Everybody Loves the Clone Wars
“Everybody” being 12 of the 58 reviews collected over at Rotten Tomatoes, who?at the time of this posting?give Clone Wars a 21%. Let’s check out some of these glowing reviews, shall we?
? Instead of getting something special, you?re left with the impression the last few dollars are being wrung from a franchise that should?ve been put to bed 25 years ago. Still, kids should enjoy it.
? Oh, George Lucas. Please stop diluting the franchise.
? John Williams? music elbowed in favour of Kevin Kiner?s pale imitations? Little things that jar and jar, but at least there?s no Jar Jar.
? The crisp pacing offers a surprising low-key charm, and the characters even look a bit like hand-crafted, hand-painted wood!
Seriously?those are the positive reviews. The characters look like wood! Whee! I’ll be watching this weekend?wishing desperately that I could go see Tropic Thunder instead?and will have my review up Monday morning. Just so you guys know, the fact the the character models look like wood will not be counted as a positive in my book.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.