event Jagercon Sci-Fi Tuesdays: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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Tue Jan 12
10 pm
Jagercon Sci-Fi Tuesdays: Star Wars: The Clone Wars at Clubhouse Jäger
It's a problem when a film feels like a videogame, which implies a story that's more fun to play through than watch. Unfortunately, there's no interactive option for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a prelude to the CGI TV series The Clone Wars. And with its simple, goal-driven plot, its wordy, cutscene-like interludes, and its stiffly modeled characters, it wouldn't even make for a particularly high-end videogame. For a while, the Clone Wars movie (which producer George Lucas openly admits was "almost an afterthought" to the TV show) gets along on speed, visual novelty, and Lucas touches like the old-fashioned scene wipes and rich audio track. But where Genndy Tartakovsky's 2003 Clone Wars cartoons had the sense to concentrate on crisp action and Jedi ass-kickery, the latest iteration is pure Lucas: talky, flashy, and focused on juvenile relationships.
Clubhouse Jäger 923 Washington Ave N, Twin Cities, MN
It's a problem when a film feels like a videogame, which implies a story that's more fun to play through than watch. Unfortunately, there's no interactive option for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a prelude to the CGI TV series The Clone Wars. And with its simple, goal-driven plot, its wordy, cutscene-like interludes, and its stiffly modeled characters, it wouldn't even make for a particularly high-end videogame. For a while, the Clone Wars movie (which producer George Lucas openly admits was "almost an afterthought" to the TV show) gets along on speed, visual novelty, and Lucas touches like the old-fashioned scene wipes and rich audio track. But where Genndy Tartakovsky's 2003 Clone Wars cartoons had the sense to concentrate on crisp action and Jedi ass-kickery, the latest iteration is pure Lucas: talky, flashy, and focused on juvenile relationships.
Updated 12/20/2009
