![]() ![]() The Guardian is very dutiful to protecting the portal as he patiently awaits the day Jack will once again face him in combat and defeat him to gain access to the portal. Then, he apologized to Jack that he can't use the time portal yet. He even gently placed the unconscious and heavily beaten Jack and his katana (off-screen) on the back of a flying creature and have it send him to safety. He is capable of becoming both enraged and showing mercy, as he became very upset after Jack ruined his favorite suit, but still offered to let Jack retreat after it became clear that Jack could not win.Īfter he realized that Jack is the prophesied person, he became more respectful towards Jack. He is extremely self-confident and fights with gleeful mannerisms. However, he seems to enjoy the battle, as he immediately accepted Jack's challenge to battle and enjoyed the fight as Jack used skilled tactics. The Guardian seems to live only to guard his portal. The Guardian's appearance was significant, mainly because the episode he takes part in made it known that Jack's eventual return to the past was presumably inevitable. He carried numerous weapons, including a sword, and at least two sai and two machine guns. His attire consisted of a jet-black suit and red circular sunglasses. Not bad for an animated TV pilot.The Guardian was a tall, bald, muscular man with bright cyan skin. … which yields a grand total of 27 out of 42. Cartoon Network will probably be airing it a few more times over the weekend, and the series will settle into its regular time slot on Monday (8 PM Eastern/Pacific). Overall, this is a quality flick that both you and your kids will enjoy. (Besides, this is just darn cool, even if in the quantifiable measures above it may not seem that way I’m using this to help pad the total score.) 5 out of 6 again. 5 points out of 6 here.ĭespite the mostly-average scores above, everything comes together in a well- produced package, really better than the sum of its parts. As goofy as this may sound coming from someone over the age of eight, I actually wanted to cheer in a few places. average) 3 of 6.Įmotional response: Woohoo! It’s hard to get enough action in a cartoon these days, even if you’re a fan of good quality anime. It’s cartoonish, over-the-top, but basically unremarkable, scoring an equally unremarkable (i.e. Heck, Samurai Jack, the title character, doesn’t even talk in the first fifteen minutes. The voice acting was almost non-existent. Nothing original here, only meriting 3 out of 6. The story with the enslaved talking dogs added a “human” touch to things, but the dogs themselves were exceptionally incongruous. Story? What story? Samurai chases after his sworn enemy, time and again. It’s no “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” but it gets the job done. ![]() The animation is just what you’d expect of Genndy Tartakovsky interpreting anime – blocky, and very action-packed, simple and easy to follow. In lieu of a traditional effects score, I’m going to call this a more general “eyeball stuff” score. ![]() And it’s been a staple of contemporary cyberpunk fiction for a while to have a character who models herself after the samurai tradition, though this is the first example I can recall that does it so literally. When the dogs express incredulous disbelief that their ancestors could only bark, and walked on their legs AND arms, that just messed with my head in some way I can’t quite explain.įish-out-of-water stories are as old as television itself, so I’m obliged to dock a point on the originality score. Granted, this is set in the far future (though they don’t even pretend to say just how far), but that’s just overkill. This just makes sure you know nobody is taking this too seriously, and gets you in the right mind-set to enjoy the action that follows. In the first ten minutes, you’ll realize that nobody involved is trying for anything other than pure fun, when our not-yet-named hero receives training from Robin Hood, a Hercules wannabe, Shaolin monks, and classical Egyptian priests, probably breaking some sort of record for “number of anachronisms in such a short time.” Suspend your disbelief at the door, please. It first aired on Cartoon Network on August 10, 2001. This TV-movie (for lack of a better way to describe it) ran about 82 minutes with “limited” commercial interruptions. The credits are scant indeed, sadly the venerable IMDB only lists one member of the voice cast. “Samurai Jack” was created, and the pilot movie was directed, by Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Dexter’s Laboratory”). PremiseĪ Samurai warrior, trapped in the far-flung future, fights an evil demon, tries to get home, and looks cool all the while. Maybe I’m just getting in touch with my inner child, but I really wanted to watch “Samurai Jack.” The review follows. ![]()
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