Amph The Clone Wars: Darth Maul is Back

I've been watching them live.

Last week's episode wasn't bad at all. Nice to see them get Aayla and Bly together.

 

9-9:30PM
Cartoon, TV-PG-V

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

"George Takei guest-stars as Separatist Neimoidian General Lok Durd, which just gave my spell-check an anxiety attack."

 

LATEST EPISODE
Trespass
Airs: Friday January 30, 2009

"An warring icy planet and its moon find Anakin and Obi-Wan in quite a pickle."

 

Last two were decent episodes - they introduced Bly, which I was a fan of.

Tonight's episode looks fun. New Clone types.

 

I am happy that they moved away from the main villains for a while,it means they are going too remain a credibile threat.

 

9-9:30PM
Cartoon, TV-PG-V

Season Finale
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

"Welcome to new badass bounty hunter Cad Bane. How badass is he? So badass that the season could handle only one episode of his badassitude."

 

He's actually going to be in the early half of Season 2, if Wikipedia is to be believed.

 

I am happy that they moved away from the main villains for a while,it means they are going too remain a credibile threat.

They just did that again.

 

Clone Wars: Two New Characters

 

New Episode: Landing at Point Rain

 

Oh man, I really want to see this one. I'm downloading it now from iTunes.

 

9-9:30PM
Cartoon, TV-PG

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

"Obi-Wan goes on a mission to find a terrorist group. Dude, clean your own house first. Your apprentice is going to slaughter younglings."

 

The Best Political Cartoon Ever?

 

Cool I guess, even though I think that is foolish for them to say that.

 

Why? Generally speaking, kids and teenagers are so apathetic towards politics, feeling like it's something happening "over there," and therefore unworthy of their concern or attention. Clone Wars has, at least, given them a little perspective on things.

 

If they had some politics that made sense on the show and it was a show about politics instead of a war in space then I might feel different. If children and teens pick up a little info about it, then good, but if it is stupid politics, then it doesn't matter much, in my opinion.

 

So we should only pick up political knowledge from material strictly about politics? Okey-dokey, I'll throw away all my sci-fi novels that inspired me to major in poli-sci.

 

No, not at all what I said or anywhere near the point I was getting at.

 

...he's saying that he thinks politics are handled idiotically on this show, thereby rendering the title of the thread a stupid statement from his perspective. Not that referencing politics in fiction is a bad idea. Got it?

 

What are you, his spokesman? Yeah, well, maybe I would've picked that up easier if he hadn't made the "war in space" comment. If you're trying to make a point, don't mess up the point by making other points inside of that point.

And I wouldn't agree that politics are handled badly in this show, especially considering the program's intended audience.

 

Well, now you know.

have a good day..

 

Indeed. You, too.

 

Maybe this will explain the relevance of "war in space" for you...

In a nutshell, there are aspects of an sf/fantasy setting that change where the lines can be drawn on a number of issues.

 

I disagree with the premise of that article on principle, but that's besides the point. The point is that the main audience who sits and watches Clone Wars every Friday night consists of kids, who could really care less about politics and have no knowledge of political existance. At least they're being introduced to the concept that politics affects people, and people affect politics. They aren't just detached entities. You can't tell me that's a negative thing.