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On 8/16/08, Lockhart, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am always amazed at how critics are so wrapped up in their own > critic-ness that they forget what they are watching. > > Star Wars IS a Saturday morning serial. That was the whole idea. The FANS > turned it into something serious and philosophical. It is a saturday > morning science-fiction series with nice effects. Just like at the end of > the day, Dr. Who is for 8-12 year olds...of all ages. What exactly do > people want Star Wars to BE? These critics act like someone made an > animated sequel to "Gone With The Wind". It's STAR WARS. > > I saw Clone Wars. I actually liked it a lot. I liked the original series > of animated shorts as well, but this was pretty good too. The problem I > had with it is my only problem with most Star Wars stories -- the new > character. I don't really understand why we needed a new character. The > War itself should have been enough. > > To say that this picture cut corners on animation is to basically say that > one does not understand animation. Which is fine. But that's not a flaw of > this picture. Pixar has been allowed to get away with a multitude of sins > by critics simply because they use bright colors. Clone Wars was done > remarkably well. Great design based on worlds we are all familiar with. > Nice stylized illustration of the main characters. The one thing critics > need to be honest about is that if you have no interest in Star Wars, you > will not like this picture. If you do, you'll like this > > > > > Daryle > > > > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:47:50 -0400, Tracey de Morsella > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Clone Wars > > > > > > http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0551746/ > > > > > > 15 August 2008 10:36 AM, PDT > > > > > http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI1MDIwMTczOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTI4MD > > E3MQ@@._V1._SY90_.jpg > > > > With each new release of a Star <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/> > > Wars > > movie, the reviews grow harsher. The animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars > > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185834/> is being shot down by critics as > > if > > it were a target in a video game -- with which it is being compared. > > Roger > > Ebert <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001170/> in the Chicago Sun-Times > > says > > that producer George Lucas <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/> has > > reduced the franchise "to the level of Saturday-morning animation." It > > is, > > he writes, "a deadening film that cuts corners on its animation and > > slumbers > > through a plot that (a) makes us feel like we've seen it all before, and > > (b) > > makes us wish we hadn't." Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News regards > > the film as "the latest indignity" to Star Wars > > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/> fans. Linda Barnard in the > > Toronto > > Star comments that Lucas <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184/> has > > "whored > > out the much-loved Star Wars <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/> > > saga." > > And while some critics suggest that small children may enjoy the film, > > Jason > > Anderson in the Toronto Globe & Mail warns, "parents may be perturbed by > > the > > film's relentless violence." But Nathan Lee actually gives the movie a > > left-handed compliment in the New York Times, writing that it "comes as > > something of a surprise: it isn't the most painful movie of the year!" > > Likewise Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel writes that it is "actually > > better than expected." And writing in the Los Angeles Times, Michael > > Ordoña > > grants that "there's knockout animation, facsimiles of popular characters > > and plenty of action. But anyone older than 8 with the majority of brain > > functions intact will have a bad feeling about this." > > > > > > > > -- > > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking as we used > when we created them." -- Albert Einstein > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- cwm blog http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://www.stringtheory.mypodcast.com
