I'm gonna' hold off until the end to say what my biggest problem is.
Firstly, I watched Star Wars Rebels and hated it, but most people told me the Clone Wars as really good. Well it's better, but also has its problems.
The animation is pretty good for the most parts.CGI TV shows never look good because they just don't have the time or budget to achieve the kind of animation you'd see in Pixar or Dinsey movies like Tangled, probably the most beautiful CGI I have ever seen. But the Clone Wars do make some things look really good. The ships and vehicles look amazing and I just love seeing them. I'm also really impressed by the fire and smoke animation which, again, is really good. The aliens and droids mostly look good. It's the people where there are problems. Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the worst looking, his hair and beard looks like plastic or foam rubber. That's pretty normal for lower grade CGI, hair is pretty hard to animate, though considering how well fire, explosions, smoke, fog, and environments look, I can't help but wonder why they couldn't texture a major character's hair a little better. There is a scene where Obi-Wan is talking to Admiral Yulan and Yulan, looks pretty good. It's a trend I notice, if the hair is short like most of the clones, it's harder to see how bad the textures are, if they're longer it's pretty obvious.
The episodes where kinda' "meh" at first, at least until I got to the episode Rookies, which was about a small group of rookie clone troopers must defend their outpost against all odds. It felt as grim and desperate at the Clone Wars were said to be and the dry humor of the clones in the face of devastating loses really set the tone. The show had a decent amount of variety sometimes following major characters or switches to less known characters. Some of my favorites were the episodes that focused on the clones, the poor guys bred to be cannon fodder in what is probably the most unethical military I have seen since Nazi Germany.
Even if the stories don't work, the battles are fun to watch. All the lightsaber battles are fast paced and keep you on the edge of your set. There is a scene of grand scale in the space battles when you see fleets smash into each other with starfighters slugging it out and laser fire dancing all around. I can't felt the show there either.
I have a lot of nice things, but what is my problem? Well it's a prequel... and well, I've heard complaints about there not being a proper end, but there is. It's called Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
And that's the problem. Almost all these characters are doomed! How can I get invested in all these Jedi when I know most of them will die. How can I get invested in Padme when I know she dies in child birth. How can I root for Anakin when I know he will become Darth Vader. How can I be worried about the Republic when I know it will become the Empire.
At least with the clones there is some tragedy there. They will have short life spans like all clones, they are made in a factory for the purpose of dying, and they are left with no choice but to one day kill most of the Jedi they are fighting with.
The Clone Wars is good and on its own merits I would rate it highly, but I can never bring myself to love it knowing the fate of all these guys. The movies despite their major problems at least were geared to show the events that lead to the fall of the Jedi and the origins of Darth Vader. The TV show is just too flawed a concept and I just can't get past that.
Firstly, I watched Star Wars Rebels and hated it, but most people told me the Clone Wars as really good. Well it's better, but also has its problems.
The animation is pretty good for the most parts.CGI TV shows never look good because they just don't have the time or budget to achieve the kind of animation you'd see in Pixar or Dinsey movies like Tangled, probably the most beautiful CGI I have ever seen. But the Clone Wars do make some things look really good. The ships and vehicles look amazing and I just love seeing them. I'm also really impressed by the fire and smoke animation which, again, is really good. The aliens and droids mostly look good. It's the people where there are problems. Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the worst looking, his hair and beard looks like plastic or foam rubber. That's pretty normal for lower grade CGI, hair is pretty hard to animate, though considering how well fire, explosions, smoke, fog, and environments look, I can't help but wonder why they couldn't texture a major character's hair a little better. There is a scene where Obi-Wan is talking to Admiral Yulan and Yulan, looks pretty good. It's a trend I notice, if the hair is short like most of the clones, it's harder to see how bad the textures are, if they're longer it's pretty obvious.
The episodes where kinda' "meh" at first, at least until I got to the episode Rookies, which was about a small group of rookie clone troopers must defend their outpost against all odds. It felt as grim and desperate at the Clone Wars were said to be and the dry humor of the clones in the face of devastating loses really set the tone. The show had a decent amount of variety sometimes following major characters or switches to less known characters. Some of my favorites were the episodes that focused on the clones, the poor guys bred to be cannon fodder in what is probably the most unethical military I have seen since Nazi Germany.
Even if the stories don't work, the battles are fun to watch. All the lightsaber battles are fast paced and keep you on the edge of your set. There is a scene of grand scale in the space battles when you see fleets smash into each other with starfighters slugging it out and laser fire dancing all around. I can't felt the show there either.
I have a lot of nice things, but what is my problem? Well it's a prequel... and well, I've heard complaints about there not being a proper end, but there is. It's called Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
And that's the problem. Almost all these characters are doomed! How can I get invested in all these Jedi when I know most of them will die. How can I get invested in Padme when I know she dies in child birth. How can I root for Anakin when I know he will become Darth Vader. How can I be worried about the Republic when I know it will become the Empire.
At least with the clones there is some tragedy there. They will have short life spans like all clones, they are made in a factory for the purpose of dying, and they are left with no choice but to one day kill most of the Jedi they are fighting with.
The Clone Wars is good and on its own merits I would rate it highly, but I can never bring myself to love it knowing the fate of all these guys. The movies despite their major problems at least were geared to show the events that lead to the fall of the Jedi and the origins of Darth Vader. The TV show is just too flawed a concept and I just can't get past that.