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Das Boo posted:A Space Ghost CtC-style show with Aku hosting. The Scotsman is Moltar. Scaramouche is Zorak. Scaramouche is dead! Murdered! Scotsman, serve the first course!
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Rhonne posted:Best part of the episode was Aku instantly blowing up Scaramouche Actually I kinda saw this as Scaramouche's head just blowing up on it's own.
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May 15, 2017 07:44
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Gynovore posted:Actually I kinda saw this as Scaramouche's head just blowing up on it's own. Scaramouche was so shocked by Jack having his sword, his mind was blown. 
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May 15, 2017 17:48
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hehe you guys spent 12 years begging for this show to get a "proper ending" and the ending is going to suck. 
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May 15, 2017 21:45
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Pick posted:hehe you guys spent 12 years begging for this show to get a "proper ending" and the ending is going to suck.  I'm still enjoying things.
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May 15, 2017 21:48
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Covok posted:
Same.
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May 15, 2017 21:52
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The romance feels shoehorned regardless of plot or purpose, but then I was never that tremendously invested in Samurai Jack to begin with. I'm still having fun watching.
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May 15, 2017 21:57
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The first three episodes alone are probably one of the greatest pinnacles of television animation so I'm pretty happy with the series no matter how it ends.
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May 15, 2017 21:59
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It's funny if you think of how well-regarded the season would be if the first episodes weren't so great
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May 15, 2017 22:33
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i always really liked how different jack looks when he has long hair, both in the original and in the new one.
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May 15, 2017 22:39
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Acebuckeye13 posted:The first three episodes alone are probably one of the greatest pinnacles of television animation so I'm pretty happy with the series no matter how it ends. This, pretty much. If I had to wade through a little over three hours of Eh for that hour of gold, I'd gladly chance the odds.
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May 15, 2017 23:37
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Romance? Not in MY future samurai cartoon!
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May 15, 2017 23:47
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Acebuckeye13 posted:The first three episodes alone are probably one of the greatest pinnacles of television animation so I'm pretty happy with the series no matter how it ends. I'm one of the people who hates how much Ashi was turned into shallow fanservice. I still think that the first three episodes are worthy of being called great television and animation. What a difference that good plot editing, timing, pacing, etc., can make. I was expecting more Sad Beard Jack for the majority of the show. The first three episodes had a much different direction than what happened after. Looking forward to what happens as a finale.
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May 16, 2017 01:18
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Yeah, I've mentioned it before in conversation, but the longer this season's gone on, the more Ashi strikes a major Mary Sue vibe in my mind.
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Covok posted:
I even liked episode 8. Dick/sex jokes are, and will remain, funny. *audible gasps arise from crowd*
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May 16, 2017 01:42
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she's a mary sue, said someone who has no clue what that means
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May 16, 2017 01:44
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Another thing to consider; Ashi is NOT the only daughter of Aku. The Grand Priestess had seven daughters, not just one. So even if Jack is faced with a "kill Ashi, or a little bit of Aku will always live on", he still can't destroy Aku completely. Even if he were to cut down Ashi, there would still be 6 other scraps of Aku living on (I'm assuming THOSE weren't killed as well). So if this conflict is resolved, it's probably not going to be with Ashi's death; otherwise, we'd have a pretty major plothole. Just something to consider. Fionordequester fucked around with this message at 01:51 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 01:47
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Show took a complete 180 after Aku showed up and now I'm excited for the finale. Overall, I think the show has been great. There are some rough spots, but it's of comparable quality to the original series and I don't see how fans can be disappointed. Only episode 8 was truly bad.
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Fionordequester posted:Another thing to consider; Ashi is NOT the only daughter of Aku. The Grand Priestess had seven daughters, not just one. So even if Jack is faced with a "kill Ashi, or a little bit of Aku will always live on", he still can't destroy Aku completely. Even if he were to cut down Ashi, there would still be 6 other scraps of Aku living on (I'm assuming THOSE weren't killed as well). So if this conflict is resolved, it's probably not going to be with Ashi's death; otherwise, we'd have a pretty major plothole. I think there are a lot of bits of Aku floating around. Like, in the original episode, the one with those seven robot assassins? Aku powered them by pouring a bit of himself into them. Maybe he powered Scaramouche the same way, because when Jack chopped him in half in E1, some black goop cam out.
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May 16, 2017 02:15
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Gynovore posted:I think there are a lot of bits of Aku floating around. Like, in the original episode, the one with those seven robot assassins? Aku powered them by pouring a bit of himself into them. Maybe he powered Scaramouche the same way, because when Jack chopped him in half in E1, some black goop cam out. Robots have been doing that season 1 so I think that's just oil.
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May 16, 2017 02:19
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Anytime I see Ashi in profile all I see is Daisy Duck.
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May 16, 2017 03:03
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Jack will beat Aku and then Ashi, being part Aku, will toss him back into the past with the remnants of Aku's power. I need Jack to get back to the past. It's been a decade! Let the man go home! Hypocrisy fucked around with this message at 03:27 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 03:21
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  Someone can probably do a better job 
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May 16, 2017 03:30
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Now I want Scaramouche's head as an avatar, the blinking bewbs are getting old.
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Fionordequester posted:Another thing to consider; Ashi is NOT the only daughter of Aku. The Grand Priestess had seven daughters, not just one. So even if Jack is faced with a "kill Ashi, or a little bit of Aku will always live on", he still can't destroy Aku completely. Even if he were to cut down Ashi, there would still be 6 other scraps of Aku living on (I'm assuming THOSE weren't killed as well). Uhhh maybe you wanna go back and revisit those earlier episodes?
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May 16, 2017 04:09
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One was just tossed off from the same height that Jack and Ashi survived, another had the same fall after a punch that while presumably broke her neck could easily be retconned otherwise
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raditts posted:Uhhh maybe you wanna go back and revisit those earlier episodes? Right, but I think he means since Jack 'killed' them without his sword, they might still potentially come back somehow in the finale... Though I think that's a long shot.
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It's kind of a shame Ashi was never given the chance to evaluate her sisters. There have to be some interesting questions floating around in her head, recognizing that they had hints of compassion beat from them and wondering if they might have had the same chance for a turnaround that she did. Seems like even after the fact, realizing how your hosed up childhood killed your sisters might result in some survivor's guilt.
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Regalingualius posted:Right, but I think he means since Jack 'killed' them without his sword, they might still potentially come back somehow in the finale... Though I think that's a long shot. I got the feeling that Ashi's Aku part was only fully awakened when Aku brought it out. A nice detail is that they show Boss Ashi tearing and burning up from Jack's sword with the same effect Aku has when cut with it, when earlier she bled normally.
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Das Boo posted:It's kind of a shame Ashi was never given the chance to evaluate her sisters. There have to be some interesting questions floating around in her head, recognizing that they had hints of compassion beat from them and wondering if they might have had the same chance for a turnaround that she did. Seems like even after the fact, realizing how your hosed up childhood killed your sisters might result in some survivor's guilt. Yeah I think there could of been more to explore if Ashi had time to think if what Jack did was actually the right thing. Kind of was expecting a "why me" conversation with Jack, and Jack having to face the fact that he might of did something wrong.
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Did you forget the part in the very next episode after he murderized the sisters when he hallucinated a bunch of birds calling him a murderer?Das Boo posted:It's kind of a shame Ashi was never given the chance to evaluate her sisters. There have to be some interesting questions floating around in her head, recognizing that they had hints of compassion beat from them and wondering if they might have had the same chance for a turnaround that she did. Seems like even after the fact, realizing how your hosed up childhood killed your sisters might result in some survivor's guilt. I think the scenes of them as children were meant to imply that she was the only one of them that had such hints of compassion. raditts fucked around with this message at 04:44 on May 16, 2017 |
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Das Boo posted:It's kind of a shame Ashi was never given the chance to evaluate her sisters. There have to be some interesting questions floating around in her head, recognizing that they had hints of compassion beat from them and wondering if they might have had the same chance for a turnaround that she did. Seems like even after the fact, realizing how your hosed up childhood killed your sisters might result in some survivor's guilt. That would require her to be an actual character, though.
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Regalingualius posted:Right, but I think he means since Jack 'killed' them without his sword, they might still potentially come back somehow in the finale... Though I think that's a long shot. Basically. They may or may not come back; but either way, they're never gonna be rid of Aku if killing the big man himself doesn't do the trick. If Ashi has to be slain as well, then it means they're NEVER truly going to be rid of him; because Jack would then have to go back to wherever he killed the sisters, and finish the job there. And that seems like it would be incredibly hard to do, even if we assume that those "pieces" have lied dormant all this time (which itself is a big assumption). That's why I'm thinking the final episode isn't going to come down to killing Ashi. If anything, killing him will either be incredibly simple (Aku gets sliced to pieces and that's that), or almost impossible (meaning Jack and/or Ashi are going to have to find some other way of pacifying Aku) mycot posted:I got the feeling that Ashi's Aku part was only fully awakened when Aku brought it out. A nice detail is that they show Boss Ashi tearing and burning up from Jack's sword with the same effect Aku has when cut with it, when earlier she bled normally. But it was still there regardless; how else would Aku have been able to smell himself? Fionordequester fucked around with this message at 05:08 on May 16, 2017 |
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May 16, 2017 04:56
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Its weird, Ashi did feel like such a fascinating, developed character in those earlier episodes and yet it all feels for nothing after episode 8. I still like her a lot and really hope she gets better, but now a lot of it feels wasted.
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May 16, 2017 05:26
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The best thing is that Ashi's entire existence can be attributed to Aku rewarding some weird-rear end cultists who called him to look at this sweet statue they made of him.
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May 16, 2017 06:22
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I'm starting to think the dog scientists aren't going to show up and save Jack
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May 16, 2017 06:24
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brocked posted:I'm starting to think the dog scientists aren't going to show up and save Jack It's been 50 years. I'm sure they used all their scientist money to... buy a nice farm to live on.
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raditts posted:
I saw it differently, I guess. Stopping to help her when she slipped, their shared horror at one sister getting thrown across the room, stopping for Ashi's ladybug... They was good kids! 
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PicklePants posted:It's been 50 years. 350 years
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Das Boo posted:I saw it differently, I guess. Stopping to help her when she slipped, their shared horror at one sister getting thrown across the room, stopping for Ashi's ladybug... Yeah. Even putting aside the fact that EVERYONE is capable of mercy and compassion (provided they're motivated, and have the right upbringing), you also have moments like this... The daughters are enraged when one of their own gets thrown around (as children) Ashi's sparring partner stops upon her request (mentioned by Das Boo) One of the sisters try to help Ashi (as teenagers) Takes the time to drag her out of cave, despite their next line of dialogue (as adults) They're subtle moments, but they're still there. Fionordequester fucked around with this message at 10:30 on May 16, 2017 |
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