Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal Interview

[@jasonjlloyd]

Genndy is a genius. Samurai Jack is a masterpiece. So many incredible episodes. The use of shadow and silence the quality of animation is of a mind blowingly high standard. Primal had big shoes but doesn't disappoint.

[@Jeandiel_LJD]

Primal was a fucking ride, i just wanna thank Genndy and everyone else involved for creating this show. season 1 and 2 are certified hood classics and will go down in history.

[@BVasquezp]

Gendy is a man to be studied for generations. Every one of his original works is a piece of art, full of expression, dedication and passion.

[@creategreatness8823]

You can tell with Samurai Jack he was always pushing to be more than a cartoon, more cinematic, and was pushed into boxes over and over. Make sure there is humor, make sure there are goofy characters, 13 episodes in a season, every episode is an adventure of the week that stands alone....a lot of staples of cartoons of the late 90s and early 00s forced upon the show. He did what he could to fight against it, and he used Season 5 to conclude the series in a way that felt more like what the show was always trying to be(notice the maturity, continuity of a 10 part sequence, and a lack of throwaway goofball adventures) Primal felt like it was that kind of "pure cinema" concept of a highly visual, highly musical action0adventure story, stripped away of all of those other limitations. It is told in anamorphic widescreen, has no (well, very very minimal) spoken dialogue...and has more focus and fewer episodes. The first season is 10 episodes. With roughly half of the episodes being completely stand-alone while the other half are two-parters or otherwise feel sort of connected. The 10th episode begins a single continuous arc that will span the entirety of the 2nd season...so now even the one-off episodes are pretty much a thing of the past. Primal is a more primitive and basic story than Samurai Jack, but it is absolutely an evolution of the storytelling and style of Samurai Jack. It has none of the weaknesses of Samurai Jack, and all of the strengths are even better.

[@phantomas1807]

This is true story telling. Bravo!! I tilt my hat to you sir, you crazy mind boggling genius. Your pacing is a lesson to all the writers how much you can fit in 30 minutes, full of pathos and action, every episode felt like a movie!!! Love from the land of Oz.

[@ginofrancejr555]

Awesome interview I love primal the animation the story the characters it's incredible

[@josueortega8065]

My favorite genndy tartakovsky show is star wars, it is true that show came out years before disney will buy star wars ????

[@AGoodJoe]

The best shows from the best artists on earth! Great interview. Hurry up midnight!!

[@RekoReadsBooks]

he's a legend, created dexter's lab, samurai jack, symbionic titan, primal etc also helped craig mccracken create the powerpuff girls(wrote,directed,produced and storyboarded on the show). also responsible for so many other shows directly and indirectly.

[@DedHedZed]

Genndy looks exactly like Dexter.

[@ukmonk]

great interview thank you and I love Genndys work and also him as a person!

[@maddrexyy973]

Genndy has engraved this show in my brain and I love it he did such a good job with it and I love the “no” dialogue

[@Graczula]

My fav animated series of all time. Yeah I said it. I've just purchased BluRay version of it. Everything about the series just resonated with me on some sublimal level. Thank you Genndy for doing what you are doing, that means being the best animation director since Chuck Jones.

[@seth561]

So excited for season 2!

[@a.j.m8264]

Sym-bionic Titan has been my favorite thing from him and I’m glad it got a little mention here even though it’s the one he never got to finish.

[@creategreatness8823]

I would love for their to be some kind of "Genndy Tartakovsky Collection" type of physical media release that could go back through Dexter, Samurai Jack etc...and remaster the episodes, present them in the way Tartakovsky wants them, and release them on physical media for people to collect and enjoy.

[@federicorodriguezlopez6905]

why there is no Art Book from this master?

[@N0b0dyh3re]

Wow this is the first time I’ve actually heard him speak

[@normancowal8269]

Love it well done

[@darpanpatel3303]

I’m grateful that Genndy created Samurai Jack, but when I first saw it, I never felt anything like “this” before, I also felt like I was greatly influenced by Jack and depressed because the story ended because it made me love childrens cartoon network shows like the Powerpuff girls, Courage the cowardly dog, etc which many children my age right now take for granted, and when I saw Primal, I was happy to see another Genndy tartakovsky show because it reminded me of Samurai Jack at first sight,, and when it ended as well with a sad ending, I couldn’t help but cry and also think of real life and Samurai jack and how it was really similar because I just realized at the very age of 11, time is just so cruel, but is yet so beautiful as well,

[@joefization]

Thank you both for doing this awesome interview 👍

[@92bagder]

The first 3 episodes have more character development between a caveman and a trex than any character arc in all 3 of the Disney Star wars movies

[@justicejohn]

I really appreciate this guy

[@leonardofontes7007]

best cartoon i've seen since season 1 of rick n morty

[@JustinOToole]

the lack of views for this video is criminal!

[@corysmith8910]

This was excellent. Super pumped!

[@mrfluffybeehive]

Best show ever

[@XAVIERCUERVO]

Genius Tartakovsky i love your work

[@MikeBurkard]

Found Primal on HBOmax not knowing who Genndy is... what a great first season!

[@Linadoesnails_01]

Gendy do season 3!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@patrickk___]

Genndy is very Underrated and I’m glad he’s getting more recognized, can’t wait for the Dog Movie and I hope Primal gets 4-5 Seasons if not more, such a phenomenal show.

[@thundarrisaboss2725]

primal is SOOOOOO good!

[@tas415]

Loved Dexter and Samurai Jack, Primal just became a new favorite

[@imohbalu]

🙏 Dear Sr, I like to thank you for the great work of art...

[@iskinymeofficial5475]

Primal is so good

[@scopedad]

i just want to thank this guy and shake his hand for making this. what a gangster show he created my goodness.

[@sebastianortega3012]

Cant wait for fixed 🤩😃😃💖💙🤯🎉🎉

[@Jurassic150]

I have a feeling that there will also be a third season of Primal.

[@professor_chaos2253]

No probably

[@Jeandiel_LJD]

This man is The Goat.. THE GOOOOOAAAATTT🐐

[@CB-qg3yh]

Thank you Genndy for making awesome shit

[@josephhernandez3907]

It'd be cool for a Samurai Jack and Primal crossover movie or episode where Aku sends Jack to the stone age and he meets Spear.......

[@giotio1237]

If Conan the Barbarian is getting a movie, make this guy a director

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

Can't wait for Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Ps. Does anyone have a translation for that irish guy from S2E2.

[@tedmack1945]

Genndy did a better star wars series than Disney or Dave filoni ever could lol

[@deez2920]

I cried on season 2 episode 9 It was so sad 😢 😭,👶😂

[@Khultan]

*TRADTIONAL HAND DRAWN QUALITY ANIMATION COMBINED WITH GRITTY STORY TELLING*

[@dr.tetraminflakes3187]

why alexander tartakovsky primal cartoon figures don't exist? you want to make alot of money just make the action figures

[@yvoncormier9762]

Killing off Spear after only two seasons of Primal is a bad choice. Primal is a masterpiece for so many reasons....and the relationship between Fang and Spear is the shows foundation. If Genndy is dead set on Killing Spear so soon, we might benefit from the magical mysticism established by the creatures who birth children from a man who gets vanquished on a mound, his body riddled with symbols on his body. Losing Spear coming into season three, would be worse than disappearing Rick and featuring his daughter...and Killing off Carl in The Walking Dead. One could justify Killing off a lead character late in for Walking Dead. However, not Primal. Not a foundational character this soon.

[@mawest71]

...aannnndd then he sold out.... ya. Modern popular cliche is STILL cliche, actually the definition.

[@LastBastian]

Curious what you mean? (spoilers) Is it how our strong male lead was basically replaced with strong young female at the end?

[@TwenteeEight]

the fuck are you talking about