The Clone Wars HD X My Japanese Coach

I happened upon a copy of The Clone Wars in HD. I heard alot of people bashing this film. Alot of people whose opinions I respect...
Since it did not cost me a dime I decided to pop it in my PS3 & give it a whirl.
I heard this was meant to introduce the new animated series. Let the record show I have not watched any of the animated series.

One of the first things that hit me was the art style of the character designs. I did not like it.
I remember thinking how cool it would have been to have a more realistic edge to the characters as opposed to a cartoony look.

I remember when Count Dooku was introduced & I was like yo this is the best they can come up with? An old guy for a villian? When Darth Maul was introduced I was like "DAAAAAMN!"

The story I guess at it's core was not all bad but I was really irritated at Asohka Tano, Anakin's new padawan. I cringed every time she referred to Anakin as "Sky Guy" or r2d2 as "R tooey" or as the baby hutt as "stinky". I was equally irritated when Anakin referred to Asohka as "snips".
Also some of the the dialogue that the battle droids had was just plain dumb.

I guess this stuff was all added to appeal to kids, the new animated tv series was meant for the kiddies right? Hardcore fanboys can bite it, it's all about squeezing as much money out of this franchise as possible. I'm not naive & it is what it is. I wont be spending any money on buying a copy of this film, I'm sure Warner Bros. & Lucasfilm can give a rat's ass about my dollars anyways. I wish them the best & hope this all works out for them...I guess.

What I would spend my hard earned money on would have been a more serious story within the Star Wars universe, with edgier more realistic characters. Using CG would have allowed the story tellers to create a truly awesome experience. But uh, yeah.

My opinion is that this flick is not worth a rental or a purchase. If you can view it for free go for it.
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I picked up a copy of My Japanese Coach over at Game Stop, I ran through the placement test & the game has me starting with lesson 6. I was killing it until it got to the Kana portion. I have no skills in Kana or Kanji. I do have a decent vocabulary going for me though.
I look forward to having this study tool around, maybe this is just what I needed to give me the edge on my written shit.