when the song hits - absolute cinema

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The song in question plays at the end of episode LII "Jack and the Baby"

https://youtu.be/L_BE85hCSDU?si=o0Y0Vu0sSIFLdGlk

What the title says. Feel free to make a top 5 characters he could defeat from DC Comics and top 5 from Marvel, or whatever.

Especially at the end of the episode where they gave him a lot of seafood for his journey.

Whenever I do eat shrimp, I always have the imagery of him eating seafood with enthusiasm.

Sounds weird, but it just happened one day, several years ago. Since then, no shrimp shells go to the trash bin anymore, I just eat and savour the whole thing.

Who else cried when Ashi vanished into jack’s arms? 😭💔

Let's just say I might have come down with a "Samurai Jack" sugar rush. Just like someone who completed a Lego set I'm dying to share my experience. I completed the show two days ago but I'm still bubbling over it.

I got into Samurai Jack a few weeks ago after deciding to give it a proper watch as an adult, after seeing a really good post on Instagram, on a page that does some cool edits of great cartoon shows. Their posts are usually titled the "Vertical World of [Show Title] " In this case the Vertical World of Samurai Jack. A craving was birthed to go back and rewatch the cartoon as I hadn't paid much attention to it as a kid. I liked it as a kid, but I wasn't able to maintain a consistent watch, so I was never able to capture the plot well and appreciate the show. Plus, I could only remember one episode, where Jack gets the Aku infection. So, in a way this is a first watch.

And appreciate the show I did. 2D animation that tops a lot of 3D animation shows out here. The minimal dialogue that makes the show more eerie and captures tense moments and giving room for the existence of raw emotions. Filling in the gap with gritty and amazing fight scenes. You and the character are one. "Jack watch out, to the right", a sword cuts across the screen and slices the Aku robots in half as the black Aku life form in them oozes out. "Yes, Jack show them who's boss".

I was also impressed by how much of a story could be told with minimal dialogue. A few episodes in I realized that this was not only an artistic choice but it being realism to Jack's world. All alone in an alien world that is not only bizarre and run by your nemesis, does not connect with you and does not bear your values. The minimal dialogue also creates a pondering effect that also brews raw emotions.

The show also gives plenty of life lessons and the dominant one being, not giving up. Also, kindness is well spread out through the show. The value of friendship, selflessness, I could go and on and on.

Now to the end. I couldn't be happier with the ending, despite a lot of people bashing it, it gives a real reflection of life. That life is unfair, and we don't always get what we want. The ultimate goal was always to go back into the past and finish where he left off. It's a true reflection of the sacrifices made for the greater good. Restore the world and erase every trace of Aku's doing and principals. He wasn't supposed to exist in the first place and the best thing to do is to uproot a problem from the roots.

I'll probably write another post about the ending and why I think it's just.

Did Ashi restore Jack's parents? They look like their old selves.

Jack decides to save the future he has lived in and defeats Aku there, letting go of the past and living with Ashi in a new future with new friends and family.

I feel like this ending makes more sense with him saving the world and overcoming his loss by accepting it. I think him going back in time is a cop out and makes a lot of the sacrifices meaningless

What MBTI personality type would jack be?

I just finished watching the complete series and couldn't help but feel so heavy about the way Jack's story ended. It was apt, but also so bittersweet. Made this artwork to ease my restless heart 🥲💔

Just for ask

https://x.com/otagoth/status/1854292834209407377?t=HqF3N93TA-VLBT_zWs0Kpw&s=19

I'm looking for an AMV of Samurai Jack that I heard about 3 years ago, which tells the story of Jack and Ashi. The AMV features a song sung by a woman with a slightly robotic tone to her voice, and it includes a humming quality, possibly accompanied by piano in the background. The beginning of the song sounds somewhat similar to the intro of the song in this https://youtu.be/0lDKQ0t6DRs, but the actual song has lyrics.

I'm not sure what genre it could be

edit: https://youtu.be/jLN3TNgxczs?list=PLDPtr44WYU98Uhi0SqEJTW4L9jf4HC2Uf the 50% of the video was those 2 first clips in this playlist

That is the Question

With Dynamite Entertainment doing comics on Warner Brothers Hanna Barbara Action Heroes like Thundercats, Space Ghost and Jonny Quest and other comics based on Warner Brothers Hanna Barbara Action Heroes what do you think of Dynamite Entertainment doing new Comics on Samurai Jack probably set between seasons 4 and 5 and tells the story of how Jack lost his way

And maybe a comic set after the Series Finale too?

Anyway there's a big gap to fill and lots to work with we know how it ends it would be a big "how we got here" story and it can run for many issues

For writer I pick Jim Zub who wrote IDW stories to comeback and write for Dynamite Entertainment version though I don't have a good idea for main artist Genndy Tartakovsky would oversee and draw covers Ala Kevin Eastman does with Ninja Turtles at IDW

But that's me how you vision Dynamite Entertainment likely Samurai Jack should be like?

Art above by Genndy Tartakovsky