Crygor64 said:
And to the profit bean counters, Clone Wars is part of a TV series that has already been bought and paid for. The only costs on the movie are promotion and making the prints. Anything above that is pure profit. I'm sure Lucas is happy. This movie is really a commercial for the TV show anyway.

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On a side note, Clone Wars is head over heels above current kids TV shows like Ben 10, Transformers Animated, etc... I'm glad the kids have something fun to watch. I know I will be sure to set my Tivo.

Something tells me Cartoon Network didn't buy all 5 seasons in one shot, like Lucas wanted. I'm sure they bought the movie and one season and are going to see how it does before signing on for more. We'll see how well the actual TV series does. Promotional costs are high no matter how you look at it. If you can't make back your promotional costs from box office grosses, you're looking at a loss.

Clone Wars may be better than that crap, but that doesn't mean that stuff isn't crap too. There's plenty of good shows for kids of all ages to watch. We have no trouble finding something for our kid to watch and it doesn't include those shows. Of course, he's barely two, so he's mostly just watching really little kid shows.