Comments on: Airdate: The Clone Wars

By: Renard Gris

Renard Gris — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:15:45 +0000

Obviously ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ has never seen the starship troopers animated series from 1999, no cartoon series has looked so realistic since that was made. It still looks good today and the stories were aimed towards the older audience. The clone wars series should be good, America is already up to episode 6, hopefully they will keep it on tv and not cancel it…

By: Matthew See

Matthew See — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:42:35 +0000

Saturday 12pm is fine with me.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:09 +0000

I would’ve thought this was better suited to a Friday or Saturday night but who knows what Ten is thinking anymore – they have well and truly gone off the boil this year.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:55:11 +0000

Championning!

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:52:12 +0000

David, thanks for reproducing the dramatic echoey repetition in the press release – “Startar Warswars” indeed!

Check out this hilarious one-day cartoon which lampoons The Clone Wars proposition of championning Annikin as the hero of the series…despite the fact that we know what he goes on to do in Episode III: http://www.lilformers.com/index.php/2008/09/15/lil-formers-114-clone-wars/

By: newtaste

newtaste — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:28:28 +0000

No chance of Clone Wars going to 4:00pm on a Friday. It’s when Ten shows their daily ration of ‘C’ programs like Animalia.

Seem to remember Nine showed showed all of the Young Indiana Jones series first run on a Saturday afternoon – repeats got similar treatment.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:32:18 +0000

@Sharpy – You sure you’re not thinking of Indiana Jones? That was inspired by the serials, not Star Wars

By: Sharpy

Sharpy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:55:33 +0000

I would have thought a 6.30pm saturday lead in to a family movie would have been better, but at least it is being screened… Channel 10’s own homage to the saturday morning serial that started the franchise off in the first place..

By: Kirben

Kirben — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:53:13 +0000

Even for a kids show, that is a strange timeslot to use.

Ten made the same mistake with another kids series (Animalia), which started in a 12:00 PM timeslot on Sundays. Animalia later moved to the current timeslot of 4:00 PM every Friday.

Actually 4:00 PM every Friday would be a much better timeslot, with Animalia finishing soon. Star Wars – Clone Wars sounds much better, then the current planned replacement (The Elephant Princess).

By: ali

ali — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:55:09 +0000

I think 3pm on a saturday would be good. 12 is too early and kids should be outside playing not watching tv.

By: Steele

Steele — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:04:42 +0000

The series is average but if your a Star Wars fan it’s worth the watch even if it’s a little “kiddy”. It’s kinda sad that Lucas forgets the original Star Wars was loved by kids yet didn’t pander to them like he seams to do these days.

I was sure the would screen it Friday nights at 730 to get a good fan & kid audience. But I guess us older fans will just keep doing what we’re doing… downloading it!

By: Sillygostly

Sillygostly — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:04:00 +0000

Another stupid move by Ten.

Why not play it out on a weekday afternoon? Hell, I think it could even work on primetime. Surely Clone Wars at 7.30pm on a Friday night can’t do as badly as IRT or Download. Hell, they can even double it up with new Futurama since they should now have four new episodes under their belt.

Bad move, Ten.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:29:57 +0000

Odd time slot though it will proably mean the whole series will get a run and not get pulled…

By: GuanoLad

GuanoLad — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:09:18 +0000

The reason for the unusual timeslot is probably because it’s not for Star Wars fans at all, it’s for kids. Preferably kids under 10yrs old.

And it’s not photo-realistic either, so I don’t know why the reviewer used that phrase (I do CGI as a hobby).

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:49:55 +0000

A friend just sent me a copy of the first few eps, good to know it will now be shown locally.