New Samurai Jack series to be rated TV-MA

Contrabardus

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#1
Not a huge surprise as it's running on Adult Swim, but it's been officially confirmed. The new series will be rated MA.
Would post a link to the story, but Reddit seems to have melted down the source's web server for now.
 

Solaris

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#2
I'm surprised. Samurai Jack felt like an awesome kid's show that still was able to get adult themes across when it wanted to. A great show for everyone.

Kind of sad kids won't be able to view it anymore.
 

Contrabardus

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#3
Solaris said:
I'm surprised. Samurai Jack felt like an awesome kid's show that still was able to get adult themes across when it wanted to. A great show for everyone.

Kind of sad kids won't be able to view it anymore.

Why? Because it's on AS? Kids watch AS all the time.

Well, an six year old might not, but any kid over about ten or eleven can usually find a way to check it out. Most parents don't care after a certain age, and that's not really a bad thing. Most tweens are mature enough to handle pretty much anything on AS, and yes I'm well aware of the type of programming they show. The kids who have parents that overprotective are usually far more screwed up than normal kids in my experience.

It's just overprotective fundies that might take offense to most of what they show. I've yet to meet a twelve year old who doesn't have psychotically backwards parents who isn't allowed to watch AS level programming. Not all the time, and maybe not the whole block as it runs kind of late, but most parents are chill enough to allow them to watch something like Samurai Jack even if it is kind of bloody and dark.

Now, a parent that lets a kid that age watch something like Claymore or Berserk...that's another story entirely. That kind of shit can traumatize a kid that age, but there's no way Samurai Jack is going to be that level of pitch black mindfuck.

To be honest, ratings these days are more legal disclaimers for media producers than the gateway to prevent younger viewers from accessing them they were originally intended to be. Media saturation and access to things like the internet and streaming long did away with that.
 

zerohour

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#4
Honestly, I don't think it's going to affect the show that much.  It just means all the bad guys Jack kills won't be "robots."
Seriously, do you remember how bloody I mean, oily the show was?  Episode three, he was completely soaked in it.  I think they're just getting rid of the illusion that it's not a bloodfest because most of the original fandom is of age now.

Of course, it could mean that jack is going to be cursing up a storm now, but I doubt it.


Taking the wait and see approach to this.  Expecting it won't have much of an effect, but you never know.
 
#5
Do we have confirmation as to who will be handling this and if their good enough to match the original?
 

Contrabardus

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#6
Master of Squirrel-Fu said:
Do we have confirmation as to who will be handling this and if their good enough to match the original?
It's being made by Cartoon Network Studios with Tartakovsky as executive producer, just like last time.
 
#7
Contrabardus said:
Master of Squirrel-Fu said:
Do we have confirmation as to who will be handling this and if their good enough to match the original?
It's being made by Cartoon Network Studios with Tartakovsky as executive producer, just like last time.
Then there is nothing to worry about. :sisi:
 

Zetas

Lurking upon the deep
#9
Well we have a release date and a new trailer.  The date and time to mark on your calendars is March 11th at 11pm, and as for the trailer, i'll let it speak for itself.[video=youtube]http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrv_n4tw7w[/video]
 

zerohour

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#11
I like the kill squad sent to hunt him down.  I don't like that Jack seems to have given up.  Didn't they already have an episode or two about that?

Not sure how I feel about Jack being the same effective age.  On one hand, it kind of makes sense thanks to time schenannigans, and explains why Aku is spending so much time trying to kill him instead of waiting another 20 years or so.  On the other hand, I was kind of looking forward to Old Master!Jack.

I'm really hoping that there's going to be a moment of awesomeness when Jack gets backup from all the people he's helped.  Crazy Awesome war scene/episode would be a great way to wrap up the show.

Part of me hopes it goes for more than just a season, but I drive myself insane if it got cancelled again before the proper ending as a result.

Already counting the days.
 
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