Yeah, I think that's the finale I would have preferred. It felt odd to give the Jack, Ashi relationship so much importance just to take it away again right before the end.
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Samurai Jack Season 5 |OT| But Yeah, Im Thinking Im Back.
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This is now Cannon I accept nothing else.
This is now Cannon I accept nothing else.
Fantastic.
I'll take it.
KimonoNoNo
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The Scotsman always had the best lines.
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He really did. I'm far more broken up over him fading out than Ashi.
That I'm fine with. It's the fact that everything allegedly-stable timelooped between the finale & Wil E. getting hungry in the first place.
Infinite Justice
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YES!!!!!!!
OMG. And then I remembered that Popeye got cancelled. : (
Even that would have been a better ending.
So why is everyone assuming that EVERYONE that Jack helped in the future would dissappear or that his going back screws them all over? I keep seeing this around the Web and it bugs me. There are literally entire Species that are better off with Aku gone. There's also no reason an alternate Scotsman couldn't exist, he'd also be not dead as well. The Viking might not be in vallhalla, but conversely he never had to watch all of his friends and family members die, or be forced to live in shame for hundreds of years either. The Princess who failed in killing Jack Also would have had her people never be in danger in the first place as well. There are many more examples like these.
It would be infact incredibly selfish for Jack to stay in the future, because while he helped many over his 50 years and made plenty of friends, that doesn't compare at all to the plight of billions that have suffered for the hundreds of years under Aku.
It would be infact incredibly selfish for Jack to stay in the future, because while he helped many over his 50 years and made plenty of friends, that doesn't compare at all to the plight of billions that have suffered for the hundreds of years under Aku.
I do agree that he should have been given this choice though, rather than Ashi making it for him, although I don't mind that too much because she knew exactly how important it was to him to go back and sets up the drama where she unwittingly screws her self over. However, I have no doubt in my mind that if she even if she knew that she would still force Jack through, given her personality. I think this is how it should have ended actually.
You must really hate BFTF. It works similar to it. It takes time for the effects to be felt.
It's fine. I'm not a huge fan of single timeline stuff in general, but it is what it is. I saw it coming anyway even with the extended time frame.
Zeus Molecules
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Yay!
C'mon, Jack deserved the happiness of those few weeks/months with Ashi
LumpOfCole
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Scotsman should've given Ashi the remains of his sword so she could survive due to Celtic Magic or something.
Permanently A
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memes are truly incredible
I don't think bringing up BTTF makes that part of the ending any better. BTTF actually sets that element to time travel up fairly early on, and it becomes an integral element to the plot, with Marty's whole existential race to the clock to make sure he's born.
The finale didn't set anything like that up, and if she was going to die, it should've been when she collapsed after Aku's death. Her hanging on long after that until their wedding of all things still seems like some lazy writing to inject some last-minute sadness into the ending. Just because BTTF did it doesn't mean Samurai Jack can do the same thing without any context behind it.
I mean, yeah, time shenanigans and all that, but even under BTTF rules, Ashi should've already been long dead. I think. Man, time travel is such bullshit.
Black-Wind
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This guy explains my feelings on the ending pretty well.
There's a lot of ways this coulda ended IMO.
There's a lot of ways this coulda ended IMO.
Black-Wind
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Hey, IDK who he is or anything about him. Was just watching vids to see if anyone was like me in not hating the ending for not being something they wanted. Shockingly hard to find.
I agree with what he said. It hit all the right notes/beats it needed to in the timeframe it was left with and I felt satisfied. I also assumed it was a Dragon Ball style thing where the timelines were separate but I like to look at it as Jack killing Aku allowed for a better future for everyone else there now so that gives me closure to the other characters.
Only thing i'm sad about is Ashi personally. I don't mind it happening or when it happened, I just don't like that it happened in the last two minutes and Jack had to suffer like that at the end. (though the ladybug was some nice symbolism)
CrazedProfessional
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there will never be a samurai jack videogame with ultra threatening Aku and dark souls mechanics
KimonoNoNo
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My 2cents opinion:
I was enjoying everything up to the point where PTSD Jack goes off with the Dark Samurai on horseback.
After that point the tone shifted and the more interesting aspects of Jack and Ashi characters was put aside to get us from point A to point B in the plot in the least amount of time.
I was enjoying everything up to the point where PTSD Jack goes off with the Dark Samurai on horseback.
After that point the tone shifted and the more interesting aspects of Jack and Ashi characters was put aside to get us from point A to point B in the plot in the least amount of time.
Ew no. Why does it have to be Souls mechanics? Samurai Jack's fighting choreography is too fast paced for something sluggish as Souls.
Technically you could argue that it was worse for Jack since it waited until their wedding day to occur. It was basically the moment of maximum suffering.
I wouldn't accept a Samurai Jack game that doesn't play like Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden.
Astral Dog
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The first few episodes were very good Scaremouch was the best thing this season.poor Aku though he didn't had a fun battle it was all Ashi
Armoured Priest
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Honestly, a Samurai Jack game should play like a musou game (with an added bullet-time mechanic of some sort.
Also gives an opportunity to play as other characters like The Scotsman, Ashi, or Da Sam-Moo-Rhai...or even the Guardian.
Lionel Mandrake
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Finally caught up with the whole season in the last two days.
Thought it was a masterpiece. Open this thread and see people complaining.
*Shrug*
Thought it was a masterpiece. Open this thread and see people complaining.
*Shrug*
RoyaleDuke
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Damn, it only took most of my life to get an ending to the series.
I'm glad it happened, I ain't even mad.
Honestly, I'm glad they went with finality. I am so tired of endless sequels at this point.
I'm glad it happened, I ain't even mad.
Honestly, I'm glad they went with finality. I am so tired of endless sequels at this point.
Admiral Woofington
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Clone Wars exists, that's more of his masterpiece than this is.
Chezzymann
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Maybe since she had aku in her the timey wimey powers stuff she had was still in effect until the wedding and she was slowly losing them until that point or something
As someone who loves Clone Wars, I heartily disagree. The first three episodes alone are better than clone wars (and around the same length too). That's ignoring all the rest of the really good episodes.
I had my problems with it (see precious post), and I wouldn't use the "M word" as I am very selective about what I do and do not call a masterpiece. However this season was fucking great and I can totally see someone calling it a masterpiece.
Pop-O-Matic
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You hated Thor 2, so your tastes are already sus.
Admiral Woofington
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How can you tell me everything past the first 3 episodes are a masterpiece. I can't.
I thought it was fantastic as well, so you aren't alone.
People seem to be getting caught up in the logic of how time travel works in the show, which honestly feels a bit nitpicky.
Because opinions? Different people like different things? The animation, art direction, and production values were fucking impeccable throughout the whole series. Jack and Ashi, despite how you felt about their relationship were both good characters. Aku and the supporting cast was good as well. The action was great the rest of the way too, even if there was less than the first 3 episodes.How can you tell me everything past the first 3 episodes are a masterpiece. I can't.
The sticking points for most people who had a problem was the pacing and to lesser extent plot and tone. If those didn't bother you (and they weren't bad by any means), one could easily think it was a masterpiece.
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