Comments on: Star Wars: The Clone Wars http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ArnoldHarris http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155830 ArnoldHarris Sat, 10 May 2008 10:52:37 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155830 Actually, for all I know, Will Shakespeare may have been writing his dramas and light comedies for roisterous 16th and 17th century Londoners who were balling each other in the Globe Theatre as the scenese rolled by on the stage. As you can clearly see, I'm just too stuffy to spend much time getting interested in animated feature films without live actors. Not being a hypocrite, I can truthfully and joyously admit that I'm retrogressive with a capital R.  Arnold Harris Mount Horeb WI Actually, for all I know, Will Shakespeare may have been writing his dramas and light comedies for roisterous 16th and 17th century Londoners who were balling each other in the Globe Theatre as the scenese rolled by on the stage.

As you can clearly see, I’m just too stuffy to spend much time getting interested in animated feature films without live actors.

Not being a hypocrite, I can truthfully and joyously admit that I’m retrogressive with a capital R. 

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI

]]> By: Rodger V Rossman http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155820 Rodger V Rossman Sat, 10 May 2008 08:09:17 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155820 I've never seen a Hayden Christensen character that was so....animated. Get it? Ah, never mind. I’ve never seen a Hayden Christensen character that was so….animated.

Get it?

Ah, never mind.

]]> By: CosmicConservative http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155818 CosmicConservative Sat, 10 May 2008 06:25:37 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155818 I just saw this trailer today at "Speed Racer" and I have to admit, I was underwhelmed. <em>CosmicConservative's last blog post..<a href='http://www.cosmicconservative.com/weblog/?p=3761' rel="nofollow">Music's Greatest Decade: Exhibit #47</a></em> I just saw this trailer today at "Speed Racer" and I have to admit, I was underwhelmed.

CosmicConservative’s last blog post..Music’s Greatest Decade: Exhibit #47

]]> By: Kevin D. http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155815 Kevin D. Sat, 10 May 2008 04:51:41 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155815 Ummm... Arnold, it is a cartoon.  No one is saying it isn't.  And it's set between <em>Star Wars</em> episodes 2 and 3.  So, yeah, it's going to have some of the same character.  Stories set within an already established setting tend to do that. If you feel the need to snort the stick your nose up in the air, then do so. If Yasujiro Ozu "classics" attract people that react to popcorn fun as you do, you can keep 'em. By their pursuits you shall know them indeed. And the "great age of Will Shakespeare" exists only in your imagination.  Spend a moment actually looking at who he wrote for and get past the throne we've built for him. He'd fit in quite nicely with the pulp and popcorn writers of today that you want to so quickly dismiss. Ummm… Arnold, it is a cartoon.  No one is saying it isn’t.  And it’s set between Star Wars episodes 2 and 3.  So, yeah, it’s going to have some of the same character.  Stories set within an already established setting tend to do that.

If you feel the need to snort the stick your nose up in the air, then do so.

If Yasujiro Ozu "classics" attract people that react to popcorn fun as you do, you can keep ‘em.

By their pursuits you shall know them indeed.

And the "great age of Will Shakespeare" exists only in your imagination.  Spend a moment actually looking at who he wrote for and get past the throne we’ve built for him.

He’d fit in quite nicely with the pulp and popcorn writers of today that you want to so quickly dismiss.

]]> By: TexasAg03 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155811 TexasAg03 Sat, 10 May 2008 03:46:56 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155811 I'm with Kevin.  It looks bitchin'... Can I say bitchin'? Anyway, I think Arnold needs to lighten up a bit; it's just an animated movie.  No one suggested that it's some sort of moving Mona Lisa... I’m with Kevin.  It looks bitchin’…

Can I say bitchin’?

Anyway, I think Arnold needs to lighten up a bit; it’s just an animated movie.  No one suggested that it’s some sort of moving Mona Lisa…

]]> By: ArnoldHarris http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155807 ArnoldHarris Sat, 10 May 2008 02:20:32 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2008/05/09/star-wars-the-clone-wars/#comment-155807 My first thought when watching and listening to the preview was that people must have extremely shallow tastes in art to categorize this stuff as anything more than animated comic books with warmed over artificial characters from earlier films of the same genre. My second thought was: "Who in hell could possibly be acting in this sort of stuff?" So I looked up "Clone Wars 2998" on IMDB. Guess what? Under "cast" there was only the director. We truly have degenerated greatly since the age of Will Shakespeare. This helps explain why Stefi and I amuse and/or enlighten ourselves with DVDs of material such as Yasujiro Ozu's classic films he made in Japan from 1955 to 1967. Truly great story-telling, and the DVDs don't cost us so much as a dime, because we borrow them from the Sequoiya Public Library on Madison's west side. By their pursuits, ye shall know them. Arnold Harris Mount Horeb WI  My first thought when watching and listening to the preview was that people must have extremely shallow tastes in art to categorize this stuff as anything more than animated comic books with warmed over artificial characters from earlier films of the same genre.

My second thought was: "Who in hell could possibly be acting in this sort of stuff?"

So I looked up "Clone Wars 2998" on IMDB. Guess what? Under "cast" there was only the director. We truly have degenerated greatly since the age of Will Shakespeare.

This helps explain why Stefi and I amuse and/or enlighten ourselves with DVDs of material such as Yasujiro Ozu’s classic films he made in Japan from 1955 to 1967. Truly great story-telling, and the DVDs don’t cost us so much as a dime, because we borrow them from the Sequoiya Public Library on Madison’s west side.

By their pursuits, ye shall know them.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI 

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