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Hakkesshu posted:Nah there are a TON of anime tropes in LOGH, just not ones typically associated with modern anime. Among other things, how the protagonists are like the smartest, most beautiful, young and noble people in the whole universe and also the entire character of someone like Reinhard's sister. In fact, most of the side characters fall into any number of archetypes that are immediately apparent if you've played something like Fire Emblem or Suikoden or watched pretty much any fantasy/sci-fi anime (of course in a lot of cases these were inspired by LOGH). Just skip the theme tunes. They will give you a bad impression.
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Sad King Billy posted:Just skip the theme tunes. They will give you a bad impression. I think they're good for establishing tone, but it's still a good idea to just outright skip Season 4's opening theme. A really, really good idea.  Also don't skip any TCW episodes you weaklings
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Cross-Section posted:Also don't skip any TCW episodes you weaklings Especially the Jar-Jar episodes. 
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NTRabbit posted:It did, but nowhere near as bad as the chemistry-free romp in the hillside as AotC, or the confusingly unsupported angst of RotS AotC improves quite a bit if you cut out the frolicking scene. It just shoots the pacing of the film right in the head. I really like the Banking Clan episode of TCW. It's got a lot of not-terrible Padme stuff, and Anakin shows his dark side. It's good foreshadowing for the end of the Clone War. I wanted to hate the Jar-Jar episodes, but clone troopers weaponizing his incompetence will never not be funny.
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mllaneza posted:clone troopers weaponizing his incompetence will never not be funny. "Let him go up there to negotiate, as soon as the slapstick starts we can use it to kick off an ambush and maybe walk out of this alive". It was a beautiful thing 
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Icon Of Sin posted:"Let him go up there to negotiate, as soon as the slapstick starts we can use it to kick off an ambush and maybe walk out of this alive". It was a beautiful thing The Imperial Stormtroopers took the wrong lesson away from Jar Jar.
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The episodes he was with Mace Windu were pretty good too, and actually humanised the character a little.
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tsob posted:The episodes he was with Mace Windu were pretty good too, and actually humanised the character a little. The Temple of Doom homage? I saw that one for the first time the other day, and yeah, it wasn't that bad. Thinking of going back to Clone Wars and filling in the gaps while we wait for Rebels to return.
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tsob posted:The episodes he was with Mace Windu were pretty good too, and actually humanised the character a little. Jar Jar getting jiggy with an alien queen while "Mastering Mace" is relegated to sidekick status is a concept that really should not work, but I'm so glad it did.
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Plus it very purposefully highlighted Windu's insufferable Jedi arrogance, which I appreciated.
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The only episodes to skip for TCW are those lovely 4-parter droid episodes. Skip to the final five minutes of that arc to watch that bitching explosion, but that's about it.
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VaultAggie posted:The only episodes to skip for TCW are those lovely 4-parter droid episodes. Skip to the final five minutes of that arc to watch that bitching explosion, but that's about it. I bore through it just because I like Republic Commando enough.
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They four-part droid episodes really aren't that bad, but the Padme ones are downright horrible (one banking one aside).
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A lot of the four parters tended to drag for me, and it's a big reason why I prefer Rebels overall.
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Dave Syndrome posted:Jar Jar getting jiggy with an alien queen while "Mastering Mace" is relegated to sidekick status is a concept that really should not work, but I'm so glad it did. This is a lot of TCW though. Fuckin Maul coming back from the dead with wackass robolegs? Should not have worked.
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Someone in the CineD Star Wars thread said Rebels is the worst Star Wars. I almost got triggered.
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ShineDog posted:This is a lot of TCW though. Fuckin Maul coming back from the dead with wackass robolegs? Should not have worked. It's a remarkable creative achievement. His appearances on Rebels were gold. The writing was good, the voice actor killed it, the mo-cap/animation was expressive. Honestly, I'm kinda sorry he's gone. That's one more Force user off the table before ANH. Who's next ?
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teagone posted:Someone in the CineD Star Wars thread said Rebels is the worst Star Wars. I almost got triggered. It was in response to somebody linking the Kenobi/Maul fight, too. 
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ShineDog posted:This is a lot of TCW though. Fuckin Maul coming back from the dead with wackass robolegs? Should not have worked. Yeah, when I initially heard it I rolled my eyes super hard but then when I got around to watching Clone Wars I was amazed by how well it worked.
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RembrandtQEinstein posted:Yeah, when I initially heard it I rolled my eyes super hard but then when I got around to watching Clone Wars I was amazed by how well it worked. I think the trick was that Maul was ultimately just a blank slate with a really cool design that they made into a pretty interesting character. E: Starting to remember why I stopped visiting that thread, holy poo poo TheKingofSprings fucked around with this message at 03:56 on May 3, 2017 |
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teagone posted:Someone in the CineD Star Wars thread said Rebels is the worst Star Wars. I almost got triggered. Someone in CinD once told me The Trueman Show was better than Fargo. They are beyond hope.
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twistedmentat posted:Someone in CinD once told me The Trueman Show was better than Fargo. They are beyond hope. Maybe they thought you said Farto.
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RembrandtQEinstein posted:Yeah, when I initially heard it I rolled my eyes super hard but then when I got around to watching Clone Wars I was amazed by how well it worked. I stopped following Clone Wars after season 1 and remember rolling my eyes at Maul coming back too. But it wasn't just the fact that they were bringing him back. The fact that they were bringing him back after bringing in his unseen brother you've never heard about named loving SAVAGE OPRESS. On paper this is some of the dumbest poo poo I've ever read but it turned out good despite all odds.
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It's a very Admiral Bonetopick name.
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DancinBrud posted:Plus it very purposefully highlighted Windu's insufferable Jedi arrogance, which I appreciated. Yeah, and showing how fantastic he was at all the physical Jedi abilities also helped to highlight how staggeringly incompetent he was at the more contemplative stuff. NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 08:00 on May 3, 2017 |
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I'm also not sure why everyone raves about The Phantom Menace's big Duel Of The Fates lightsaber set piece. For me its kinda taken down by the hilarious way that Obi Wan does a flip and Maul just stands motionless while he gets cut down. More on-topic, Rebels has done a great job at blending all the different lightsaber styles seen in the films and somehow making them feel coherent to this world. Particular praise to the way they had Vader fight in such a constricted and controlled manner, compared to the willy nilly flips of the Inquisitors. Rebels is very very good at using action scenes to build characterization.
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Vader can't do the flippy bullshit anymore, so they showed how he was now all about overwhelming power while fighting against Ahsoka, who was more about speed and highly refined technique. Vader was brutally bending the force to his will, Ahsoka flowing with the force, etc
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Also you should just skip all the Padme episodes. I don't think there was a single one that was enjoyable. Which is a pity. The one with the space bankers has the best Anakin moment in history.
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MrJacobs posted:The one with the space bankers has the best Anakin moment in history. Which one is that? It's been a while since I've seen the episodes, and so far the best Anakin moment for me is his resolution of the Satine hostage situation.
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MrJacobs posted:The one with the space bankers has the best Anakin moment in history. It's not his heart breaking as Ahsoka leaves the order or Anakin gunslunging to show off in front of Obi-Wan, so it can't be.
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Ahsoka Lives!
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Dave Syndrome posted:Which one is that? It's been a while since I've seen the episodes, and so far the best Anakin moment for me is his resolution of the Satine hostage situation. From "Who will brand themselves a a cold-blooded killer?  " to "This guy, right here!  " as a lightsaber pierced the moron's chest and Vader's theme played lightly in the background for a few seconds. A beautiful scene.
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Icon Of Sin posted:From "Who will brand themselves a a cold-blooded killer? I love that scene so drat much. "Anakin!" "What? He was going to blow up the ship." as that nice, heroic swell of Darth Vader theme briefly plays. Just got done with another re-watch of the entire series via Netflix, and that drat show does so much to make even Jar Jar a likeable character. Having Anakin visibly, slowly go from an idealistic Jedi to bitter and increasingly disillusioned as the series goes on while Sheev coaxes him along from time to time is just so drat wonderful compared to what the movies give us.
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Dave Syndrome posted:Which one is that? It's been a while since I've seen the episodes, and so far the best Anakin moment for me is his resolution of the Satine hostage situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC6F-Yf0dzo "you're a goddamned jedi! Fight fair!" "Fine I'll fight you fair" BAM! Punches him with his robot hand. I still laugh ever time I watch it. He altered the deal, pray he does not alter it any further.
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*punches robot hand* DINK
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I forgot about that scene, the little tink is hilarious.
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Personally I'm still a fan of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5G9RIFsCIc Even as an animatic with minimal motion I still find it really cool. I only wish those episodes had gotten the full animation treatment, because season 6 was really set to be a strong one going by the partially done episodes they did release. Between that scene, and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UwklEWJvmg The arc is probably the best Anakin stuff the show ever did, both martially and emotionally, but never reached the finish line despite it.
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