Samurai Jack Thread

[Gamma Goliath]

Spoiler

I don't think the ending will be as black-and-white as it might appear.
Jack going back to the past would undo all the good he's done and all the people he's helped and befriended to no longer exist seems like enough of a bittersweet ending, but it's not the only likely one.

Other possibilities could be him going out Logan style and Ashi carrying on his legacy, him choosing to stay in the future, etc.

Spoiler

well all the good he did seems like a direct result of the wide spread evil of aku over the years. therefore taking aku out in the past should help to preserve the future from his reign

 

[Arachnerd]

Spoiler

True, but I remember reading an interview with Genndy Tartakovsky a while back in which he stated the past becomes metaphorical for Jack. Make of that what you will.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

after trying for so long to get back to the past, I think Jack and Ashi will somehow finally defeat Aku, Ashi will survive the confrontation and Jack will remain in the present with her, perhaps both of them wandering the Earth and somehow correcting the present by eliminating any traces that remain of Aku's evil...... damn, only two episodes left... I'm gonna really miss this show...

 

[Slick]

Yeah me too. It's been a great ride.

 

[Arachnerd]

This is a show I beat myself over for not liking at all as a kid. I thought it was mostly boring.

Thank god I've come to appreciate it a heck of a lot more as an adult.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Jack and Ashi voice actors, Phil LaMarr and Tara Strong...

 

[terry78]

She still looks good. Been in the game for many moons.

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

Spoiler

- "It was forced and came out of nowhere!" (I'll give you the last scene, which caught me off-guard at first, but I think that was supposed to be the point. Anyway, their relationship has been foreshadowed/hinted on in previous episodes: the two deer foreshadowing in episode 3; Jack's puff hallucination in episode 4 - "What did you expect, a hug and a kiss?"; Ashi learning about Jack's legacy in episode 6, saving him from commiting seppuku, and his compliment towards her in the end; their small interaction at the end of episode 7. In retrospect, the signs were clearly there.)

Spoiler

A lot of those are pretty flimsy at best. It's more symbolic foreshadowing than genuine character progression to where they're at. The show moved them from enemies to two people that gained respect for each other, but there were no explicitly or even implied romantic or sexual moments between them until this episode. They didn't do a good enough job at having that chemistry grow over the episodes, and considering they had to cram it in one, I would've preferred they focused such limited time on something else.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm not necessarily against romance in the show. Not decided on this romance yet. Want to see how things go.

That being said, not sure I've really liked the addition of Ashi this season because IMHO she's taken too much focus away from Jack. I was also sort of let down by the revelation of the ghost samurai.

The reason I was let down because I felt like Jack's mental and personal struggle was taken out of his hands and given to Ashi instead. I feel like she overcame it for him rather than him exorcising his own demons.

 

[3dman27]

even samurai jack needs backup once in awhile

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

even samurai jack needs backup once in awhile

That's what the Scotsman, his daughters, and all the allies he's made throughout the series are there for as well.

I'm still surprised we haven't seen the grown-up Peach Baby yet.

 

[TheVileOne]

even samurai jack needs backup once in awhile

I'm fine with backup, but not borderline Mary Sue backup.

 

[slimshady247]

Mary Sue

This is a term that needs to die.

 

[TheVileOne]

This is a term that needs to die.

The term is alive and well...because Ashi is one

 

[Arachnerd]

It's not like she's even one of the worst examples.

Plus, most of the SJ fandom seems to like her character fine. Excluding the EXTRA THICC reasons.

 

[slimshady247]

The term is alive and well...because Ashi is one

By that logic, you should then also be willing to accept Jack as a Gary Stu.

 

[TheVileOne]

By that logic, you should then also be willing to accept Jack as a Gary Stu.

Jack didn't tear through that decoy army of thousands using just brute strength.

 

[Arachnerd]

For all we know, those orcs were terrible warriors.

 

[slimshady247]

Ashi has been trained since birth to kill Jack, basically the GOAT in terms of warriors. I don't see why an army of orcs is so unbelievable for her to take out with ease.

Also, it's not like Jack hasn't performed similar combat feats on similarly large groups of enemies "using just brute strength."

You have yet to justify the use of this term.

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

That orc sequence was honestly pretty pointless. I would've traded that for an extended, more involved showdown with her mother.

 

[TheVileOne]

That orc sequence was honestly pretty pointless. I would've traded that for an extended, more involved showdown with her mother.

Yes it was.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

HOLY ****! Heck of an episode. AND NO FOOTAGEOF THE FINALE IN THE PREVIEW

 

[terry78]

Unless genndy is planning some twist I'm sure Ashi isn't surviving this one.

 

[Darkness Falls]

genndy shot my heart to pieces with that cliffhanger

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I laughed so hard at Aku's realization.

Spoiler

"But I didn't....well there was that one time.""