SilverWook said:Anyway, it's merely a pilot episode for the series, which is actually quite good if you give it a chance.
I have no intention of giving it a chance. I've seen enough of it as is. I really don't need to be giving Lucas's modern Star Wars a lot of chances. He established it wasn't Star Wars with The Phantom Menace and then it went downhill from there. The pilot movie is quite enough sampling this Clone Wars show for me. Annoying characters, shallow characterization and story, meaningless uninvolving action, dead-spirited coloration, hideous animation... I very much doubt that I'd like this more if I saw more of it. I think people really need to put their foot down and say "Enough already" -we've had enough crap from Lucas to do us for a lifetime. And this shit is being pushed as a real Star Wars movie, which means it should be judged by that standard. And it's bad enough as just an animated tv show. I can't bear to see Star Wars pissed on like this. He's already murdered Star Wars, does he have to piss on its grave too?
I gave this show its chance with this pilot movie and it failed horribly, so I won't be watching any more of it. I'll see what the live action show is like when it turns up, not that I expect it to be any good. At least it'll be live action. Serious Star Wars doesn't belong in animated form, just as cartoon characters like Jar Jar don't belong in Star Wars movies. Though it's pushing it to call anything put out in recent years "serious Star Wars".
Silverwook said:
I don't see a problem with Jabba showing a soft side. Characters in the Godfather movies love the heck out of their kids, but they just as easily commit murder, or order others to do the job.Over twenty years pass between the Clone Wars and ROTJ. Anyone can also change a lot in twenty years, even vile Hutt crime lords.
Calling people punky muffin isn't just showing a softer side. It doesn't fit with the ROTJ the Jabba character at any age, twenty years before or otherwise. But then Hayden Christensen doesn't fit with Anakin or Darth Vader either and they went with that, so "punky muffin" should be no surprise. No respect for what's been previously established -that's a key characteristic of modern "Star Wars". After all, Leia just IMAGINED that she knew her mother when she was young. And if something in the old films doesn't fit with the new ones, well then MR Lucas can go back and change the old beloved classic to fit the crappy modern movie.
If Ashoka's eyes bother you, don't ever watch anime! ;)
Anime's animation style pukes me out. I don't get a kick out of seeing adult characters portrayed looking like they're deformed kiddies, and gratuitous cutesification isn't my thing.
As for further changes to the OT...The world ends in 2012, if you believe the Mayan calendar. So problem solved!
Unfortunately I don't go by the Mayan calendar, so I expect to find out what mutilations Lucas has in store for us in 2012. I expect Harrison Ford to be replaced by Jar Jar Binks.