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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 943969" data-attributes="member: 8704">Yes Anime is the last refuge for the sci fi starved. Oh and Cartoon Network's anime shows are increasing in ratings at a huge rate, Adult Swim has experienced large ratings jumps in every month of this year. In the long run they will be fine and Anime is not going anywhere. <a href="http://adultswim.animationinsider.net/" target="_blank">http://adultswim.animationinsider.net/</a>Star Wars: I'd like to point out that everybody likes to go back to Empire as the High water mark for Star Wars, but few ever point out that a lot of that could be contributed to Directer Irvin Kershner (Richard Marquand directed Jedi; also Lucas didn't write the screenplay for Empire or Jedi, just the original story; Also notice just how little is changed in the special edition Empire by comparison). Lucas did write and direct Phantom and Clones. Yes it's all Lucas but the best one he didn't write or direct. I'd hate to say he has too much input into his own movies now but I am sure that there are not many people who will call him on anything now, 30 years ago that was a different story. Just a few little tidbits to look at when comparing the two series. I'd also like to point out that I like both Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones (the final fight with Darth Maul is one of my all time favorite Star Wars moments old series and new). The problem is that the standard has been set so high by what the first series did that it's hard to reach those levels again, very good is not good enough when compared to great and the first three were some of the best movies ever made, that's real hard to live up to. On the Sci Fi topic, the fact that there are three more Star Wars movies speaks volumes about how important Sci Fi is to movies, unfortuantly the same just doesn't ring true for TV. My personal opinion on TV is that it isn't what it used to be as a whole, of course I missed the whole point to the reality show craze I watch TV to get away from reality. I miss a lot of the good cop dramas and action shows that are gone and I can't think of a sitcom I like that is less than 3 years old.</blockquote>

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