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Topic subjectCowboy Bebop (Netflix)
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734266, Cowboy Bebop (Netflix)
Posted by hardware, Thu Apr-04-19 12:18 PM
cast announced. i've made a complete 180 on this happening. ready for it now

https://deadline.com/2019/04/cowboy-bebop-john-cho-mustafa-shakir-daniella-pineda-alex-hassell-to-star-in-netflix-series-1202588202/?fbclid=IwAR0aoUpTEJmBWt9gUEnpkdSH65J5YmO167n23j2Y4G-rG76IoOGjzsXhYYw
734280, Mustafa Shakir will make a great Jet!!!
Posted by KnowOne, Fri Apr-05-19 08:26 AM
And Hassell has the build and look to pull off Vicious. Hope this is good....
734290, They gonna make Black Dog Serenade an 'it be your own people' plot
Posted by hardware, Sat Apr-06-19 03:57 PM
lol
734301, haha!
Posted by KnowOne, Mon Apr-08-19 08:59 AM
nm
734283, who can play Ed though?
Posted by KnowOne, Fri Apr-05-19 12:13 PM
nm
734289, some unknown i suspect
Posted by hardware, Sat Apr-06-19 03:56 PM
734300, yeah I think it would have to be.
Posted by KnowOne, Mon Apr-08-19 08:58 AM
nm
734401, Willow Smith?
Posted by KnowOne, Tue Apr-16-19 03:16 PM
nm
734414, Bruh that's the first name I thought of
Posted by Mafamaticks, Wed Apr-17-19 07:46 PM
She has the frame and the general aloofness
734417, isn't Ed like 11?
Posted by hardware, Thu Apr-18-19 10:29 AM
734481, Yeah something like that
Posted by Mafamaticks, Wed Apr-24-19 03:38 PM
but when you got 30 yo men and women playing high school kids let Willow get her shit off
734307, you have my attention
Posted by jrocc, Mon Apr-08-19 02:15 PM
734424, Cool. Interested in this.
Posted by normal35762, Fri Apr-19-19 01:05 PM
742629, Its out....John Cho is dope.
Posted by Castro, Fri Nov-19-21 08:28 AM
They definitely spent money on this production....impressive so far. I am trying to watch and not compare to the anime...
742630, this part....
Posted by KnowOne, Fri Nov-19-21 02:28 PM
> I am trying to watch and not compare to the anime...

I have my gripes here and there, but Im trying to enjoy it for what it is without comparing and so far I really like it.
742631, RE: this part....
Posted by Castro, Fri Nov-19-21 03:26 PM
The bounty hunter commercial was perfect though...I fell out laughing when that popped up.
742724, Disagree on John Cho
Posted by Hitokiri, Tue Nov-30-21 01:47 PM
He was no Spike Spiegel at all to me. That character (all of them really) was very clearly developed and Cho hit very few of the marks. Spike's a super laid back, disinterested, slacker... unless it's about Julia or Vicious, you don't really get a rise out of him.
I don't think Cho was unwatchable, but it wasn't Spike.
Vicious though, that dude was pretty much unwatchable. So terrible.
Jet and Faye by contrast, were almost spot-on personality wise.
742735, I blame the writing
Posted by JiggysMyDayJob, Wed Dec-01-21 10:13 AM
>He was no Spike Spiegel at all to me. That character (all of
>them really) was very clearly developed and Cho hit very few
>of the marks. Spike's a super laid back, disinterested,
>slacker... unless it's about Julia or Vicious, you don't
>really get a rise out of him.
>I don't think Cho was unwatchable, but it wasn't Spike.

I think this is all writing, the clearly wrote the character a lot different. His focus seemed to be more about his past which made him super serious. It wasn't the aloof(or pretending to be aloof) Spike that the anime has. My biggest beef is the anime gave them a whole lot to work with and they could've expanded with that instead of creating something thats different.

>Vicious though, that dude was pretty much unwatchable. So
>terrible.
Terrible unwatchable and hammy. They also took the character and made him a joke which is opposite of what we see in the anime. I felt they could've taken the plotline with Vicious and ran with it, but with out him looking comically bad. I also felt the same way about Julia's character, I like what they did in the end but to make her seem so week most of the serious vs the anime it was hinted and shown that she was a strong character that didn't need Spike or Vicious. Just bad characterization

>Jet and Faye by contrast, were almost spot-on personality
>wise.
Agreed
742728, its a horrible miscast. he's about 20 years too old for it
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Tue Nov-30-21 06:44 PM
Spike isnt old and tired. he's young but already jaded. 30 tops
742748, Yep. Cho is 50 fucking years old.
Posted by Hitokiri, Thu Dec-02-21 09:10 AM
742634, awful in a way i didnt see coming
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Sat Nov-20-21 08:44 AM
really thought a Bebop live adaptation couldnt be too hard to get right but they have proved me wrong.
742841, Canceled. No season 2.
Posted by Castro, Fri Dec-10-21 10:32 PM
742930, couldn't bring myself to watch this.
Posted by Options, Thu Dec-16-21 10:29 AM
I had a knee-jerk negative reaction the moment it was announced, but I tried to stay open-minded. however, the previews/teasers sealed it. everything just looked off and oddly cheap and amateur-hour for a Netflix production.

that said, part of me still wanted it to succeed ...for some reason. hopefully the soundtrack will get a release so I can at least hear some new Yoko Kanno music without having to suffer the actual show.