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Mikey wrote:Yech. After the nightmare that was The Clone Wars, I don't want to see any animated adaptations of anything for a long while.
What exactly was bad about both Clone Wars series? They were tons better than the kriffing movies.
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I enjoyed the cartoon version; haven't really seen the CGI one.
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I hope if they do this, they stay as faithful to the messages of Trek as possible and not make it an animated mess like Clone Wars.
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SuperSaiyaMan12 wrote:
Mikey wrote:Yech. After the nightmare that was The Clone Wars, I don't want to see any animated adaptations of anything for a long while.
What exactly was bad about both Clone Wars series? They were tons better than the kriffing movies.
Bad about them? The characterizations were non-existent.

No, wait, I'm sorry - there was some characterization. It was just either poorly done, or developed annoying characters into really annoying ones.
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Pfft. Who need characterisation?

Seriously, I defy you to watch this and tell me it's not the most insanely awesome thing ever. :lol:
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Um... yeah, okay. Not my taste I'm afraid.
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Now that's bad-ass. I never really had the opportunity to watch much of the animated series (as opposed to the CGI one.)
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I think that's the most impressive sustained demonstration of what the Jedi are capable of in Star Wars. Notwithstanding Anakin surviving several thousand G unscathed in AotC.
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I was always a bit skeptical of the Anikan calc, personaly. We never see that it's actualy a straight drop. For all we know he could have just dropped onto a ledge just below the camera's POV.
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Nope - it was straight over the side in the middle of the "street", and we got a good shot of him plummeting until he hit the other car.

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Even though I love that Windu scene from CW, if he was that powerful, Palps would've lasted about half a second in ROTS.
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Even though I love that Windu scene from CW, if he was that powerful, Palps would've lasted about half a second in ROTS.
Why? Palpatine was the most powerful Sith Lord in a millennia - it's hardly surprising that he'd be able to go toe-to-toe with Windu, no matter how powerful he was, and give him a run for his money.
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Captain Seafort wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Even though I love that Windu scene from CW, if he was that powerful, Palps would've lasted about half a second in ROTS.
Why? Palpatine was the most powerful Sith Lord in a millennia - it's hardly surprising that he'd be able to go toe-to-toe with Windu, no matter how powerful he was, and give him a run for his money.
Because... that's how I see it. *Shrug* I see Mace there and the other Jedi taking a small page from DBZ in the old CW series.
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Captain Seafort wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Even though I love that Windu scene from CW, if he was that powerful, Palps would've lasted about half a second in ROTS.
Why? Palpatine was the most powerful Sith Lord in a millennia - it's hardly surprising that he'd be able to go toe-to-toe with Windu, no matter how powerful he was, and give him a run for his money.
Because... that's how I see it. *Shrug* I see Mace there and the other Jedi taking a small page from DBZ in the old CW series.
More like Samurai Jack.
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Mikey wrote:
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Mikey wrote:Yech. After the nightmare that was The Clone Wars, I don't want to see any animated adaptations of anything for a long while.
What exactly was bad about both Clone Wars series? They were tons better than the kriffing movies.
Bad about them? The characterizations were non-existent.

No, wait, I'm sorry - there was some characterization. It was just either poorly done, or developed annoying characters into really annoying ones.
Anakin, in both series, was a VAST improvement over the whiney emo-kid we got in the Prequels. Padme was bearable in both series.

Did you just watch the first episodes of 'The Clone Wars' and gave it up?
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