04.22.08
New York Comic Con 2008 Wrap Up: Lucas films/Warner Bros.
Nothing too shocking came out of the Lucas Films panel. They talked a bit about the new Clone Wars movie coming this August along with the show premiering this fall but nothing new was revealed involving these projects. I must put in my two cents for this so called CG animated film as the budget and style really arent convincing me that this belongs on the big screen. Apparently they managed to get their premiere episode into movie theaters and are parading it around as a feature film of some sort. The style of the CG animation feels grosly exaggerated with characters like Dooku with faces so long they could be mistaken for horses. Anakin Skywalkers nose seems to be taking over his face. They took a seemingly cool style that worked in the 2D animated mini episodes and showed us how ugly it would look when fleshed out into three dimensions. We were treated to an unexpected apperance by the minds behind Robot Chicken; Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. They showed a deleted scene from the Robot Chicken Star Wars episode and that was all there was to it.
Warner Bros. was almost non existent at this years con but somehow they made up for a lame speed racer bit (A simple reshowing of the films trailer) by showing us the brand new trailer for this summers Batman sequel The Dark Knight. While not as impressive as the initial reveal of the Joker they now focus a little more on Harvey Dent while of course giving us a little more of Heath Ledgers already brilliant Joker. One particular scene shows Joker meeting with the big crime leaders of Gotham City. As always he makes his intentions very clear, “kill the bat”. One shot shows Harvey Dent face down in what seems like gasoline, and anyone with half a brain can see where that scene is headed. The Dark Knight is doing a good job of teasing us while not giving away all of the money shots. Kudos to WB for throwing us one hell of a bone despite an overwhelmingly dissapointing comic con presence for its biggest summer films.
