New Cowboy Bebop is deffo interesting. I mean, they've basically taken the Danger 5 approach but done it serious. i.e. "what if we LEGIT did live action like anime?"
Not sure if it's GOOD yet. But definitely interesting, and different.
Different is better than a lazy adaption.
Not sure if it's GOOD yet. But definitely interesting, and different.
Different is better than a lazy adaption.
It's definitely going to absolutely piss off the people who never realised the original was as much a spoof of a whole bunch of genres as it was an anime show though.
i.e. the people who want to BE the leads rather than realising you're meant to view them as human and broken.
i.e. the people who want to BE the leads rather than realising you're meant to view them as human and broken.
watch for lots of "wwaaaaaaa they've made [Spike | Jet | Faye I Ed | My fave character] a bit of a dick. don't watch."
Pro-tip: they were in the original too. You just don't really spot it as much because we're conditioned not to see it through the anime tropes/medium.
Pro-tip: they were in the original too. You just don't really spot it as much because we're conditioned not to see it through the anime tropes/medium.
The way to think of this live action version, so far, is this:
You know when you rave about an anime show and tell someone who doesn't watch that they'll LOVE it.
And you're confused when they say they couldn't get into it?
The showrunners here are giving you glimpse of why.
You know when you rave about an anime show and tell someone who doesn't watch that they'll LOVE it.
And you're confused when they say they couldn't get into it?
The showrunners here are giving you glimpse of why.
This show forces you to legit watch live action and accept all the anime tropes on the way.
That's fucking jarring.
Not sure if it works yet, or will manage to do that (I'm only three eps in).
But I'm fucking loving the attempt.
That's fucking jarring.
Not sure if it works yet, or will manage to do that (I'm only three eps in).
But I'm fucking loving the attempt.
To make it 100% clear, original Bebop isn't just one of my top 3 anime of all time. It's one of my top 3 SHOWS of all time.
So all the comments above aren't shitting on the original or 'LOL anime nerds'.
I'm just trying, with my TV writer hat on, to warn you what it's DOING.
So all the comments above aren't shitting on the original or 'LOL anime nerds'.
I'm just trying, with my TV writer hat on, to warn you what it's DOING.
And to reiterate, I'll take this version as a live adaption - whether I end up loving or hating it - over any vanilla shit holywood would have done with Keanu Reeves and Scarlet Johanssen or some such bollocks.
It's either brilliant, or a glorious failure. That's VERY Bebop.
It's either brilliant, or a glorious failure. That's VERY Bebop.
You need ZERO previous knowledge to watch it.
You just have to have an open mind to watching slightly weird TV that's trying to do something a bit different.
You just have to have an open mind to watching slightly weird TV that's trying to do something a bit different.
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