So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
11-27-11, 03:43 PM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
The animated series has about a dozen Saving-Private-Ryan-like episodes that frame the wars fantastically. I think many people are mixing up the horrible execution, laughable dialog, questionable humor, and general shitty job Lucas did with the movies as opposed to the what specifically the clone wars was about.
11-28-11, 12:33 AM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
Agree. Everything about that stupid Samurai Jack-esque cartoon years ago and the current soulless show is just painful to watch and a complete waste of time seeing as everyone knows how the war ends and who ends up dying. It's just one big, colossal cynical artistically-vacant sludge of nothingness.
11-28-11, 01:32 AM
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I guess I'm in the minority of SW fans, but I always wanted Lucas to make Episodes 7,8,9 when I was a kid in the 80's instead of the Episode 1,2,3. I always thought Lucas could do whatever story he wanted if he continued the adventures of Luke, Leia and Han, whereas the Prequels he would be locked into a story from all that was spoken about in the OT.
Agree. Everything about that stupid Samurai Jack-esque cartoon years ago and the current soulless show is just painful to watch and a complete waste of time seeing as everyone knows how the war ends and who ends up dying. It's just one big, colossal cynical artistically-vacant sludge of nothingness.
11-28-11, 04:22 AM
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I didn't much think about it. It's amazing how much mileage George Lucas has gotten out of one throwaway line in ANH.
11-28-11, 04:35 AM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
I wouldn't say the cartoon is toned down much for kids... It's actually geared towards an older age then the first prequel. After watching the three prequels on Blu this weekend I'll even go as far to say that the cartoon is a pretty large step up from them even. The first season was pretty uneven, and they do have a few cute throw-away episodes still, but those are at least contained in their own stories.
Dig up season 4 episodes 7-10 and you won't be disappointed. We have brutal trench warfare with ugly casualties... it really did more with the clones then Lucas could ever do.
Dig up season 4 episodes 7-10 and you won't be disappointed. We have brutal trench warfare with ugly casualties... it really did more with the clones then Lucas could ever do.
11-28-11, 11:31 AM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
I'm enjoying the heck out of the animated series (both of them) and I hope the critics aren't basing their opinions on the intro CGI movie only. The series got massively better after that.
As for my expectations; despite being born in the 70's and growing up with SW, I never actually gave the Clone Wars much thought. To me it was just a sort of throwaway line that didn't have much to do with what was going on in the movies.
As for my expectations; despite being born in the 70's and growing up with SW, I never actually gave the Clone Wars much thought. To me it was just a sort of throwaway line that didn't have much to do with what was going on in the movies.
11-28-11, 01:19 PM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
Lucas should have stopped trying to shove Anikan and the Clone Wars down our throats and instead continued on with the 3 main characters we all knew and loved in Ep.VI, VII, VIII.
11-28-11, 01:21 PM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
The ironic thing is if Lucas didn't put the episode numbers on the OT movies, he could have done whatever he wanted later on and not been so married to a specific story. He could have done one Prequel movie (essentially the Episode III story, and maybe done a few sequels about Han/Leia's Kids and Luke's kids too (something like the Thrawn Trilogy). By locking himself into a 3 movie story for the PT, it led to Episode I & II being almost pointless.
11-28-11, 01:44 PM
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Re: So, what did YOU think the "Clone Wars" was going to be like?
However a guy I knew was convinced that Obi-wan actually stood for Obi-One, i.e. the model all the clones were modeled after, prior to the PT.
