Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Holy crap. Genndy Taratovsky, thank you. Cartoon Network, thank you. What an amazing show. For those of you who missed it during its Friday premiere, the SAMURAI JACK movie plays again tonight, Saturday, at 7 PM. The show itself premieres in its regular time slot Monday at 8 PM. And let me just say... it's a classic. Stylish, funny, and intense, SAMURAI JACK is like nothing else on TV right now. Mako does amazing voice work as Aku, the spirit of evil, a shape-shifting demon who has taken over the world. Phil (MADTV) LaMarr does very impressive work as Jack, a samurai who was torn from his own time and thrown thousands of years into the future. This is a no-shit action show, and everything from the backgrounds to the score to the design of the characters all works magnificently. The use of the frame is so smart, with full frame images giving way to letterboxed scope images that suddenly become split screen montages. It's all dazzling. This is a show worth getting excited about, and I dare any animation fan to tune in and not get excited.
And now, since I know you're chomping at the bit, tell me what YOU thought of it.
"Moriarty" out.
