Re: (OT) And, In Conclusion -- Star Wars - The Clone Wars
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Re: (OT) And, In Conclusion -- Star Wars - The Clone Wars         

Group: rec.arts.animation · Group Profile
Author: Obveeus
Date: Aug 23, 2008 13:34

On Aug 22, 7:46 am, "Pete Holland Jr." uti.com> wrote:
> I understand that.  My problem with the comedy is that it interfers
> with the Big Picture, if you will.  You are right that goofy robot
> humor has been a staple of there series, but it's gotten either more
> lame or simply less funny, like the droid torture scenes in Return Of
> The Jedi.  The humor not only interrupts the attempted mood of the
> scene, but makes you question the effectiveness of the droids.
> Considering the SW universe has basically evolved true artificial
> intelligence, it doesn't make sense for the droids to behave the way
> they do in "Clone Wars".

I put forth the argument that the Star Wars universe largely gave up
on droids/artificial intelligence as a good combat system. The droid
armies were rendered obsolete/useless by the clone army. Now, maybe
if those droids had kept their mind on the ball instead of making lame
jokes and forgetting orders and failing to hear and etc....
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