San Antonio, TX
Bollocks day. Another one where the plan goes awry and only a few things go right. Culminating with me trying to plan my next set of adventures at 8 PM without any supper in my belly. Damned waste. I was supposed to be able to start that chore at 4.
On the bright side, I did get to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It was pretty silly, well in line with Lucas’ desire to dumb down and kiddify Star Wars to squeeze even more retirement money out of a franchise already beyond lucrative. I guess as he stares mortality in the face he begins to realize that being an artist is a bunch of crap and it’s best to go for the money.
It was fun. The animation style was kind of irritating and some of the dialogue was juvenile and WAYYYYY too close to modern sensibilities. But it was kind of nifty to see some of the big set pieces that could be done better as cartoons than as CGI’d live action.
And what does it say about Hayden Christiansen or Lucas’ direction (or both) that the animated Anakin was an infinitely more believable, likeable and sympathetic figure that the live action one that struggled painfully through three movies? I think I’d like to see all three of the “prequels” put together as animated flicks. I think the story arc of Anakin’s rise and fall would make a hell of a lot more sense.