NERD ALERT!!!!

Yes, it's me.  I'm the nerd.  I went to a matinee showing of Star Wars Clone Wars today.  Yes it's a cartoon and yes... it was good.  Do you know how much I loathe those last three worthless pieces of garbage that the moron George Lucas put out?  If that last sentence didn't give you an idea then let me tell you straight.  Failure.  Complete and total failure.  If crap could take a crap and have that crap sit in a bloated skunk carcass for two days on Bourbon Street in the summer then you might come close to the level of crap that was Episode 1, 2 or 3. 

So I went to see this one today A: because I'm a glutton for punishment  B: Because I can't shake my undying childhood love for the original trilogy  C: Because I'm a fan of Genndy Tartovsky who animated the Clone Wars featurettes (you can see them on YouTube) and also animated the Samurai Jack series.  His minimalistic style reminds me of Bugs Bunny.  Sadly, Genndy had apparently nothing to do with the computer animated feature film, although his style was still apparent from the character design which was held over from the featurettes. 

So if you're a Star Wars fan and you haven't seen it yet, don't be afraid.  The musical signatures are there although it's a little more of a contemporary sound.  And there's plenty of campy one-liners that the last three were missing.  Those of a nerdier background will pick up on lots of dialogue cues that are meant to remind us of the other movies (Sad that a cartoon can have a better script than the movies they're based off of).  There's even the trademark "Wilhelm' scream (google that).  It's visually elegant, and lastly, there's LOTS of lightsaber duelling, force-wielding, laser blasting, dog-fighting, taunting and things blowing up other things.  I've always loved the world of Star Wars, and it was admittedly moving to be reminded of the kid inside who still wishes he had his own X-Wing Fighter.

I'll go see it again.

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