Most of anime is the opposite of show don’t tell. 28 seconds into every fight, we enter a slow mo stare down while the bad guy chucked and the good guy gives a 3 & 1/2 minute monologue about how his whole life has lead to this moment, how much of his power he’s using and what he had for breakfast.
That is a problem in many anime series, of course, however when Cosmonaut brought this up in the video, it got me frustrated when he used Berserk as an example. Sure, the scene he referred is a very "tell dont show"-moment, however if you didn't use it in that scene, we would miss out on the best and deepest speech in the series. It wouldn't work without words, because it just be too much for us to digest
I still don't get why Death Note is so popular, 90% of the show is exposition, even the fucking splash screens to go into commercial cut contain exposition!
This show has a bizarre personal connection to my life. So when I was four years old, I can remember my parents taking myself and my older two sisters tube sledding on this giant mountain. My memory is spotty, but I clearly remember my near death experience. I was a brave kid, I asked and begged my sister to let me go down on my own. Now keep in mind, these sleds were rubber, circular, and could hold about three people easy. So eventually after so many times of asking, they let me go on my own. I'm kind of skidding down this thing, feeling weird "bumps" as I'm now flying down this mountain before I could realize those bumps were not bumps, that was air that was slowly picking up under the tube, as I got faster and threw me directly on my head and neck going 40 km per hour. I rolled for probably less than five seconds, landed flat on my back and didn't think of anything for a bit. I blinked, realized I was fine, moved a bit and got up. I think I was in shock and just started walking down the mountain, my sister bombing down the hill behind me, I waited for someone (didn't have to be her) to sled down for me to just jump on their tube so I didn't have to walk the whole way. I stuck the landing, we made it down, the day went without a hitch. That night, I can remember being up, it must have been 2am, my sisters took the couches, my parents took the bed, everyone was asleep but I had the TV. You know what was playing? The episode of Samurai Jack when he's fighting the black ninja robot that uses darkness as his ally, so Jack uses the light. That was when, as I was eating the ginger bread cookies I stole from my sisters, staying up late watching Samurai Jack, I said to myself; "Wow, I almost died today".
Near the final episodes it felt like "ok we are hitting the halfway point 8 more episodes should do it." Company: Nope you have 4 more episodes you can work on hurry up!
Don't get me wrong, I love Rick and Morty, but it kind of pisses me off that Samurai Jack got completely shafted for a shitty April Fools Joke. I wouldn't mind so much if they kept it on repeat the whole night, but they only kept it on repeat until midnight so Samurai Jack and Dragonball Super were the only shows on Toonami to get screwed over by this. I just think this show deserves more respect than being the butt of a dumb April fools joke.
R CDCMagician , I KNOW RIGHT I MEAN IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT JACK'S RETURN FROM A 13 YEAR HAITUS THAT HAD LEFT FANS PLEADING FOR MORE AND KNOW THAT JACK IS BACK THEY GREET HIM BY NOT AIRING THE LONG AWAITED FOURTH CHAPTER OF HIS JOURNEY THEY AIRED THE ABSOULUTE SHIT FEST THATS RICK AND MORTY , YOU KNOW I USED TO LIKE R&M BUT NOW THAT THEY DID THAT I'M PISSED!!!
Oh man thanks for getting me to watch this! The ending was amazing! I loved samurai jack as a kid and when I heard it's back I wasn't interested in watching it because I thought it was the same old never advancing plot. Wow. This was something else.
It hurts, I know. I do love Rick and Morty; Super glad to see it back on track, but I won't be distracted from Jack. Still stoked for ep 4 next week, and looking forward to R&M to continue.
I was equally enthusiastic about the first 3 episodes, mainly for the same reasons. I still liked the rest, just not as much. Curious if anyone else thought this season was front-loaded with excellence and then dipped a bit in quality.
Mike Schwartz I disagree a little bit, but I get your point. People said the romance was forced but I believe it was well build, Ashi was a really good character and people should know that she knew how to use Aku's powers after using most of those when possesed (still time travel should have been way more difficult to use), maybe we would have needed a montage of how everyone got there so fast or even that Aku spent way too much time selecting an execution for Jack. But even then, with all the mistakes, with all of it, the death of Aku and the ending of the episode were so good that if I had to put a note from 0 to 10 to this season and the whole series... it is simply a masterpiece, it is more that all its parts combined
I liked a lot of the ideas and plot points the later episodes had, but everything felt extremely rushed and, sometimes even half baked, on the way up to those plot points and ideas. I think if they had an additional three episodes to flesh out some of those story arcs and character developments, the show would’ve been absolute perfection. It would’ve even correlated with the length of a typical Samurai Jack Season too! But for what it is, it’s still commendable that the show even reached this level in the first place and did not fall into most of the typical trappings most other continuations/reboots do nowadays (I did think the fan service was a bit heavy handed towards the final few episodes, which has pretty much become the norm with things like this). All and all, the show is still pretty great, but could use a little bit more tidying up to reach what could’ve been one of the most perfect finales to a show in T.V.
Also worthwhile mentioning- the soundtrack includes the work of Carpenter Brut, a FANTASTIC electronic artist whose work you may know from Hotline Miami, (Roller Mobster, Le Perv, Escape from Midwich Valley). The sheer force and intensity of their songs, though I haven't watched Jack yet, looks like it's an almost perfect match to the setting and new atmosphere of the story. Supporting Jack would also give support to such an underrated, but amazing artist as well! (I believe the opening theme to the new show is Hang Em' All, an excellent track to showcase the more mature theme)
1:52 "Long ago in a distant land I Gannon the shape-shifting master of darkness unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish hylian warrior wielding the master sword stood force to oppose me, before the final blow was struck tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law. Now the fool seeks to destroy me now and undo the future that is Gannon"
LOVED the final season. And you were totally right in saying that it felt like it was picking up right where it left off and that we didn't miss a beat. If only Teen Titans could experience a revival like this, my life would be complete. :')
Love how you turn really passionate when every once in a while you find something perfect, that could block every bit of nitpicking. And it is perfect. Wasn’t able to raise the rating from Hungary, but did enjoy it while it was airing, weekly. Love the vid.
@@ChadKakashi Normally when a show takes a break for whatever reason it's normally to give the animators and the other people working on the show to have a much needed rest. Because the last thing you want is people becoming fatigued or overly stressed which can possibly lead to a slight drop in quality overall
The samurai jack video game has a completionist ending. The creators went out to say that this is the canon ending. Whether that matters to you or not idk. I personally just choose what canon I want in a fictional universe (to an extent).
Someone who shares my love of Jack and cares enough to express why everyone needs to be watching it when it airs. Subbed and liked. I also have to beat everyone into watching it and telling them not to wait. It is amazing and you need to see it. This is not a nostalgia trip, it is a character evolution and the amazing finale to the best show on CN.
Been watching your channel for a while now and just watched this video. I’m kinda late to the party so I just picked up the box set of the complete series and I’m loving it so far! Thx Marcus
like he said i would honesty just recommend watching the first 3 episodes as the rest of the original series was not continuing a story unlike the new season. not saying the orginal was bad but for your viewing pleasure i would recommend this.(if you want to see some more of the original i suggest taking a quick look at a top ten list and watching those)
Fuvk what nerokeymaster said. Fuck that. Watch the whole damn Series from the start to finish. It starts of a little slow. But damn are these so many good episodes and epic stories in that show. And everyone has their own top ten best episodes of the show. So there's no point in going by their recommendations. Cause there are WAY more than 10 good episodes in that show. Top ten lists don't do it justice. Watch it start to finish to get the full experience.
that's fair too. please do not get me wrong I love the show I'm just saying the story does not continue(for the most part)after episode 3 of the original. if you want to please go watch the whole show just know it won't be a continuing story like gravity falls or some anime
Okay, so I was going to take nerokeymaster's advice and just watch the first 3 episodes of the show before jumping straight into the new ones, but... those 3 episodes were so great, especially for what mahtada described as a slow start, that I need to watch the whole show now. RIP my free time.
I stopped partway through this to watch the first ep of the final season, then could only stand to watch the first scene before seeing how truly beautiful this show aims to be and with your promises of laughs and deeper themes, I've started going back and watching the entire series with my boyfriend and my older brother is so happy I'm finally seeing it - Thankya Marcus!
"Sometimes when a show comes back after a long there missing some of the elements that made the original so great" Thats how I feel about Dragonball Super.....merely a shadow
I did watch it like old-school; waiting for each episode every week. And I cried.....such beauty! This was a real proper send off to one of the most cherished animated characters ever.
This makes me so frustrated for western animation. I'm so tired of the same types of animated sitcoms over and over again. Sure, Venture Bros shook things up a bit, but even they fall victim to lazy sex and toilet jokes. Genndy is proving that adult American animation can be successful as beautiful art, not just cheap Family Guy knock offs but I doubt production companies will ever step up.
@@Torganzer may I introduce you to BoJack horseman one of the few adult animated comedies that handles some incredibly mature themes in a beautiful and gut renthcing way
Fecking yes. I don't know why everyone I've checked up on this basically just jizzed all over the finale when I was like "WTF". I totally agree to how it felt rushed. As someone aptly put it "It felt like there were a checklist of things that should make it and then it was made"
With the completely non sensical "supposedly" stable time loop, yeah that is the one. Seriously the time loop as depicted creates so incredibly many problems it is not even funny.
There was a few subtle things that the fight really brought to light. The continutiy that he was trained to use the light, not the darkness. The jumping from Jack Jumps Good, the time he fought the hunters on the ledge like the assassins in season 5, the duel weilding a split spear from the guardian, and perhaps even the Scotsman's signiture spray of bullets from the battle with the Sirens. Honestly, the amount of perhaps accidental continutities from the old show
Think my favorite part when watching videos on shows you like is how excited you sound to even talk about it; this and the clone wars vid especially make it clear that this is super fun for you and that you really want to get people into these shows.
Its a great show but saying its the best animated thing ever is really exaggerating. There are better animated stuff both among anime and western cartoons.
+Magnifastard For me Episode 1 was shitty, but then it steadily got better.... MUCH BETTER... until Episode 10 where there was this cliché ending where EVERYONE Jack has encountered before around the globe suddenly attacked Aku even if they only had minutes of preparation time and were spread out AROUND the globe. And the end when Jack went back to the past felt kinda disonnected to me, because AGAIN everyone Jack knew AROUND THE WHOLE GLOBE went to Japan to celebrate Jacks victory and his new found love. I also fucking hate the realization at the end that "Without Aku I could have never existed" and the sudden disappearance of Jacks future wife... I mean.... Seriously? How the hell could a character that never existed survive for weeks in existance and then suddenly disappear when she realizes that she coul not exist? It also didn't help that all of Jacks friends just disappeared and were replaced by those from Season 1 Episode 1....
Keine Ahnung und so... I'd rather it rely on nostalgia, even though i dont think it did, then to shoe horn forced romance and characters into it that dont belong
S Kwong I hope so, just watched this video and it got myself into the show all over again, about “the best animated show”... have you watched Avatar the last airbender??
Филипп Ломакин desagree strongly, i whatched samurai jack in it’s entirety now, it’s pretty fun, and the last season is incredible, but i think avatar wins for me because of it’s themes, it’s mesages in love forgivness, and the impact of war, etc etc etc... it mostly comes down to preference and nostalgia, i think I also like it a lot because I watched it when i was 12 (Aangs age jn the show) And rewatched it plenty till i was 14 (zuko’ age I believe) so i got to experience the story in a manner I just can’t describe in other way if not unforgettable and very personal
Just watched the second episode of one punch man... Pretty dull, I'm really sad at what the studio is doing with it, then I remembered my cosmonaut friend here telling me to watch some old cartoon that I watched when I was a teen and well, I kinda trust him so I did. Ok, I don't know how, but I managed to stop after the sixth ep to eat. Now that I just finished the show I'm still wiping my tears, I'm broken, this is too good, how is this THIS good? Just thank you man for making me have this wonderful experience, I own it to you, thank you so much!!! And IMO, reading a few comments complaining about the end, idk if it's because I watched the whole thing in one sitting but all ten eps felt good and really special to me, the end really got me, I kinda felt it coming but I was rooting soo much on the inside that it still managed to draw a lot of tears from me. So, I just wanted to thank you, I love your work! PS: after this I'm just droping OPM, there is just no way I can still watch it after seeing this, I really enjoy the manga and intend keep at it, but we seriously need more animations like this and not that garbage.
Mauricio Queiroz its kind of weird cause 2 shows aim for 2 different genres and audience, u cant just compared them like that. I guess u dont like anime or parody? Samurai jack is good. I watched it also bc of this vid. I also agree with u that the ending is great but not among the greatest. PS: its funny cause the every time i listened to a friend or a cousin of mine to watch animes, its usually bad or average. And every animes i love they hate it or dont even know that it exist (like how they dont know “gurren lagann” but love shitty “love live” wtf?)
@@duyngo7697 I love animes and parodies, and I just loved OPM season 1, im talking about the absurd drop in quality from season 1 to 2 and how incredibly was the anination quality from Jack's last season
watched this video almost 2 years too late. I would've made the commitment to watch the series on a weekly basis had I seen this video when you released it. keep up the good work!
lmao it cracks me up binging all your videos cuz they are all between 3-5 years old and they're all about things I liked/ watched growing up. I remember watching Jack first face those assassins and legit shitting my pants after I seen him get slashed and blood come out. It literally broke my mind cuz in the original(or first season, I don't really know what to address it as technically lol) he would rip through robots and cut em in half and it shows it on screen too. There was never blood, even whenever he got hurt. Then this comes out and he stabs a WOMAN in the neck and then breaks it with the blade, and then shit on the rest. Mannnn this whole show is amazing. Hearing Jack talk more actually makes you feel like you're getting close to a friend you've had for a long time, and they're just now opening up to you lol
Okay I know this may sound crazy but what if Keanu Reeves played as samurai jack in a real life adaptation of the show but maybe In a movie and make it into a trilogy you think it would be good
I think doing live action ruins such a great visual treat. It would be as colorful as the Speed Racer movie. Especially since the people making such a movie would spend typically millions of dollars in unintelligible crazy concepts. Keanu is also pretty old to preform a convincing Samurai Jack.
MY FUUUUUUUUCK . You sold me on this so hard i skipped one of your videos to not get spoilers! I live in South Africa and am one of the few black, female hardcore anime, gamer, comic geek and basically all things awesome fans. Imma stream this and get my brothers to stream this even though it's low-key/high-key really late. LOVE your videos SO MUCH!
I loved this video and wish I saw it back when it was airing, but I just recently watched all 5 seasons in 9 days and the 5th in one sitting. HLOY SHIT it's one of the best things I've ever seen. I would love to see a follow-up video from you addressing your feelings about the ending. Also, excellent music choices.
this morning when I watched this video, you sold me on watching this show. I an very appreciative of your review and for this solid recommendation. This show is so excellent! You have made this show 1% more popular!
The truth is about the airing of Samurai Jack that Tartakovski always intended to be mature and with blood but the pg rating of the network he was working didn't let him do what he wanted. That's also the reason it ended mid-story, because the creator wanted it to get more mature. So when he found the favorable time he just aired Jack, as it should be, darker, more mature and equally awesome as its predecessor! Jack rocks!!!!
I have to wait to watch, I'm usually stuck at work wen its on, and I don't have cable. but I drove 6 hours on the weekend it premiered to watch it at my moms house. totally worth it.
I fucking love all of your videos. It feels like Sequelitis but about EVERYTHING. It fills the void that the passing of Sequelitis left, but in your own scripting style that makes it new and yours. Not a ripoff, but nicely reminiscent.
I wish the new season could have been 13 episodes so it would have had the same amount as the old seasons. Also i hate that almost all animated shows for adults here in the west must be comedys all the time so annoying that Samurai Jack wont last very long.
CyberLance26 I know how you feel maybe samurai jack season 5 opens some people's eyes so Western cartoons can evolve and not just be crappy comedy's all the time.
I knew that Ashi would just been demoted to a plot device to complete the story. Still fantastic animation, but I did not like Ashi from the get go. If anything, I would think that of the people Jack saved. One of them would have gotten off their ass sooner to help pull Jack out of his depression. Heck, A Spartan, the Scotsman or general figures that he did in life could have come forth. Or how Scaramousche became comic relief. Than the series using more creative characters than just referencing older episodes. There is a difference of using nostalgia effectively or just for the pandering factor. Something that I wished was explored? What if instead that Jack had to build his own time portal? As of how difficult it was to do so, it give Jack reason to go around to various people he met to get the ingredients. So in a way, Jack has a reason to interact and see the impact he had in life. A special Jem from the dog archeologists. An energy source from what the robots can pull. Ancient powers that the Woolies can summon a god to help tell Jack of what he needed. Shit like that. The show is fantastically animated but Ashi just dragged the show down for me.
I'm happy to say that I've found this video through recommendations -- a bunch of your videos have started popping up in my recommendation feed. I think you've just crossed RUclips's arbitrary prominence threshold. Anyway, already loving a bunch of your content. Time to go through the backlog! o/
Honestly I really want to watch it. But a lot of people were suggesting to watch it on adult swims website because aparently they were mentioning in passing that they might stop the show early if the show was ore watched on an outside site and I don't have a cable provider and I'm just like.... "I'll wait till it comes out so I can watch it on the outside then."
Ahmad-Ali Abdur-Rafear Then please let me know when the cable service provider thing stops, because I can only watch their streams atm, it still has the little key that says "Requires a cable provider login" it's still on the website.
Omg the ending to this video with the cartoon network logo that opens and closes with that amazing sound just brought me back to when I was 6 awake before anyone else in my house getting a bowl or cereal and watching This every damn morning this show is a masterpiece
yeah the fist seasons were great great great....i LOVE the new show....its genius but im a little dissapointed that "love" had to be a main plot point concidering the existential beginings of the first half of the season
I agree with him 100%. Networks relay on ratings to determine its popularity. And they also relay on Merchandise sales to fund future cartoon shows. This series may not continue ager this but by purchasing the DVDs, iTunes, GooglePlay, or RUclips episodes online, that will show networks that these are the kinds of tv shows and cartoons we want; and hopefully encourage them to make more on the future. Because God knows we haven't had a decent action cartoon since 2011.
Its real, watch it. Its good. Its like... really good. Im not shitting you. Watch the first episode and you'll see how "not shitting you" we are. Its fucking awesome. Im not fucking joking here man, I know it seems like Im building this up for the sake of sarcasm, but ITS REALLY FUCKING GOOD AND ITS PISSING ME OFF THAT I CANT SAY HOW GOOD IT IS BECAUSE ITS APRIL FOOLS AND YOU'LL THINK THAT IM MESSING WITH YOU IM NOT MESSING WITH YOU ITS THE BEST THING TO COME OUT IN ANIMATION SINCE THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL!!!!
You had me at hello! My life got crazy lately and I actually FORGOT that this beautiful thing was happening! 😲 I know, what are you gonna do? Well, what I'm gonna do is f'in watch this show!!! THANK YOU again! You are down 1 more out of your requested thousand! 😉#yourock
its Alejandro This is kinda off topic, but... I love your profile background! Like I wouldn't recognize Carl from The Walking Dead!!! That's so awesome 👍
The first time I had heard of this show was when season 5 first came out and there was all the hype, and I didn't really care for it because I knew nothing about it. But then I watched this video out of curiosity and now I'm in love with this show. I've seen season 5 and now I'm watching the original seasons. Legit this is one of the most beautifully animated shows that I have ever seen, I love this show so much. Thank you for getting me interested and willing to watch this
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it's the most beautiful animated shows I've seen in years.
Agreed.
MOHAMED i SEE you EVERYWHERE
unfortunatly
MOHAMED By epic do you mean rushed messy sack of shit? Because that's exactly what the finale was.
its kinda offputting
Watching this two years later
I’m a LITTLE late
You and me both bro
You and you and you and me both bro
Like me
Same lol
Yeah family I'm in 2020 just realizing what this is
Rick and Morty swiping Jack's time slot last night single-handedly ruined my weekend.
Blipblobit same here
Blipblobit as a fan of samurai jack and rick and morty
i feel happy and mad at the same time
Blipblobit same
i know how you feel XD
i love both shows so much..
"This show has maturity." Lol My mind went back to the part where Scaramouche said a guy looks like a giant penis. Still, good vid, great show.
Wait is scaramuche a character in the show?
I can only think of Anthony Scaramucci
Rowan Miller Scaramouche is the “jazz robot” from the first episode.
@@Dragonage2ftw ok
That joke was funny as fuck, and the only time a joke like that happens.
Season 5 is a fucking masterpiece
The original show was too.
The show has a great villain, cool side characters, amazing artwork, and a very likeable protagonist. The show is one of the best.
Agreed.
smoke weeb not weed did you all get fucking beaned
Wolfy gravity falls DOES NOT even touch this, and that's coming from someone who REALLY REALLY likes gravity falls
The final episode should of been an 1.5 hour special.
Most of anime is the opposite of show don’t tell. 28 seconds into every fight, we enter a slow mo stare down while the bad guy chucked and the good guy gives a 3 & 1/2 minute monologue about how his whole life has lead to this moment, how much of his power he’s using and what he had for breakfast.
David Jones sounds like Eren Yaeger 😅
Its a manga to animation translation. They have to explain everything.
That is a problem in many anime series, of course, however when Cosmonaut brought this up in the video, it got me frustrated when he used Berserk as an example. Sure, the scene he referred is a very "tell dont show"-moment, however if you didn't use it in that scene, we would miss out on the best and deepest speech in the series. It wouldn't work without words, because it just be too much for us to digest
I still don't get why Death Note is so popular, 90% of the show is exposition, even the fucking splash screens to go into commercial cut contain exposition!
I facepalmed so hard my hand went through my face because of how it's so fawckin true
This show has a bizarre personal connection to my life. So when I was four years old, I can remember my parents taking myself and my older two sisters tube sledding on this giant mountain. My memory is spotty, but I clearly remember my near death experience. I was a brave kid, I asked and begged my sister to let me go down on my own. Now keep in mind, these sleds were rubber, circular, and could hold about three people easy. So eventually after so many times of asking, they let me go on my own. I'm kind of skidding down this thing, feeling weird "bumps" as I'm now flying down this mountain before I could realize those bumps were not bumps, that was air that was slowly picking up under the tube, as I got faster and threw me directly on my head and neck going 40 km per hour. I rolled for probably less than five seconds, landed flat on my back and didn't think of anything for a bit. I blinked, realized I was fine, moved a bit and got up. I think I was in shock and just started walking down the mountain, my sister bombing down the hill behind me, I waited for someone (didn't have to be her) to sled down for me to just jump on their tube so I didn't have to walk the whole way. I stuck the landing, we made it down, the day went without a hitch. That night, I can remember being up, it must have been 2am, my sisters took the couches, my parents took the bed, everyone was asleep but I had the TV. You know what was playing? The episode of Samurai Jack when he's fighting the black ninja robot that uses darkness as his ally, so Jack uses the light. That was when, as I was eating the ginger bread cookies I stole from my sisters, staying up late watching Samurai Jack, I said to myself; "Wow, I almost died today".
I like your story,
Fill your life with adventure,
It works most of the time
Near the final episodes it felt like "ok we are hitting the halfway point 8 more episodes should do it."
Company: Nope you have 4 more episodes you can work on hurry up!
Same
tokyo ghoul shit.
I'm starting to think that's just a thing in animation now
The lighting of every scene when combined with the 2D animation...... It's technically a handrawn masterpiece
Dude... I'm not even watching the show, but you've already got my heart beating like crazy
Are you going to do a follow up video now that the series is over? I wan to hear your thoughts on it
Strongly considering it - Marcus
Nice!
The Cosmonaut Variety Hour yeah please do a samurai jack follow up.
Please do so
i loved the ending of it it was sad but beatiful
Don't get me wrong, I love Rick and Morty, but it kind of pisses me off that Samurai Jack got completely shafted for a shitty April Fools Joke. I wouldn't mind so much if they kept it on repeat the whole night, but they only kept it on repeat until midnight so Samurai Jack and Dragonball Super were the only shows on Toonami to get screwed over by this. I just think this show deserves more respect than being the butt of a dumb April fools joke.
R CDCMagician Bbut..
season 3 ;~;
B-but season 5....
Sir Daniel Elrith Meepington
B-b-but 10+ year wait then hype over year wait and hype.
R CDCMagician , I KNOW RIGHT I MEAN IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT JACK'S RETURN FROM A 13 YEAR HAITUS THAT HAD LEFT FANS PLEADING FOR MORE AND KNOW THAT JACK IS BACK THEY GREET HIM BY NOT AIRING THE LONG AWAITED FOURTH CHAPTER OF HIS JOURNEY THEY AIRED THE ABSOULUTE SHIT FEST THATS RICK AND MORTY , YOU KNOW I USED TO LIKE R&M BUT NOW THAT THEY DID THAT I'M PISSED!!!
Sir Daniel Elrith Meepington , I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!!
Oh man thanks for getting me to watch this! The ending was amazing! I loved samurai jack as a kid and when I heard it's back I wasn't interested in watching it because I thought it was the same old never advancing plot. Wow. This was something else.
Adult Swim not airing Samurai Jack was a dick move.
It hurts, I know. I do love Rick and Morty; Super glad to see it back on track, but I won't be distracted from Jack. Still stoked for ep 4 next week, and looking forward to R&M to continue.
TheJustin4848 exactly.
"In bird culture, this is considered a dick move."
Autumn Zelda WHAT?
I'm pretty sure they cancelled the show at this point.
I was equally enthusiastic about the first 3 episodes, mainly for the same reasons. I still liked the rest, just not as much. Curious if anyone else thought this season was front-loaded with excellence and then dipped a bit in quality.
Mike Schwartz I disagree a little bit, but I get your point. People said the romance was forced but I believe it was well build, Ashi was a really good character and people should know that she knew how to use Aku's powers after using most of those when possesed (still time travel should have been way more difficult to use), maybe we would have needed a montage of how everyone got there so fast or even that Aku spent way too much time selecting an execution for Jack. But even then, with all the mistakes, with all of it, the death of Aku and the ending of the episode were so good that if I had to put a note from 0 to 10 to this season and the whole series... it is simply a masterpiece, it is more that all its parts combined
I liked a lot of the ideas and plot points the later episodes had, but everything felt extremely rushed and, sometimes even half baked, on the way up to those plot points and ideas.
I think if they had an additional three episodes to flesh out some of those story arcs and character developments, the show would’ve been absolute perfection. It would’ve even correlated with the length of a typical Samurai Jack Season too!
But for what it is, it’s still commendable that the show even reached this level in the first place and did not fall into most of the typical trappings most other continuations/reboots do nowadays (I did think the fan service was a bit heavy handed towards the final few episodes, which has pretty much become the norm with things like this).
All and all, the show is still pretty great, but could use a little bit more tidying up to reach what could’ve been one of the most perfect finales to a show in T.V.
The first few episodes definitely are the best of the season. The second half is still good but the first half was fantastic
Also worthwhile mentioning- the soundtrack includes the work of Carpenter Brut, a FANTASTIC electronic artist whose work you may know from Hotline Miami, (Roller Mobster, Le Perv, Escape from Midwich Valley). The sheer force and intensity of their songs, though I haven't watched Jack yet, looks like it's an almost perfect match to the setting and new atmosphere of the story. Supporting Jack would also give support to such an underrated, but amazing artist as well! (I believe the opening theme to the new show is Hang Em' All, an excellent track to showcase the more mature theme)
1:52 "Long ago in a distant land I Gannon the shape-shifting master of darkness unleashed an unspeakable evil. But a foolish hylian warrior wielding the master sword stood force to oppose me, before the final blow was struck tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law. Now the fool seeks to destroy me now and undo the future that is Gannon"
Raw som lmao the plots are verrrrry similar. And that firey hair and beard as well... hmmm...
LOVED the final season. And you were totally right in saying that it felt like it was picking up right where it left off and that we didn't miss a beat. If only Teen Titans could experience a revival like this, my life would be complete. :')
Love how you turn really passionate when every once in a while you find something perfect, that could block every bit of nitpicking. And it is perfect. Wasn’t able to raise the rating from Hungary, but did enjoy it while it was airing, weekly. Love the vid.
I prefer watching shows weekly. It gives me something to look forward to.
Me too. But I hate it when the show takes a break for WHATEVER reason. Unless it's between seasons, keep on releasing episodes.
@@ChadKakashi Normally when a show takes a break for whatever reason it's normally to give the animators and the other people working on the show to have a much needed rest. Because the last thing you want is people becoming fatigued or overly stressed which can possibly lead to a slight drop in quality overall
I do it with Stranger things. Like I don’t just watch the last eps I will make myself w8
Why? Like.... Why?
Saw this 2 years later but I have been sold and will now be watching it for the next few hours!
I never tought I would get mad at the rick and morty season premier because it would interfier with samurai Jack season 5? 2017 is great.
“TOM KENNY JAZZ ROBOT” is the line that made me subscribe when I first saw this years ago.
_Jack has bad luck with females_
every woman he meets is either aku in disguise or out for his blood
poor handsome guy
Depressed Optimist
*Sunny in Philly Theme.*
The samurai jack video game has a completionist ending. The creators went out to say that this is the canon ending. Whether that matters to you or not idk. I personally just choose what canon I want in a fictional universe (to an extent).
Someone who shares my love of Jack and cares enough to express why everyone needs to be watching it when it airs. Subbed and liked. I also have to beat everyone into watching it and telling them not to wait. It is amazing and you need to see it. This is not a nostalgia trip, it is a character evolution and the amazing finale to the best show on CN.
The minute he said “Tom Kenny Jazz robot” I decided to continue watching past the first few seasons
Been watching your channel for a while now and just watched this video. I’m kinda late to the party so I just picked up the box set of the complete series and I’m loving it so far! Thx Marcus
I stopped watching at 3:00... because I won't want _anything_ spoiled before I watch every season of this show.
like he said i would honesty just recommend watching the first 3 episodes as the rest of the original series was not continuing a story unlike the new season. not saying the orginal was bad but for your viewing pleasure i would recommend this.(if you want to see some more of the original i suggest taking a quick look at a top ten list and watching those)
Fuvk what nerokeymaster said. Fuck that. Watch the whole damn Series from the start to finish. It starts of a little slow. But damn are these so many good episodes and epic stories in that show. And everyone has their own top ten best episodes of the show. So there's no point in going by their recommendations. Cause there are WAY more than 10 good episodes in that show. Top ten lists don't do it justice. Watch it start to finish to get the full experience.
that's fair too. please do not get me wrong I love the show I'm just saying the story does not continue(for the most part)after episode 3 of the original. if you want to please go watch the whole show just know it won't be a continuing story like gravity falls or some anime
Okay, so I was going to take nerokeymaster's advice and just watch the first 3 episodes of the show before jumping straight into the new ones, but... those 3 episodes were so great, especially for what mahtada described as a slow start, that I need to watch the whole show now. RIP my free time.
Good to hear
I stopped partway through this to watch the first ep of the final season, then could only stand to watch the first scene before seeing how truly beautiful this show aims to be and with your promises of laughs and deeper themes, I've started going back and watching the entire series with my boyfriend and my older brother is so happy I'm finally seeing it - Thankya Marcus!
"Sometimes when a show comes back after a long there missing some of the elements that made the original so great" Thats how I feel about Dragonball Super.....merely a shadow
I did watch it like old-school; waiting for each episode every week. And I cried.....such beauty! This was a real proper send off to one of the most cherished animated characters ever.
so glad this aint April Fools.
....or IS IT??
It's not.
Karleetoh! THEY FUCKING PLAYED RICK AND MORTY OVER FUCKING JACK!
i know. its cool R&M returned.....but at what cost
: (
TheGreatComplex both good shows. But we got rick rolled
This makes me so frustrated for western animation. I'm so tired of the same types of animated sitcoms over and over again. Sure, Venture Bros shook things up a bit, but even they fall victim to lazy sex and toilet jokes. Genndy is proving that adult American animation can be successful as beautiful art, not just cheap Family Guy knock offs but I doubt production companies will ever step up.
We need more shows with the Samurai Jack mentality of storytelling.
Gumball does some interesting stuff from time to time animation-wise. Also, solid show
What about Archer?
@@Torganzer may I introduce you to BoJack horseman one of the few adult animated comedies that handles some incredibly mature themes in a beautiful and gut renthcing way
Excuse me but Rick and Morty will always be legendary.
Loved how your like "i'll explain it to you anyways!" lmao
That trailer music in the background is goddamn amazing.
6:26 This literally captured my reaction to the show in a nutshell o-o
Can you talk about the ending? I feel like Gendy had this amazing vision and just fumbled and failed after the middle and then rushed.
Fecking yes. I don't know why everyone I've checked up on this basically just jizzed all over the finale when I was like "WTF". I totally agree to how it felt rushed. As someone aptly put it "It felt like there were a checklist of things that should make it and then it was made"
The first half was amazing.
Then I don't know what happened over their side, but it sure didn't change for the better.
it seemed like they poured everything into episodes 1-4, and then didn't do any of that for any other episodes.
You mean that Gurren Lagann rip off of an ending?
With the completely non sensical "supposedly" stable time loop, yeah that is the one.
Seriously the time loop as depicted creates so incredibly many problems it is not even funny.
"EXTRA THICC"
Dominic Brown why did this get so many likes it’s just a dead meme related to the show
@@acrusader1319 Because it was posted 2 years ago when it was still alive
Bro I've already watched the whole series beginning to end but your video felt so cinematic and beautiful, thank you for your hard work!
There was a few subtle things that the fight really brought to light. The continutiy that he was trained to use the light, not the darkness. The jumping from Jack Jumps Good, the time he fought the hunters on the ledge like the assassins in season 5, the duel weilding a split spear from the guardian, and perhaps even the Scotsman's signiture spray of bullets from the battle with the Sirens. Honestly, the amount of perhaps accidental continutities from the old show
Think my favorite part when watching videos on shows you like is how excited you sound to even talk about it; this and the clone wars vid especially make it clear that this is super fun for you and that you really want to get people into these shows.
8:30 gets me every time. I keep coming back to this video
I loved this season. I watched every episode as it aired.
Am only a young 15 year old but this is the best animated thing I've seen ever. I am a hue fan of anime and shit but damn.
Its a great show but saying its the best animated thing ever is really exaggerating.
There are better animated stuff both among anime and western cartoons.
oh i misworded this. i meant best animated story I HAVE watched and enjoyed.
You have good taste sir
Victor Uribe it's good to watch actual shows instead of nonsense like Clarence lol
i have watched many episodes but i forgot until what episode i got to. the charm in the show is what i love.
I have watched this series because of this video. It was really great! Thanks man!
1:43 you convinced me I’m going to watch it and come back to this later
I'm so glad I happened to stumble on your channel. You deserve way more subs!
The beginning was *so damn good*, but the rest slowly fell flat over time
+Magnifastard For me Episode 1 was shitty, but then it steadily got better.... MUCH BETTER... until Episode 10 where there was this cliché ending where EVERYONE Jack has encountered before around the globe suddenly attacked Aku even if they only had minutes of preparation time and were spread out AROUND the globe. And the end when Jack went back to the past felt kinda disonnected to me, because AGAIN everyone Jack knew AROUND THE WHOLE GLOBE went to Japan to celebrate Jacks victory and his new found love. I also fucking hate the realization at the end that "Without Aku I could have never existed" and the sudden disappearance of Jacks future wife... I mean.... Seriously? How the hell could a character that never existed survive for weeks in existance and then suddenly disappear when she realizes that she coul not exist? It also didn't help that all of Jacks friends just disappeared and were replaced by those from Season 1 Episode 1....
Keine Ahnung und so... How was the first one bad?? It was amazing. For me it just kept getting worse and worse as it progressed
+Magnifastard Idk... it kinda felt like it only relied on nostalgia, but it still was interesting so it was not as horrible as the last one
Keine Ahnung und so... I'd rather it rely on nostalgia, even though i dont think it did, then to shoe horn forced romance and characters into it that dont belong
Magnifastard agreed. Even the animation quality dropped. It was all good until that alien episode imo.
Why am I just seeing this. I grew up watching this show. Always loved it!
it's the end of 2019, Samurai Jack is still the best animated show.
S Kwong I hope so, just watched this video and it got myself into the show all over again, about “the best animated show”... have you watched Avatar the last airbender??
You don’t watch many shows then
( it is brilliant and like top 20 shows)
@@caiotescaro2757 Avatar the Last Airbender is amazing and all but I do think that Samurai Jack is still better
Филипп Ломакин desagree strongly, i whatched samurai jack in it’s entirety now, it’s pretty fun, and the last season is incredible, but i think avatar wins for me because of it’s themes, it’s mesages in love forgivness, and the impact of war, etc etc etc... it mostly comes down to preference and nostalgia, i think I also like it a lot because I watched it when i was 12 (Aangs age jn the show) And rewatched it plenty till i was 14 (zuko’ age I believe) so i got to experience the story in a manner I just can’t describe in other way if not unforgettable and very personal
Just watched the second episode of one punch man... Pretty dull, I'm really sad at what the studio is doing with it, then I remembered my cosmonaut friend here telling me to watch some old cartoon that I watched when I was a teen and well, I kinda trust him so I did.
Ok, I don't know how, but I managed to stop after the sixth ep to eat. Now that I just finished the show I'm still wiping my tears, I'm broken, this is too good, how is this THIS good?
Just thank you man for making me have this wonderful experience, I own it to you, thank you so much!!!
And IMO, reading a few comments complaining about the end, idk if it's because I watched the whole thing in one sitting but all ten eps felt good and really special to me, the end really got me, I kinda felt it coming but I was rooting soo much on the inside that it still managed to draw a lot of tears from me.
So, I just wanted to thank you, I love your work!
PS: after this I'm just droping OPM, there is just no way I can still watch it after seeing this, I really enjoy the manga and intend keep at it, but we seriously need more animations like this and not that garbage.
Mauricio Queiroz its kind of weird cause 2 shows aim for 2 different genres and audience, u cant just compared them like that. I guess u dont like anime or parody? Samurai jack is good. I watched it also bc of this vid. I also agree with u that the ending is great but not among the greatest.
PS: its funny cause the every time i listened to a friend or a cousin of mine to watch animes, its usually bad or average. And every animes i love they hate it or dont even know that it exist (like how they dont know “gurren lagann” but love shitty “love live” wtf?)
@@duyngo7697 I love animes and parodies, and I just loved OPM season 1, im talking about the absurd drop in quality from season 1 to 2 and how incredibly was the anination quality from Jack's last season
I remember when Samurai Jack premiered in the early 2000s and instantly fell in love! I was always so eager to watch new episodes!
watched this video almost 2 years too late. I would've made the commitment to watch the series on a weekly basis had I seen this video when you released it. keep up the good work!
This music you've got bumping in the background is dope dude
nik_nailor it’s from the show
lmao it cracks me up binging all your videos cuz they are all between 3-5 years old and they're all about things I liked/ watched growing up. I remember watching Jack first face those assassins and legit shitting my pants after I seen him get slashed and blood come out. It literally broke my mind cuz in the original(or first season, I don't really know what to address it as technically lol) he would rip through robots and cut em in half and it shows it on screen too. There was never blood, even whenever he got hurt. Then this comes out and he stabs a WOMAN in the neck and then breaks it with the blade, and then shit on the rest. Mannnn this whole show is amazing. Hearing Jack talk more actually makes you feel like you're getting close to a friend you've had for a long time, and they're just now opening up to you lol
Okay I know this may sound crazy but what if Keanu Reeves played as samurai jack in a real life adaptation of the show but maybe In a movie and make it into a trilogy you think it would be good
I think doing live action ruins such a great visual treat. It would be as colorful as the Speed Racer movie. Especially since the people making such a movie would spend typically millions of dollars in unintelligible crazy concepts. Keanu is also pretty old to preform a convincing Samurai Jack.
keanu reeves is white tho it'd leave a bad taste to have him play a character that relies so heavily on japanese culture
MY FUUUUUUUUCK .
You sold me on this so hard i skipped one of your videos to not get spoilers! I live in South Africa and am one of the few black, female hardcore anime, gamer, comic geek and basically all things awesome fans.
Imma stream this and get my brothers to stream this even though it's low-key/high-key really late.
LOVE your videos SO MUCH!
This expresses exactly how I feel about the show. Its amazingly good!!
Man, I watch a lot of your videos. This is the best one I've seen by far. Great critique, great observations. I'm way behind, but I'm watching now
I loved this video and wish I saw it back when it was airing, but I just recently watched all 5 seasons in 9 days and the 5th in one sitting. HLOY SHIT it's one of the best things I've ever seen. I would love to see a follow-up video from you addressing your feelings about the ending. Also, excellent music choices.
Watching this 3 years after u uploaded this video, u got me after the first 20 secs
You NAILED exactly WHY this show is so frigging incredible!
Dude, you seriously had me watching Samurai Jack all day today from this one video
It's like western Berserk. DISCOUNT THE BERSERK ANIME AT 7:22. KEK.
Don't bait.
this morning when I watched this video, you sold me on watching this show. I an very appreciative of your review and for this solid recommendation. This show is so excellent! You have made this show 1% more popular!
The truth is about the airing of Samurai Jack that Tartakovski always intended to be mature and with blood but the pg rating of the network he was working didn't let him do what he wanted. That's also the reason it ended mid-story, because the creator wanted it to get more mature. So when he found the favorable time he just aired Jack, as it should be, darker, more mature and equally awesome as its predecessor! Jack rocks!!!!
I have to wait to watch, I'm usually stuck at work wen its on, and I don't have cable. but I drove 6 hours on the weekend it premiered to watch it at my moms house. totally worth it.
This show is honestly as addicting as Breaking Bad
I fucking love all of your videos. It feels like Sequelitis but about EVERYTHING. It fills the void that the passing of Sequelitis left, but in your own scripting style that makes it new and yours. Not a ripoff, but nicely reminiscent.
Dude, I wanna be immortal, just so I can see everything you recommend
It is a masterpiece of art, story, music and cinema. I couldn't have asked for more of a show that has held a place in my heart for close to 15 years.
Wait what? Season 5 is the final one?
DarkEspeon40K yeh
DarkEspeon40K yep. This is going to be jacks conclusion
Yeah. This season is made for closure. Fans have been waiting for this for years.
I wish the new season could have been 13 episodes so it would have had the same amount as the old seasons.
Also i hate that almost all animated shows for adults here in the west must be comedys all the time so annoying that Samurai Jack wont last very long.
CyberLance26 I know how you feel maybe samurai jack season 5 opens some people's eyes so Western cartoons can evolve and not just be crappy comedy's all the time.
LOL this was recommended to me 6 years late. I did watch it back when it came out and was happy they honored the original show.
A show so good that even the cruel April 1st gods cannot taint it.
Honestly the art of season was so good that you can pause at any point and BOOM. New screen saver/ wallpaper.
I knew that Ashi would just been demoted to a plot device to complete the story.
Still fantastic animation, but I did not like Ashi from the get go.
If anything, I would think that of the people Jack saved. One of them would have gotten off their ass sooner to help pull Jack out of his depression.
Heck, A Spartan, the Scotsman or general figures that he did in life could have come forth.
Or how Scaramousche became comic relief. Than the series using more creative characters than just referencing older episodes.
There is a difference of using nostalgia effectively or just for the pandering factor.
Something that I wished was explored? What if instead that Jack had to build his own time portal?
As of how difficult it was to do so, it give Jack reason to go around to various people he met to get the ingredients. So in a way, Jack has a reason to interact and see the impact he had in life.
A special Jem from the dog archeologists. An energy source from what the robots can pull. Ancient powers that the Woolies can summon a god to help tell Jack of what he needed. Shit like that.
The show is fantastically animated but Ashi just dragged the show down for me.
Ashi was innecesseary. And I do not think actually ending with jack succeeding in going back was a good choice.
I'm happy to say that I've found this video through recommendations -- a bunch of your videos have started popping up in my recommendation feed. I think you've just crossed RUclips's arbitrary prominence threshold.
Anyway, already loving a bunch of your content. Time to go through the backlog! o/
Honestly I really want to watch it. But a lot of people were suggesting to watch it on adult swims website because aparently they were mentioning in passing that they might stop the show early if the show was ore watched on an outside site and I don't have a cable provider and I'm just like....
"I'll wait till it comes out so I can watch it on the outside then."
its on amazon as well!
Why wouldn't you just watch it on AdultSwim's website? You don't need cable for that lol
C4DNerd if you go onto the website, there is a little key next to the episodes that says; "requires a cable provider login"
You need cable
only for a set time
Ahmad-Ali Abdur-Rafear
Then please let me know when the cable service provider thing stops, because I can only watch their streams atm, it still has the little key that says "Requires a cable provider login"
it's still on the website.
Omg the ending to this video with the cartoon network logo that opens and closes with that amazing sound just brought me back to when I was 6 awake before anyone else in my house getting a bowl or cereal and watching This every damn morning this show is a masterpiece
HELL YES NEW EPISODE TONIGHT
Edit: Well shit.
I took your advice and just finished the show, it was super good. Thank you!
yeah the fist seasons were great great great....i LOVE the new show....its genius but im a little dissapointed that "love" had to be a main plot point concidering the existential beginings of the first half of the season
Marcus thank you I didn't even know this show existed and I watched every episode thanks to you.
As someone who loved the whole ride, but was disappointed by the finale, I would love to hear Cosmonauts review of the finale.
I really loved Anguish, Bloodlust & Apathy Jack's that slowly lead up to Mad Jack, forming his anger and hatred.
Ghost Horseman is a direct Berserk Reference
I'm sold. I'll start watching it in ten mintues. Thank you my dear friend.
I agree with him 100%.
Networks relay on ratings to determine its popularity. And they also relay on Merchandise sales to fund future cartoon shows.
This series may not continue ager this but by purchasing the DVDs, iTunes, GooglePlay, or RUclips episodes online, that will show networks that these are the kinds of tv shows and cartoons we want; and hopefully encourage them to make more on the future. Because God knows we haven't had a decent action cartoon since 2011.
This animation is probably my favorite out of any animated show
Samurai Jack inspired my first book Shobu Samurai, Project Aryoku that I published
the art style is super well done!!! and storyline is amazing gonna rewatch it
I can't tell if this is a real recommendation or not because it's april 1st
Its real, watch it. Its good. Its like... really good. Im not shitting you. Watch the first episode and you'll see how "not shitting you" we are. Its fucking awesome. Im not fucking joking here man, I know it seems like Im building this up for the sake of sarcasm, but ITS REALLY FUCKING GOOD AND ITS PISSING ME OFF THAT I CANT SAY HOW GOOD IT IS BECAUSE ITS APRIL FOOLS AND YOU'LL THINK THAT IM MESSING WITH YOU IM NOT MESSING WITH YOU ITS THE BEST THING TO COME OUT IN ANIMATION SINCE THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL!!!!
No this show is hot hot fire watch it now.
its fucking amazing. honestly, this show has no fucking business being this good after 15 years!
It's real! Go see it.
Ok, you guys were right. This is awesome!
You convinced me I’m rewatching now
I can't watch it because I'm in Europe and don't have American Cable, which sucks balls. Kisscartoon worked, but then that site went down. :c
ocfos88 you can find it on RUclips.
hulu
You had me at hello! My life got crazy lately and I actually FORGOT that this beautiful thing was happening! 😲 I know, what are you gonna do? Well, what I'm gonna do is f'in watch this show!!! THANK YOU again! You are down 1 more out of your requested thousand! 😉#yourock
Yeah I use watchcartooononline too, it's the best
I'm struggling to find a way to support the creators. I don't have American Cable and Australia doesn't have Amazon.
This video got me to start watching samurai jack. Thank you!
Watched it.
Holy fuck guys, this show is too good.
I was about to sleep but I have to watch this now
Just watched the 7 episodes out when watching this and I hate myself for not appreciating this show when I was younger
Jacob Zielesch Same, I want to start watching season 5 but I havent seen anything from samurai Jack, when I was a kid a didnt Even watch it
its Alejandro you dont need to just watch the first epiosde and then go season 5
its Alejandro This is kinda off topic, but... I love your profile background! Like I wouldn't recognize Carl from The Walking Dead!!! That's so awesome 👍
the original series/show and the first 4 seasons are great. Watch them ASAP!
The first time I had heard of this show was when season 5 first came out and there was all the hype, and I didn't really care for it because I knew nothing about it. But then I watched this video out of curiosity and now I'm in love with this show. I've seen season 5 and now I'm watching the original seasons. Legit this is one of the most beautifully animated shows that I have ever seen, I love this show so much. Thank you for getting me interested and willing to watch this