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Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Somberbrero posted:

I've been rewatching back from the beginning and I have a lot of thoughts. Mostly, the reboot is much better.

It's not a reboot tho?

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Turtlicious
Sep 17, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
They marketed it super poorly with the whole "Jack is Back." ads, no-one I've talked too realizes it's only going to be a 10 episode long mini-series, they think it's a full on reboot.

Somberbrero posted:

I've been rewatching back from the beginning and I have a lot of thoughts. Mostly, the reboot is much better.

Case in point lmao.

Das Boo
Jun 9, 2011

There was a GHOST here.
It's gone now.
It just never crossed my mind that this property in particular could be regarded as an empty cash grab. I get some of my favorite pieces of media are exactly that now. Like, I know not to be excited for any-loving-thing adapted from a horror property I love. But this is a finale developed by the creator for a show whose fanbase is either 15 years removed or covet it for it's animation style. This wasn't even one of the huge flagship pieces from CN, it got kinda niche. It'd be a hell of an odd way to go about things if the goal is to just make tons of money.

The Powerpuff Girls reboot's how you approach that.

Somberbrero
Feb 14, 2009

ꜱʜʀɪᴍᴘ?
I liked Sym-Bionic Titan quite a lot at the time.

The Ol Spicy Keychain
Jan 17, 2013

I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE
That was a loving great first episode. Scaramouche stole the show.

Well Manicured Man
Aug 21, 2010

Well Manicured Mort
I was worried the new season would go too hard with the bleak "It's fifty years later and Jack is a traumatized mess" premise and wouldn't capture the wackier aspects of the series.

And then Scaramouche showed up and called Aku on his cell phone :allears:

mycot
Oct 23, 2014

"It's okay. There are other Terminators! Just give us this one!"
Hell Gem
Despite there being almost no Samurai Jack merch, it still somehow got two lovely licensed games while it was running - one for the GBA and one for the PlayStation 2. This almost sounds like the start of a goon project.

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART
That's hardly an achievement. In 2003, you could fart in a jar and someone would make a crappy GBA and PS2 game about it.

flavor.flv
Apr 18, 2008

I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches




Guy Mann posted:

Canadian animation is worse than anime.

You come over here and say that!

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
Is that the dog from Family Guy in a costume?

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

Gorilla Salad posted:

Is that the dog from Family Guy in a costume?

No that is the Raccoons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c7m-EhQhFU

I remember it vaguely from my childhood. Cyril Sneer stood out for me as I do recall he was the only villain in this type of show to undergo character development and become a better person throughout the show.

MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Mar 16, 2017

kefkafloyd
Jun 8, 2006

What really knocked me out
Was her cheap sunglasses

mycot posted:

Despite there being almost no Samurai Jack merch, it still somehow got two lovely licensed games while it was running - one for the GBA and one for the PlayStation 2. This almost sounds like the start of a goon project.

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

Lemon
May 22, 2003

Whatever happens, if someone makes a Samurai Jack game and the controls aren't Press A - Jump, Hold A - Jump Good, then I'm not buying it.

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010

kefkafloyd posted:

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

One change.

Change the setting to a stylized ancient japan. Also a boss fight with a not-Jetstream Sam with his theme song played with traditional japanese instruments .

IronSaber
Feb 24, 2009

:roboluv: oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...:fap:

kefkafloyd posted:

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

I'd buy four copies.

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

kefkafloyd posted:

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

LOOOOOOOOOONG AGO, in distant America, I, STEVEN ARMSTRONG, the GREATEST SENATOR AND LONGHORNS QUARTERBACK THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN...

kefkafloyd
Jun 8, 2006

What really knocked me out
Was her cheap sunglasses

Funky Valentine posted:

LOOOOOOOOOONG AGO, in distant America, I, STEVEN ARMSTRONG, the GREATEST SENATOR AND LONGHORNS QUARTERBACK THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN...

You don't gently caress with this shapeshifting master of darkness!

VolticSurge
Jul 23, 2013

Just your friendly neighborhood photobomb raptor.



PhazonLink posted:

One change.

Change the setting to a stylized ancient japan. Also a boss fight with a not-Jetstream Sam with his theme song played with traditional japanese instruments .

Make sure to make the Scotsman a playable character,using Grimlock's playstyle from Transformers Devastation: POWERBOMB EVERYTHING. Also, if Scaramouche shows up,make his boss theme just him scatting the whole time.

kefkafloyd posted:

You don't gently caress with this shapeshifting master of darkness!

Dark magic,son.

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

X9: The memes, Lulu...sweet thing.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

I used to UNLEASH UNSPEAKABLE EVIL, you know

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

JACK...IS BACK!

Wait, that one still works!

Otherkinsey Scale
Jul 17, 2012

Just a little bit of sunshine!
I'll blend right in...

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

-doublepost-

ManlyGrunting
May 29, 2014

Rigged Death Trap posted:

I used to UNLEASH UNSPEAKABLE EVIL, you know

:smug:At some cushy Ivy League school!

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

ManlyGrunting posted:

:smug:At some cushy Ivy League school!

Try University of DARKNESS!

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

Making the mother of all darkness here Jack, can't help unleashing a few UNSPEAKABLE EVILS.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
Magic swords, son.

Guy Mann
Mar 28, 2016

by Lowtax
Platinum already made a game with a samurai in it, and it was a schoolgirl because Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkjsqEtvYLs

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

No More Heroes was made by Grasshopper, not Platinum.

Teriyaki Koinku
Nov 25, 2008

Bread! Bread! Bread!

Bread! BREAD! BREAD!
For some reason, I'm getting a Dark Souls vibes from this scene in the most recent episode:



Anybody else feel that too?

IronSaber
Feb 24, 2009

:roboluv: oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...:fap:

Teriyaki Koinku posted:

For some reason, I'm getting a Dark Souls vibes from this scene in the most recent episode:



Anybody else feel that too?

Try Jumping Good

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Beware of Unspeakable Evil
Nice job, Foolish Samurai





"Time Portal Ahead"
Good: 120347 Poor: 1

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010

Waffleman_ posted:

No More Heroes was made by Grasshopper, not Platinum.

Also I heard the new Neir game is sort of a spiritual successor.

Also is Jack's cause just or is that just what he tells himself?

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

PhazonLink posted:

Also I heard the new Neir game is sort of a spiritual successor.

Nier has the same lead designer as Revengeance, so yes, it's very reminiscent of it, just with that Yoko Taro charm.

Unit24
Jan 31, 2015

Hey kids! Do you want to be as AKOOL as me?

kefkafloyd posted:

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

I feel like just making an action game out of Samurai Jack would be a waste of the IP.

Roth
Jul 9, 2016

Give it to Ubisoft, and they can make an open world game where you scale towers. The hook is that the towers have time portals on top of them that Aku snatches away when you get up there. As a consolation prize, Aku tells you about some cool side activities that are put onto your map.

There's an upgrade system, light stealth mechanics, and parkour.

TwoPair
Mar 28, 2010

Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta
Grimey Drawer

Roth posted:

Give it to Ubisoft, and they can make an open world game where you scale towers. The hook is that the towers have time portals on top of them that Aku snatches away when you get up there. As a consolation prize, Aku tells you about some cool side activities that are put onto your map.

There's an upgrade system, light stealth mechanics, and parkour.

You can pick up audio logs but every one is Aku trolling you.

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010
I thought we wanted a good game.

Lemon
May 22, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmVqB3YCYfY

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J.A.B.C.
Jul 2, 2007

There's no need to rush to be an adult.


kefkafloyd posted:

Just hire PlatinumGames and make a MGR reskin with Samurai Jack. instant money.

Make it an open-world journey like Breath of the Wild, trying to find the pieces to a timegate to get back to the past.

It can be in the gap between games, so he can learn how to Motorcycle and Gun.

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