And wonder of wonders, "Jack and the 300" (aka, "Jack and the Spartans") is on tonight. Great action-packed ep.
Did you ever see the TV movie that shows the rise of Aku? It was done after the series' run, or at least, well into the run. It went back in time, showing three gods doing battle with a shadowy being of evil: Ra, Odin, and Rama. Their powers defeat the being, but a small part of it is ripped free and drifts across space to land in ancient Japan. It is from this shard that Aku ultimately grows. This two-parter is really, really good, full of action and drama, and a must-see. Speaking of funny eps, ever seen "Jack Learns to Jump Good"? Hilarious! ----- Original Message ----- From: "daikaiju66" <daikaij...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:23:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Samurai Jack" Reruns on Boomerang I've seen most of those. I love the shoes episode and the Scotsman was great fun. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > You have *got* to catch the one where he fights the Viking king...the ep > where he's trapped amidst a book of the dead reanimated by Aku and has to > fight and fight and fight to survive...the moving take on "300" that's an > exciting battle..and eerie show that's mostly in black and white about a > spirit infesting a home where horrors took place years before. And funny > shows too, like both dealing with the Scotsman, whose sword and skills rival > Jack's, but whose greatest weapon may be his rotund wife...the one where Jack > loses his sandals and spends the show trying on all types of modern shoes, > but keeps stumbling and falling and failing, much to the amusement of the > gang he's trying to subdue--great stuff! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "daikaiju66" <daikaij...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:23:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Samurai Jack" Reruns on Boomerang > > > > > > > Cool. There were quite a few episodes I never got to watch so now I can play > catch up. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > > > Can't agree more, Keith. I still can't quite get Boomerang on my set yet. > > The digital signal keeps popping in and out constantly. Comcrap says that > > they may have given us bad set-top boxes. *Four* of them... > > > > (spit!) > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > From: KeithBJohnson@ > > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:25:44 +0000 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] "Samurai Jack" Reruns on Boomerang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the past couple of weeks I've been enjoying reruns of this, one of the > > greatest animated series I've ever seen. If you've never seen "Samurai > > Jack", then do yourself a favor and check it out. Don't let the oddly flat > > looking animation throw you. Don't be turned off by the idea of a Samurai > > nicknamed "Jack" in a strange future. If you see a couple of eps that seem > > kinda silly or light, don't give up. Tartokovsky crafted an incredibly good > > show here, full of action, adventure, and some surprisingly effective > > drama. I can think of a couple of shows that literally had my mouth hanging > > open, and a couple that had me near misty eyed (see Jack battle the cursed > > Viking warrior for example). It's fun when they riff on that anime standard > > of characters freezing in moments of high action: you know, when a > > character delivers a fatal sword stroke, then freezes in that move, while > > the enemy dies, or explodes, as the case is here. There's good music, good > > writing, and memorable characters. > > > > If Boomerang had to replace Justice League, this is one of the better > > choices to take its place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you're up to on > > Facebook. > > http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 > > > > >
