| Home |
| About |
| Archives |
| Links |
| Japanese |
| Anime |
| Arts |
| Books |
| CDs |
| Disney |
| DVDs |
| Games |
| Japanese |
| Jpop |
| Life |
| Manga |
| Movies |
| Pals |
| Photos |
| Poetry |
| Trips |
| Videos |
|
Latest Flickr
|
 Feed |
| Star Wars / Clone Wars Vol 1 : 4 of 5 | |
|
5.12.2005
7:23 PM | Link |
 I was thrilled to watch every episode of this "micro series" on Cartoon Network when it was broadcast (twice, actually), so I was glad to see it released on DVD. It was so much fun to watch it all again, since I'm really amped about seeing Revenge of the Sith soon! What really surprised me was how much this seems like a full movie, since all of the episode breaks have been removed. It was originally presented as 20 five-minute shows, but on the DVD each episode leads into the next with a simple wipe, making one incredible two hour film. (By the way, I didn't realize before that Anakin's battle with Asajj Ventress takes place on Yavin 4 - how cool!) I really admire the work of Genndy Tartakovsky, because he's staying true to the 2D animation style (although the space dogfights are animated in CG, which makes perfect sense). There are two commentaries included, but the second one (from the Star Wars website) is much better - Genndy talks at length about how nearly every "additional" character design came from Lucasfilm, and mentions how they used the Star Wars sound library for everything (including atmospheric sounds). There's a short documentary that shows the animators' workspace, and it's great to see Genndy's traditional animating table with a Mac touch-screen embedded into it! Approving this series is one of the best things Lucas has done, and I'm excited about buying the next DVD when they release it!
|
| Blogger | HaloScan | Levelfield | |
