why didn't Mace put the saber to Dooku's throat..

As soon as it became obvious to them that he wasn't just a political idealist, but an attempted murderer and genuine threat, it should have been obvious that you put your blade to the throat of the master Force user who's clearly in charge. Not his lackey.

Originally posted by Galan007
Yoda: "The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see, the future is."
Mace: "Our ability to use the force has diminished."
Etc.

The Jedi couldn't sense wtf was going on, because Palpatine was using the dark side to skew their perceptions. Conversely, there is no evidence I'm aware of which states that the dozens of Jedi on Geonosis were concealing their presence from Dooku. So if that little tidbit was never addressed in canon, it is most definitely a plot-hole.

Palpatine had nothing to do with the Jedi's diminishing ability to use the force, but the arrival of the chosen one did. Basically, the force was out of balance. The Sith had no problem because the dark side thrives in conflict.

Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
Surely he didn't know they were there.. if so.. why would he let one of the most dangerous Jedi masters get so close.. draw his weapon and do nothing. An army wasn't going to stop mace from killing dooku right then and there. he clearly didn't know.. not sure how that can be argued.

Mace might have been hiding his presence in the force. (an explanation)beta

And the main reason Mace doesn't kill Dooku on geonosis is because of their friendship. They were life long friends if you remember.

I still don't understand how mace managed to tank all the droids in the micro series the clone wars, yet wasn't as good here

It's almost as if the movies suck...

No, that's not true...that's impossible!

Since the CW Micro-series was made after AOTC I don't see how that's the fault of the movies.

Didn't say it was anyones fault mate. Just said I don't understand why Mace went Super Saiyan in Micro Series and not here.

There are a lot of things I can but the blame on in the Prequels, but that would be going off topic...

Originally posted by Doctorwho?
Didn't say it was anyones fault mate. Just said I don't understand why Mace went Super Saiyan in Micro Series and not here.

I believe that micro-series was supposed to be exaggerated for kids. It was a kids show and a test for the CGI Clone Wars series, in which we get some nice feats from time to time but nothing like what Mace did in the micro series.

No, in that we see the Jedi are pretty useless without their lightsaber (Hostage Crisis is a good example)