Continue reading Samurai Flamenco 11 — Samurai Squad Flamengers →

So cool. This was the best episode of the show by far. Continue reading Samurai Flamenco 11 — Never Accept Evil →

Clearly my theory that Konno was King Torture was wrong. I agree that they are quite similar though— they both crave that which is entertaining.  Continue reading Samurai Flamenco 09 — Craving Entertainment →

Last week’s episode took a turn towards the supernatural, with Dr. Torture and his Army of Evil making an appearance. It seemed to fly in the complete opposite direction of all the show had done up until this point.

But now, with multiple supernatural monsters appearing in a single week, it still feels like Samurai Flamenco is holding fast to its roots as an absurd comedy about a superhero in a world that doesn’t need one. If anything, its sense of absurdity has only been heightened:

Attraction to rhinos? Yeah… Continue reading Samurai Flamenco 08 — Rhino Attraction →

Everyone was freaking out over this episode so I decided to watch it earlier than I usually do to avoid the inevitable spoilers. It turns out the excitement was not for the reasons I expected. It’s not a “WTF this is awesome,” or a “WTF this is retarded” episode, it’s more along the lines of “WTF, whose ass did they pull this out of?”

The gist of the episode’s twist is, a criminal takes some drugs and transforms into GUILLOTINE GORILLA, a gorilla with a guillotine in his chest. Now anyone whose seen the rest of this show know that given the show’s setting, this development makes no sense whatsoever. Until this point, the show has been down to earth and realistic. So why a magical gorilla with a guillotine all of the sudden?

I suspect that this development will end up requiring no suspension of disbelief, although I’m not sure how. Continue reading Samurai Flamenco 07 — No More Monkeying Around →