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I like the Clone Wars cartoons. They entertain. They're also no sillier than fucking midichlorians so that's fine too. They take a huge node from the Clone Wars comics which were great. As for Maul having cybernetic legs... guess that makes him more machine than man. I wonder if that's ever happened in Star Wars before?
I have no problems with cybernetic legs. I question the actual bringing back part. Maul wasn't that great of a character. He was an obstacle for Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. The only reason he got so popular is because he didn't have so much characterization. The mystery man, Boba Fett effect. People can imagine he's so much more badass than he actually is. What did Maul do in the movies? Run around, launch some probe thingies, chase after the heroes, manage to kill Qui-Gon and then get chopped up by Obi-Wan. He served his purpose in Episode I. Bringing him back is as silly fanwankery as bringing back Boba Fett, or the Emperor.  |
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Ratman_tf
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The entire republic army not wiping out their commanders and anakin not turning into an incarnation of evil still leaves quite a bit of room for storytelling.
Oh, it does. I'm not totally knocking the series. I'm just saying that they're locked into certain tropes that will not resolve themselves because they're resolved in the third prequel. It's super easy for TV shows to go in soap opera circles in such situations. Like House, who was always dealing with being an ass, but never quite resolved it because that would make the character less interesting. After a while it gets stale. |
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Hard to tell a good story when you are bookended by garabage. Ahsoka Tano is the only interesting thing about CW and she makes no sense in the greater story.
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My problem with the cybernetic legs is not the man-machine or 'wtf Maul is back' aspect. It's Star Wars, silly things like that can happen (although I would have thought the falling to the bottom of a pit thing would have killed if the "cut in half" thing didn't.) No, my problem is the lame-looking design. Which is why I specifically mentioned they were like Grievous' legs. Not a fan. Hard to tell a good story when you are bookended by garabage. Ahsoka Tano is the only interesting thing about CW and she makes no sense in the greater story.
She's never in the movies, so I keep waiting for her to die. Apparently some EU-tard has written her in to a later novel so she's one of the Jedi who survive Order 66, though. I, on the other hand, keep hoping for a more canonical end to that particular line of thinking. Like how "Stormtroopers aren't Clones" was officially axed and destroyed huge swaths of Kip Durron nonsense. |
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The same side as his master: Trample Subjugat
You joke but his other brother is called Feral. I kid you not. Still, I keep waiting for them to introduce General Grievous' sibling - Major Bodily Harm.  I give Savage Opress a pass because Clancy motherfuckin Brown - but yeah, made me roll my eyes as much as much as the names of the Darths Sidious, Maul, Tyrannus and Plaugeis did. |
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From what I've seen of "The Clone Wars": Jar Jar Binks is still a disaster of a character.
They also had an episode where young Boba Fett hid among other young Jango Fett clones that were training as Clone Troopers in order to get a shot at Obi-Wan. I thought that was clever.
Anyway: JJ Abrams is a safe, safe choice for Disney who want to keep that Star Wars IP $$$ rolling in.
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The Clone Wars is very uneven. Some of it is really good, like much better than the prequels good. But then a lot of it turns out like Chicken-Legs Maul and Sillyname Opress.
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Wait wait wait.
You guys area all missing the important part.
SirT confessed to watching the last Twilight movie and paying enough attention to reference it.
So SirT is a Twihard. Good stuff.
LOL Sorry, haven't seen it. Read the movie reviews though. |
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Close enough Twihard The Clone Wars is pretty good stuff. Way better than the bookends, even if as mentioned there can be no real progress of a timeline. But then, the Shadow of the Empire had the same problem but still told a good filler story. They both had the benefit of not trying to be too much, which gave them more freedom to be merely competent. And that's often enough. |
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No, my problem is the lame-looking design. Which is why I specifically mentioned they were like Grievous' legs.
Not a fan.
Holy fuck that's awful. |
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Merusk
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Oh hey, hi there forgotten img tags. *fixes post*
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No, my problem is the lame-looking design. Which is why I specifically mentioned they were like Grievous' legs.
Not a fan.
Holy fuck that's awful. Yeah. There's just no universe in which that look doesn't change him from decent cool-looking villain to right twat on a pair of poultry sticks. |
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Disney canned the released of all the 3D versions of Star Wars as well. Thankfully they shot that idea in the back and put it out of it's misery.
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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Yegolev
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There must be an opening for a photoshop artist.
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Disney canned the released of all the 3D versions of Star Wars as well. Thankfully they shot that idea in the back and put it out of it's misery.
I hadn't heard about this, but then googled and found a terribly-written article from yesterday saying this was the case. Source (The guy said "...released in February" like it was still 2012 and that's one of the least offenses.) It makes little sense to me because Attack was supposed to be out in a few weeks, so it's got to be done already. I guess 44mil domestic 59mil int'l wasn't enough to justify the costs of shipping? I dunno. |
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Evil Elvis
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Who'd win in a fight: Mech Maul or Tank Maul?
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Chicken Walker Mech Maul or Man Walker Mech Maul?
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Evil Elvis
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There's a non-chicken versions? We're gonna need a pro/con list to sort this.
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While you work on that, here's some comedy relief.  |
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Nevermore
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It's like a Fark photoshop thread.
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Over and out.
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Yegolev
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I'll take that as a compliment.
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Zetor
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I'm pretty sure Segway Maul would wtfpwn everyone else. I wonder if Yeg is building up his forces for a deathmatch against the vader pics subforum, though...
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Lakov_Sanite
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Spider legs Maul would be kind of cool in my opinion.
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Spider legs Maul would be kind of cool in my opinion.
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WTF I don't even...I mean, how would he not chop off all of his legs?
And Yegolev, thanks for the laugh!
Also, that fake poster with Hamill in it. That's actually sorta cool. Too bad it isn't feasible.
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