Comments on Profile Post by DigMe

And the reveals. I admit to marking out when they came.

We're at peak space western now.

Can you explain the Kurosawa reference?

Stylistically it was very Kurosawa influenced (visually). And since many early cowboy movies were heavily influenced by his samurai movies I felt like they brought those two elements together in a very cool way with the two final fights - sword fight and gun fight.

Probably the best episode overall for me.

Absolutely, i will probably watch it again soon.

@Skyline The silent staring followed by explosive violence is a style pioneered by Akira Kurosawa (which may or may not be historically accurate, that's a separate discussion). Duels in Westerns were also influenced by that style. The fight begins with the battle of the spirit and then, the violence is meant to only be the conclusion. The episode did that perfectly IMO.

It's Clint Eastwood in space, who was just a wild west samurai, whose cultural lore had its roots in the Tang dynasty's stylized kung fu novels. Nothing new under the sun.

Clint was a Ronin

@Zhanming057 The full-circle coming together of both the “sword fight” and the gun fight was brilliant IMO. I hated that they gave the kid a name.. or maybe I just hated the name they gave him.

@JK47 A ronin is by definition a samurai and I do not apologize for the pedantry.

I liked the gun/sword part. Don't mind the name too much and it might set up a few good jokes down the road.

@Zhanming057 sorry I'm not a fan of the tang dynasty, Ming was more my thing.

Ming vase much nicer