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I mean this is nothing new to Samurai Jack. He's, on the reg, just casually slaughtered a few hundred beetle robots before. It's like, his thing. I don't know why it's any different when Ashi does it to some orcs.
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May 2, 2017 20:00
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Glagha posted:I mean this is nothing new to Samurai Jack. He's, on the reg, just casually slaughtered a few hundred beetle robots before. It's like, his thing. I don't know why it's any different when Ashi does it to some orcs. Jack always has his sword, and usually some kind of help or plan. Like waaay back at the start of the series with the beetle army, he had help from the talking dogs. Here, Ashi did some Looney Tunes style bulldozing and then punched the army to death without receiving a single wound. Jack's never been able to do that.
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May 2, 2017 20:05
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Its literally his first fight in the future. The battle bot army and the 3(4?) Dogs. E;fb ^^Still though killing legions of enemies is a super common thing in this show. There was this assassin drone horde that he beat with a bamboo cane.
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May 2, 2017 20:06
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Its literally his first fight in the future. And he had practically an entire day of prep-time. Setting traps, utilizing new weapons, making armor. That, and he got in that bar brawl too.
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May 2, 2017 20:05
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What about here when Jack beats 50 bazillion sword robots with a single swing each with a stick. Like he literally spends a while just baseball swinging back and forth while robots walk into his stick.
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May 2, 2017 20:08
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I'm not opposed to Ashi taking out an entire army. But it came at the expense of her fight with Mother, which had waaaay more potential and suffered from the constraint.
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May 2, 2017 20:56
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Glagha posted:What about here when Jack beats 50 bazillion sword robots with a single swing each with a stick. Like he literally spends a while just baseball swinging back and forth while robots walk into his stick. Guy didn't even lose his clothes either. You know he's super powerful when you're army can't even manage that MUCH. Das Boo posted:I'm not opposed to Ashi taking out an entire army. But it came at the expense of her fight with Mother, which had waaaay more potential and suffered from the constraint. I will agree with this complaint though. I don't even understand why Mother was with them, either. At no other point was there any indication that the cult was in league with an army of trolls; and I also don't understand why she thought she'd be able to kill Jack when her seven daughters failed. Nothing about that makes logical sense unless you look at it from the perspective of "oh shoot, we gotta wrap this show up quick".
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May 2, 2017 21:05
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Das Boo posted:I'm not opposed to Ashi taking out an entire army. But it came at the expense of her fight with Mother, which had waaaay more potential and suffered from the constraint. this is a legit complaint, and also one i can somewhat agree with, i would have liked to see more of the play of their fight, i liked how mother's main mission was killing jack rather then ashi i guess the contrast was meant to be seeing how ashi fights when it's to kill people ala the army vs when she 's trying to protect people
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May 2, 2017 21:35
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Even odds that Ashi's mother isn't even dead, and will return when Jack fights Aku for a properly extended and gratuitous combat with Ashi so she has something to do that episode.
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May 2, 2017 21:38
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May 2, 2017 22:24
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biracial bear for uncut posted:I'm familiar with this clip where Mace Windu does that, but never really got around to watching all of the episodes. Star Wars Clone Wars is good poo poo. and it's too bad it's also the only time General Grievous is badass. Also I love how in this miniepisode, the bad guys super weapon is a giant hammer thing.
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May 3, 2017 00:07
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Das Boo posted:I'm not opposed to Ashi taking out an entire army. But it came at the expense of her fight with Mother, which had waaaay more potential and suffered from the constraint. Yeah I think the episode would have been served better by axing the army altogether and expanding the Mother fight.
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May 3, 2017 00:14
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Yeah, I could see something like Ashi getting bored, starting to nod off... then suddenly jerking awake and just barely managing to catch her mother's arrow. We then still get a no-holds barred battle of them destroying the ruins that cuts to and from Jack's tea house adventures.
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May 3, 2017 00:19
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Extending the fight with the mother might have been cooler, yeah. Then again it might have been difficult to actually extend that fight by much, simply because the mother's goal was "kill Jack" not "kill Ashi" and there's only so many ways you can have Ashi barely stop her mother from planting a dagger in Jack's head.
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May 3, 2017 18:35
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I think there should have been some internal conflict with Ashi in that scene...she's trying to overcome years and years of programming, some hesitation or self doubt would've made the scene more interesting. That could've happened instead of her slaughtering an entire army in a consequence-free fight.
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May 3, 2017 18:44
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If they had to keep the army, I'd want it to be like > Army approaches with Aku's flags > Some internal Jack scenes > Cut to the army already dead at Ashi's hand, but tired and worn-out > High Priestess Boss Fight
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May 3, 2017 19:02
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That's what I'd have wanted but it goes *army approaches *ashi tells the general to turn around *he smiles *Jack's teahouse scene *general orc is bloodstained and terrified running heater-smelter over a pile of corpses and beatle drones * Ashi picks him off with her kusari-gama from long range Bust Rodd fucked around with this message at 20:55 on May 3, 2017 |
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May 3, 2017 19:27
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WHY BONER NOW posted:I think there should have been some internal conflict with Ashi in that scene...she's trying to overcome years and years of programming, some hesitation or self doubt would've made the scene more interesting. That could've happened instead of her slaughtering an entire army in a consequence-free fight. Personally I'm kind of happy that there wasn't a scene like that. Ashi still showed just a tiny hint of hesitation when Mother asked her to destroy Jack and held up her knife, watching it for a second or two and showing indecision before rejecting her and voicing why - and that's enough for me. I prefer that it wasn't a long and drawn out scene. She already sweated over that indecision when faced with the lie of her life a few episodes ago, so I'm happy she just considered the option and rejected it quickly when confronted. What I would have liked is for her to show regret after killing Mother in the first place, even if only looking sadly over the cliff for a second or two. Which just goes to show they couldn't please everyone no matter they did I guess, so presumably they just pleased themselves. I still liked enough of it to not mind at least.
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May 3, 2017 21:46
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I'm just impressed with how good a weapon that horn made.
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May 3, 2017 22:37
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tsob posted:What I would have liked is for her to show regret after killing Mother in the first place, even if only looking sadly over the cliff for a second or two. Yeah I'm with you on this one, a moment of reflection would've added some weight.
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May 4, 2017 03:36
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Maybe Ashi simply isn't the type of person to deeply reflect once they realize their entire childhood was an abusive lie. It's not as though she hasn't had time to think about all this during her travels.
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May 4, 2017 03:43
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Yeah, I was pretty convinced she was sure about her decision about not wanting to kill Jack anymore once she'd confronted the strange Mom-vision in the sky and refused to kill him then. And then she goes on to search for him after he goes to a graveyard to execute himself and ends up meeting all those people he's helped. Sooooooo, I think having another revelation about it to her mom would be taking a step back. If she was sure of her decision but stumbling to say it because her mom had her and her sisters beaten regularly for however long training went then sure, that could work. 
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May 4, 2017 04:40
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May 4, 2017 05:11
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I know she took an arrow through the spine and fell off a cliff, but we've seen Ashi plummet to her doom wrapped in a chain and Jack survive having his liver carved out and bleeding for days in a cave so I'm not 100% sure we won't get another Ashi/Mother throw-down in the future.
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May 4, 2017 06:18
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Chokes McGee posted:I know she took an arrow through the spine and fell off a cliff, but we've seen Ashi plummet to her doom wrapped in a chain and Jack survive having his liver carved out and bleeding for days in a cave so I'm not 100% sure we won't get another Ashi/Mother throw-down in the future. Two of Ashi's sisters died from falling, and more than that there's not many episodes left. I'd think it's safe to say that Ashi's mom is pretty dead.
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May 4, 2017 06:40
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Chokes McGee posted:I know she took an arrow through the spine and fell off a cliff, but we've seen Ashi plummet to her doom wrapped in a chain and Jack survive having his liver carved out and bleeding for days in a cave so I'm not 100% sure we won't get another Ashi/Mother throw-down in the future. Ashi was the strongest of all of them after all. Granted, she wasn't injured pre-fall though so that might've had something to do with it.
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May 4, 2017 06:47
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Oh, that reminds me- Mother had a line earlier saying Ashi was always the weakest. I thought at the time that was a pretty interesting choice, making it not so much that she was the best of her sisters but that she was left by merit of not being the most imminent threat. I thought it'd be neat to have a main character be the worst of the best along side the best of the best. But I guess she was actually the best, she just had a thing for ladybugs.
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May 4, 2017 06:57
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I believe the rationale is that she was the strongest and most deadly pupil, but the 'weakest' emotionally. That the training took well but the brainwashing didn't.
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May 4, 2017 07:13
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Metrofreak posted:I believe the rationale is that she was the strongest and most deadly pupil, but the 'weakest' emotionally. That the training took well but the brainwashing didn't. Yeah, she refused to become all about the purpose of her and her sisters. Kill the samurai. But, there wasn't really anything beyond that so I guess if they'd succeeded they'd then be told to kill each other and the last one would get to be a sacrifice to Aku? That sounds like the most cult-y answer to things I could come up with.
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May 4, 2017 07:25
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Metrofreak posted:I believe the rationale is that she was the strongest and most deadly pupil, but the 'weakest' emotionally. That the training took well but the brainwashing didn't. I know. I was just hoping they meant overall weakest because that's be a pretty neat route to take. That the weakest sister survived.
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May 4, 2017 07:27
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Das Boo posted:I know. I was just hoping they meant overall weakest because that's be a pretty neat route to take. That the weakest sister survived. It could well be. The mother strikes me as manipulative to a fault. Whether she's criticizing or praising Ashi depends on how she's trying to trust her at that given moment. Sympathy or shame. You were the strongest -> You can be that again, kill the samurai, redeem yourself. You were always the weakest -> you can be strong, kill the samurai. Plus, she did world the least close quarter weapon, even if she were the 'best' asking them, I doubt she was as strong as the one with the ogre club or as agile as the one with the katana.
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May 4, 2017 07:40
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Okay, to focus on something petty today instead of something awful, I'm very annoyed that Google Play still hasn't added the latest episode after five days. At this point I'm just going to stop buying seasons in advance if I'm going to have to wait a random number of days to get things I've already paid for that are showing up already on Amazon.
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May 4, 2017 18:31
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Rand Brittain posted:Okay, to focus on something petty today instead of something awful, I'm very annoyed that Google Play still hasn't added the latest episode after five days. Yeah, google play is the loving worst at this crap. Same boat.
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May 4, 2017 18:36
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Tonight is the night. Tonight, there will be a BURGEONING!
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May 6, 2017 23:18
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Fionordequester posted:Tonight is the night. Tonight, there will be a BURGEONING! A Jackening will happen tonight.
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May 7, 2017 03:52
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Zoidberg appears!
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May 7, 2017 04:04
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 I can't believe there was a time I thought these two weren't gonna bone like rabbits.
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May 7, 2017 04:06
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And you fuckers thought Samurai Jack was going to avoid cliches and fanservice. Bone the 18 year old, Jack. Bone them. Give em the old 80 year old D. edit: I was one of those fuckers too. 
EagerSleeper fucked around with this message at 04:14 on May 7, 2017 |
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