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Toonami |Nov14| Brought Final Act to Toonami
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Imperial Bishop
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Ummmm....
i-its not normally 50?
Doctor Decimate
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Previously:
Water War
Gungan Attack
It’s time for some good old-fashioned torture in episode 69 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Waterboarding kind of loses its effect when you’re already completely submerged, so Gran Bruce has the next best thing: giant electric eels (Kit Fisto intelligent observes that they’re very dangerous.) Jar Jar and Padme are chained up to some weird underwater shackles, while Fisto (hehe) and Anakin are thrown in their oddly elaborate torture cages. Seriously, just hook these guys up to a car battery or something, there’s no need to go to the trouble of capturing massive eels for this very specific purpose. Anyway, Gran Bruce orders the quarren to poke the eels, which angers the creatures and causes them to give off large amounts of electricity. He asks where the prince is, and he does this while hilariously ending his question with a shark roar, which is even funnier than it would normally be because he asks the question in a rather calm voice before transitioning into, “RAAAAAR.”
We cut to fugitives Lee-Char and Ahsoka discuss a bit of the mon calamari’s history with the quarren. The prince believes that he must unite both of them, and he outlines his plan: get the prisoners to revolt, as they greatly outnumber the Separatists. But he needs Ackbar in order to carry out the plan and after a brief scene where more shark-men arrive to back up Gran Bruce, we see the pair arrive at the prison camp and sneak inside. Some of the mon calamari within talk about how there’s no hope since the prince is dead before noticing Lee-Char, who assures them that he’s working on the whole victory thing before he starts to depart to look for Ackbar. But one of the mon calamari calls him out on leaving them behind, to which Lee-Char says a few more “inspirational” words before uttering this: “The next time I appear to you, I will appear as a king”, like he’s fucking supernatural. THEN HE STRIKES A CHRIST POSE.
Meanwhile, the torture isn’t going very well as Anakin and Fisto (hehe) aren’t talkative types. Gran Bruce bites a small crack in Padme’s helmet to make it begin filling with water and prompt them to divulge the prince’s whereabouts. Back at the prison camp, Lee-Char, who I’m going to refer to as “Jesus” now, and Ahsoka soon locate an injured Ackbar. Ackbar agrees to marshal the troops in preparation to revolt as Jesus explains that the quarren are merely being used, and that their signal will be when the quarren attack the Separatists. A droid witnesses this conversation and arrives with reinforcements to capture Jesus and Ahsoka. Cut back to Gran Bruce interrogating the Jedi, where he receives a call informing him of the prince’s capture. He informs the droid on the other end to bring Jesus to the throne room, and reveals to the quarren leader that he instead has been placed in charge of Mon Calamari, to the surprise of no one else. He swims off and leaves Padme to die. Fisto (hehe) and Anakin try to use the Force to create an air bubble around Padme’s helmet, which is apparently something they can do, but the eels electrocute them and break their concentration. Then Jar Jar, I shit you not, hocks a loogie onto Padme’s helmet in order to plug the hole. He calls this “gungan waterproofing” and says it’s why they swim so well, which you may notice makes no sense whatsoever.
In the throne room, Jesus makes a series of empty threats to Gran Bruce and unsubtle appeals to the quarren leader, who is visibly conflicted. Gran Bruce informs Jesus that he will be publicly executed immediately (…too easy), which the Jedi, Padme, and Jar Jar are taken to observe. Public execution in this case is just Jesus getting mauled by the other shark-men; the quarren leader rescues him just in time as his people quietly arm the prisoners. The battle begins for a third time, only now with the quarren on Jesus’s side and a lot of obvious, lame posing thrown in. Gran Bruce pulls out some special knives, which I would like to point out are just now being introduced, and begins stabbing them into some of his enemies. The knives then explode, which is kind of crazy for a children’s show. Jesus joins the fight and promptly gets the shit beaten out of him, but he manages to grab one of Gran Bruce’s knives. Gran Bruce says the bizarre line of “I killed your father without pity or mercy” before not even attempting to dodge the knife Jesus throws at him, which lodges in his shoulder. He swims toward the prince (quite a bit more slowly than we’ve seen him swim in this series) in an attempt to kill them both, but Jesus manages to shoot the knife and blow it up. As Gran Bruce’s severed head floats toward the sea floor, the quarren leader declares the battle over. Jesus is crowned king and they all live happily ever after.
This is the real opening text for the episode, and it's part of the reason I made the joke one. There is absolutely nothing convincing about Lee-Char earning his kingdom. He hasn't earned the trust of his people, they just follow him for no reason. The very basis of the war is the fact that the quarren don't accept him as king, and he has led his people to defeat on two separate occasions. Not only should they be completely reluctant to follow this guy, they should be mad as hell at him. He does little more than tell everyone to wait and see; the writers are trying to prove a point that they have no idea how to prove. The episode itself falls into the same problems as the last one because of this, and the novelty of the battle scenes has certainly worn off by now (the murky water, which I haven't complained about yet, is also very tiresome at this point.) Gran Bruce's death is awesomely graphic, but it's hurt by the fact that it cheaply comes from a weapon introduced just minutes before. This arc as a whole is pretty much a bust, and it had no business taking up three episodes. Next time, because we just can't get enough, IT'S A JAR JAR BINKS EPISODE!
Grade: C
Imperial Bishop
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Unspeakable Evil
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+1
Cute show
~24 hours from now man. You are not prepared.
Also, a torture episode with Jar Jar in it? Isn't that kind of redundant?
Doctor Decimate
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yup. even worse is that this episode made me realize that the gungans are completely irrelevant to the entire storyline.
Imperial Bishop
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Holy shit at the Droneboning thread in OT.
Doctor Decimate
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the next episode has multiple gungan characters all given a significant amount of screentime. to talk.
That video. I'm like "What the fuck is this? Oh. OHHHH....meh."
Doctor Decimate
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Schadenfreude
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Those aren't bananas?
Doctor Decimate
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Schadenfreude
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It works on the head, just make it bigger.
so because I'm a horrible person (and have a lot of time on my hands), I went ahead a bit in Gurren Lagaan (about episode 15)
and well...it is a weird ride. I go from being all like "well this isn't that great of a show..very overrated" to " WOOOOOOOOOOOOO" constantly.
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Will be interesting re-watching them and seeing what I missed so it's not a loss that I went ahead.
also sorry
and well...it is a weird ride. I go from being all like "well this isn't that great of a show..very overrated" to " WOOOOOOOOOOOOO" constantly.
when LordGenome waltzed out of his gunmen to punch Simon..i had an out of body experience
Will be interesting re-watching them and seeing what I missed so it's not a loss that I went ahead.
also sorry
Schadenfreude
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Can't hold all these broken bonds, man.
BassForever
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We'll forgive you if you SSJ your avatar
Doctor Decimate
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the use of "fair and reasonable" there made me chuckle
Huh, a LOT of repeats. Might have to stay up for the Evas! Glad they can finish off Hellsing after all.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Doctor Decimate
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man, guess they really were strapped for cash
Gucci Messiah
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Too many repeats, will watch Akira and Hellsing
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chicagocubsfan
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Yeah all the repeats are really concerning.
They got Hellsing back? Fuck yeah! Now I don't have to buy the Blu-Ray or look for... other means.
I could buy the Blu-Ray of the whole series eventually...
As for the others:
I'll watch Summer Wars again (awesome movie)
I'll check out Sacred Stars I guess.
I'll watch Broly (never seen it)
Everything else I'll skip.
I could buy the Blu-Ray of the whole series eventually...
As for the others:
I'll watch Summer Wars again (awesome movie)
I'll check out Sacred Stars I guess.
I'll watch Broly (never seen it)
Everything else I'll skip.
Imperial Bishop
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Doctor Decimate
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Schadenfreude
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Whooo! You rock, Lich. Can't wait to see all of Hellsing.
Doctor Decimate
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I wonder if they originally had other stuff planned before the Hellsing issues arose or if the first two weeks were only going to have one movie.
It's a shame though, I really wanted the BE movie. Will try and see Eva though.
Like going to a tiny-ass town in suburban Virginia.
Like going to a tiny-ass town in suburban Virginia.
I bet Broly was the cheapest DBZ movie they could get outside of showing Revenge of Cooler again.
Doctor Decimate
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isn't Broly one of the most popular ones?
Unspeakable Evil
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Kinda expected more new stuff. But Hellsing 9/10 works for me
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