Snowpiercer 1: The Escape: The Escape

Like many people I saw the movie first, devoured the fist series in three sittings, followed the series two and am enjoying the series three.The graphic novel is excellent.Just as the film is different from the series,expanded and detailed the graphic novel is totally different from both.And, I admit all the better for that.It is a lot grimmer, short and the detail of the claustrophobic natue of mankind being limited to just 1001 rail cars pulled by a perceptual motion railway engine endlessly circling the globe.The world is an icy wasteland of endless ice and snow.The book is in black and white which really mimics the outer world of black and white and the harsh nature of life aboard the train is enhanced to the full.De humanised, brutal yet totally believable guards ' police the train' like the 'best' run Soviet Gulags.Two central characters as taken from the rear of the train on a long and incident filled trek to the Engine at the head.This treatment really emphasises the world on the train and although shorter trumps both the TV series in explaining the true horror of a warm world now lost to Mankind.A totally brilliant Graphic Novel.

Fantastic story. I watched the TV show first, but this is something else entirely.Graphically encapsulating and a story to keep you wanting more.

2 is weird

Good story but short.

I read this after watching the movie and the show. The premise is similar to the film, except instead of the entire tail section rebelling, it's just a lone escapee who is escorted up train by the guards and a political activist to be part of a sinister plot that isn't all that surprising.The main flaw is the characters aren't nearly as memorable or developed in the original comic. The train is also not that impressive (unlike Bong Joon Ho's future-train, this one just looks like a normal passenger train). We hardly see any of the tail section except for a few panels. Plot points are introduced (like the religious fanatics) and don't go anywhere. The B&W art is good enough but often hard to tell characters apart. Not to mention a very underwhelming ending.I feel like Bong Joon Ho (and even the TV show adaption) noticed flaws in the original comic and definitely improved on it a bit. Would only recommend for hardcore Snowpiercer fans.