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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Back To The Past Samurai Jack Review

By Luiggi Cavanna

Back in the early two thousands, a show out of the mind of Genndy Tartakovsky hit the scene on Cartoon Network and quickly found a spot in our geeky hearts. A samurai wielding a magical sword tries to defeat an unmeasurable evil, only to be flung into a dystopian future where said evil has grown stronger. Now this samurai tries to find a way back to the past to undo this cursed future. Samurai Jack was a show heavily influenced by the pop culture of the time, from anime and kung-Fu movies too, of course, old samurai movies, this show had it all. Despite being targeted to a younger demographic, the show had an appeal to an older audience thanks to its incredible writing that won four Primetime Emmy Awards. Unfortunately, after four seasons, from 2001 to 2004, the show ended without giving us a conclusion to Jack’s story.


All started with this movie.

Fast forward to 2017 and Jack is back! And now on Adult Swim. Thirteen years later after it last aired, Samurai Jack returned with its fifth season, and with it, the promise to finally give the series a proper ending, but does it succeed in meeting expectations?
To begin I got to give props to the writers, their audience has grown up and they know this. Instead of the kid friendly cartoon of yesteryears, season five of Samurai Jack has a more mature tone. This is understandable, most of Samurai Jack fans are adults now and demand more of their entertainment, and Jack represents this change perfectly.
 “Listen man, I’m just tired”

For us, it’s been thirteen years but for Jack, it’s been fifty. Time no longer affects him and he hasn’t aged one bit. Jack’s been wandering the land, without any hope of returning to the past because every time portal has been destroyed and he has lost his sword, which was his only means of destroying Aku.
Without the magic sword, Jack has to be creative and resort to using different types of weapons. In this moment of vulnerability, the series introduces a different kind of enemy, one that Jack hasn’t faced before, human assassins in the form of the daughters of Aku.
 They mean business Jack

With humans as his enemies, Jack might have to make the decision to kill another human being, which is something that he hasn’t done before. So, here’s something I really like, perhaps thanks to the time constraints (season five doesn’t have that many episodes) Jack doesn’t have much time to deal with this decision. Matter of fact, when it happens, it just happens. Nothing too flashy, just like that, a life is gone and Jack realizes what he has done. What normally would take a few episodes of soul searching in other shows, Samurai Jack deals with the problem in one episode with a dream sequence. The time constraints have also affected the series in negative ways. There are some pacing problems with some episodes that are closer to the end and that brings us to the controversial final episode.


“Son, sometimes you have to choke a bitch”

So how do you end a series that everyone has high hopes for, how do you please everybody? Simple, you don’t, it’s impossible to please every single fan. Samurai Jack has done a great job with the story. The show dealt with lost, taking another human’s life, and Jack, as a samurai, contemplated committing seppuku (a traditional Japanese form of suicide) for failing in his mission of stopping Aku. Samurai Jack’s finale took on the monumental task of, tying loose ends, bringing old characters from past seasons back, finishing character arcs and giving us a satisfying conclusion all in a regular size episode. Many wanted the final episode to be an hour long, much like the first movie, and perhaps the final episode would’ve been better that way (others didn’t want the show to end) but the main complaint is probably the character Ashi and how the finale handled her.
This picture is from  Gurren Lagann, but it relates to the topic, believe me!

Despite all the minor complaints, and half of the community going nuts, I believe that the final season of Samurai Jack was an amazing experience. Even the whole Ashi situation at the end did not bother me. Hey, it instead reminded me of Gurren Lagann and Samurai Jack is a melting pot of pop culture influences. It seemed fitting.
If you watched the first seasons of Samurai Jack, there’s no reason not to watch the final season. If you haven’t watched Jack at all, well you should, it’s a great show.
What were your thoughts about the final season of Samurai Jack, let us know. Now I return to the deepest darkest corners of my dwelling. Good-bye, for now, my friends.

See you Samurai...



Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Pirates 5 ... Meh (Spoiler Alert)


By Corey Floyd

Last week I sat down and watched the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film: Dead men tell no tales.  After the last movie was just plain boring I have been on the fence about this one. What kept my attention was the movies antagonist Captain Salazar played by Javier Bardem( No Country for old men & Skyfall).

Know he plays a ghost with a very big chip on his shoulder. He after Jack for killing him years ago. Know Jack could avoid him by just staying on land cause ghost can only return to land once every ten years. If you remember the rules from the original Trilogy. Of course, there's a catch if he finds the Triton of the ocean he can go anywhere. Of course, Johnny Depp has returned as Captain Jack Sparrow. Nothing new to his character at all.  You also meet Henry Turner Will & Elizabeth’s, son. They also have a cameo in the movie. Which is nice. Oh yeah, Barbosa is in the movie too. I apologize to you guys cause I wasn’t feeling it. It is an improvement from the last one but I don't care enough about any of the characters except for Barbossa.
  
Even then at the end of the movie he dies. Oops!! Well, I did say spoiler alert. Plus you find out he has a daughter who just happens to be on this adventure with them the whole time.This movie just didn’t do anything for me. In my opinion, they should have just left it at three. They told several complete stories, you saw great character arcs and Barbossa and Davey Jones are far better antagonists than Salazar and Blackbeard. Plus the Visual effects were just okay.

Davey Jones was way more intimidating and actually had some depth in comparison to Salazar plus his look is iconic in my eyes they took every nasty about the bottom of the ocean and put it in on being.
Lets keep it real look at this and tell me Jones wasn’t the better bad guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp1rS_UAvjs . Sorry this was a Bad movie I get it we love Johnny Depp. The man gave us gold for years and Never got a Oscar for it so now he is just hamming it up hardcore now. But maybe I should look at the writers too. One writer Terry Rossio has been credited in all 5 movies but it's mainly for character creation and the screenplay was written by Jeff Nathanson. Who has not been on any good films besides Catch Me If You Can. The other films were quite sketchy as well such as , Indiana Jones Crystal SKULL, Speed 2 , Rush Hour 3 , and The Tower Heist. Sadly he has already been hired to write the next POTC movie so get ready for more of the same. Not me tho this is getting a F from me. Save your money watch Wonder Woman and if you don’t see  I will review it Thursday. Meanwhile POTC: Dead men tell no tales was DOA.  

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