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Craving Your First Look At Samuel L. Jackson in AFRO SAMURAI??

Published at:  Dec 31, 2006 9:45:24 PM CST

I am – Hercules!!

Quentin Tarantino didn't let Samuel L. Jackson play with any of the samurai swords in "Kill Bill," but the erstwhile Mace Windu presumably gets to finally swing a little steel tonight.

A new cartoon titled “Afro Samurai” premieres this Thursday at 11 p.m. on Spike, but word on the street is - beginning midnight tonight - you can get an early glimpse of its gory animated mayhem here!

Take up valuable bandwidth with your predictions and reactions!









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  • Dec 31, 2006 9:42:11 PM CST

    Nice to see you're working tonight.

    by shermdawg

    Or sober enough to check your email. :P

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  • Dec 31, 2006 10:03:12 PM CST

    SAM JACKSON GOTTA EAT!

    by shermdawg

    Oh, and Brett Farve is the man.

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  • Dec 31, 2006 10:13:23 PM CST

    die hard with a vengeance

    by badmrwonka

    is on TV tonight as well. sam jackson is everywhere. happy new year Sherm and everyone.

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  • Dec 31, 2006 10:44:14 PM CST

    Sam Jackson is everywhere ...

    by hercules

    ... because he's made more movies over the last 15 years than any other human being alive. And for good reason. Sam Jackson kinda rules all. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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  • Dec 31, 2006 10:50:30 PM CST

    Uh Herc, compared to Jenna Jameson...

    by shermdawg

    Sam's filmography ain't even close. ;)

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  • Dec 31, 2006 10:55:31 PM CST

    still 3 hours til new year

    by badmrwonka

    and I had to google jenna jameson before I remembered her from the howard stern show back in the day. (wonka prefers B&W erotic photography, much classier) I'm bored as hell, the show/party I was gonna go to got shut down, so now I'm scrambling at 9pm to find something else to do. shitty.

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  • Dec 31, 2006 11:00:43 PM CST

    Just checked out the clips...

    by shermdawg

    Looks pretty damn good. BUT, it's Spike. It's 11pm on Thursdays. I doubt it's gonna last all that long buried there. Hopefully if it's canned, Adult Swim will pick it up.

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  • Dec 31, 2006 11:02:27 PM CST

    And btw...

    by shermdawg

    HAPPY NEW YEARS MY COAXIAL BRETHREN!!!

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  • Jan 01, 2007 12:05:05 AM CST

    Holy fucking shit.

    by zarles

    Sammy Jack and the RZA working together on a movie called Afro Samurai? Somebody fucking pinch me.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 12:53:05 AM CST

    Zarles

    by shermdawg

    It's a show, and it starts Thursday.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:07:26 AM CST

    I've seen some strange shit on AICN, but MetalWater...

    by shermdawg

    that takes the cake!

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:12:33 AM CST

    Igottatrythat.

    by shermdawg

    Regardless if this works or not, you guys better nip that in the bud before someone abuses it.Also, what's up with the new options screen when ya sign in? There was a option for signatures (bad idea) but it's not workin'.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:12:56 AM CST

    i could do without the sidekick

    by angrykirby.tk

    and maybe a grand story arch to compliment the overall basic, I have to kill this dude don't get in my way overall plot. lonewolf and cub the tv show is allright in theory but killing newly introduced characters every week ends up crap for tv (as a movie the thin plot is fine) samurai champloo and samurai jack are both great examples of shows that might not have been cancelled if there was more to be resolved.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:19:54 AM CST

    shermifthisworksisitbetter?

    by badmrwonka

    a little less ostentatious...I better win the poker tourney I've been in for an hour, I'm tired...

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  • Jan 01, 2007 5:10:10 AM CST

    !!!!!!!!!!!

    by shermdawg

    Y'know, I hope the tech guys aren't too drunk to fix this, because Metal Water done went and opened up a can of worms that someone like you know who, from you know where, would cause major problems once he gets wind of this glitch. Ugh.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 5:12:50 AM CST

    Herc, just delete these posts...

    by shermdawg

    and the one in the 2006 tb, before this gets bad.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 8:40:33 AM CST

    Orginal show?

    by ironmuskrat

    Or is Sam Jackson just dubbing over some old Japanese Anime? Looks like its being done by the same people that have worked on Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. If it has good music I might check it out.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 8:44:08 AM CST

    and a quick note to Spike TV..

    by ironmuskrat

    Your website sucks. I have a pretty good computer and your site is killing my computer, tone that shit down a little.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 12:35:41 PM CST

    Thanks Sherm.

    by zarles

    I blame the champagne.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 1:52:53 PM CST

    Don't care much for Spike TV, Adult Swim is better

    by the founder

    Sam and Co should've put it on Adult Swim.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 1:53:40 PM CST

    I'll watch it as long as it lasts on SPIKE

    by the founder

    Honest I will.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 2:14:39 PM CST

    I'll watch

    by phategod1

    but the question is why isn't this on adult swim

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  • Jan 01, 2007 2:18:58 PM CST

    I'll watch it once

    by zath_ras

    Gotta see him whip out his teasee comb and lodge it in someone's forehead.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 3:20:27 PM CST

    Anime fans have known about this for awhile...

    by johnno

    It's only 5 eps or something and then Sam hopes to make a live action version. The episodes will be available uncut on DVD once Spike finished airing it... Looks t be taking the Kill Bill/Ninja Scroll appraoch with the animation style of Animatrix's 'World Record' Looks grand and fun as fuck! But the whole hip hop meets samurais should be credited to Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe for Samurai Champloo.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:06:48 PM CST

    curses

    by roxyprime

    looking forward to this for ages but cos i am in the POXY RUBBISH PRIMITIVE HELLHOLE UK i am forbidden to watch the episode, just the clips....so much for the internet bringing people closer together. bastards. i know peeps here keen to see it but hey, if we are lucky might get it in like 5 years. no wait, just wait for the DVD on amazon.com....thank you multi region DVD! get my hellboy sword of storms in february.woo.

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  • Jan 01, 2007 4:12:00 PM CST

    MAY SAM JACKSON CONTINUE TO EAT

    by pound sand

  • Jan 01, 2007 5:19:00 PM CST

    AFRO SAMURAI IS TOO SILVER!!!

    by teamwak

    You know it to be true

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  • Jan 01, 2007 6:48:26 PM CST

    I thought it was pretty good...

    by the anime blog

    It was more violent than I expected but the production quality was great!

    Afro Samurai Episode 01 Review @ http://www.theanimeblog.com

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  • Jan 01, 2007 9:43:33 PM CST

    No it's not by the Champloo people...

    by johnno

    It's American financed and animated by Japanese studio Gonzo, I believe...

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  • Jan 02, 2007 12:14:20 AM CST

    They should have Jubei from Ninja Scroll guest star....

    by doc_strange

    That would make for a kick ass episode.

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  • Jan 02, 2007 12:42:01 AM CST

    i'm so..

    by the_shogun_gunslinger

    "meh" about anyhing japanese thats been turned afro-centric...just seems stupid to me. sam jackson is the shit but this just doesnt interest me in the slightest...and again...stop this "gotta eat" bullshit

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  • Jan 02, 2007 2:38:41 PM CST

    no subject

    by durhay

  • Jan 02, 2007 6:17:18 PM CST

    Samurai Champloo similarities glaring...

    by capt. strider

    nonetheless, it's pretty enjoyable. Also, it's pretty obvious the sidekick character is an extension of Afro Samurai's psyche, amIright?

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