PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*
MYTHICITY: *fair*
FRYEAN MYTHOS: *adventure*
CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological* This will be one of my shortest reviews, because, having reviewed this project's source material here, there's no need to repeat any of my observations for this "motion comic" DTV film. This YEAR ONE reproduces all of the major plot points of the nine-issue comics series, introducing DC's then current origin for the character of the Barbara Gordon Batgirl. It even repeats one development that should have been left on the trashheap in the original comic: a confusing side-plot about a crook with a flamethrower trying to bite the style of the "official" Firebug. Given that this Firebug has only been operating for a few weeks at most, the comics-writers threw in this development for no good reason-- but the motion comic reproduces that bad plotline accurately. Since the techs behind this YEAR ONE are simply photographing the art of Marcos Martin, the visuals have the same basic appeal, though I can't imagine anyone preferring to watch this herky-jerky assemblage of five-minute segments, which can't duplicate the pace of the original comic. But as the old saying goes, for those who like this type of thing, this is the type of thing they'll like.
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