LEGO STAR WARS. THE ONLY REDEEMING FACTOR THE PREQUELS HAVE. *nods sagely*
As to the cartoon, the Genndy Tarta-whatever-his-name-is one is actually pretty neat. It's split into two volumes. The first is 20 five minute(ish) episodes, very strongly in the Samurai Jack style. While Anakin is still kind of whiny here, it's at least toned down a bit and the cartoon itself is fun and gives a LOT of other Jedi the spotlight too.
The second volume is about the same length but is instead made up of five 12 - 15 minute episodes. This features Anakin getting knighted, and is a bit more arc-ish, and introduces General Grievous and basically tells the story of *right* up to the start of the Ep III movie. I really like this volume though, because this has a good portrayal of Anakin and a really interesting and well-done adventure where he frees a bunch of mutated slave worker critters while having a totally awesome tripped out vision quest of his arm growing and eating everything he loves. It's just the right level of creepy Vader foreshadowing while keeping an element of mystic fear and cyborgy-ness to his fall.
As to the 3D cartoon, I totally agree that the movie was crap. The TV series is...I won't say much better but it is better. I also agree, though, about the padawan. She totally doesn't fit with ANYTHING else in either the movies or the expanded universe.
The problem I have is that I think Anakin having a padawan would be really, really good for him. He has issues with authority, with not being trusted, but he's incredibly loyal. Having the Council trust him by giving him a padawan and having to also handle that responsibility and form that kind of loyal relationship from the other side would, I think, have a very sobering and consolidating effect on his character. Unfortunately this totally undercuts the stupid reasons that the movies give us for his fall to the dark side. So...I dunno.
I guess my feeling is that the cartoon contradicts the prequels, but frankly, even with the flaws it has, the cartoon is better, so I'll take that?
I imagine the actors had to go take long hot showers to wash off that dirty feeling after that "seduction" scene.
BWAHAHAHA. Dude, I felt like I ought to do that after just WATCHING it.
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As to the cartoon, the Genndy Tarta-whatever-his-name-is one is actually pretty neat. It's split into two volumes. The first is 20 five minute(ish) episodes, very strongly in the Samurai Jack style. While Anakin is still kind of whiny here, it's at least toned down a bit and the cartoon itself is fun and gives a LOT of other Jedi the spotlight too.
The second volume is about the same length but is instead made up of five 12 - 15 minute episodes. This features Anakin getting knighted, and is a bit more arc-ish, and introduces General Grievous and basically tells the story of *right* up to the start of the Ep III movie. I really like this volume though, because this has a good portrayal of Anakin and a really interesting and well-done adventure where he frees a bunch of mutated slave worker critters while having a totally awesome tripped out vision quest of his arm growing and eating everything he loves. It's just the right level of creepy Vader foreshadowing while keeping an element of mystic fear and cyborgy-ness to his fall.
As to the 3D cartoon, I totally agree that the movie was crap. The TV series is...I won't say much better but it is better. I also agree, though, about the padawan. She totally doesn't fit with ANYTHING else in either the movies or the expanded universe.
The problem I have is that I think Anakin having a padawan would be really, really good for him. He has issues with authority, with not being trusted, but he's incredibly loyal. Having the Council trust him by giving him a padawan and having to also handle that responsibility and form that kind of loyal relationship from the other side would, I think, have a very sobering and consolidating effect on his character. Unfortunately this totally undercuts the stupid reasons that the movies give us for his fall to the dark side. So...I dunno.
I guess my feeling is that the cartoon contradicts the prequels, but frankly, even with the flaws it has, the cartoon is better, so I'll take that?
I imagine the actors had to go take long hot showers to wash off that dirty feeling after that "seduction" scene.
BWAHAHAHA. Dude, I felt like I ought to do that after just WATCHING it.