New TCW battle footage

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I like the style, but the clip was just dull. I've seen more rousing battle footage in the Clone Wars game, let alone TV or film; it's all by-the-numbers, and Anakin's "plan" - what, he hangs back until a few clones are dead, then drops down and toys with the WotW droids while more of his men die before finishing the walkers off with two slices? Really? That's a plan?

I suppose you can easily excuse it as being meant for kids, and deliberately made easy-to-follow, but I'm not sure even kids will find this thrilling.
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Upon reviewing that video again.

Did anyone else see both clones and B-1s taking blaster hits without going down?

Maybe that's why the clones aren't afraid of charging.
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Meh. This is one movie I definitely won't be watching.
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Ender wrote:Man, Obi-wan's voice is so different it just jars me. The tactics were stupid, though if the idea was cause confusion and focus so that Anakin could get in position I guess it makes a bit more sense. And man did the AT-RTs move fast.
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You know if they can't even whip up a short trailer that doesn't look bland what is the actual movie like?
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It does look bland, doesn't it? Yay for another movie with fucking Tatooine in it.
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The unsound tactical methodology of both the GAR and the CIS aside (something that AotC and RotS have steeled me against), I have to say that the clip was remarkably unengaging. The animation style is a bit jarring, but I think the sequence fails more due to visual direction. There's little cohesion between each shot: some, like the bits where Kenobi's troops charge, seem almost like they've been sped up, while others linger on a particular perspective for too long. The voice acting honestly doesn't bother me that much, and there were a few interesting moments, but overall, it does fall flat.
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