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Das Boo posted:I want to speculate! He has antlers, making him a creature of Aku 
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Mar 27, 2017 07:43
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i think it's the dude who stole jack's sword and he's just taunting jack at every moment to be a dick
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Mar 27, 2017 07:46
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Or perhaps the one who recovered it, intending to give it back. But if Jack lost hope alongside the sword, it could be he's waiting until Jack's back to his old self before considering him worthy of taking up the blade again.
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Mar 27, 2017 08:06
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mandatory lesbian posted:i think it's the dude who stole jack's sword and he's just taunting jack at every moment to be a dick "Come on man, you know you want the Sword."
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Mar 27, 2017 08:54
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exmarx posted:He has antlers, making him a creature of Aku Shoulda killed Bambi's dad when we had the chance...
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Mar 27, 2017 09:10
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Hypocrisy posted:You people gotta stop killing Jack in your predictions. Jack will be fine. He's gonna go back to the past. Roobanguy posted:i believe in jack going back to the past.
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Mar 27, 2017 09:42
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Next 3 episode summaries from TV guide Episode 4-Jack and Ashi escape a giant monster gut Episode 5-Jack manages to lose her and goes on a solo adventure where he gets to be a hero again by saving a bunch of people from becoming Matrix batteries Episode 6-Ashi searches for Jack and meets some of the people he's helped Should be interesting, 10 is obviously the final battle.
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Mar 27, 2017 11:44
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exmarx posted:He has antlers, making him a creature of Aku That actually brings up a good point. The horseman looks scary, and the antlers have made people think of Aku, but this episode made a point of showing that just because something has antlers doesn't mean it's associated with Aku or evil. The same probably holds true for this spectre.
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Mar 27, 2017 12:29
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The specter, in a way, has snapped Jack out of his hallucinations, and lead him towards safety. Either by scaring him away, or drawing his attention to something. Of course... there's always this theory 
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Mar 27, 2017 13:44
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Mar 27, 2017 14:11
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Hypocrisy posted:You people gotta stop killing Jack in your predictions. Jack will be fine. He's gonna go back to the past. He's gotta get back. Goons making up grimdark hero-death fantasies that fly in the face of logical storytelling is a tale as old as the forums.
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Mar 27, 2017 16:33
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Aaaaaaaaaaaa this show is SO drat GOOD. Is it true that the next ep got postponed for a couple weeks?
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Mar 27, 2017 17:07
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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mandatory lesbian posted:i think it's the dude who stole jack's sword and he's just taunting jack at every moment to be a dick it's the scotsman and he's going to give Jack an earful about how he kept running from him like a pansy
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Mar 27, 2017 17:42
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I'm pretty sure the horseman must be some aspect of Jack because it always appears with the rest of Jack's hallucinations (Ghost Dad, Ghost Mom, Ghost Young Jack). Blue Jack is a weird combination of guilt, honor, and... wanting to give up? Slime posted:That actually brings up a good point. The horseman looks scary, and the antlers have made people think of Aku, but this episode made a point of showing that just because something has antlers doesn't mean it's associated with Aku or evil. The same probably holds true for this spectre. Also Samurai Jack is extremely color coded and the colors of Aku (black, red, or green) generally mark something as evil or dangerous.
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Mar 27, 2017 17:57
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I really think the jack's-blood-as-Aku floating down the river is an important tidbit to signify that Aku has now been a bigger part of Jack's life than his actual life. Like he was between 25-35 when he gets blown into the future... and now he's in his 60-70's, eating squirrels and demolishing robots... and now Jack is finally forced to kill real people to do what he has to do. He has stared into the abyss long enough, I think Antler Shogun Jack is a foregone conclusion. If it turns out to be some Darth Vader in a tree thing I'll be kinda let down.
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Mar 27, 2017 18:23
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Chokes McGee posted:it's the scotsman and he's going to give Jack an earful about how he kept running from him like a pansy i'm okay with this too
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Mar 27, 2017 18:37
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If Ashi becomes Jack's successor like people are predicting, then Jack's gonna go into a new sword.
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Mar 27, 2017 19:00
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Onmi posted:The specter, in a way, has snapped Jack out of his hallucinations, and lead him towards safety. Either by scaring him away, or drawing his attention to something. That is just perfect. I shouldn't have laughed my rear end off at this,but for some reason I did.
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Mar 27, 2017 19:23
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mycot posted:I'm pretty sure the horseman must be some aspect of Jack because it always appears with the rest of Jack's hallucinations (Ghost Dad, Ghost Mom, Ghost Young Jack). Blue Jack is a weird combination of guilt, honor, and... wanting to give up? I think Blue Jack is mostly a Devil's Advocate figure who confronts him with whatever emotions he doesn't want to deal with.
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Mar 27, 2017 19:35
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Pants Donkey posted:Did anyone feel this episode kiiiiiinda pushed the limits of Jack's own abilities? Takes a knife to the gut, bleeds while going down a river for who knows how long, takes the knife out, waits a while before doing a hasty, primitive stitch job, and then fought six well-trained ladies in the snow in his underwear. Well if he doesn't age maybe he also has very weak regen and invulnerability. Aku needs more skill points in time magic.
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Mar 27, 2017 19:44
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WHY BONER NOW posted:If Ashi becomes Jack's successor like people are predicting, then Jack's gonna go into a new sword. Why do people keep saying this? Jack's Dad didn't fully become the sword or even like "live on" as an astral being or whatever inside of it. The original was forged from the "Righteous Energy within [Jack's Dad]", not even his soul. I mean they could go with that. But Jack's/Jack's Dad's sword isn't some soul edge that houses the souls of the previous wielder.
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Mar 27, 2017 20:10
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Crazy fan theory time: Ashi will get a copy of Jack's sword from another point in time, she will defeat Aku in the future while Jack defeats him in the past. We'll then find out that, due to Aku's time magic, he actually created a split timeline, so while Jack's past is saved from Aku's evil, the future he spent all those years in still exists. The series ends with Jack finally living happily in the past with his family, while Ashi follows in his footsteps and works to make the future a better place without Aku.
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Mar 27, 2017 21:09
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Better theory: Jack will enlist the aid of Johnny Bravo, his long time pal from Cartoon Network interstitials. Aku will turn into a woman, like in that one episode where he turns into a woman to gently caress with Jack for no reason, and marry Johnny Bravo and everyone will live happily every after.
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Mar 27, 2017 21:46
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Best theory: Jack recovers his sword, partners with Ashi and kills Aku in the past. They both go through the Guardian's portal to the past and kill Aku in the past. Jack marries Ashi, they have lots of little samurai babies, and they all live happily ever after despite Goons being a bunch of angsty Negative Nancy's.
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Mar 27, 2017 21:59
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Hypothetically, would a possibly Samurai Ashi continuation (regardless of ending) be something that could possibly maintain the artistic values of Jack.
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Mar 27, 2017 21:59
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Nude posted:Something to note in episode two, Jack looks out of a crack (when hiding from the woman warriors) sees the shadowy horse figure through the crack, and then run towards the figure. I might be reaching a bit here but I don't think Jack is afraid of the shadowy figure. I really like the way the shadowy figure is presented, you can't get a clear grasp on whether it's a good omen or bad one. I forgot that part, makes it clear that the Green Samurai is in opposition of Blue Jack's goals, although with that shot it makes me wonder if the antlered one is the mission itself or maybe even the sword calling to Jack in a sense to continue on. When Jack gets excited and wants to go where the Green Samurai is or at least the temple in his direction, Blue Jack flips out because it isn't Jack giving in and giving up. When we first see Jack he's wearing a dark green shirt and leggings underneath all his other assorted not magic sword weapons and tools, armed to the teeth like the Green Samurai and with his own little mechanical horse just on the move, searching for the sword or just drifting along. It might be the part of him that still wants to go on with the fight, and in Jack's mental state, why not dress like and act like that silent warrior in the hope of continuing on somehow. Crabtree fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Mar 27, 2017 |
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Mar 27, 2017 22:04
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I hope ghost Jack becomes even more distorted and hilarious in the next episode. I cannot get enough of tall psychotic evil ghost jack.
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Mar 27, 2017 22:08
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Hemingway To Go! posted:I hope ghost Jack becomes even more distorted and hilarious in the next episode. I cannot get enough of tall psychotic evil ghost jack. He had Aku's proportions this time.
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Mar 27, 2017 22:21
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Crain posted:Why do people keep saying this? Jack's Dad didn't fully become the sword or even like "live on" as an astral being or whatever inside of it. The original was forged from the "Righteous Energy within [Jack's Dad]", not even his soul. There's always the possibility that the sword needs to be reforged with righteous energy and Jack and Ashi both need to share their collective might to empower the sword and make it even stronger, enough to handle all the bullshit magic of Aku. Onmi posted:He had Aku's proportions this time. Didn't Aku at one point possess Jack? It'd be kind of funny if that actually is a part of him that's been lingering and festering off of Jack over the 50 years he's not found that drat sword.
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Mar 27, 2017 22:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ms-UQI1Sv4
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Mar 27, 2017 22:32
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IronSaber posted:Best theory: Jack recovers his sword, partners with Ashi and kills Aku in the past. They both go through the Guardian's portal to the past and kill Aku in the past. Jack marries Ashi, they have lots of little samurai babies, and they all live happily ever after despite Goons being a bunch of angsty Negative Nancy's. would rather ashi be his worthy successor then lover, im not sure why that's angsty to you tho
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Mar 27, 2017 22:34
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yeah like i get where you're coming from but maaaaaaaaybe finishing my sci-fi samurai epic with 70 year old Jack marrying a psychologically damaged 16 year old girl (or whatever, even if she's 30 it's still weird) is not the classiest set of slippers to go out in.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:01
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All I want is for Jack to get back to the past, kill Aku, and chill out for the rest of his life.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:20
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The final fight should be Jack and Ashi vs both the Aku of the future and the Aku of the past at the same time.
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Mar 27, 2017 23:31
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Bust Rodd posted:yeah like i get where you're coming from but maaaaaaaaybe finishing my sci-fi samurai epic with 70 year old Jack marrying a psychologically damaged 16 year old girl (or whatever, even if she's 30 it's still weird) is not the classiest set of slippers to go out in. My thoughts exactly. Therapists are never allowed to date their clients until a number of years passed since they terminated the relationship; and if this story's going how it looks like it's going, Jack's going to basically be put in the therapist role. Fionordequester fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mar 28, 2017 00:11
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Crain posted:Why do people keep saying this? Jack's Dad didn't fully become the sword or even like "live on" as an astral being or whatever inside of it. The original was forged from the "Righteous Energy within [Jack's Dad]", not even his soul.  Eh I dunno, I'm not well versed in the lore of the series, but it seems like an obvious way to bookend things, especially if Jack is going to pass the mantle. It would be interesting if they were told definitively "the sword is gone forever" and had to make a new one.
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Mar 28, 2017 00:14
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I'm thinking that the next episode will be the start of Jack starting to hunt for his sword now that he's found his groove again. Comedy option: the Daughters of Aku matriarch has had it all this time, somehow.
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Mar 28, 2017 00:21
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Hemingway To Go! posted:I hope ghost Jack becomes even more distorted and hilarious in the next episode. I cannot get enough of tall psychotic evil ghost jack. Ghost Jack was super cool and stylish this episode and made me want some kind of more traditional samurai story with similarly exaggerated characters. Like I was watching that Jack and just thought it looked absolutely perfect for that sort of thing.
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Mar 28, 2017 00:42
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Regalingualius posted:I'm thinking that the next episode will be the start of Jack starting to hunt for his sword now that he's found his groove again. Someone earlier thought it would be cool if, just as Jack closes in on the sword, Aku learns he doesn't have it and rushes to Jack and there's a tense race. Judging from the storytelling talent we've seen in just these three episodes, that would be loving awesome.
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WHY BONER NOW posted:Someone earlier thought it would be cool if, just as Jack closes in on the sword, Aku learns he doesn't have it and rushes to Jack and there's a tense race. Judging from the storytelling talent we've seen in just these three episodes, that would be loving awesome.
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