The big problem I've been having with sequels is the fact that they try to 1 up their predecessors. Afro Samurai: Resurrection is particularly guilty of this and fails. The things that really caught my attention of the show Afro Samurai was the fact that it was jam packed with action. The fight scenes were great and the developement of Afro from a scared little boy to a badass adult really caught my eye.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection trips at the starting gate. We cut to a sorrowful Afro, who has been spending his time carving figures of people he's killed. It obviously seems as if we're now going to get an Afro that is tired of battle and feels sorry for his sins. Afro, of course, is never allowed to have any emotions in the show and therefore feels no guilt in beating up the local townsmen.
Now, I expect Afro to feel sorry for what he's done. If you watch the movie, you would probably expect this too, because his actions seems remorseful. He stops and looks back at an old man, who tells Afro that he killed his son. Now, this would have been a chance for Afro to say, "Sorry" but no, he doesn't say anything.
Next up is the horribly written dialogue. Lucy Liu says the word twisted 3 times in one sentence and the word clearly did NOT need to be repeated. I believe it went something like "I am so twisted that I made the most twisted scientist afraid of my twistedness?"
It was ridiculous.
Also the lack of fights scenes in place of boobies was lame. Resurrection had FAR less fight scenes than the original Afro Samurai. They did put in boobies and while they were well drawn boobies, they were misplaced. The artists put boobies in for boobies sake. I don't mind boobies if they're properly placed, but these boobies just flopped out at any given opportunity.
The final part of my dislike of this movie was the lack of consequence and poorly written story. At one point, the evil doctor tells Lucy Liu's character that the person they have resurrected will take two more hours until he can be released because he is still unstable. Now, what does Lucy Liu do? Oh, she kills the doctor and releases the man! She does this and the resurrected man acts just like the doctor and Lucy Liu wanted. What was the point of mentioning the fact that he was unstable if he would be fine if released early? Answer there WAS NO POINT.
The sequel fails throughly in my mind.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection trips at the starting gate. We cut to a sorrowful Afro, who has been spending his time carving figures of people he's killed. It obviously seems as if we're now going to get an Afro that is tired of battle and feels sorry for his sins. Afro, of course, is never allowed to have any emotions in the show and therefore feels no guilt in beating up the local townsmen.
Now, I expect Afro to feel sorry for what he's done. If you watch the movie, you would probably expect this too, because his actions seems remorseful. He stops and looks back at an old man, who tells Afro that he killed his son. Now, this would have been a chance for Afro to say, "Sorry" but no, he doesn't say anything.
Next up is the horribly written dialogue. Lucy Liu says the word twisted 3 times in one sentence and the word clearly did NOT need to be repeated. I believe it went something like "I am so twisted that I made the most twisted scientist afraid of my twistedness?"
It was ridiculous.
Also the lack of fights scenes in place of boobies was lame. Resurrection had FAR less fight scenes than the original Afro Samurai. They did put in boobies and while they were well drawn boobies, they were misplaced. The artists put boobies in for boobies sake. I don't mind boobies if they're properly placed, but these boobies just flopped out at any given opportunity.
The final part of my dislike of this movie was the lack of consequence and poorly written story. At one point, the evil doctor tells Lucy Liu's character that the person they have resurrected will take two more hours until he can be released because he is still unstable. Now, what does Lucy Liu do? Oh, she kills the doctor and releases the man! She does this and the resurrected man acts just like the doctor and Lucy Liu wanted. What was the point of mentioning the fact that he was unstable if he would be fine if released early? Answer there WAS NO POINT.
The sequel fails throughly in my mind.
