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Mostly I'm disappointed because I think a mentor/father-figure relationship would have made more sense and created more interesting story opportunities.
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That was real awkward and bad, but the real crime, the worst crime, was taking away the wahcha. Unforgivable.
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May 7, 2017 07:27
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Turtlicious posted:I liked it a lot and I thought it was cute. And that's not a bad thing. We all prioritize different things in regards to our shows, and I'm glad you're not afraid to go against popular opinion. Me personally, this episode reminded me way too strongly of the sort of writing you'd see from someone who's just writing their very first romance novel; and that's surprising considering how consistently good the show was up till now. That, and I'm unable to look past how this turn of events would look in the real world. But that doesn't mean you have to feel that way. Fionordequester fucked around with this message at 07:33 on May 7, 2017 |
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May 7, 2017 07:28
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Well, I groaned pretty hard on this one, was hoping it would be a more father/daughter mentor/student thing if she was going to stay around, considering he is 80+ years old+1000 year time skip and she is a teenager that has been mentally and physically abused her entire life, whoooole lot of groaning. If that's where they want to bring her as a character I'd of rather she left as soon as she was carried out of the beast, hell replace this with a episode that is entirely her going off on her own to confront her mother and her cult instead of the last two episodes. Servaetes posted:So like other than him just being kind of a bit of a monster, is there any chance Aku survives? Or is he pretty much irredeemably evil? Your asking if the timeless incarnation of cosmic evil is irredeemably evil...?
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May 7, 2017 07:43
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The only woman that Samurai Jack should love is Aku in disguise
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May 7, 2017 07:45
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Your asking if the timeless incarnation of cosmic evil is irredeemably evil...? Listen he might death ray heroes into dust and run over entire tank lines as a ball, but he's also very, very funny. The clip where he basically mocks the entire premise of the show and pretty much every cartoon I watched as a kid was great
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May 7, 2017 07:52
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I liked it, but I can't say it was great time budgeting. Like if they want a romantic subplot they might as well have that on the way to wherever they're going. Then again, Samurai Jack isn't normally known for being compressed, even when time budget is a factor.
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May 7, 2017 07:59
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Servaetes posted:Listen he might death ray heroes into dust and run over entire tank lines as a ball, but he's also very, very funny. The clip where he basically mocks the entire premise of the show and pretty much every cartoon I watched as a kid was great Comedy is just tragedy plus time.
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May 7, 2017 08:01
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I bet Gendy hates Dean Martin and wants us to hate him too.
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May 7, 2017 08:08
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Guys, this show was originally for kids. Are we really supposed to be surprised that the transition to Adult Swim was not perfect? I laughed a lot at the fanservice romance and only got sad when I realized there were only two episodes left.
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May 7, 2017 08:21
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Snipee posted:Guys, this show was originally for kids. Are we really supposed to be surprised that the transition to Adult Swim was not perfect? I laughed a lot at the fanservice romance and only got sad when I realized there were only two episodes left. I mean, Season 5 STARTED OUT really well in towing that line. And now it's doing a...decidedly not-so-good job at it.
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May 7, 2017 08:23
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I'm remembering some weeks back when that second episode premiered and how I was just floored at the quality. The cinematography, the choreography, the pacing, the backgrounds, the music. I watched it several times and admired everything that went into it. How cool is it to do this tier of quality in a TV show, where you don't have the constraints of a movie? You can develop better characters, deeper atmosphere and take the time to build suspense without worrying about wrapping up the plot in 90 minutes. And all the cool, meditative, artistic shots can fit in with room to spare for comedic scenes. gently caress, this is great! And then here we are. 
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May 7, 2017 08:31
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Das Boo posted:I'm remembering some weeks back when that second episode premiered and how I was just floored at the quality. The cinematography, the choreography, the pacing, the backgrounds, the music. I watched it several times and admired everything that went into it. How cool is it to do this tier of quality in a TV show, where you don't have the constraints of a movie? You can develop better characters, deeper atmosphere and take the time to build suspense without worrying about wrapping up the plot in 90 minutes. And all the cool, meditative, artistic shots can fit in with room to spare for comedic scenes. gently caress, this is great! Dude this episode was bad, but all the other episodes have been great. Come on now. There's always one clunker in something and this was it I suppose. In fact I know what bothers me about it. It reminds me of the stupid Killing Joke romance between Batgirl and Batman. Super forced and hamfisted and really awkward to watch.
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May 7, 2017 08:44
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Asuron posted:Come on now. There's always one clunker in something and this was it I suppose. In fact I know what bothers me about it. It reminds me of the stupid Killing Joke romance between Batgirl and Batman. Super forced and hamfisted and really awkward to watch. Well, yet.
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May 7, 2017 08:58
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Lol, so I just checked Wikipedia, and it confirmed that Tara Strong voiced Batgirl in that film too. How does she get so many leading roles? Are there only a small number of competent voice actors in the country?
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May 7, 2017 09:19
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She has one of those voices that easily fits a lot of different roles without her really having to do anything to her voice, and she has tons of experience.
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May 7, 2017 10:00
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Hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Snipee posted:Are there only a small number of competent voice actors in the country? Yes, actually.
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May 7, 2017 10:25
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Das Boo posted:Alright. Bobbin Threadbare posted:Mostly I'm disappointed because I think a mentor/father-figure relationship would have made more sense and created more interesting story opportunities. Yeah. Lowest point of the show. So far. 
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May 7, 2017 10:57
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my dad posted:Yeah. Lowest point of the show. So far. Well, look at it this way. This entire episode was an episode in excess; filled with stuff that could've easily been cut with no consequence. So it seems the schedule isn't SO crunched that Gendy couldn't work in his burgeoning romantic story ideas. And this is a guy who literally goes into monologues about all the cool and exciting stuff they're doing with the show. So if he's THAT animated about making his ideas become reality...then there's a good chance we're in for one heck of a ride with Episodes 9 and 10. We've got a potential Guardian rematch, we've got the final match-up between Aku and Jack, the Scotsman's Force Ghost...lots of stuff that could turn out really well.
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this might just be an epileptic tree here, but maybe this is fish-face jack  this is a pansexual pride flag if we rotate fish faced jack…  we can see that his colors mark up to be p similar with the pan pride flag, aside from the use of orange in the middle instead and the teal ear flipper #idk #take it as you will #i just wanted me some fish faced samurai #also yeah im implying that someone on the team is suggesting jacks orietation #is pansexual #could also be that these colours are v striking and look good arranged this way on a black bg and someone just wanted to use them #but why an arrangement like this
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Moon Slayer posted:this might just be an epileptic tree here, but maybe Well, it was true with those mountains in Korra. But this doesn't really look right. Maybe if the orange part was actually yellow. Also, I don't really think many people even know what pansexuality is, let alone what their pride flag looks like.
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May 7, 2017 13:24
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Das Boo posted:I'm remembering some weeks back when that second episode premiered and how I was just floored at the quality. The cinematography, the choreography, the pacing, the backgrounds, the music. I watched it several times and admired everything that went into it. How cool is it to do this tier of quality in a TV show, where you don't have the constraints of a movie? You can develop better characters, deeper atmosphere and take the time to build suspense without worrying about wrapping up the plot in 90 minutes. And all the cool, meditative, artistic shots can fit in with room to spare for comedic scenes. gently caress, this is great! Normally I don't get how goons turn on things in order to go "hot take: X was never good  ", I'm actually feeling this myself.  I believe I have some rationale for it though, since establishing a relationship this early means it's almost certainly going to play a part in the finale in a really stupid way. Something like Ashi hanging off of one cliff, while Aku is dangling off another.
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May 7, 2017 14:20
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I made the same face at this episode that I would have if my child had told me they were into ageplay and were wearing a diaper right then.
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May 7, 2017 15:03
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Well, ashi probably has the mental capacity of a 10 year old, so you kind of did hear that
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Das Boo posted:I'm remembering some weeks back when that second episode premiered and how I was just floored at the quality. The cinematography, the choreography, the pacing, the backgrounds, the music. I watched it several times and admired everything that went into it. How cool is it to do this tier of quality in a TV show, where you don't have the constraints of a movie? You can develop better characters, deeper atmosphere and take the time to build suspense without worrying about wrapping up the plot in 90 minutes. And all the cool, meditative, artistic shots can fit in with room to spare for comedic scenes. gently caress, this is great! 
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this episode was pretty bad, but like, I didn't think it was so bad that it made me retroactively question the quality of the series
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Mostly I'm disappointed because I think a mentor/father-figure relationship would have made more sense and created more interesting story opportunities. Yeah, this is where I'm at. It's definitely disappointing that they've gone this route, but I still have hope that the last two episodes will be able to bring back at least a little bit of the season's initial pacing and quality.
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May 7, 2017 15:23
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Were you people all former Zutara shippers or something. Ashi is an adult. So is Jack. Nothing ever suggested he was anything but heterosexual before. The whole premise of Jack and Ashi was based on Genndy's original childhood conception of Samurai Jack, where he and a girlfriend wandered a post apocalyptic wasteland.
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May 7, 2017 15:37
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We all saw it, lemme get it out of my system before I go to bed. *Sigh* More heterosexuals AGAIN. Couldn’t be platonic, or just be easily ignoreable straight subtext, like they afford all the straighties whenever we get “lgbt representation” nope. I can live with this, I have lived with it my whole life, it’s fine. … BUT GODDAMNED HETEROSEXUALS!!! I’ll still watch next episode anyway, because Samurai Jack is still cool.
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RonJeremysBalzac posted:Were you people all former Zutara shippers or something. Ashi is an adult. So is Jack. Nothing ever suggested he was anything but heterosexual before. The whole premise of Jack and Ashi was based on Genndy's original childhood conception of Samurai Jack, where he and a girlfriend wandered a post apocalyptic wasteland. I don't know how you could read any of the posts of the last page or two and come out thinking it must be that people are upset Jack didn't hook up with his real equal, the Scotsman . Edit: oh yeah, come to think of it there actually a thing about people complaining about Aang being too immature wasn't there. I think the problem with that came from Katara being written too old for her age if anything. mycot fucked around with this message at 15:45 on May 7, 2017 |
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May 7, 2017 15:42
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Roth posted:The only woman that Samurai Jack should love is Aku in disguise Who's to say Aku didn't actually have a proper hand in creating Ashi beyond what was seen and she's something like his daughter or that one clayface clonegirl in Batman? Also, yes, Tara Strong seems to be in a lot of weird cartoon romance roles, it might at this point be either typecasting or she actively asks for those gigs?
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May 7, 2017 15:56
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the moment they got in the bus i knew when i check on this thread, it would be full of complaints
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May 7, 2017 15:58
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evilmiera posted:Who's to say Aku didn't actually have a proper hand in creating Ashi beyond what was seen and she's something like his daughter or that one clayface clonegirl in Batman? She goes for any work she can get. Voice Acting doesn't pay especially well unless you're doing VA work for the Simpsons.
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May 7, 2017 16:03
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Ashi's gonna die
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May 7, 2017 16:06
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Sjs00 posted:Ashi's gonna die Yeah, die the little death.
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May 7, 2017 16:09
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RonJeremysBalzac posted:Yeah, die the little death. Personally I'm betting on eye-laserbeams
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Servaetes posted:Shame there wasn't any Aku or Scaramouche or even ghost Jedi Scotsman. Is the last episode of the season a hour long or just 30? This guy gets it.
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