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| Thursday, March 12, 2009 02:55 PM |
| On the Viewer - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 19 - "Storm Over Ryloth") |
 by Fëanor |
It's striking me as odd that the narrator just described a guy as an "evil Separatist leader." Who's evil and who's good is really kind of relative, seeing as how Anakin is going to become the evil Darth Vader soon enough.
Still love the effect they do when ships suddenly drop in out of hyperspace.
The scene where Ahsoka and her squadron are leaving the docking bay is reminding me of the scene at the end of A New Hope where the Rebels take off to attack the Death Star. It's warming my heart.
The visuals really are fantastic in this show, especially during the giant space fights. I'm also liking the little revolving blue and red doohickey this Separatist General has on the side of his head. Just a neat little detail.
Ahsoka has learned only too well from Anakin; she's even got his lack of respect for authority, and tendency to ignore orders and just do what she thinks is right.
They recreated the scene from the end of Return of the Jedi where a fighter crashes into the bridge of a capital ship! Except this time it happened to the "good guys," and the effect wasn't quite as apocalyptic.
That mission was EPIC FAIL.
How is Anakin's ship burning in space? Is that the kind of fire that doesn't need oxygen to burn? (Okay, okay, I guess it could be plasma.)
This may be the first time one of our main characters has shown real sadness at the deaths of Clone Troopers.
Ah ha ha ha! I like Anakin's insane new kamikaze plan. But I'm not sure yet if putting the fragile Ahsoka in charge of another important mission right after she failed the last one is a good idea or a bad idea. It'll probably either build her confidence back up, or completely destroy her.
It's interesting that the Separatist General in this episode is actually smart and competent. It seems like they rarely come across an enemy like that.
Ah, there's Ahsoka's confidence coming back. That's not surprising.
I thought when you took out the command ship, all the Battle Droids just deactivated? Like at the end of Phantom Menace? Maybe they fixed that flaw in the intervening time. Now they remain activated, but they're just stupid.
Huh. I thought for sure the Separatist General was going to swoop in out of nowhere and kidnap Anakin while he was sitting out there in the escape pod, but... I guess not!
Well, another episode of Clone Wars done, and we all learned an important lesson. About confidence. And learning to be okay with ordering clones to their deaths. Or something. Some clever ideas, some exciting action, some impressive visuals, and even the occasional effective emotional moment, but in general not one of my favorite episodes. It just wasn't particularly imaginative. And the dialogue is really not very good. One of these days I really will stop watching this show. I swear. |
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