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FIRST YOU GEEK BASTARDS by aricohen	Mar 25th, 2004 10:31:54 PM
WORD UP
careface by Schmiggy JK	Mar 25th, 2004 10:48:11 PM

3rd aint so bad... by Phildogger	Mar 25th, 2004 10:52:48 PM
Bwah!
Regarding the inevitable DVD. . . by gurglesnap	Mar 26th, 2004 12:02:50 AM
Holy god, they better edit these damn things together into one or two long episodes. I taped the first set during one of the marathons they ran a couple months ago, and I gave up watching because it was such a pain in the ass to have to fast forward through credits and the introductions over and over and over.
Shadows of the Empire- by RenoNevada2000	Mar 26th, 2004 07:02:53 AM
Was a giant steaming pile of turd and I can prove it scientifically with a two graphs and a pie chart.
Isn't this mostly just a rerun of a previous Herc post? by rev_skarekroe	Mar 26th, 2004 08:50:48 AM
Also, I think "The Coming Storm" would be a good name for Ep. III. Yes I do. sk
Herc, you check your watch too? by Zip Chickenhead	Mar 26th, 2004 09:09:47 AM
Funny I did that when that steaming pile of crap Wonderfalls first aired two weeks ago. Nyyahhh!!!
Can we get somebody to review these that actually likes Star War by PBJ Street Gang	Mar 26th, 2004 02:41:22 PM
Just dreary. Your childhood is lost.. Who hurt you, man?
Lightsaber construction by Mechboy	Mar 26th, 2004 05:01:26 PM
This is most likely since Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic has you collect crystals to improve your light saber in the game. Which means LucasArts found out about it during one of their meetings about the prequels when developing clone wars, Jedi starfighter, or Obi Wan
Crystals by ChrisPC24	Mar 26th, 2004 06:44:43 PM
I remember reading about lightsaber crystals in the Timothy Zahn novels about 10 years ago, so the concept is older than the prequels.
"I have you now" by Grando	Mar 27th, 2004 12:40:18 AM
Awesome stuff......
Episode 11 pretty good by I Dunno	Mar 27th, 2004 08:39:19 AM
I completly missed the first season so this is the first one I saw and it was good but the 4 or 5 minute thing is terrible. Thankfully I have that digital recording thingie and I'll just wait ten days to watch the whole thing. The animation was nice except for the characters which SUCK. I hate that style of animation and it's totally inapproriate for SW. The sound was sweet though.
Animatrix this ain't. CW may have set television animation back by truthseekr1488	Mar 27th, 2004 11:59:35 AM
Not to mention the wooden, humorless, one-dimensional characters, cheezy backgrounds, and repetitious firefights. Saturday morning fare at best.
I had a geekgasm when Anakin said "I have you now" and used his by Tall_Boy	Mar 27th, 2004 08:53:55 PM
teehee, I'm such a little bitch.
What is this "telekinesis" shiznit? It's called the FORCE, bra! by Kage	Mar 28th, 2004 01:15:07 PM
And if the Emperor couldn't save himself from falling, why should the sith bitch?
Herc should've updated the report based on the last talkback on by Toonimator	Mar 28th, 2004 07:17:19 PM
Lots of stuff was clarified, like Barris is the Padawan, Luminara the Master, not the other way around... and Asajj Ventress does NOT die in the fall. She's just out of the picture for the cartoon, and for anyone that only watches the cartoons & the films. She returns many times in other Clone Wars stories, in the novels & comics. Well, at least the comics. So does Durge, for that matter (and his exploded bits are seen slowly creeping together in his last animated appearance; again, folks only experiencing the Clone Wars thru the cartoons can write him off as dead, but folks reading the comics, too, get to see more of him). As an animator I take exception to that comment about "setting TV animation back 10 years", or "saturday morning fare". Ha! Most "Saturday morning fare" looks like utter shit compared to Clone Wars. The style of Genndy's shows may not appeal to everyone, but they're beautiful and well-animated, even if all the drawings aren't "perfect". Then again, "Saturday" may be the perfect day to ascribe these cartoons to. Just like the old Saturday movie serials. "Star Wars", I think, has always been kid-accessible, like the old serials, but it's not "for" kids. What sets TV animation back "X years" is importing huge blocks of anime series on the cheap that are even more blatant at advertising toys/games than most American animated shows, and also make studios less inclined to spend the capital to create a new series originating here in the States, even though the actual animation will mostly be done overseas. THAT is the problem. Not experimenting stylistically. Why pay hundreds of thousands an episode for an American series & employ a few dozen American artists, writers, directors and more when you can pay $10,000 to license each episode of a foreign series and only have to hire a couple translators, a script-polisher, a few other people, and voice actors to dub it over? TV animation is already near the bottom of its barrel. Creator-driven shows like Samurai Jack, and well-done licensed shows like Clone Wars, can only bring it up out of the muck.
No, everything doesn't have to be anime style... by truthseekr1488	Mar 29th, 2004 10:45:10 AM
But Animatrix did set the standard imo for what 21st century animation should be, and after all (like a fool) I expect more from Lucas than Hanna-Barbera / Space Ghost level production values. (Hell, even Futurama makes great use of CGI, and the Batman animated series has more style). The original SW trilogy was not just for "kids," and while Ep 1 and 2 clearly aimed at a lower age group, CW seems to be hitting at the elementary school set.
Who is this retard? by Lord_Soth	Mar 29th, 2004 05:05:02 PM
Not only he(?)'s not familiar with the basic facts of the SW universe, he(?) even stinks.
"Dooku" hah ha hahahahaha hah hah haaaa by Napoleon Park	Mar 30th, 2004 04:32:33 AM
I was going to point out that Star Wars was set "a long time ago..." and Krypton blew up around 1936 but we don't know how long it took Kal to get here, and besides it said "kryptonite-LIKE" which could mean "any glowing radioactive poisonous mineral substance that only affects some people and then seems to affect them differently at different times." These are cute little plotless cartoon segments and they don't have too many muppets in them.
Opening credits where credits are dooku by Napoleon Park	Mar 30th, 2004 04:40:14 AM
Hmm.. maybe they;re on to something here. Do a mini-series of ten shorts, then another, keep it up until they have an entire story, then edit off all the credits and recaps and previews and actually make a full length animated feature out of it. That would beat taping the marathons and having to fast forward through the front and back credits over and over. Years ago I bought a tape of all seventeen Fleisher Superman cartoons and nifty as they are, after the first three you really never want to hear that theme song again. (Of course the same is true of Enterprise.)
HOLY MOLY... by VoteRoslin08	Mar 30th, 2004 11:04:42 PM
Ep 13 was insane... Great action with Mace. I loved the way the force affected the dust and then the droides... The ass kicking was great too. Overall I'm enjoying these shorts WAY more than I thought I would. I wish they'd spin this off into a full-time show after EpIII, but It might end up sucking if the same creative people werent behind it. Regardless, Ep13's animation and action was amazing.
How sad is it that the greatness of this toon is overlooked by n by E.C.	Mar 31st, 2004 12:56:38 AM
Nightmare Before Christmas and Iron Giant had not-the-ultra-high-quality-sta ndard artstyles too, so bitch about those too. Batman: TAS was brought up earlier, which is funny because that artstyle is EXACTLY what Clone Wars has done. It took the simple route, but maintained its style overall and made it up in great writing (or in this case, storyboarding), which ultimately makes the series more unique and memorable than it would have been if it was done like all the other anime shit. Saying that Clone Wars isn't comparable to Batman's simplistic style is delusional. Ch 13 was AWESOME. Tartakovsky is a genius.
anyone who says the animation on Clone Wars is bad needs to have by Tall_Boy	Mar 31st, 2004 06:14:32 PM
fuckin idiot. See that LOTR: Extended Edition in your DVD case? Go jack off on it some more, you'll feel better.
Episode 13: Best animated action ever? by Toonimator	Apr 2nd, 2004 06:02:59 PM
I haven't seen all of Samurai Jack, which has had some impressive action sequences. And FLCL still contains some of the most imaginative & beautiful pieces. But Episode 13 of The Clone Wars, with Mace Windu unleashed, sans-saber, just brought out the Star Wars-loving kid in me. Unbelievable. The depiction of his powers in Ep 12 was great; 13 kicks it up several notches. The tracking of his Force-speed run was wonderful. His super-speed punches & droid-destroying Force blasts were amazing. Dismantling the one droid, then using the pieces to shread the droids following him was brilliantly staged & animated. Best depiction of a fully powered & capable Jedi yet. Heck, it's one of the best depictions of a SUPERHERO yet! Then when he gets the saber back, and nonchalantly begins deflecting blasts one-handed... wow. My favorite episode of the series, so far, and kudos to the entire crew. Goddamn that was beautiful. Yoda kicking ass in Episode 15 was great as well, but it's Yoda. Just as in AOTC, it's coolness is balanced by the humor of this little guy with a walking stick suddenly becoming a hi-speed Jedi powerhouse. Doesn't hold a candle to Mace. I may not enjoy the prequel films, but the cartoons have more than made up for it. Genndy, Scott, Michel, the Brothers Andrews, everyone: great work!
This is the REAL essence of Star Wars by proper	Apr 10th, 2004 11:53:11 AM
This the way the films should've been. Great stuff.Iconic poses,a few well chosen catchphrases,innovative action sequences,and didnt labour the story points.Makes the real films look old school and empty.Thats not a diss on George Lucas but the fact is the next generation of artisans should of headhunted and been given the baton to advance Star Wars under his supervision to create......Dam man it wasn't mean't to be like this.But this cartoon series was excellent and samurai jack is the best series out there as well so big up all of you.At least it has been proven that the talent is out there........

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