Comments on: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:40:29 +0000

Even though Thadd and I have bonded over our mutual admiration for The Rundown, I'll have to disagree with him on the cartoon. Gennedy Tartakovsky was in charge of it (he's the one behind the brilliant cartoon masterpiece Samurai Jack), and I can understand if you don't like his style, but he is obviously talented. You could call him the J.J. Abrams of the cartooning world.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:10:21 +0000

I really liked it and think it’s much better than the Clone Wars film. It’s pretty short overall, so you should pick up a copy (2 seperate volumes)

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:37:26 +0000

You make a good point. The fall of LeChuck could potentially be as annoying as the fall of Anakin. *Shudder.* I admit I've never seen the original show, but it was critically acclaimed and it even won an Emmy. Are you sure it sucked as much as you think it did, Thadd?

By: Thadd Harrington

Thadd Harrington — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:10:59 +0000

I just thought I’d come in with some perhaps slightly fan-boyish knowledge. The original Clone Wars cartoon show was lame, the drawing/animation was terrible and the episodes were five minutes long, consequently they were solving conflicts before said conflicts were really introduced. Although some good things came out of it (such as the fleshing out of Grievous and Dooku’s characters) it was ultimately a waste of everyone’s time. But it was only meant to be an experiment to see if they could make money off a Star Wars cartoon show. They found out they could, and hence the upcoming remake.

By the way, Luke and everybody else who wished for more Monkey Island games, be careful what you wish for, or we might just end up with a prequel trilogy.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:10:35 +0000

After the Legacy of the Force series I’m pretty much burned out on Star Wars for a while. And there really hasn’t been that much to blog about lately.

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:46:45 +0000

Yeah, I think I heard that somewhere…but if it’s true, it just makes the joke even more absurd — which is awesome.

Speaking of your fanboyness, is there a reason that Expanded Universe hasn’t been updated since April? Did you give up on ol’ George?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:31:17 +0000

Then again, Luke, Hutts are hermaphrodites after all.

By: G

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:02:14 +0000

A long saturday morning cartoon Paul. A long one. Like, long enough to have many regrets about paying.

On the other hand, Truman Capote the Hut makes the last 20 minutes worth watching. But that’s probably not enough to make the whole film tolerable.

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:02:30 +0000

G, I read your review immediately after posting this one. One of the most entertaining things I’ve seen in a while.

Joel, from what I’ve read, the similarity to Thunderbirds was at least partially intentional. (Maybe for our next theme month, we should do “Movies Inspired by Thunderbirds.)

Paul, I’m in the minority in terms of recommending the film, but as long as you’re not expecting anything other than a Saturday morning cartoon, you should be pleased.

By: joel

joel — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:20:24 +0000

Is it just me or does the image titled “Ashoka and Anakin…I love these guys.” look distinctly like a still from an old Thunderbirds movie? Which leads me to wonder what would have happened had Matt Stone and Trey Parker written and directed this film?

“TA-TOO-INE – F*CK YEAH!”

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:14:48 +0000

Good review. I’ve seen all the others, so I might as well check this out too.

By: G

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:14:31 +0000

Yeah, despite all it’s flaws, this movie was fun…like a root canal.

Maybe it would have seemed fun if I hadn’t seen the original cartoon, but I doubt it.

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:49:23 +0000

Collin — I know, right? It blows my minds that LucasArts fell so far from the heights of creativity to being “George’s Star Wars Game Factory.” Grrr. (But if you’re into point ‘n click adventures, you should check out the new Strong Bad game on WiiWare.)

Thanks for the love, Evan and Sam. I was hoping to convey my appreciation for the (intermitently frustrating) visuals. After a week at the office, there was just something magical about being able to sit front and center in a mostly-deserted theater and just let myself get lost in the eyecandy-filled wonderland. Not a great film by any means, but it certainly made my week.

By: Sam Juliano

Sam Juliano — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:26:03 +0000

The Juliano family: Lucille, Melanie, Sammy, Danny, Jillian and Jeremy LOVED Star Wars. So my opinion doesn’t mean shit, even though I didn’t see it with them.

I like the way you conveyed the allure of the visual style and flourish. You have really been on a roll as of late with superb writing.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:14:31 +0000

I can actually play most of the Monkey Island games on my Nintendo DS using a homebrew application. It is awesome.

By: Collin Geldmeier

Collin Geldmeier — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:06:21 +0000

seriously. the monkey island games were incredible!!!

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:27 +0000

“The only difference here is that the stiff, wooden actors have been replaced by stiff, wooden CGI characters. (You’ll hardly even notice.)”

Best. Line. Ever.