Online Series: Cowboy Bebop

[John Price]

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[Randy Butternubs]

I am cautiously optimistic.

 

[Shareefruck]

I don't think there's any area that this can improve on from the original, so I can't say I'm optimistic. Even visually the original will look better and more fluid than this is likely going to.

If they do it right, it's probably not going to reach a wide audience anyways, and if it's a success, it will likely be through compromising the restraint and integrity that it had.

 

[The Nemesis]

I don't see the point.

I also struggle to see a way for them to handle Ed that doesn't end up cringey or awful.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

they do it right, it's probably not going to reach a wide audience anyways, and if it's a success, it will likely be through compromising the restraint and integrity that it had.

Cowboy Bebop is one of the most popular 90's anime stateside alongside dbz and Eva- and since DBZ was on cartoon networks afterschool block while Eva was never syndicated, it has a case to be the most popular teen/adult oriented anime from that time wrt US media penetration.

 

[Shareefruck]

Cowboy Bebop is one of the most popular 90's anime stateside alongside dbz and Eva- and since DBZ was on cartoon networks afterschool block while Eva was never syndicated, it has a case to be the most popular teen/adult oriented anime from that time wrt US media penetration.

Yeah, but something tells me it's not strictly timeless universal appeal, accessibility and sensibilities of the show that made it that popular-- more of a zeitgeist, game-changing thing that gave it the leg up on everything else at the time. If it were released today, I bet a lot of casual audiences would struggle with it or be put off by a lot of the things it does well. I know I haven't had much success recommending it to people. The way that it doesn't progress like an ongoing dramatic roller-coaster seems to come across as awkward and anti-climactic to a lot of people who are used to modern TV dramas, I find.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Yeah, but something tells me it's not strictly timeless universal appeal, accessibility and sensibilities of the show that made it that popular-- more of a zeitgeist, game-changing thing that gave it the leg up on everything else at the time.

Kinda? Cowboy Bebop is a mixture of quintessential tropes from Westerns and Noir Police Procedurals- in space. So it's more a fresh take on well known, well loved genres to North Americans.

 

[Shareefruck]

Kinda? Cowboy Bebop is a mixture of quintessential tropes from Westerns and Noir Police Procedurals- in space. So it's more a fresh take on well known, well loved genres to North Americans.

What I mean is that the production values/animation (something that isn't carried over in a remake) were so far above everything else at the time that without that advantage, I'm not sure the idea of short, bleak, tastefully restrained (in terms of tone), and self contained Noir stories that don't obviously connect story-wise from episode to episode would be all that popular without being restructured into the same kind of serialized roller-coaster that most popular TV dramas are (which would suck, IMO).

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

‘Cowboy Bebop’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[Eisen]

I'm a bit surprised, it wasn't that bad. Too much of Vicious but the rest was all ok. I hate it when they criticise pacing. It's such an empty criticism.

 

[archangel2]

I'm a bit surprised, it wasn't that bad. Too much of Vicious but the rest was all ok. I hate it when they criticise pacing. It's such an empty criticism.

My guess money lead to the axe

 

[Unholy]

Gee why am I not shocked. Still time to not try it with Yu Yu Hakusho.. please

 

[Shareefruck]

Not AS bad as some made it out to be (though the Vicious/Julia/Ed stuff easily was), but still plenty bad enough for me to prefer that this kind of thing not exist and say good riddance, from my perspective.

 

[eXile3]

I thought it was a good show. Too many people expecting it to be the anime.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

I thought the trailer was just one of those 'goofs' where a new director shows off their skills. Didn't realize they actually attempted to make a full live action show.

 

[Power Man]

Not surprised by the cancellation tbh

Shakir as Jet was perfect casting tbh
I liked Faye as well

Live action Spike was not great but not bad either, I like John Cho so I might be biased

Not a fan of this version of Vicious, too crazy compared to the anime version

They also butchered one of my favourite bad guys from the anime version, Mad Pierrot

Ed? Well , can’t blame the actress, I think she did her best, even it was a little bit over the top as if they tried to cram everything Ed in one scene

But how the hell do you adapt a character like Ed to live action?