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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #60 on: Mar 22, 2011, 04:34:04 PM »
I like both of the shows...

But Clone Wars has had WAY too much lame boring stuff this season. Amidala was boring in the movies and she's boring the cartoon as well. Blech.

I admit I have loved the last six or so episodes, though.
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #61 on: Mar 22, 2011, 04:52:51 PM »
I wish George Lucas was dead.
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #62 on: Mar 22, 2011, 07:14:22 PM »
I liked the arc George's daughter wrote but Clone Wars is just boring. I do like that they try to make Anakin likable though.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #63 on: Mar 22, 2011, 08:56:28 PM »
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #64 on: Mar 22, 2011, 09:57:30 PM »
I watched all of Clone Wars Season 2 within a few weeks, and I pretty much loved all of it. I plan on doing the same with Season 3, and I am dismayed to learn it's not on par with the 2nd.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #65 on: Mar 22, 2011, 10:19:26 PM »
I watched all of Clone Wars Season 2 within a few weeks, and I pretty much loved all of it. I plan on doing the same with Season 3, and I am dismayed to learn it's not on par with the 2nd.

Dismayed!

There are two three-episode arcs in particular that are AMAZING. I sort of also forgot about another arc that was pretty cool. I think I may have been focusing on the bad episodes a bit much. Also there is an R2-D2 heavy episode that was kind of odd, but interesting.
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #66 on: Mar 22, 2011, 10:36:39 PM »
Tell me there's no Jar Jar. They've figured that one out by now, right?

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #67 on: Mar 23, 2011, 12:19:59 AM »
I do like that they try to make Anakin likable though.

That sounds terrible.

I wish George Lucas was dead.

I wish he had died twenty years ago.  Then we would all be talking about what a shame his premature death was and how the prequels would've rocked.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #68 on: Mar 23, 2011, 02:37:22 AM »
I do like that they try to make Anakin likable though.

That sounds terrible.

Why? Anakin is supposed to be likable. In St*r WarzzZZ, Obi-Wan gets all wistful and shit whenever he mentions him. He certainly never said anything about Anakin being a whiny, insufferable dick as the prequels would have us believe.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #69 on: Mar 23, 2011, 12:30:17 PM »
Tell me there's no Jar Jar. They've figured that one out by now, right?

Nope, he's there.  Original voice actor and everything.  They even had a Jar-Jar centric episode in like the first season...
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #70 on: Mar 23, 2011, 01:32:35 PM »
havent watched clone wars in forever, not gonna start now

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #71 on: Mar 23, 2011, 02:49:34 PM »
YJ bores you and Clone Wars excites?  Am I living in opposite world?  

Yeah. I'm not a big D.C. guy and YJ seems to be bad guy of the week shit loosely tied together with cliche mysterious group pulling the strings. And the Characters are pretty one dimensional too. I mean it just goes Super Boy=Pissed, Miss Martian=Horny, Chic Speedy=Bad ass, Kid Flash=Cocky loud mouth, etc. etc. It's like someone just picked their characters out of "how to write mundane TV" hat. In fact on those nights when I have sat down to watch the whole night I've found myself drawn into shows like Ben 10, then YJ. YJ is pretty, but that's about it. If they canceled it and brought back Batman: Brave and the Bold I wouldn't be sad in the least.

Clone Wars has boring episodes, but I can usually spot those from the trailers and I just skip them. The last 6 episodes have been really good, and they should have spread that love out instead of having that boring ass middle of the season. Clone Wars tends to prove out my theory that Lucas is a good idea man, but that's it and when he writes and directs he fucks it up. It's always better when he lets other people handle those duties. SW was really a fluke brought about by not having the money to do his "vision" and lucking into good actors. The rest of the movies like Raiders, and ESB he just came up with idea and it fell to others to flesh it out and that's why those movies are so great. Me, I just pretend the before the SE are all there are, and it allows me to still like Retard Wars without being a bitter cynic that I would have turned into had I tired to make the prequels work.
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #72 on: Mar 24, 2011, 12:17:05 AM »
I do like that they try to make Anakin likable though.

That sounds terrible.

Why? Anakin is supposed to be likable. In Retard Wars, Obi-Wan gets all wistful and shit whenever he mentions him. He certainly never said anything about Anakin being a whiny, insufferable dick as the prequels would have us believe.

Because I'm tired of young Anakin (I don't watch Clone Wars but I assume he's still young) being all heroic and crap.  He's Vader and he's EVIL.  I want him evil!  Being good just makes him stupid and boring.  Maybe I'm still stuck on the bad taste of prequels-Anakin but I hate young, wannabe hero Anakin.

Rama is sadly right about YJ.  It's like everything Weisman already did on Gargoyles but totally not as good.  I want BTAS back.  Or even STAS.  Or maybe COMBINED.   :happy:  But I wouldn't wipe my ass with B:BatB.  EW.   :nono:

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #73 on: Mar 24, 2011, 01:18:22 AM »
There are no new stories or character archetypes.  Prepare to live the rest of your lives out in mind numbing boredom, broken by bits of excitement from the alien minds of the japanese.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #74 on: Mar 24, 2011, 01:35:31 AM »
I actually don't mind Cliche. Cliche works, that's why people use them. It's just that YJ is making the Cliche THE story, instead of young heroes trying to learn how to one day run with the big boys. I mean there is plenty they could do, and they don't. They did that one episode with Aqualad that seemed to give him more depth, but then they wrapped it up with one nice little bow at the end.

After Clone Wars is over, which I think they said they only plan to do it for 5 seasons and the season finally for the 3rd is coming up, I'd kinda like to see a show done the same way but set between A New Hope, and The Empire Strikes Back. I think it'd be fun to see a series that overs those years. What I don't want to see is some bullshit set after Return of the Jedi. Sadly such a show would rob me of the smooth voice of Colt 45 pitch man and lady killer Billy Dee Williams. I know they could get him, he did Titan Maximum for God's sake. Could get Hamil too...and I don't know how much Jenny Craig is paying Fisher, but she might could use the work as well.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #75 on: Mar 24, 2011, 02:27:56 AM »
It's hard to tell what people expect from these shows.  They're not solely for adults.  The story lines aren't going to be overly complicated.  The characters are not going to be too deeply developed.  But how much development is necessary to make them personable and understandable to children and still mildly intriguing for us?  That's what they're aiming for a happy medium between kid and adult.  Kidult entertainment.  I don't think you can hold it to an adult standard.  The cliched characters are fun and easy to understand.  It's only been like what 6 episodes? 10 year olds are still just getting to know these guys.


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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #76 on: Mar 24, 2011, 02:32:54 AM »
Wait, it seems they aren't married in this show.

And she apologized, but still.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #77 on: Mar 24, 2011, 05:48:11 AM »

After Clone Wars is over, which I think they said they only plan to do it for 5 seasons and the season finally for the 3rd is coming up, I'd kinda like to see a show done the same way but set between A New Hope, and The Empire Strikes Back. I think it'd be fun to see a series that overs those years. What I don't want to see is some bullshit set after Return of the Jedi. Sadly such a show would rob me of the smooth voice of Colt 45 pitch man and lady killer Billy Dee Williams. I know they could get him, he did Titan Maximum for God's sake. Could get Hamil too...and I don't know how much Jenny Craig is paying Fisher, but she might could use the work as well.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #78 on: Mar 24, 2011, 11:48:41 AM »
GAH! Stupid post Return of the Jedi! There is no Vader post Jedi Damnit!

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #79 on: Mar 24, 2011, 11:48:50 PM »
Re: YJ.  I actually didn't expect anything from it.  I strongly disliked Teen Titans, The Batman, and tBatB.  I didn't see them magically changing my mind.  I'm at the point where I've accepted that I'm far outside the target demographic and it will be a rare time when I enjoy a show aimed primarily for teens and tweens.  I do think though that they honestly could've done better and still catered to their intended audience. 

I have no probs with the main characters themselves, overused stereotypes or otherwise.  (Except that Aqualad's really kinda boring but that can be fixed.)  I think I stated it before, but YJ would have benefited imo by having stories featuring character situations.  Nothing happens in the damn show without it being some "brilliant scheme" thought-up by the big bad organization of talking heads.  I'd like to see them tackling teen situations--school, family life, etc--as well as superhero duties that have little if anything to do with some cackling silhouette's heinous idea. 

I think Weisman and co. did this great in Gargoyles.  Not everything that happened was a Xanatos plot.  For ex., if anyone remembers this, that episode where Puck tries to steal the Phoenix Gate.  That was related to the Gathering which in turn ended up being connected to Xanatos in the strangest way possible, but the crux of that episode was that Puck was doing what he wanted for his own reasons.  If that had been a YJ, it'd end with them saying some shit like "Sure you didn't get the Phoenix Gate but you were doing just what you were supposed to do, muah ha ha".  Boo.  STFU.  This giant over-reaching plot arc is coming off so damn contrived. 

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #80 on: Mar 25, 2011, 12:56:57 AM »
Speaking of Puck, have they done a YJ Midsummer Night's Dream episode yet? That's a Weisman hallmark. I remember when they did it in Spectacular Spider-Man and I was like, "Are you fucking kidding me with this shit?"

Weisman should just skip the middlemen and do A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Animated Series.

You guys are making me feel like I shouldn't even bother with YJ.

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« Reply #81 on: Mar 25, 2011, 01:01:59 AM »
YJ is very nice to look at. It's animated very, very well. I've just not been impressed with the story.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #82 on: Mar 25, 2011, 02:05:22 PM »
yeah FUCK Young Justice! Just wait till Young Justice Unlimited. That's going to be an awesome ass show!

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« Reply #83 on: Mar 25, 2011, 02:16:35 PM »
They have done some of the character moments, but not enough to care. Such as Arrowette getting accepted to the Wayne Academy without applying.
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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #84 on: Mar 27, 2011, 03:13:21 AM »
The committee of evil plot isn't great, but I still say this show has potential.  I'm feeling the strained relationship between supes and superboy.

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« Reply #85 on: Mar 27, 2011, 11:41:03 PM »
YJ is very nice to look at. It's animated very, very well.

That's pretty much my only reason for still watching.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #86 on: Mar 28, 2011, 01:10:00 AM »
I'm a stickler for nice, consistent animation, but if that's really the only thing it's got going for it...

What's the point?

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #87 on: Mar 28, 2011, 01:38:47 AM »
It's not as if it's competing right now with something else.  At least where I'm concerned.  If it had competition, I could see myself dumping this show.

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« Reply #88 on: Mar 28, 2011, 02:19:57 AM »
In other news, the Superman is a dick episode of Batman Brave and the Bold was awesome!  This weeks Sym-bionic Titan was great too.

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Re: Gotham High
« Reply #89 on: Mar 28, 2011, 06:55:29 PM »
That was a laugh riot, especially if you're familiar with Superdickery.com, something so great I can't believe it started on Ass-spank.
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