Maybe they decided that since the track record for anime to live action adaptations is like 80 to 1 against, this doesn't need to be made
― Vinnie, Saturday, 25 July 2020 12:33 (four years ago) link
And Netflix's last one, the Death Note adaptation, might honestly be the worst one I've seen
― Vinnie, Saturday, 25 July 2020 12:35 (four years ago) link
Filming is happening in NZ; they and other productions there got the government go-ahead.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 July 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
Okay, this is good news.
Yoko Kanno, the composer behind the iconic soundtrack of the original COWBOY BEBOP anime will be creating the soundtrack for the new Live Action Series. Also confirmed...Cowboy Bebop is coming this Fall. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/6lHZQcoFR6— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 8, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
yes!i think TANK! might be one of my 100 favorite songs
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
We got photos.
https://gizmodo.com/netflixs-cowboy-bebop-is-here-and-ready-to-jam-1847530526
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 August 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
dang, Cho looks perfect.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 August 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
And we got trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2N-9EmedA
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 September 2021 03:48 (two years ago) link
i am in favor of candy-colored, batshit fansevice for this series
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 26 September 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
lol, mostly this is a me and ned thing i think
We'll see who yet joins us!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 September 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
i will of course watch this even tho i do not need it
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 September 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
A good approach. (Started a rewatch of the original last night. Amazing still.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 September 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
Oh I'll definitely watch but my hopes are soooo low for this. Reasons being 1) Netflix 2) can't help but pale in comparison to one of the best anime ever
― Vinnie, Monday, 27 September 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
Same feeling here. I'll give it a shot, of course
― Nhex, Monday, 27 September 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
It'll auto-advance to the top of my watching queue and we'll see what happens.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 00:19 (two years ago) link
i remember the anime being stylish but empty. not that i finished it.
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
I think maybe you should have finished it
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 11:32 (two years ago) link
at least you admit your sin, abanana
― Nhex, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
enough style can be its own substance
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
^ That's how I'd break it down to an extent
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
I have a long-standing crush on John Cho, and also loved the anime, so I am very interested how they combine these two things I love.
3-2-1, let's jam.
― hourspass, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
This looks v silly and I'm here for it
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
recreating scenes shot by shot just makes it look like an expensive fan cosplay video
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
I mean, yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDWm1f6-M0
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
lmao, ok, that was rad
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
GREEN BIRDand that's how you fanserviceJet's voice is dead on to the english dub btw
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
And we have full trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6SSISUJR2k
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
Aw yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZINRNNNRNVE
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 01:04 (two years ago) link
Lots of complaining online but I rather liked the first episode. Slower pace but it all works and the music is unsurprisingly on point.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 November 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
Haven't watched yet but seen several reddit posts that look suspiciously like astroturfing
― Vinnie, Saturday, 20 November 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
first ep was fine but my feeling is if i was gonna watch this or rewatch the anime, why not do the latter?
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 20 November 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
clips of this I've seen are cringeworthy
― akm, Saturday, 20 November 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
not watching this but the whole thing just looks like a goofy community theatre sendup of the source material shot like a film school sendup of the source material
the whole thing looks weirdly clean. even if it wasn't based on a very dusty/grainy looking show it would still look too bright and HD. makes it look corny.
― ✖, Saturday, 20 November 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
it's fun, mostly carried by the charisma of the principal three actors. gets too grimdark at the end, I guess that's the times. and the character who turns up in the last fives minutes is fuckin' abysmal.
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 22 November 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
Annnnd that’s ithttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cowboy-bebop-canceled-netflix-1235060256/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link
I've never seen Cowboy Bebop, the cartoon or this show, but I don't quite understand what's up with networks green-lighting notoriously fraught or difficult projects based on reputable source material (this, Y: The Last Man), allowing them to be fucked up despite such solid source material as guidance, and then cancelling with extreme prejudice. Like, a live-action adaptation of a cult anime classic is such a seemingly bad idea on its face, so ... why bother?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 December 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
i presume whichever exec was the shepherd on these projects saw their star dim and didn't have the juice to push them forward to a second year
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 December 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
Repeating myself from FB:
It's notable that the 'lost session' teaser absolutely nailed it in terms of tone, editing, etc, quick, witty, goofy and serious at the same time -- if they had carried this through the rest of the series then things would be better (not perfect -- my biggest story complaints were Jet's new rather clunky backstory and turning the whole Vicious/Julia thing into an unneeded running B plot instead of it just surfacing via a couple of episodes in the original, though I did like the standalone flashback episode well enough). Also, nothing against Alex Hassell per se but besides the unnecessarily convoluted Vicious backstory this time out, he just doesn't LOOK like Vicious, who is supposed to be absolutely beautifully evil. Hassell's got too rough a face for the character.
Still, can't argue that Yoko Kanno's music was always on point -- though to turn it around, I honestly think that they got in their heads that 'bebop' was meant to represent the entire sound/aesthetic of the whole series rather than it being a signifier -- the fact that they felt compelled to create this whole jazz club element as a key part of the series was pretty unnecessary!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 December 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link
guess my levels of expectation are lower than most as i really enjoyed this.loved the whole steampunk vibe of it.thought the whole world building/cgi thing looked great.yeah, it got grimdark (great phrase !) in last episodes, but that was inevitable.think it had a lot more legs to it for a second season.feels weird how quickly netflix have pulled the plug on it.
note : had no idea re the anime source, so have no idea who turns up in the last scene.
― mark e, Saturday, 11 December 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link