 Belgian/French animated feature film, apparently the third in the animated franchise, in this case. I am yet to watch any. The film was directed, produced and animated at Goscinny and Uderzo's own animation studio, Studios Idéfix. It was the first Asterix film (animated or live-action) to be based on an original screenplay rather than on material from any of the comic book stories. Caesar declares that the Gauls must undertake a challenge, inspired by the Twelve Labours of Hercules: the village's best warriors (Asterix and Obelix, obviously) shall perform a set of twelve new tasks, which only gods could carry out successfully.

[Malcolm Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the novelisation of the film with large pictures scattered throughout the text. Essentially, there's nothing here that's not in the film and at 56 pages, it rushes through the adventure. What worked well was the tongue-in-cheek narration that was more like a commentary of the events. It kept the story live and interesting.
The pictures looked to be redrawn from the film so fitted into the book well.
It would have been nice to have had a novella at least that expanded upon the film more and the text did rely on the pictures to set each scene.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

1st English Limp Ed. = 1981 = 7th Impression = 1985 = £2.25
--->Children's Book Fashioned with no Phylactere<---

I hate reading prose -that's why I'm Strictly Sequential- so putting all the movie adaptations as children's books really annoys me!

And you get so little art!!

Why was Tiddius using a pencil and paper instead of the usual chisel and slab?

Why wasn't this nearly as good as I thought it would be??

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a 1976 hardback edition from Dargaud. Here’s another book I have owned for over four decades which I have no recollection of properly reading from cover to cover. It’s a nicely meta narrative, well aware it’s the book of the film of the cartoon series, nicely done, chucklesome but entirely forgettable. The illustrations seem to be produced by the animation studio but aren’t taken from the film as far as I can tell. It’s an okay read, but not one I’d return to.

[Adsun22 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Przejście z płynnej animacji na litery i obrazki rodzi wiele problemów, na przykład narrator wyjaśniający subtelne żarty z filmu z gracją pijanego wujka na weselu, niektóre gagi są nie do przeniesienia i znikają zupełnie, ale mam wrażenie, że kilka też dodano. Rozczarowało mnie też drastyczne skrócenie pojedynku z Irysem. Wypada to jednak całkiem zabawnie.

[Satu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a comic book and many of my favorite parts of the movie are missing. The best little jokes were completely omitted. Like Iris's eyes blinking and Asterix bringing flowers and mushrooms to Merino. Sadly lacking as a story book. I wish they would make an actual comic with all the things that happen in the movie.

[Sarah Mcgrath · Rating 3 out of 5]

This episode of Astérix is not the typical comic book, it's a text based adaption of a film. To prove that the Gauls in the little village are gods, Astérix and Obélix must complete twelve tasks set by Caesar. It was pretty funny, but the format meant that there are fewer visual gags.

[Simon Mcleish · Rating 3 out of 5]

The relatively wordy format of this book is very different from the other Asterix stories. It just doesn't work. It's the book of a film based on the Asterix stories; it would have been better as a comic book first and foremost, I think.

[Kosmas Panagiotis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Δεν μου άρεσε ποτέ ιδιαίτερα αυτή η ιστορία, όμως είχα διαβάσει το τεύχος πολλά χρόνια πριν σε διακοπές στην Κέρκυρα. Ο επανασχεδιασμός του από τον Υντερζό με κέρδισε περισσότερο ως ενήλικος. Θα μπορούσαν να λείπουν αρκετά τυπογραφικά/ ορθογραφικά στοιχεία...

[Saint No Stopping Us · Rating 2 out of 5]

5/10

Asterix and Obelix have to perform twelve tasks similar to Hercules to beat Julius Caesar. Book of a film so a bit like reading a script.

[Javi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Adaptación al cómic de una película de cine que, al no ser ni lo uno ni lo otro, se queda en tierra de nadie. Como curiosidad está bien, aunque el diseño de página en algunos tramos es mejorable.

[Mon Terrés · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is incredible and funny. One of my favorites.

[Inge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stays funny everytime you see or read it

[Carlos Ceballos Méndez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es una mala historia la de la película y peor contada aquí, con muy pocas ilustraciones y de dibujos pobres. Este libro vale sólo por el carácter de índole nostálgica y por tener la colección.