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| Friday, February 20, 2009 04:17 PM |
| On the Viewer - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 17 - "Blue Shadow Virus") |
 by Fëanor |
Oh, great. It's another Jar-Jar/Padme episode. Sigh.
Good lord, what is Padme wearing?! Did I turn on a Star Wars/High School Musical mash-up video by mistake?
Also, is that dude's name seriously Captain Typo? Because that's hilarious.
As usual, Jar-Jar succeeds through failure. Man, I thought his voice was bad before when it was Ahmed Best doing it, but this new Jar-Jar impersonator is even more terrible.
Okay, Padme's taking Jar-Jar with her on a dangerous mission to find a secret Separatist virus-making lab? I'll admit, he does have ridiculously good luck, but... is it worth the risk?
That guy's name isn't Captain Typo - it's Captain Typho. That might actually be even better, especially considering the context.
Dr. Nuvo Vindi (evil mad scientist), to Padme: "What's a life form like you doing in a swamp like this?" Might want to work on your pickup lines there, buddy.
Padme: "The blue shadow virus? I thought that deadly disease was extinct." Dialogue: fail.
Dr. Vindi has a German accent. He is clearly meant to be a Nazi. That's just a little disturbing.
Ahsoka tells some poor Gungan civilian to make sure no one escapes. How is she supposed to do that, exactly?
This show gets exponentially better once the action starts. Thermal detonators! Crazy lightsaber fights vs. evil droids! Jedi dropping from the sky without parachutes!
The clones are being bad-asses again, taking out droids with their bare hands. And Anakin is being a dumb-ass again. Although he is still pretty damn good at taking out droids. But did he seriously just save Padme and Jar-Jar, after they'd been captured sneaking around the secret virus-making lab, and then leave them to wander the secret virus-making lab on their own, with no protection, searching for the remaining virus bomb?? Yep, he did. Jesus.
Despite the much higher likelihood of their dying horribly, Padme, Jar-Jar, and the Gungan civilian all survived and even acquitted themselves admirably in the fight. But why did Obi-Wan and Anakin constantly run and leap to catch the virus vials with their hands, instead of using the Force to pluck them out of the air? They do remember that they have the Force, right? Telekinesis? Sigh.
Yeah, definitely not my favorite episode. I'm contemplating giving up on this show once again. |
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