Epsiode 8 Bombad Jedi

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Hybris
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bombad_Jedi

If this is true, George has finally scr*wed us one big last time lol.

S_D_J
dry laugh

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/17/Bombad_Jedi.jpg

this should be good! laughing

Captain REX
Oh geez...

THE JLRTENJAC
Yea... That doesn't seem interesting at all.

queeq
Comically???? JarJar???

MIŠT
Christ, Padme gets kidnapped again, those writers can sure pull off original stuff.

Kazenji
Whats next the villains lose again......oh confused

queeq
laughing out loud

Repetition.

Repetition.

Wait... did I say that twice?

Lord Knightfa11
Lol this has changed my mind I think i'm no longer going to watch cw.

queeq
You will though

Lord Knightfa11
prophesy? Destiny? or lies?

Kazenji
Destiny, It has been prophesied from the Gungan oracles stick out tongue

Lord Knightfa11
really... this is the ultimate geek tattletale? who risks their last bit of self respect riding a quickly failing epic too its grave? The people who continue to watch this show lol and to abandon all hopes of ever knowing what it is to appreciate a good movie is the sign of geekdom.

queeq
You are right. We are doomed.

General Kaliero
Oh my god, how dare people watch a series that has an episode you haven't seen yet but have decided is you personal freaking apocalypse!

They are obviously low-calibre outcasts and must be shunned.

queeq
Errr..... does that include me? I ..errr..... only watch it for ...errr.... professional interest?

Hybris
Originally posted by queeq
Errr..... does that include me? I ..errr..... only watch it for ...errr.... professional interest?

Let's just say none of us actually watches this show (anymore) and yet we will still mysteriously know the content of it!!!

Or we could try the Belgian Politician Method: if you have a problem, give it another name and say it doesn't exist. always works like a charm!

queeq
THanks for that. It'll help me get out of the loop.

General Kaliero
My cousin's mother's sister's son said...

Jovan
Originally posted by Hybris
Or we could try the Belgian Politician Method: if you have a problem, give it another name and say it doesn't exist. always works like a charm!
that's clearly the post-De Haene time era...

You only have to solve the problems when they pose themselves!
*grabs crotch and burps while standing up*



... gross sick

S_D_J
this will be the best episode of the entire series, all other episodes will be measured against it. big grin

It hasn't even aired yet and already the fate of SW has been decided, once and for all, by this single episode

Impressive!

Jar Jar + Battle droids = Epic WIN!

queeq
I bet.

Hybris
If Lucas even dreams of putting a lightsaber in JarJar's hands that episode, I swear to God I'll kill him.

Lord Knightfa11
Lol *hands a hidden blade to Hybis* finish him.

queeq
Originally posted by Hybris
If Lucas even dreams of putting a lightsaber in JarJar's hands that episode, I swear to God I'll kill him.

I think you just gave him an idea...

S_D_J
Originally posted by Hybris
If Lucas even dreams of putting a lightsaber in JarJar's hands that episode, I swear to God I'll kill him.

*Devil's Advocate evil face*

Lucas didn't write this

evil face

Slash_KMC
Why would Lucas do this to us ? Did we upset him and is he getting back at us now ?

S_D_J
Originally posted by Slash_KMC
Why would Lucas do this to us ? Did we upset him and is he getting back at us now ? Originally posted by S_D_J
*Devil's Advocate evil face*

Lucas didn't write this

evil face

Slash_KMC
But he approved it right ? Which is just as evil.

Hybris
Gimli quote time: "Let's just have his head and be done with it"

Although I must say that the idea of a Gungan Jedi would be rather cool, just as long as it isn't Jar Jar.

Hybris
Can't edit my post so I'll just say it here: it would be nice if The Clone Wars would include Rahm Kota and/or Kento Marek stick out tongue

Captain REX
The idea has been considered by many, I'm sure, regarding Gungan Jedi.

I wouldn't mind Kota or Marek showing up, but I don't think it will happen this season.

queeq
Is that good news?

Kevin_Rubio
Hello-

My name is Kevin Rubio. I'm the creator of TROOPS, Dark Horse's SW:Tag & Bink, and I'm also the writer of this episode.

I ask all of you to give it a chance. It's not what it appears to be, and I was told that George wanted my specifically to do this episode, because he thought I could handle it.

I haven't seen the completed episode yet, but what I've seen looks good (better than I hoped) and I'm told by those who have seen it, that I've actually redeemed Jar-Jar.

And as an aside, George also directed and added one of the funnier reads in the episode. (honest) I thought it was my line until I went back and looked at the script.

Lord Knightfa11
Lol its like super shadow only its on kmc! tell us something we wouldn't know until we see it for proof of your identity.

queeq
Indeed.

And then... is redeeming JarJar something we want? Last time I checked we all wanted him to die horribly. wink

Kevin_Rubio
Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
Lol its like super shadow only its on kmc! tell us something we wouldn't know until we see it for proof of your identity.

What do you want to know, and who the hell would claim to be me. I have a real boring life.

How about a personal photo of me and my SSO?

MIŠT
Maybe a line of dialog or something no one else would know, but the episode airs pretty soon so I guess thats a bit of a hard thing to do.

Kevin_Rubio

S_D_J
Originally posted by Hybris
Gimli quote time: "Let's just have his head and be done with it"

Although I must say that the idea of a Gungan Jedi would be rather cool, just as long as it isn't Jar Jar.

Why can't C-3PO be a Jedi? 131

If Jar Jar is allow to pose as one, why C-3PO can't?... after all, we had Proxy 131fist

Kevin_Rubio
Originally posted by S_D_J
Why can't C-3PO be a Jedi? 131

no midicoloreans.

Lord Knightfa11
Originally posted by Kevin_Rubio
What do you want to know, and who the hell would claim to be me. I have a real boring life.

How about a personal photo of me and my SSO? now post one of you flipping the camera off with one eye closed and your toungue sticking out. then I will believe you. wink

Lord Knightfa11
btw tag and Bink was pretty clever. If you are mr. rubio, did you write all of the clone wars? They don't seem to be as funny or clever as kevin rubio's usual work.

And any star wars fanatic who wanted to look cool on a star wars message board would pretend to be you.

However it would be cool to have someone in high places on the inside concerning star wars. maybe someone who could hear our complaints about cw and make it better...

Kevin_Rubio
Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
btw tag and Bink was pretty clever. If you are mr. rubio, did you write all of the clone wars? They don't seem to be as funny or clever as kevin rubio's usual work.

And any star wars fanatic who wanted to look cool on a star wars message board would pretend to be you.

However it would be cool to have someone in high places on the inside concerning star wars. maybe someone who could hear our complaints about cw and make it better...

Mr. Rubio is my father. I'm Kevin. I did not write "all the clone wars" and in addition to me writing this script, it was also overseen by Henry Gilroy and had one re-write by Steen Melching, ut he's a buddy of mine and a better writer (I am funnier -- more funny though)

You are free to complain an not watch the show if you so choose but I have very little influence on the course of the show, other than what episode is assigned to me.

It's George's universe. I'm just a Jawa, trying to sell a droid

Kevin_Rubio
Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
now post one of you flipping the camera off with one eye closed and your toungue sticking out. then I will believe you. wink

Not gonna happen. If you've ever met me, you'd know why, but how 'bout a picture with me and Big Bird?

MIŠT
Originally posted by Kevin_Rubio
Mr. Rubio is my father. I'm Kevin. I did not write "all the clone wars" and in addition to me writing this script, it was also overseen by Henry Gilroy and had one re-write by Steen Melching, ut he's a buddy of mine and a better writer (I am funnier -- more funny though)

You are free to complain an not watch the show if you so choose but I have very little influence on the course of the show, other than what episode is assigned to me.

It's George's universe. I'm just a Jawa, trying to sell a droid

So do you write the story/events, or the whole dialogue and everything? 'Cause man....make those damn battle droids shut up! laughing out loud

Lord Knightfa11
or at least say something mildly funny instead of incredibly stupid >.> the "can't hit anything" jokes only go so far, and they were only funny when general grevious killed for one.

S_D_J
Originally posted by Kevin_Rubio
no midicoloreans.

drylaugh

queeq
Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
or at least say something mildly funny instead of incredibly stupid >.> the "can't hit anything" jokes only go so far, and they were only funny when general grevious killed for one.

I guess is that's where George steps in.

MIŠT
Downloading now, what did people think?

S_D_J

Hybris

S_D_J
hehe... Jar Jar

... I don't know what to say about this episode...

just... Jar Jar

MIŠT
It sucked, the only purpose was to capture Nute for the next episode, so they have something to do that doesn't involve Anakin/Obi Wan/Grievous.

Sadako of Girth
I got done watching this episode over the weekend.
I gotta say, as an avid hater of Jar Jar back in the day, I found this episode to be pretty watchable...!
I know Kevin that your hands are tied if you want to write a death for a character who we know survives the Clone Wars, but I would say, if you were responsible, that the fake deaths "if only" moments were excellent.
I laughed out loud with pleasure before I came back to my senses and realised that he wouldnt actually be killed like that..
Threepio's lament was a nice touch too... "What a horrible death" etc lol

By the end of the episode after a couple more "Jar Jars dead for sure" moments, I felt like he had taken on the mantle of Kenny from Southpark.

So in the spirit of this I would ask you then, that if you COULD have killed Jar Jar, then how would you do it...?

NonSensi-Klown
I would have a horse destroy his colon.

Lord Knightfa11
I would have him emo commit suicide after being kicked out of the underwater naboo place. for being clumsy.

queeq
Go ahead. Do us all a favour.

Alliance

queeq
Guess you're not that happy with the way the series is progressing...

Alliance
Well, maytbe Mr. Rubio would like to express some of his viewpoints.

Yeah, all the time we were promised an exploration of characters we didn't know, not an exploration of characters like R2 and Jar Jar we didn't want to know. Espeically with R2...I know he has a fan base, but the little can is in 6 films. We saw very little new info.

We've gotten some info on Ashoka, Plo, Alpha Rex, MAYBE Cody, the "clone" in general"...other than that, can you name any significant new characters that have been developed? I dunno, maybe I'm pushing this too fast. Also, with the exclusion of Plo, those characters mostly line up with what I think are the 3 good episodes of the series: Ambush, Rookies, and Duel of the Droids. (Which i just realized was a play on Duel of the fates, kudos to that)

Now, I know the way TV series work. Filoni is sseeming obsessed with reassuring viewers that "LOOK! ITS STILL STAR WARS!" by doing familiar things and shwoing familiar faces. Its also season one, which generally sucks in any series. But there are some flaws which i think myight be endemic. A lot of the fact-checking is sloppy and continuity between episodes can have some major inconsitencies. The series doesn't seem to have a demographic. Sory guys but you cant please all people (and cutting a pasting OT dialogue doesn't do it for older fans either). Its also trying to find its place between Gendy's Star Wars surrealism and the Movies' realism. Sometimes that doest jive.

I was hoping that in some way, this seires would be a departure from Star Wars and finally crystilize into American military science fiction, with more of a focus on the war, what war does, how people influence war adn ahar war changes them. Its no secret the prequels have (UNFAIRLY) gotten a bad rap, so why not alter it a bit? This isn't quite the same canon, in an entirely new medium, we have somewhat of a tabula rasa here. War shows the progression we need to see to show the decay of Anakin and of the Jedi order. What war means is almost entirely ignored in the prequels....ENTIRELY. We got to hear all about the rebellion and what it meant, but no analysis of the clone war. But instead, we get more Star Wars, which is lets focus on events set to the BACKDROP of the clone wars. Witht the Jar Jar episode....War is not comical...you cant make straight comedy out of it. The only comedy you can seem to find is irony. Instead of focusing on the seriousness of this whole war, we get a bunch of episodes with happy endings with slugs and baby Hutts dancing...even if there are dark moments inbetween.

It jsut seems like a waste of time to go on these tangets instead of comming out of the gate running. Now Cloak of Darkness is going to get a positive rating, so the record wil be 4-5, but still, its loosing.

I'm not going to bash the series or stop watching. I want this to succede very badly. (which may also contribute to my criticsm) I still try to remeber that this is episode 8, but we're nearing 10% of the series completed...and I have to ask...how long is it going to be before some things get straigtened out. Cloak of Darkness is one episode I was looking forward too, so are Cargo of Doom and the Ryloth trilogy...maybe lair of Grievous too. Also, we've reached the general end of the part of season one that has been promoted, especially next week with Lair of Gievous. The rest of Season 1 is a mystery and perhaps things will straighten out there.

I'm confident the series CAN be good. I've seen it, but its only been in glimpeses. A major contribution to my optimism is the scene on the DVD special features which shows the two 212th clones rescuing the twi'lek girl on Ryloth. Stuff like that is what I want to see...

This is kind of like spring training where your new recruit hasn't lived up to expectations and hasn't delivered yet. I dont really think its not going to deliver...it just hasn't shown me yet why this is worth 100 episodes.

But god knows I'll watch it anyway.

queeq
We all do. *sigh*

Alliance
lol. Well its different for old guys like you. The PT was my entryway into fandom. A series like this is critical for me.

NonSensi-Klown
You're incorrect about a few thins I feel, Alliance.

One, the demographic. There is a demographic. It's ten year old boys, maybe some girls. But mostly ten year old boys. There's enough "action" to keep kids interested, and the dialogue is fitting for kids as well. That's what it's all about. This,



Is not a childs theme. They show the same characters over and over (Jar-Jar, R2, etc.), because those are faces that are familiar and liked by kids... ten year olds don't care about continuity, expansion of characters, or moral conflict. Kids want to see action, and the action is presented in a way that shows that the good guys are clearly good and are doing only good things, and so they always win.

That's... the purpose of the show in a nut-shell. You have to look at it as a child's cartoon, not an hour long drama on MSNBC Prime Time. They didn't make the show with 20+ year old Star Wars fanatics who ae enrolled in college, in mind.

Sadako of Girth
Originally posted by NonSensi-Klown
I would have a horse destroy his colon.

ROFLMAO laughing out loud

eek! Classy..and pretty just, too, in view of his crimes......!!!

Please, universe, if there is any universal justice: Let this happen.

If it would be canon-disruptive to use an earthern horse, then maybe one of those camel eopee thangs or even an AT-AT could be brought in to viciously defile and eventually destroy 'the phantom menace' once and for all..!

That'd definitely guarantee a few DVD sales, for sure.

Alliance
Originally posted by NonSensi-Klown
You're incorrect about a few thins I feel, Alliance.

One, the demographic. There is a demographic. It's ten year old boys, maybe some girls. But mostly ten year old boys. There's enough "action" to keep kids interested, and the dialogue is fitting for kids as well. That's what it's all about. This,



Is not a childs theme. They show the same characters over and over (Jar-Jar, R2, etc.), because t

Alliance
^^^ Excuse that, I have no idea what happened.

Originally posted by NonSensi-Klown
You're incorrect about a few thins I feel, Alliance.

One, the demographic. There is a demographic. It's ten year old boys, maybe some girls. But mostly ten year old boys. There's enough "action" to keep kids interested, and the dialogue is fitting for kids as well. That's what it's all about. This,



Is not a childs theme. They show the same characters over and over (Jar-Jar, R2, etc.), because those are faces that are familiar and liked by kids... ten year olds don't care about continuity, expansion of characters, or moral conflict. Kids want to see action, and the action is presented in a way that shows that the good guys are clearly good and are doing only good things, and so they always win.

That's... the purpose of the show in a nut-shell. You have to look at it as a child's cartoon, not an hour long drama on MSNBC Prime Time. They didn't make the show with 20+ year old Star Wars fanatics who ae enrolled in college, in mind.

Well, targeting pre-teens explicitly is not Filoni and Lucas' stated ambitions. That may end up being the demographic, but it wasn't targeted so narrowly. Evidence: content, air time..etc

I make no qualms about them targeting children as well. Star Wars always has, es evidenced by the majority of its fan base...lol. I don't mind that we don't see clones diced into tiny pieces and blood splattered all over the walls. I don't think that is necessary for a good TV show. But look at great sources of Clone Wars content: Republic Commando and Traviss' RC novels. We haven't seen things like the abandonment of Sev in RC, or Fi about to be butchered for spare organs in True Colors...the series lacks gravity and the emotions associated with war. I think children can actually respond to themes of peril, loss, responsibility over desire, and questioning of authority.

In ANH we have the garbage scene (peril), Gui-Gon gets waxed (loss), Anakin chooses to take on Dooku over playing sandbox with Padme (responsibility over desire), and Padme outright questions the conduct of the war (questioning authority). Why aren't such strong emotions in the series? Why is war so happy? Only one episode has ended on a loss, and that is Cloak of darkness. Even episodes like Rising Malevolence and Rookies that show good guys dying end on happy notes.

If the series continues a happy war against hapless battle droids, the majority of people will simply begin to say: "What is the point of this war?" and "Why haven't we won yet?"

But to the matter at hand: Children can respond to adult concepts, and while some things are CLEARLY beyond the grasp of pre-teens, the series has already shown betrayal (Grievous killing Gah Nacht and Ventress killing Argives...neither of which were surprising), at least by bad guys. There are ways to incorporate things here and as Filoni and Lucas have stated, they have a broad target audience (which together trying to produce comedies, westerns, romances, adventure, and action espisodes in each season should totally alienate every concievable audience) and it would nice to see a little realism. This is THE CLONE WARS after all, not GUNGANS ON RODIA or LOST: DROIDS. Pre-teensand teenagers can respond to the idea that war sucks. Expecially given the US's rampage in the past years, I cant think of why some analysis of some of the downsides of war (aside form getting blown up) is out of order. Rookies has been the only episode to even attempt this. So, even Filoni thinks its within his target audience. If he wants a serious show, he's going to have to do better than mutantly long versions of Gendy's 5 mins of sh!t blowing up. You cannot have 100 episodes of action...I understand this. The problem is, to break up the action they've filled in diversion, not things that contribute to expanding on the Clone War. Children or not, diversions only last so long, and the introduction of adult concepts makes the show MORE appealing to kids...who doesn't want to watch the big boy show? I'm not suggesting we need "Letters From Iwo Jima this is how you commit mass suicide with grenades" but maybe war could be shown as a bit more than farting Trandoshans and dancing slugs.

Then again, as next week is Lair of Grievous, maybe Filoni is just moving slow, because I know we will see personal struggle with the dark side in Nahdar Vebb.

That was rambling, but see my point?

NonSensi-Klown
Originally posted by Alliance
Well, targeting pre-teens explicitly is not Filoni and Lucas' stated ambitions.


If they openly stated it it'd alienate the older fans.



Content? Weren't you talking about it's content not being mature enough? Maybe I'm just misudnerstanding. I'm tired.



Both the novels and the games were rated for a more mature audience, and society (USA's anyway) tends to be a bit more forgiving toward video game violence. I don't know why and I don't agree with it.



I agree. I think it's ridiculous how we overprotect our children so much.




The movies have their share of adult tones, but the movies encompassed a much borade demographic, is my point. This show comes on right after Ben freakin' 10 goes off...



Kids won't. My eight year old cousin thinks it's the best show he's ever seen.



I agree. Look at the shows we used to watch, Batman TAS is one of the darkest cartoons ever, Toonami when it was cool (DBZ, Ruroni Kenshin, Beast Wars, Gundum Wing), etc. Now there's Ben Ten. Ruroni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakesho, and Cyborg 009 (Which all incidentally showed many moral themes and the such, were actually removed for being too violent. Mexico's Toonami played YuYu Hakusho, Samurai Champloo, Samurai X and Saint Seiya, but they were all shut down because parents protested the violence...

I think peopel are just afraid to put out anything that people will havr a problem with.



I do honestly agree with just about everything you say. It's just... not how the world works. It's not the 80's and 90's where actual conflict is a good thing.

And check out Wiki's article on Toonami. I would kill for most of those shows to still be on air.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonami

queeq
Originally posted by NonSensi-Klown
Kids won't. My eight year old cousin thinks it's the best show he's ever seen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonami

When I was 8, I used to think The Hulk with Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby was the best series I ever saw. That feeling didn't last. It did about ANH.

Just that kids like it now, is now real criterium is it? I mean they also like Pokemon etc. But does that last for a long time.

I think saying SW is for kids anyway, is selling the franchise short. The whole success of ANH was that it appealed to a WIDE audience. Lucas may have directed it at kids but he made something a lot of age groups liked. That what's made it such a hige succes, not just kids, but ALL ages! And that's because it wasn't childish, which also supports the idea that kids can relate to more adult narratives. The other way around is a lot harder and I do feel SW is getting more infantile. Saying that its for kids anyway is no excuse for bad storytelling.

Alliance
Originally posted by queeq
The whole success of ANH was that it appealed to a WIDE audience. Lucas may have directed it at kids but he made something a lot of age groups liked. That what's made it such a huge succes, not just kids, but ALL ages! And that's because it wasn't childish, which also supports the idea that kids can relate to more adult narratives.

I agree witht he other stuff, but I will challenge this. "Star Wars" (ANH) was a cultural and entertainment phenomenon, driven both by emergent technology, cultural tensions, and a new style of marketing. The success of ANH does not in any way translate into fandom. (Otherwise there would be a lot more Star Wars nerds lol) ANH succedded because it was a good movie, but it was also hip (something nerdiness is not). If you want to explain what makes a Star Wars FAN, you're going to have to look well beyond ANH.

The problem is, Lucas is getting old and senile. He's simplifying his own work to an algorithm, which will ultimately kill it. (I've heard the same with Indiana Jones, but I haven't seen the new one and probably never will) I feel like in his age, he's focusing on youth because its 1. fun for him and 2. he wants to build a legacy fan base. The problem is, fart jokes and clownish characters are found in all sorts of dime a dozen children's entertainment, they were not found in the original Star Wars.

Hence the epic split the PT has caused between the preservationist "can't take my childhood nostalgia out of my arse" types and the progressivist "I will love Star Wars no matter what" types.

But essentially I agree. Children respond better to serious programming, and serious programming can actually make a difference in the world. I'd love TCW to become one of the highest rated and must-see shows on TV. That certainly would never happen at its current state.

queeq
I agree with ya, Alliance.

I don't what it is that everything needs to be so senile anyway. An analogy came to mind when I heard an expert on the board gaming industry the other day on the radio. He said a game like chess, if invented now, would never be a success: the rules are too complicated, it's hard to relate to, it doesn't look very well (vague puppets and a board with squares), it's just plain boring and it would bomb.

It's a little the sign of the times I think, we're we tend to embrace mediocre, simplistic good looking crap.

Alliance
Haha. The analogy is perfect, but stuff today isn't innately crap.

First off, there is more...more channels, 24 hour TV, more production companies, making more stuff, faster. A lot of the limitations that rejected old crap have fallen in favor of quantity over quality and in favor of personal preference over group-preference.

I think we tend to forget the volume of crap back then too, its not like 1977 didn't have its fair share of junk movies. We're also comparing the feelings we have to a weekly cartoon that has been running for 2 months with a life-changing cultural event (ANH in your case, AOTC and run up to ROTS for me). There are good movies and TV series today.

I think its less we embrace crap, but that crap makes money, so people continue to make it lol.

Captain REX
The escapade of saving R2-D2 totally had the feeling of 'Kids, this is what friendship is!' But it was still fun to watch in my dorkish fandom.

I hope the Clone Wars series grows a little more serious as it plays over the next few years. I'm expecting the more serious Star Wars tones to come from the live-action series, personally, but for now we've got TCW.

Captain REX
Oh, I totally forgot that I was going to say something about this episode.

I honestly did not think that the Jar Jar episode was as bad as it could have been. I liked that everyone seemed to acknowledge that Jar Jar was a bumbling goon... though Nute Gunray is just stupid... and I could have sworn he started slipping up his L's with his R's.

"Kill the plisoner!"

Lord Knightfa11
I actually really liked this episode. it is better than all of those "malovolence" episodes, and managed to make me grin and even chuckle at times. I thought the fact that they actually acknowledge jar jar as an idiot instead of act all tight around him like he has brains was good.

And padme in bondage, need i say more?

Ordo
Originally posted by Captain REX
... and I could have sworn he started slipping up his L's with his R's.

Chinese accent?

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
it is better than all of those "malovolence" episodes,

Totally.

Originally posted by Lord Knightfa11
And padme in bondage, need i say more?

But we've already seen that.

...they need a clone in bondage. When Ventress had Alpha/Rex in bondage in the comics...thats something to get excited about.

queeq
Originally posted by Ordo
Haha. The analogy is perfect, but stuff today isn't innately crap.

First off, there is more...more channels, 24 hour TV, more production companies, making more stuff, faster. A lot of the limitations that rejected old crap have fallen in favor of quantity over quality and in favor of personal preference over group-preference.

I think we tend to forget the volume of crap back then too, its not like 1977 didn't have its fair share of junk movies. We're also comparing the feelings we have to a weekly cartoon that has been running for 2 months with a life-changing cultural event (ANH in your case, AOTC and run up to ROTS for me). There are good movies and TV series today.

I think its less we embrace crap, but that crap makes money, so people continue to make it lol.

Well, not all's bad. I was watching the Blu Ray of WALL-E today. Damn, that's some great movie. Compared to that Clone Wars is really close to something like Pokemon.

Ordo
At least Clone Wars has an original and distinct animation style?

queeq
Pretty pictures alone don't a good movie make. Pokemon has a unique style too

Ordo
If pretty pictures alone don't make a good movie, why the hell do you like Star Wars? lol

jk, but still...

queeq
Yeah... too bad it's come to that.

Ordo
I dont think it has lol. I just think you're all dramatic about the PT.

queeq
This is not about the PT, but about the Clone Wars. there's better animated stories around. Why can't Lucas Films make something great?

Ordo
Well, I refuse to call it "not great" until I see where it goes. TV shows take time and often start out very different from where they end. I'm willing to have patience, but personally I wont endlessly plug it.

As far as "great" things. I just don't think there are many 'great" things, ever. "Great" is a mental perception that is achieved with time and a lot of societal pressure.

queeq
Bla bla bla.

Let's take LOST for instance: great from the beginning.

Clone Wars: we have ten episodes so far... plus three incorporated in the film. We're well on the way and it's still okayish but nothing groundbreaking.

Ordo
Well, I'd say OKish is a decent start.

No, its not groundbreaking. Not everythign is, though I agree it should be.

queeq
We agree...

darthmaul1
I am officially giving up on it now cause of Jar Jar being in that one episode, that was just a bad and stupid move. just stick with the cartoon one from a few years ago.

queeq
YEah... ah well...

Jaeh.is.Awesome
I know I'm falling behind, but...

Just watched this online. (I dunno if its even being shown in my country)

anyway.




this is the dumbest episode I've watched so far.

that's all.

queeq
No... there is another. wink

Jaeh.is.Awesome
...there is?

is it worse?

or are you just.. quoting...

S_D_J
Originally posted by queeq
No... there is another. wink

...not quoting....

there is at least one worst (though I think there's two)

queeq
Indeed. laughing out loud

Jaeh.is.Awesome
*groan*

I'll fast forward through those episodes, then. thanks for the heads-up...

S_D_J
Episode 9 it's quite good actually

so is 10....

the other two after... no expression

queeq
Hehehe... sheer torture.

Jaeh.is.Awesome
...*looks at streaming website with unspoken apprehension*

queeq
It's a good start.

Ordo
This episode, while not ultimately a good one imo, is FAR from the bottom of this ever-disappointing series.

LordPrydon
How is the series ever-disappointing? I think it gets some things right, much better than Attack of the Clones.

Ordo
*facepalm*

LordPrydon
That's not an answer.

queeq
I think it is. laughing out loud

LordPrydon
Not really. Just because you find it amusing doesn't make it so.

queeq
Well, I got it.

LordPrydon
You got what? The answer to my original question to Ordo? Share man, share. How has the series been ever disappointing?

Ordo
I have written reviews for every episode 1-16. The rest are comming as is an review of season one. You can read them in each thread.

What queeq understands is that I'm not sharing because you said "much better than Attack of the Clones."

LordPrydon
In other words you like Attack of the Clones over The Clone Wars.

queeq
Even I do.

Captain REX
Hell, I'd take the films over the television show any day, even if AOTC isn't my favorite.

Ordo
I think the production value alone warrants that.

*would die for live action clone wars movie*

queeq
Oh yeah, that'd be nice. The live action, not your death. wink

Ordo
I wish we had the support for a Republic Commando film. If GI-Joe, Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy can be "successful" models for films, RC should make the cake.

If Lucas is really concerned about expanding Star Wars, I think he should liscense the rights to such a "Military Star Wars" film.

I never bought the argument why live action was not used from the series. They said that the CGI would look dated in a few years and that it wouldn't provide any creativity. Well, I'd like to tell Lucas that Anakin riding the giant-butt-creature on Naboo looks very dated and that style is still very customiable. Its like saying "I'm not going to shoot it with a camera, because all films look the same."

You'd think with all the models and etc from ROTS and imo the general success of CGI clones that this would have been more on the radar. I guess he dindn't feel it was kid friendly enough. But if he can liscense a Star Wars "horror" novel...ew....he could liscense a willing filmmaker to make RC.

When I'm rich one day, I will finance it *shakes fist*

queeq
One day.

Well, once I'd have totally objected to that kind of thing, out of fear of diluting the franchise. But since Lucas has shown to be a master at that himself, someone else might in fact do a better to job.

Ordo
No kidding. One day we'll have to sit down and figure out if it was worth it.

TPM broke the damn though. It split the fan base which has subsequently fractured into millions of little cliques.

I don't know if that's a good thing, but I would have never been a fan without the prequels. Maybe it was worth it for me?

queeq
I on't care about fan base, I want good movies. Especially in a franchise I love. More crap makes the good episodes also look bad.

Captain REX
Originally posted by Ordo
But if he can liscense a Star Wars "horror" novel...ew....he could liscense a willing filmmaker to make RC.

RC would be kickass as a movie, but hey, those Galaxy of Fear books weren't THAT bad! I enjoyed some of them.

Ordo
Oh I was referring to Deathtroopers lol. Never read Galaxy of Fear

Captain REX
Ah... *Wookieepedia* ...that's fairly odd. I wonder if it'll be any good.

queeq
Prolly not.

Ordo
It is EU... :/

I wont be buying it to find out though.

queeq
Good show.

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