tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269071385467004.post7763543923854989791..comments2024-01-23T19:26:48.882-05:00Comments on Julian Perez Conquers the Universe!: I kind of liked General GrievousJulian Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16276143599750947248noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269071385467004.post-12451788571614742832010-06-02T09:13:09.669-04:002010-06-02T09:13:09.669-04:00Yeah, I guess if you hadn't read the book and ...Yeah, I guess if you hadn't read the book and just see him as a robot - instead of a robot with a human brain - that might look a little weird and inexplicable. <br /><br />It isn't so much that the prequels depended on the expanded universe, but that there was a really unhealthy relationship with the expanded universe. The prequels turned to that stuff to explain what they didn't and do right what they did wrong, to get the characterization they didn't. And that's terrible. <br /><br />As for the 40s and 60s Robotman, I always thought he would make a much more frightening and interesting villain than hero. If he's a villain, his human brain would be used to make him sympathetic, pitiable and complex instead of a vicious monster.Julian Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276143599750947248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269071385467004.post-45936683159123454862010-05-31T19:04:06.426-04:002010-05-31T19:04:06.426-04:00I never made it to Episode 3, but Grievous sounds ...I never made it to Episode 3, but Grievous sounds cool, if only because I liked both versions of Robotman (Bob Crane in the 40s and Cliff Steele in the 60s) in the comics.<br /><br />If it's true, though, that the only thing human about him is his brain, I can see where people would be upset about the coughing. No lungs, no throat = no cough.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840878272493564209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250269071385467004.post-1794250886483614742010-05-31T12:07:23.900-04:002010-05-31T12:07:23.900-04:00"Incidentally, I never minded something that ..."Incidentally, I never minded something that drove other people up the wall: the fact General Grievous coughed. I always assumed he was using an early version of the technology that was later perfected for Darth Vader."<br /><br />The reason this drove people up the wall was because it was never explained that Grievous was a cyborg. Alot of people knew that coming in because of the books and/or the Clone Wars cartoon but there were those who read/watched neither so they couldn't understand why you had a coughing robot.<br /><br />This whole post reminds me of our disscussions on how the Star Wars prequels relied WAY TOO MUCH on expanded universe material to tell the storyeduardo M.http://www.myspace.com/edfreynoreply@blogger.com