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Reviews of Tonight's & Tomorrow's CLONE WARS!!

You were the chosen one! by chrth	Mar 21st, 2005 04:01:51 PM
Just thought it needed to be said.
Um by Dmann	Mar 21st, 2005 04:08:21 PM
How long are the episodes?
Closer to 1st than I've ever been... by BitchNig	Mar 21st, 2005 04:14:22 PM
I really have nothing else to say...
Anyone know when they air in Canda? by Archduke_Chocula	Mar 21st, 2005 04:24:30 PM
For I am without the Cartoon Network.
Clone War Vol. 3 length by Archduke_Chocula	Mar 21st, 2005 04:28:27 PM
Chapter 21 is 15 minutes, Chapter 22 is 12 minutes, Chapter 23 is 15 minutes, Chapter 24 is 15 minutes, and Chapter 25 is 5 minutes
Anakin and Padme by Mafu	Mar 21st, 2005 05:09:45 PM
I'm glad the relationship between Anakin and Padme will be developed on this show. I read the books by Terry Brooks and R.A. Salvatore -"The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones" - before the movies were released, and I thought Anakin and Padme's relationship was the strongest element in both books. I'm serious. Lucas butchered their relationship in the movies, not even filming many scenes that would've resonated emotionally with the audience. I'm not bitch-slapping Lucas, as many are prone to do, I'm pointing out how sad I was when the heart of both books never manifested itself onscreen. So I'm glad to read they're finally showing us some of that relationship.
Ani and Padme's relationship in the films by Big Bad Clone	Mar 21st, 2005 05:30:43 PM
In Phantom, he was a 10 year old and she was a teen. In Clones, he's a whiny teen and she's a senator. He tells he how he'd like to make people do things and how he butchered men, women, and children in a blind rage. And thinking they would be killed, they kiss. So, yeah, their relationship as far as we've seen has been a bit choppy.
Tivo is set! by Bramton1	Mar 21st, 2005 05:54:32 PM
That is all. You can go about your business.
Love is blind... by ZeroCorpse	Mar 21st, 2005 05:59:34 PM
I don't know how many women I've seen put up with vile men, because they love them and think that some day, they'll change. The heart is stupid.
I'm assuming 8:00p... Right?? by Liquid_Daze	Mar 21st, 2005 07:31:34 PM
Herc?
Very cool! by Bramton1	Mar 21st, 2005 08:05:45 PM
It's sad that there was more romantic attachment in that 15-minute clip than in all of Attack of the Clones. Anyone know where I can get the first 20 episodes? Waiting for it on DVD takes too long.
Man, I'm just dumb as rocks by ciardi	Mar 21st, 2005 08:06:29 PM
For some reason, I really thought it was on a 8:00 too. Color me chagrined.
Thanks for the big fucking heads up! by Kentucky Colonel	Mar 21st, 2005 09:11:38 PM
I last tuned in to AICN at about 4 pm when I left work. Just now at 9:10 I find out about Clone Wars tonight. What, you say? It aired at 7pm? Thanks for the advanced heads up, asshole! I'll bet it was awsome, too. At least I have a TiVo season pass for the rest of em. Prick.
Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the by Tall_Boy	Mar 21st, 2005 10:12:53 PM
Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent?Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? Where's the bit torrent? (I live in Canada, we don't get it till May, goddamnit!)
Tall_boy: by Monkey Butler	Mar 22nd, 2005 12:31:58 AM
go to myspleen.com You have to sign up, but I've never recieved any spam from them. They have all the previous episodes as well.
So what's the deal in the UK? by DannyOcean01	Mar 22nd, 2005 05:40:03 AM
Missed all the showings on Monday of the Clones. Does that mean I missed two episodes? I watched some this morning at 8am and I had hoped they were repeats of the Monday episodes. I have a bad feeling I've missed the first two episodes- is that right??? If that's true, please someone grab the bit torrent.
Big Bad Clone by Mafu	Mar 22nd, 2005 11:23:01 AM
BBC, you wrote, "In Phantom, he was a 10 year old and she was a teen. In Clones, he's a whiny teen and she's a senator." All right. I'm guessing you didn't read the books, did you? That's too bad, since you wouldn't have made such a shallow comment if you had. I'll give you an example of how Lucas could've enhanced Anakin and Padme's relationship. In the book, when Anakin meets Padme in Watto's shop, he stares at her for about a minute, eyes unwavering. She gets uncomfortable. She turns away and shakes her head, but then Anakin says, "I'm going to marry you." Padme turns to him and meets his gaze, dumbfounded that a small boy would say such a thing. He smiles quietly at her, full of confidence. Imagine if Lucas had filmed this scene instead of Anakin saying, "You're an angel, right?" with no emotional resonance, nothing intimate or foreshadowed. Lucas wussed out, pure and simple. And as a result, Anakin and Padme's relationship is hackneyed and paper-thin. Most of the blame goes to Lucas for this since he personally chose Jake Lloyd, one of the worst child actors ever, for the role of Anakin. As a result, Anakin's character is annoying rather than quietly confident and Natalie Portman had a no-talent hack child actor to play against in the first film. My point was that I feel it's unfortunate Anakin and Padme's relationship will never resonate with audiences like it did in the books.
Mafu by Aetius450	Mar 22nd, 2005 11:02:02 PM
I don't doubt what you say about the books enhancing the Lucas-written and directed romance that showed up on screen, and I don't doubt that Lucas could have found a better child actor than Jake Lloyd. But really, the fault wasn't in casting Lloyd but in writing anakin so young in Phantom Menace in the first place. If Lucas had made him and padme both be in their upper-teens (which portman could have played more convincingly than a 14 yr old) then the love story could have gotten a head start, and then not have been so rushed in Clones. Having a child anakin was one of Lucas' biggest mistakes,(right along with him not getting someone else to write the love story) and even as it was, let's not assume that any child actor could have done much better with the role as it was written, under Lucas' direction.

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