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Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so

by duxup 1y ago

Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so many shows have today.

Forgeties79 1y ago
The episode with the three blind archers guarding the well that grants wishes is a master class in gesticulates at everything Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. The episode with the special forces clone troopers that has no dialogue after the first 30-60 seconds or show is just so unbelievably good. So much tension.
- photonthug 1y ago
  Ok I’m rewatching that one soon, forgot about it. The flashback of like, all heroes including Vishnu and zeus fighting aku was also rad. Maybe even the pilot, or the start of the reboot? Awesome
- lazystar 1y ago
  > Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. the episode with mace windu taking on an entire droid army - by himself - is what opened my imagination to the true potential that a jedi master has. it's a shame that neither the movies, nor any other tv show, have come close to conveying "why" everyone fears and respects force users.
  - eutropia 1y ago
    a million times this. Clone Wars microseries did more for my love of star wars than all the movies put together. pure effing magic.
  - Dracophoenix 1y ago
    > the episode with mace windu taking on an entire droid army - by himself - is what opened my imagination to the true potential that a jedi master has. As a kid, that was my favorite episode of the series first season. I still remember coming back after school catching the 5 minute micro-episodes on Cartoon Network. > it's a shame that neither the movies, nor any other tv show, have come close to conveying "why" everyone fears and respects force users. It stops becoming Star Wars as we know it and starts becoming Dragon Ball Z with laser swords. Quite a number of books and video games in the Expanded Universe/Legends veered in that direction, in many cases to the detriment of consistency in lore.
    - lazystar 1y ago
      > It ... starts becoming Dragon Ball Z with laser swords. this is a billion dollar idea. i wish i had the capital to get it off the ground, sigh. > in many cases to the detriment of consistency in lore. "Somehow, Palpatine returned" is the current state of the lore. it literally cant get worse, so why not have some fun?
      - Cthulhu_ 1y ago
        Star Wars Visions is probably the closest you'll get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lle0NNmvIyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lle0NNmvIyU
    - anthk 1y ago
      Dragon Ball had Star Wars as inspiration too. Akira Toriyama loved SW.
      - Dracophoenix 1y ago
        And in turn, Star Wars was inspired by the film-work of Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa's film noir period dramas are different in tone and scope from Toriyama's action-comedy flare and they both differ in subject matter and characterization from Star Wars. For Star Wars, going too far in the pursuit of cool overpowered characters creates difficulties for meaningful plot resolution.
  - MattGrommes 1y ago
    Agree completely. The bit where Mace pulls the screws out of the droids with the Force and then uses them against the other droids is probably my favorite Force move in all of Star Wars.
- usefulcat 1y ago
  Yes, I was going to mention that exact episode. The distinctive visual style is perhaps more obvious, but the show also makes excellent use of sound.
  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    The way they walked with their heads static and their ears moving. So creepy
- Marazan 1y ago
  That was the first episode I ever saw of Samurai Jack. I had never seen anything like it. I had tuned in after the initial exposition so I experienced zero dialogue until the very end. It was spellbinding. When he dons the blindfold and everything goes black and silent for what feels like eternity...
  - h2zizzle 1y ago
    It's hard to understate what a revelation the relative thematic maturity of Cartoon Network's offerings was. Between shows like SJ and RAoJQ and Toonami-aired anime like SM and GW, you go from a period dominated by toy commercials to one filled with political and philosophical meditations masquerading as toy commercials. It's hard to imagine the popularity of today's prestige TV (which is probably the closest you're going to get to turning most Americans into creatures inclined towards the literary) without the generations that grew up watching (and creating) shows like "giant robot pilots argue the merits of pacificism" and "a samurai walks silently through many a beautiful and alien landscape for half the episode".
    - cosmic_cheese 1y ago
      In case others might not be aware of what the acronyms used in this post refer to (they weren’t immediately obvious to me, even as someone who watched Cartoon Network/Toonami/Adult Swim): - RAoJQ: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest - SM: Sailor Moon - GW: Gundam Wing
      - h2zizzle 1y ago
        Thanks! (Though part of my cheeky intent was to get the uninitiated to search the acronyms and maybe discover a new series to watch.)
- kklisura 1y ago
  > The episode with the three blind archers... Three Blind Archers is Tartakovsky's favorite episode. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvlCjcT7oM&t=647s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvlCjcT7oM&t=647s
  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    Wooo I have good taste maybe!
stevenwoo 1y ago
His first season of Primal has almost zero dialogue and works really well, but it's a caveman and a dinosaur buddy show.

by duxup 1y ago

Samurai Jack is so beautiful and being able to portray things / have the confidence in the art really seems to cut back on unnecessary / clumsy dialogue that so many shows have today.

Forgeties79 1y ago

The episode with the three blind archers guarding the well that grants wishes is a master class in gesticulates at everything Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. The episode with the special forces clone troopers that has no dialogue after the first 30-60 seconds or show is just so unbelievably good. So much tension.

photonthug 1y ago
Ok I’m rewatching that one soon, forgot about it. The flashback of like, all heroes including Vishnu and zeus fighting aku was also rad. Maybe even the pilot, or the start of the reboot? Awesome
lazystar 1y ago
> Whenever I think of Tartakovsky I also think of his clone wars micro series he did for Cartoon Network. the episode with mace windu taking on an entire droid army - by himself - is what opened my imagination to the true potential that a jedi master has. it's a shame that neither the movies, nor any other tv show, have come close to conveying "why" everyone fears and respects force users.
- eutropia 1y ago
  a million times this. Clone Wars microseries did more for my love of star wars than all the movies put together. pure effing magic.
- Dracophoenix 1y ago
  > the episode with mace windu taking on an entire droid army - by himself - is what opened my imagination to the true potential that a jedi master has. As a kid, that was my favorite episode of the series first season. I still remember coming back after school catching the 5 minute micro-episodes on Cartoon Network. > it's a shame that neither the movies, nor any other tv show, have come close to conveying "why" everyone fears and respects force users. It stops becoming Star Wars as we know it and starts becoming Dragon Ball Z with laser swords. Quite a number of books and video games in the Expanded Universe/Legends veered in that direction, in many cases to the detriment of consistency in lore.
  - lazystar 1y ago
    > It ... starts becoming Dragon Ball Z with laser swords. this is a billion dollar idea. i wish i had the capital to get it off the ground, sigh. > in many cases to the detriment of consistency in lore. "Somehow, Palpatine returned" is the current state of the lore. it literally cant get worse, so why not have some fun?
    - Cthulhu_ 1y ago
      Star Wars Visions is probably the closest you'll get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lle0NNmvIyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lle0NNmvIyU
  - anthk 1y ago
    Dragon Ball had Star Wars as inspiration too. Akira Toriyama loved SW.
    - Dracophoenix 1y ago
      And in turn, Star Wars was inspired by the film-work of Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa's film noir period dramas are different in tone and scope from Toriyama's action-comedy flare and they both differ in subject matter and characterization from Star Wars. For Star Wars, going too far in the pursuit of cool overpowered characters creates difficulties for meaningful plot resolution.
- MattGrommes 1y ago
  Agree completely. The bit where Mace pulls the screws out of the droids with the Force and then uses them against the other droids is probably my favorite Force move in all of Star Wars.
usefulcat 1y ago
Yes, I was going to mention that exact episode. The distinctive visual style is perhaps more obvious, but the show also makes excellent use of sound.
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  The way they walked with their heads static and their ears moving. So creepy
Marazan 1y ago
That was the first episode I ever saw of Samurai Jack. I had never seen anything like it. I had tuned in after the initial exposition so I experienced zero dialogue until the very end. It was spellbinding. When he dons the blindfold and everything goes black and silent for what feels like eternity...
- h2zizzle 1y ago
  It's hard to understate what a revelation the relative thematic maturity of Cartoon Network's offerings was. Between shows like SJ and RAoJQ and Toonami-aired anime like SM and GW, you go from a period dominated by toy commercials to one filled with political and philosophical meditations masquerading as toy commercials. It's hard to imagine the popularity of today's prestige TV (which is probably the closest you're going to get to turning most Americans into creatures inclined towards the literary) without the generations that grew up watching (and creating) shows like "giant robot pilots argue the merits of pacificism" and "a samurai walks silently through many a beautiful and alien landscape for half the episode".
  - cosmic_cheese 1y ago
    In case others might not be aware of what the acronyms used in this post refer to (they weren’t immediately obvious to me, even as someone who watched Cartoon Network/Toonami/Adult Swim): - RAoJQ: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest - SM: Sailor Moon - GW: Gundam Wing
    - h2zizzle 1y ago
      Thanks! (Though part of my cheeky intent was to get the uninitiated to search the acronyms and maybe discover a new series to watch.)
kklisura 1y ago
> The episode with the three blind archers... Three Blind Archers is Tartakovsky's favorite episode. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvlCjcT7oM&t=647s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvlCjcT7oM&t=647s
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  Wooo I have good taste maybe!

stevenwoo 1y ago

His first season of Primal has almost zero dialogue and works really well, but it's a caveman and a dinosaur buddy show.