Netflix Cowboy Bebop Is Bad

The silver lining of Charlie never having seen the original Cowboy Bebop is that if he'd watched it during his "mysterious anime guy" phase, he would 100% have tried to emulate Spike Spiegel

For those of you that don't know, Netflix is adapting a much harder series next, One Piece. Get ready for the cheesiest looking CG and effects

Lets be honest. They where never going to do Edward right, never. Its not possible with real humans.

Honestly I think the actress for Ed nailed it... it's just that an actual human cannot portray a character like Ed without immediately becoming cringe.

That blackmail line is almost physically painful. To think someone wrote it and felt they're so smart.

“Avatar the last air bender was the worst live action adaptation” Ah, so he’s just wiped out Dragonball evolution from his mind like the rest of us.

What they failed to do was just tell a day to day story of the characters being together with a subplot happening in the background. That was the show. The adaptation was focused solely on the subplot which would’ve been ok to see the story told mainly from that angel but they sacrificed flushing out the characters and they’re development for it while at the same time try and make you care about the characters

I enjoyed the introduction of Ein. The actor really made the part their own but didnt stray too far from the anime version of Ein which is really rare for Netflix

They are going after Yu Yu Hakusho too. Someone has to stop these people.

"I've never seen Cowboy Bebop" You're gonna carry that weight

Vicious sucked. His character in the anime was cold, calculating, smart and ruthless. That's what made him such a good villain. The audience hated him but it was never explained how he became the way that he was. They never explained why he was so power hungry, why he viewed everyone as expendable or what his relationship with Spike and Julia was. There is a vague reference to them being brothers in arms and the suggestion of a love triangle, but we never got any answers. I was hoping the live action would explore some of that. But, they didn't. Instead Vicious was turned into a rage-full idiot without foresight or guile. Ed could have been cast better, I guess. I thought Spike was well cast actually. John Cho really nailed that roll, but it seemed like they were more focused on making the characters likable then believable. Faye really bothered me. Because her character was frustratingly juvenile in the anime. That's what made Jet Black such a cool character, because he knew that Faye was hurting and even tho she pissed him off, they still forgave her. That's what made them a family. Also Faye's character is supposed to be superficial, that's why her relationship with Ed works. She's so one denominational, at first, but Ed looks up to her, in a way, and that helps her to grow a little. Also Jet and Spike have a brotherhood and understanding between them that is in the live-action, I don't like the wrinkle that Jet didn't know that Spike was part of the syndicate. IDK it just seemed like there was enough mystery in the show to explore without changing the plot and loosing the characters.

If Johnny Depp were a child he’d easily be able to pull off Ed as a character

Blackmail joke is similar to: Are u guys alright? Everyone: Yes. Her: No, u all r left.

Charlie: "Air bender is the worst live action adaptation" Dragonball Evolution: "Hold my balls."

I disagree with Ed being a 1 to 1, in the anime she was a lot more likeable. In the Netflix adaptation she's just annoying.

“Written by AI” I wish. Written by the guy who wrote the Michael Bay TMNT movies and the guy who wrote Thor: Dark World. While also using none of Watanabe’s (the creator) notes on themes or how to adapt it with nuance even though they brought him in as a consultant.

What's embarrassing about it is that this should've been a no brainer. Cowboy Bebop should be one of the easiest animes to adapt to live action cause it's a love letter to hollywood and hong kong cinema but instead they adapted it the completely wrong way. It's a very surface level adaptation

Funniest part is that even Hideo Kojima doesn’t like this show.

The follow up to this should be: "I finally watched Cowboy Bebop"

I 100% believe that cowboy bebop, and many other anime's, can work as a live action show. Marvel films have shown that with the right vision, you can make it work. Visually, I can see a lot of love in its backgrounds, props, set designs and a multitude of other things. People working on this show clearly loved cowboy bebop. However, if the one(s) leading the ship don't know what they're adapting (or even worse, they THINK they know.) You get what we have now. A goofy spy-kids esque show that loses that "cool atmosphere" the original had, and this is coming from someone who didn't grow up with the series. I watched Bebop very late in the game, but while it had some funny/silly moments, they were never more then an off handed comment. A word of advice to anyone doing adaptions. For the love of god, stop trying to fix what isn't broken. Don't try to fix a character to the point where they become someone else entirely because you want to "bring them to the modern era", they were fine as they were, don't add in unnecessary sub-plots to a story that was good as it was. I fully understand that some things need to change when going from animation to live action, but the things that should remain as they were are the character's overall personality and the overarching story. A story like bebop had a delicate balance all the way through and when you try and change a bunch of shit because you want to "Update" it, you are looking at that balance and intentionally dropping a 500 pound weight onto one side with no care about the consequences. Oh well, better luck next time Space Cowboy. Hopefully we'll find someone who doesn't try to fix you.