>>95453098Consider the context. We've been waiting for a conclusion to SJ for years, barely believing we'd ever actually get it; it was like the Half Life 3 of cartoons. Then we not only got it, but we seemed to be getting something that would actually live up to our highest expectations. The first episodes were spectacular.
And then it just devolves into a boring love story with some character we don't really give a shit about. Aku barely does anything interesting, and we get a crappy 'bittersweet' ending which is bittersweet for the wrong reasons (concentrating on Ashi dying, rather than all the characters and places we loved being erased). It wasn't really that bad as far as modern cartoons go, but it was such a disappointment after such a promising start.
And it's not like it was doomed to fail due to overly high expectations; look how much /tv/ loves the new Twin Peaks. It was actually very similar; a cult classic from years ago finally being concluded by its original writers, focusing on the main character rediscovering his old cheerful self, with a mix of new characters and old ones. People had the same high expectations, but it largely managed to live up to them. So Samurai Jack wasn't doomed from the start, it just failed to be as good as it could have been.
