Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008-08-16 Thread Lockhart, Daryle
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

Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008-08-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
Too bad to hear this, but ihad a sneaking suspicion that Gendy Tartokovky's great "Clone Wars" animated shorts would set the high standard this movie couldn't live up to. Truthfully, the best of Star Wars work has been either directed and/or written by someone other than Lucas. --

Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008-08-16 Thread KeithBJohnson
As always, you make good points. I can concede what you say, which is one reason I don't count myself a true Star Wars fan. I like it as entertaining scifi, but i'm not a devotee, the way I am of Star Trek or Babylon 5. And it's exactly because of what you said: Lucas crafted a tale that's more

Re: [scifinoir2] Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008-08-16 Thread Omari Confer
Even Saturday Morning serials have a palatable plot..your insulting Saturday morning serials. 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