Samurai Jack Is Back

[Maichuko]

I call bs on him never killing a human before. unless he doesn't count the fancy Spaniard, African blow gun master, or the Russian berzerker as humans.

[Prusselanden]

AAAAAAAAH

[Benuty]

I call bs on him never killing a human before. unless he doesn't count the fancy Spaniard, African blow gun master, or the Russian berzerker as humans.

If you are referring to the princess, and the bounty hunters episode it was never confirmed they died. Later on Genndy even said they didn't if I recall.

[Ameriganastan]

I call bs on him never killing a human before. unless he doesn't count the fancy Spaniard, African blow gun master, or the Russian berzerker as humans.

If you are referring to the princess, and the bounty hunters episode it was never confirmed they died. Later on Genndy even said they didn't if I recall.

Except we saw him cut both of them down, and blow up the Russian.

[Bycrest]

If you are referring to the princess, and the bounty hunters episode it was never confirmed they died. Later on Genndy even said they didn't if I recall.

Except we saw him cut both of them down, and blow up the Russian.

http://samuraijack.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_XLIV:_The_Princess_and_the_Bounty_Hunters

It states in the wiki that the bounty hunters were just knocked out due to a lack of blood shown. But considering they weren't showing excessive amounts of blood back then because it was PG, I still say they could have died. I highly doubt Boris could survive being blown up since those bombs were meant to kill.

[Ameriganastan]

The whole thing reeks of a retcon to me.

[Wolfenium]

The whole thing reeks of a retcon to me.

It's likely Genndy forgot about the episode, and when pointed out, decided to roll with it and say they're just unconscious. I mean, it's been 13 years, should we really blame him for an inconsistency? Hell, Jack could have forgotten that incident too after 50 years of fighting.

[Benuty]

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881 ... adult-swim

Incredibly long read when having to do this on mobile, but still. Decided to provide the parts on this that somewhat are relevant.

One of the big developments here is the idea that Jack is facing flesh-and-blood people instead of robots, mutants, or aliens. Is this meant to be completely new ground for the series?

Yeah, it is. The whole conceit of the first series is that we couldn’t kill a human. He fought some, but he never killed them. He always had to find a way around it. When you’re fighting a machine that’s programmed, that has one singular goal and has no emotion, like we say in the show, “It’s just nuts and bolts, it doesn’t matter.” But when he faces something real, with feelings, that has a choice, he can’t just easily kill it.


Whenever this comes up, on Reddit or on comment boards, someone will bring up the bounty hunter episode and say, “He killed them, and they were definitely people!”

Some of those bounty hunters were definitely alien-like. But maybe they’re right! [Laughs] In my head, they were robots. I’d have to look at that episode again. I remember the episode, but I think they were mostly aliens. There were a couple of humans, but maybe they didn’t die.

[Victoriala II]

http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881920/samurai-jack-season-five-genndy-tartakovsky-cartoon-network-adult-swim

Incredibly long read when having to do this on mobile, but still. Decided to provide the parts on this that somewhat are relevant.

One of the big developments here is the idea that Jack is facing flesh-and-blood people instead of robots, mutants, or aliens. Is this meant to be completely new ground for the series?

Yeah, it is. The whole conceit of the first series is that we couldn’t kill a human. He fought some, but he never killed them. He always had to find a way around it. When you’re fighting a machine that’s programmed, that has one singular goal and has no emotion, like we say in the show, “It’s just nuts and bolts, it doesn’t matter.” But when he faces something real, with feelings, that has a choice, he can’t just easily kill it.


Whenever this comes up, on Reddit or on comment boards, someone will bring up the bounty hunter episode and say, “He killed them, and they were definitely people!”

Some of those bounty hunters were definitely alien-like. But maybe they’re right! [Laughs] In my head, they were robots. I’d have to look at that episode again. I remember the episode, but I think they were mostly aliens. There were a couple of humans, but maybe they didn’t die.

Maybe.

[New haven america]

I wonder what Adult Swim's prank is going to be this year?

[Ameriganastan]

I wonder what Adult Swim's prank is going to be this year?

They did it last night.

[Islamic Republic e Jariri]

Looking forward to Episode 4. There's been speculation Jack will retrieve his sword there. I wonder who or what the Green Ghost Rider thing could be...

[New haven america]

I wonder what Adult Swim's prank is going to be this year?

They did it last night.

... Can't tell if messing with me or not...

[Ameriganastan]

They did it last night.

... Can't tell if messing with me or not...

I don't do April Fools. It's a stupid goddamn annoyance of a day. So no, I'm not messing. They added laugh tracks, messed with voice pitches and added annoying sound effects.

[Ameriganastan]

Well, it appears the April Fools marathon of Rick And Morty means no Jack this week.

[Valrifell]

Well, it appears the April Fools marathon of Rick And Morty means no Jack this week.

But, hey, season premiere of Rick and Morty.

[New haven america]

Well, it appears the April Fools marathon of Rick And Morty means no Jack this week.

But, hey, season premiere of Rick and Morty.

Hopefully Mcdonald's will rerelease that Szechwan sauce.

[Ameriganastan]

But, hey, season premiere of Rick and Morty.

Hopefully Mcdonald's will rerelease that Szechwan sauce.

Just gotta wait nine seasons.

[New haven america]

Hopefully Mcdonald's will rerelease that Szechwan sauce.

Just gotta wait nine seasons.

I'm fully prepared to wait.

[Luminesa]

Looking forward to Episode 4. There's been speculation Jack will retrieve his sword there. I wonder who or what the Green Ghost Rider thing could be...

PLOT TWIST IT'S JACK HIMSELF.

[Bycrest]

Well, it appears the April Fools marathon of Rick And Morty means no Jack this week.

But, hey, season premiere of Rick and Morty.

That seriously messes with my internal calendar. I'm so used to Toonami coming on at a very specific time and it reminds me what day it is, I started doubting if it was really Saturday.

[The Democratic Nation of Unovia]

I never really watched Samurai Jack as a kid (I knew and know people obsessed with it), but I have been loving season 5.
The Daughters of Aku are an interesting touch.
I just hope that the fight against Aku is not a stupidly cheap fight, where Jack wins with one strike or something.

Really was looking forward to watching it tonight (esp. after last week), and not a big fan of Rick and Morty.

[Luminesa]

I never really watched Samurai Jack as a kid (I knew and know people obsessed with it), but I have been loving season 5.
The Daughters of Aku are an interesting touch.
I just hope that the fight against Aku is not a stupidly cheap fight, where Jack wins with one strike or something.

Really was looking forward to watching it tonight (esp. after last week), and not a big fan of Rick and Morty.

The fight with Aku is going to be...who knows. At this point Aku really isn't interested. So perhaps there might be another major villain on the rise?

[The Democratic Nation of Unovia]

I never really watched Samurai Jack as a kid (I knew and know people obsessed with it), but I have been loving season 5.
The Daughters of Aku are an interesting touch.
I just hope that the fight against Aku is not a stupidly cheap fight, where Jack wins with one strike or something.

Really was looking forward to watching it tonight (esp. after last week), and not a big fan of Rick and Morty.

The fight with Aku is going to be...who knows. At this point Aku really isn't interested. So perhaps there might be another major villain on the rise?

It would be a reason to keep it rolling...

[Bycrest]

Well. looks like we have to wait another week for the next episode. I wouldn't be so pissed if Adult Swim decided to air the same episode three times in a row! We missed Samurai Jack for that?