Netflix's Cowboy Bebop turned out to be such a disaster that it got cancelled just weeks after premiering. And I think I know why. Join me as I break down the 5 steps that led to its failure.
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Yeah, cowboy bebop was absolutely awesome. Mostly it explores themes of sins of the past. And deals with the idea of "we are who we are" and the idea that if you leave unfinished business it'll come back to bite you in the ass. And how you can't escape your past or deny who you are. They did absolutely butcher fay valentine though. In the live action she's a badass main powerhouse. In the anime she's a fuck up who's drowning in debt. Her back story is less tragic than it is farcical. She joins jet and spike because fuck it, why not.
Your closing thought on "trying to make it in the first place" were my own sentiments from the moment I heard they were making a live action Cowboy Bebop. Much like Heathers (1988) and Fame (1980), Cowboy Bebop was perfectly awesome as is. Never needed any sort of remake nor reboot. All the woke shit did was exacerbate what was doomed to fail from jump.
Pretty much the reason why manga is dominating the comic book industry. Nobody wants to see Gay Superboy protest or Captain America say he benefits from white privilege, we want to be entertained.
@@cytorakdemon Exactly. And in the case of "sexing down" characters like Faye, who the heck wants to buy something they were expressly told they shouldn't be looking at? I mean, sure, not every female needs to be about sex appeal, but a protagonist should at least try to be pleasant in some way. Nobody wants the angsty victimhood finger waving that dominates things like Captain Marvel or basically all of modern Star Trek. Being lectured about how bad your culture is isn't entertaining, funny that.
@@cytorakdemon or have the x men murder innocent people just because a sea turtle choked on a plastic bag. Yes this is real and I ain't making this up.
@@Hypershell And they didn't even "sex down" Faye at all. Faye is shown naked with another woman after a lesbian encounter (yeah, nothing's showing, but Faye's blanket is about three millimeters from nipple flashing), and they put her in the red dress that Faye--in the anime--Gainaxes hard with.
"they couldn`t find a woman that looks like her, its impossible" Then watch people spam almost 100% look-a-like cosplayers with the right clothing and style.
Was a little irritating to me. It's like they purposely cast people that don't look like the characters. Not even just Faye. At least the guys were cool about it though.
then you would be complaining that they hired a shitty cosplayer instead of a trained actress. This project was never going to succeed. There is no way a live-action was ever going to live up to expectations.
@@ElizabethD33 There are actresses who look like Faye. Hell, most of them do, she's pretty much the average chick in proportions and height. The outfit has to look correct, and the actress has to have enough brain power to not start ranting at the fanbase online. It's not hard to accomplish.
I love the whole trope of "unrealistic body standards" in regards to Faye's difference in appearance, but there's literal dozens if not hundreds of amazing cosplays of Faye that look exactly like her. They chose not to choose an "overtly sexualized" Faye, not that it wasn't possible.
yeh exactly... and then she stupidly attacked the fan base... the pineda effect...lol and instead of wearing something similar to the outfit she wore i the anime she wore a suit... a friggin suit.... how more boring and annoying can you get ? i hope she never acts in anything ever again...... i think she was the major reason why the show didn't get a second season....
As far as body type goes I think a lot of people would have ignored a smaller chest if the actress was the same height. And that wouldn’t have been to hard to find an actress. But nope they just didn’t try.
Yeah... you could have picked any 'adult' movie star with the right hair color and they would have been good to go. The ability to act would be nice but even one without talent could do a better Faye just by actually caring about doing a good job.
"It's not made by you." Nailed it. According to the internet, Faye was only 5'6" anyway, so she just further proved she knew fuck all about the 'source material'. I can't stand these people that take on established franchises/characters to further their own career, that have absolutely no respect for the creation in the first place.
Yeah, its like she's never seen Faye before. She's sexy as hell, but, like, pretty realistically so. She's basically the poster child for "The woman doesn't need to have beach balls attached to her chest and bottom to be sexy". Not to say she doesn't have curves or anything, but she isn't exactly a High School DxD character. Its also not like she can benchpress a mountain, so its not one of those "You can't be that fit and have tits that big" situation. She has big boobs but like, modestly big. Not implant big or "I used to weigh 500 pounds and had them suck the fat out of me except the boobs" big. She's got good makeup, good skin (surprisingly so for being basically a chain smoker...but she is pretty young, so...), good style that all just take her to another level.
Important note: Someone not only approved this, but also written the script, gather a cast to participate in it and nobody questioned it, or even spoke up about it. Someone in Netflix really has to speak up against this because that’s how proper staff and management works.
They don't like appealing to men. They do like appealing to nonces. It's actually not hypocrisy, just dislike of the nuclear family and the 'patriarch' within that framework. They sow chaos on that front to gain psychological power over other people's children.
I think the biggest loss here is for John Cho. The man watched the entire original, fell in love with it, battled on set to ensure that Spike's iconic Jericho would be used, got the original composer involved, and tried his genuine best to represent Spike with the script he was given. And all off his efforts went down the drain because your average fanfic writer could create a better script then Netflix could.
Forreal. Why do they keep hiring these people? It's obvious they were fated to serve coffees. Instead they gotta do millions of dollars worth of damage.
That speech - what I heard was “how dare the fans expect actors to convey the look and feel of a character!” But isn’t that what actors are paid to do?
That's why they're called actors. An actor is supposed to play into the role or character the story revolves around. But nowadays they think they are awesome enough by themselves so if you don't like them you're a virgin/incel/racist/maga whatever
Rather, actors & screenwriters are nowadays paid & pressured by higher-up movie executives. These movie execs, who don't know a thing about good story-telling or movie production, are forcing the actors to be a Woke Messenger in every form of movie/anime/manga/book novel character they adapt to screen.
Contrast to Hugh Jackman who was first regarded with skepticism because he was physically dissimilar to the comic book wolverine but he simply played the roll well and won over the fans
@American Hero we're not talking Bugs Bunny, this seems to be a character that could be adapted for live action in a manner true to the spirit of the character it would never please everyone but I think it's a missed opportunity
@American Hero I don't like constant negativity either (and this channel does a goodly number of positive reviews as well) but the recent trend of taking an intellectual property and adapting it in a manner that is untrue to the original vision is upsetting to those who enjoy the original and who paid money to make it successful and it ticks those fans off when they are ignored and belittled, why is that wrong or unreasonable? Still I have things I like and things I don't, I don't get overly passionate about fictional characters but I do enjoy them and I enjoy discussing what makes a character, a story, or a franchise worth making an emotional investment in, I say if I like it or if I don't, I don't think that makes me dumb, bearded or inbred or whatever else you think people you disagree with are.
I’ll never understand the need to “fix” Faye. What exactly is there not to like about her? She’s brave. She’s charismatic. She’s smart as hell and is dangerous. Her choice of clothing and her choice of makeup is on purpose. She uses the fact that she’s drop dead gorgeous as a way to bring her targets to their knees. It’s an incredibly smart tactic that serves her well in her line of work. She’s an incredible character. This one? I can somewhat understand that the costume may not be right for certain practicality in major fight scenes but that’s not a good enough reason. Her feminine wiles are what she uses as a bounty Hunter. You may not like it, but that’s what the writer wanted.
"the costume may not be right for certain practically in major fight scenes" That's the thing, she's rarely ever active in almost all of the action scenes in the show. She can't beat down people like spike or jet, it's why she went with she could actually use and used shock and persuasion to get the drop on people. Even in the finale she wasn't moving much despite everything that was going on which is why i'll always call bullshit when her outfits brought up.
In fairness, what looks good on *cartoon characters* doesn't always look good on *live actors* and vice versa. That said, Pineda's *attitude* and *man hating* was totally uncalled for! There were a million other ways that she could've gotten her point across. For instance, remember the original X-Men movie? LOGAN: You actually go outside in these things? SCOTT: Well, what would you prefer, *yellow spandex* ?
@@grantorino2325 And I get the whole thing behind the costume. But you can absolutely create something that's true to the character and help the actor move during fight scenes.
The most funny thing about this is the fact that original Cowboy Bebop was written by a woman, Keiko Nobumoto. And she worked on 4 good anime series after it.
And she just passed away a couple of weeks ago of esophageal cancer :'(. Too bad this woke Netflix garbage was the last "tribute" to her legacy that she lived to see.
@@faldiferdiansyah5969 Uhh. . . it's the highest rated anime of all time on a single website (MAL), which means absolutely nothing. Not to mention that the only reason it hasn't technically been dethroned on the website is that idiots spam 1-star ratings on any anime that would overtake it. Don't get me wrong, mighty great piece of work but people need to stop this dick-swinging about FMA being the unequivocally greatest anime of all time.
"But unfortunately ther is only so much we human actors can do" is basically the line that makes me think WHY do people make live action adaptations of animated movies/shows. With animation you can do so much, show so much more than live action. Even if you go through the Herculean task of making a "good" adaptation there is still going to be magic that is lost with the switch. I'm looking at YOU Disney remakes.
One anime that i think has real potential in live action, if done properly, is Attack on Titan. That 3D maneuvaribility gear would look incredibly in live action if they did it right. If they could make the physics look realistic it would be a stomach-dropping, vertigo-inducing spectacle. Also practical effects titans (kinda like the old godzilla) have a lot of potential to be even creepier and more unsettling.
The excellent Rurouni Kenshin live-action movies, proved that you totally can make a good live-action Anime, IF you actually know what you're doing and have respect for the source material. 2 things that are completely missing from current day Hollyweird.
As an old Cowboy Bebop fan, I feel like you missed the key things that ruined it for Fandom. #1. There was no bebop. No jazz. No soul. It's amazing how much of the anime was developed and scenes specifically written for the music. They had the chance to bring in incredible music and film scenes around it but just didn't. Why is the ship called the Bebop? Because they had to in a way to work in that It's a jazzy space cowboy action dramedy western that leaves you feeling melancholy. It just worked as a glue for the episodes. #2. Jets story. It was nice seeing Jet as a dad, but that is the opposite of what made his character great. He was a lone wolf even when he had Spike. The Black Dog that wouldn't let go once he sank his teeth into something. He has a dark history as a cop who becomes a bounty hunter after losing his job, arm, and lover. He barely has any personal connections left and that's why he needs Spike. Jet also loved jazz and that's the "real reason" the ship is the Bebop lol. Great actor though. With a different script, he would have killed it. Hard yet likeable. #3. The Main Story of Spikes background should be the backstory/ending. In the anime you grew invested trying to figure out who he is/was and by the end, you felt shaken. You needed to rewatch it to pick up things. After you rewatched it, you watch it again later, sometimes just for the audio/soundtrack. The whole main show feels like it's missing and yet overdeveloped. That's how I feel after watching the original Cowboy Bebop countless times since it was released (thank you early 2000's NYC Chinatown bootleg discount video stores for the $30 DVD collection of this, Trigun, and Outlaw Star). Thanks for your time if you read this.
Josh - I couldn't agree more with your comment about the music. Yoko Kano, the composer of pretty much all of it, is totally brilliant. Besides writing the excellent jazz, she can fuse any two types of music and come up with something great. I bought the CD's as soon as they came out. There are wonderful melodies she includes almost as throw-aways that that could be made into top ten hits.
I agree with everything you said and would add a couple things. 1) The writers...they ruined all the characters... All of them. I was explaining to my wife to that both Vicious and Julia, in the original anime, were like Ghosts; they were ever present throughout the series but we hardly even actually saw them or even learned much about them except the impact they have on Spike. Additional to that, but when we do meet Vicious... He's an ominous, scary mother fucker. Vicious and Julia both, in the live action are given way too much screen time and they're both horrible. 3) Exposition. The original anime let the visuals tell the story much of the time, letting the viewer's mind go nuts trying to put it all together and figure it all out. The live action let's the viewer be completely lazy... They even have a backstory for the fucking rose.
To the actress- we aren't necessarily complaining about your looks... or how you aren't physically like Faye. The bigger letdown is how the true character, demeanor, values, and the niche personality of who Faye is- That was missing. No matter how similar you may look like the character, if one cannot embody the true essence of the character, then it is something else that the anime does not portray. On a side note, I think John Cho did an amazing job portraying the true essence of Spike. But the defilement of the production of this series ruined his character, and the whole series. But that's just my humble opinion.
yeh the faye character was a disappointment..... i could live with her costumes and acting but NOT her outbursts (I never watched em but the reactions from fans was priceless... stupid is as stupid does I guess)
Though I get you, the actress still could have been reacting to people complaining about her looks. You know, people are mean. So even if your opinion as a fan could be from constructive cristicism point of view, rather calm, not heated, you are saying: "WE aren't necessarily complaining about your looks". You're not, and bunch of people also not, but she could have gotten tons of messages, that could have been aggresive, low and superficial. That "we" could be quite a broad concept, if you understand what I'm saying. Btw the actress is beautiful.
@@TheTolister het looks are subjective you think she is beautiful I think she is below average, and no nothing really justifys fueling the toxicity when she could’ve been a bigger person and not respond. Yes “she can” but she doesn’t have to.
@@qucciretknoops824 I'm not judging her you know. Also I'm not saying that how she responded was right. We should just look at ourselves and not be so critical even about someone who is critical, and of course realize how people can be mean and judging by the looks. And that the "we" can mean a lot of things: the constructive criticism, also just people trying to be hurtful.
A bit of morbid irony, the notoriety of how bad this adaptation is has overshadowed the fact that Keiko Nobumoto, the screenwriter for Cowboy Bebop, passed away on the first of December. Rest in peace.
@@EverythingMustG0 Honestly, I have a feeling that if she did see the live action show, she'd rest assured knowing that since it was so radically different from her creation that her fans love for the original wouldnt be shaken. But who knows, that's just me being hopeful.
C-Drinker likes to point-and-laugh, but honestly, it kinda fills me with real bad emotions to think they are the greatest Clowns and just dont know. Chris Chibnal for example HAS already gone-down in History as one of the Worst Content-Creators in all of History (which is impressive seeing how much Content exists), but if you ask them, YOU KNOW he would brag. He would. He and Kennedy and Others genuinly think they are absolutely Amazing.
"The art generally comes before the politics." This is one of the reasons I love anime. I want to use entertainment to briefly escape from our terrible reality, but it has become increasingly difficult to find movies and video games that don't try to force some heavy-handed political message. Anime is pretty much the only hobby I have left that I can simply enjoy without having to worry about "the message" being thrown in my face every five seconds.
I know what you're getting at, but Cowboy Bebop is pretty political, especially for the time. I guess it isn't "woke", but it's still progressive and pretty unwavering in its message. I do not understand what the art is supposed to be without the message it is trying to send. Isn't that the point?
@@pawa4869 There certainly are anime with political messages, but they don't tend to be nearly as obnoxious in how they portray those messages as most western media is. There's nothing wrong with having a message, but there are more types of messages than just those of western politics, and it's quite possible to have a message without getting political.
@@Shinigami41395 I do see what you mean, but I think the reason is that poorly thought out media in general won't have a well-done message. In Japan, that means it has basically no message (the majority of anime that gets ignored). Here, they usually butcher progressive politics as a cheap way to imitate having a message. I'm not disagreeing, to be clear, I just think it's important to note that we're comparing the best shows/films of Japan with the worst shows/films of the West.
@@pawa4869 In my experience, anime with poorly done messages tend to just be generic "power of friendship" shlock, with a few exceptions. As cringy as that can be, I still prefer it over heavy-handed political messages in bad western media. So even when comparing the worst of both, I still find bad anime more tolerable. Admittedly, this is just my personal taste.
lol.. well said!!!! i had watched the original years ago...and was desperate for more.. this live thing was ok i guess as i was more forgiving as at least it was something... that last episode showing ed...wow... so very very glad they cancelled this..... that was painful.....
I watched the original anime on Netflix a month before the Netflix adaptation and man, the original anime is so good with catchy soundtracks, lovable characters, the atmosphere and the actions.
I’ll say this again and again. Faye’s original outfit was designed with the idea that she uses her sex appeal to distract and divert from her real self. It is a shell to protect how empty she is as a person. If she can keep everyone looking at her face and not into her as a person she can continue to ignore it too. It is what makes her stick with the bebop crew in the first place other than the money. They don’t see her for her sex appeal but they also leave her past alone. They are the closest thing to a family she could ever actually have. And it is all because, just like her, they don’t want to revisit the past either. They also don’t want people digging too deep. And as an entire crew, they tend to focus more on the now and the day to day so they can leave their histories behind.
Agreed. While I feel the practical reason for her attire is to distract men using her sexuality, I would agree that the metaphorical reason is her internal emptiness; she projects her physical looks to make up for the fact that she feels no value on the inside which is another aspect the Netflix adaption gets wrong; Faye is an utterly tragic character. But Millennial writers don't get these things. Theme, metaphor, subtext, and visual cues and imagery go over their head. They just don't understand. Because of their wacko ideology and agenda all they see if the physical appearance or text of a thing. Faye dresses scantily = she must exist just for men to fap to and objectify Instead of: Faye dresses scantily = she works in a cruel, harsh environment...wonder is she has a reason for dressing like this? Or, I wonder if there any cues in her backstory that explain why she would dress like this?
Faye Valentine is 5'6ft(168 cm), her cup size is C, and the reason why she wore that outfit is because she used her appeal to her advantage. They could've easily found someone that looks exactly or close to Faye, but wokewood simply won't let women be sexy anymore.
I already put in an application for "body measurement expert" and am currently searching for the correct Faye specs.... ("stop screaming - I'm just doin' my job ma'am")
That costume designer's answer to fayes costume is the reason why it bombed. Fayes clothing is a reflection of her character. She is a beautiful sexy woman, and she uses those assets as a means to get her way. She is a con woman, she dresses provocative because she knows she will get a reaction out of men. All that answer demonstrated is how little they know about the show. And faye didnt fight. She used her wits and deceit and firearms. She was also a complex and tragic character like the rest of the cast, not just a bombshell to appease male audiences. Complete and utter disrespect, for both the original art and the fanbase.
Exactly. They got Margot Robbie to dress like Harley Quinn, but this production team didn’t want to go there. If you are overly PC and timid, then stay away from anime. The Japanese don’t give two shits about offending anyone with their stories, and why should they, or anyone else for that matter. If you haven’t got the balls to tell a story how it needs to be told, then you’ve chosen the wrong career. Go become an accountant or something.
I love how the first thing they always do is blame the fans... I happy to see that the Sonic movie producers actually listened to its fanbase, can't wait to see the second one!
To be fair, it's also a bit easier to make a fun comedy that's a bit ridiculous in that you can suspend your sense of reality and disbelief compared to a sci-fi space drama where the story really needs to be good to being the drama. Fun comedy is easy to get into because you can turn your brain off at times. Drama requires you to know what's going on/the story in order to really get into it.
Yeah, both of the Sonic movies are good as its best. Even though the second movie's plot in the middle has that long ass wedding scene, at least they know how to entertain people.
@@Ozzianman so... you're telling me that with out evidence you believe that they hired a full animator team, did a full length ad, animated a skeleton for a sonic that never was for... Psy ops. Okay dude. I have a hard time believing that is the case. If you had hard facts or some good examples of this I would be more inclined to believe you.
I need to point this out, Netflix's Witcher for me also suffer the same "woke" treatment just like Cowboy Bebop, but the fans still hang around because of Cavill's darling attitude towards the whole series as well as the fans. He also paid homage to the ultra-popular video game through his gruff voice which is similar to video game Geralt and he stroll around the set like a walking Witcher novels wikipage. Humility, that's one fatal thing missing from Netflix's Cowboy Bebop. At least that's my take that nobody asked for.
A part of Witcher's appeal (books and game) is the geography and culture which is European and medieval fantasy based. That particular culture and look is unique. The show strips all that and substitutes its own aesthetic which is "otherworldly" and generic. It does not honor or maintain the original creators vision and is thus much worse for it.
To add to that, they did change a major character and several support roles to other races but it didn't hinder the story as they did a decent job being those characters. Most notably Triss who is supposed to be a white red head in every medium presented thus far, but they chose someone different. She was more/less forgetable character as she wasn't in the story but it didn't hinder the story because of it. Much like some european based towns(the setting of witcher story as a whole) having asian/black actors in it. Again it didn't do the in your face diversify to diversify that other movies/shows do so I didn't notice it until an article pointed it out. There's ways to have other actors play roles that they don't match the source material if the story is done well and compensates for any changes done. Even my first looks of Cowboy Bebop I knew it was going to fail. As it failed to capture the same look/feel as the anime did. Netflix has been hit/miss with its anime to live action adaptations. I will say the Bleach one has by far the best adaptation to it as it only did minimal changes with the story but had the look/feel of it.
@@jon636374 Same. Ive watched it for two decades now since I was a wee lad, back when bebop aired on TV. These days its honestly amazing how good some of these shows and writing are. Like drinker said, Japan doesnt give two shits about activists and they just do whatever they want which is why it can produce such amazing content
What did it for me was how they gutted the characters. Anime Spike is a quick talking, fast thinker, who is tormented by his past, tries to improve himself, and doesn't kill people unless he doesn't have a choice or they're really REALLY bad guys. He usually even spares people that try to kill him because he doesn't want their deaths on his conscience. Netflix Spike straight up executes people with a big smile on his face. He's a literal psychopath.
“Don’t know what you’re missing out on” is the same kind of response the drunk cougar at the bar spouts when rejected. Lets you know you dodged a massive bullet in either context.
They're missing the point with the Faye controversy. When they see Faye in the anime, they're only see her outfit and outward flirtatiousness. They fail to see that she's uses her femininity as a weapon to manipulate people. She's tough yes, but her attacks are a defense mechanism. There is a deeper layer of vulnerability, mistrust, a fear of being betrayed by the world. The problem is not that they don't get the outfit right, the problem is that theyre so fixated on Faye's sexuality that they fail to see who she is underneath. Fans tried to to tell them that and they responded by strawmanning us, which tells you they are not only lost but ignorant too. We got a callous and bitchy character instead of an intelligent, multifaceted one.
That,s the important topic - missing the core of what makes characters great. Imagine someone who read Preacher and thinks " Hey this irish vampire swears a lot and drinks booze, that,s why he is great character".
The writers involved seemed to have misunderstood that everything on the surface levels of Faye is a sham. She exudes confidence, sexuality, and all the other aspects of a classic femme fatale, but that's not who she really is. Its a veneer, used as her defense mechanism given her specific circumstances. She's a really complex and wonderfully written character, arguably the deepest in the entire franchise, but instead they threw it all out and made just made her gruff and sassy. Maybe season 2 would have gotten there, but I doubt it. The live-action lost the nuanced shift in tone that the anime had, as when her second appearance in the anime unravels most of the first surface layer persona to reveal the desperate, sassy, selfish, and guarded *second* fake persona.
@@ryllharu Chances are good that the writers didn't watch the anime before starting the project and were only skimming it. Might have just referenced some written summaries. I sorely doubt they noticed the depth and nuance in the first place because they probably didn't ever watch it for the experience as an audience would.
even if you just look at their "fighting style", Faye is less of a melee person, she is a good shoot. Jet is a power brawler and Spike is the kung-fu master, did they get that right in the show? Not really. On top of the fighting skills, Faye is the con-artist, Jet is the master mechanic and ex-cop, Spike is the sleight-of-hand pickpocket. Did the Netflix team gets that? Nope. All they care about, is bitching about how fans are disrespectful to THE MESSAGE
Not only did Daniella’s video backfire with the cancellation of the show, it unmasked her hypocrisy because of people bringing up pictures of her doing movies with a lot of revealing clothing.
Quick counterpoint: the issue isnt so much about nudity/revealing clothes. The issue is about Fayes anime body. Secondary to that issue yes is its weird to have a female character doing everything in two ounces of yellow vinyl.
@@MonkeyHero What is this "everything"? Faye doesn't have a hand-to-hand fight scene every episode. There's only 2 times she has a hand-to-hand fight and it only lasts a few seconds. Faye is the type of character who uses her charm to get out of tight spots and when that doesn't work she uses guns or her ship. So, why is everyone acting like she's Bruce Lee all of a sudden? I can sympathize with a constricting outfit, sure, but Faye is supposed to be feminine. Because god forbid women can be strong AND feminine in this era.
Not just revealing she did all sorts of stunts in it and literally lied that it would be physically impossible. Funny that she made it in the past but when it is about something beloved for fans they can't help themselves but go out of their way to shit on at least half of their fanbase.
The ending really nailed it. The reason manga and anime is loved is because their creators care about what they are making just as much (until they're forced to drag it on because the higher ups say so). They all started from passionate creators wanting to tell a story or just draw something they liked, whereas things like this and their Death Note adaptation are *only* made for things like profit and THE MESSAGE. Wearing Faye's outfit is absolutely nothing compared to the months and years mangaka and animators go through for their work.
I like how the actress who played Faye said there aren’t any top heavy, tall, slim (and can act) Chinese women out there. I know I’ve seen them IRL. I’ll go away now.
I am actually glad that this didn't get a second season. Could you imagine watching several episodes with that portrayal of Edward constantly mugging for the camera and screeching every line?
If I remember correctly, one of the defining features of Cowboy Bebop was that the series was built around the soundtrack and everything about it screams noir, but it's the blend of that noir with space that makes it so iconic. The creators of the series did the same thing with Samurai Champloo where they blended a hip-hop / R&B soundtrack to a samurai series (RIP Nujabes) Both had compelling characters that you actually invest in. And that's where "modern" "entertainment" falls flat. It's riding on existing fan sentiment and expecting that to sell the product. Hollywood just doesn't seem to understand that just because a product has a rabid fanbase doesn't mean that rabid fanbase is going to eat any old shit just because it smacks of their beloved
I’ve hated Daniella Pineda since Fallen Kingdom. The “I’m a perfect human woman with no flaws and I intimidate the men with my bitchy attitude” or as one of the other characters called her “a nasty woman”
It's a lie though what major corporation is out of business from going woke? Losing one IP and staying on message is just a small speedbump in the creeping commie takeover if everything.
@@nationlessnationalist Maybe not the corporation going bust, but they do tend to amputate the diseased member when they realize they are losing money. Then think twice before picking up the poisoned chalice again.
@@nationlessnationalist lol, are you a professional troll or do you just do this as a hobby? "Broke" is a direction, not just a destination. The phrase means the same thing that anyone who starts a business should already know, that you need to treat clients and customers well if you want their business.
Considering how many cosplayers happily dressed up as Faye Valentine both here and in Japan and in the rest of the world and were able to make her outfit accurately and true to character, I fail to see how that would have been considered offensive and exploitative. I can see how such an outfit would not work in cold climates or with a chilly wind, but seeing the crass attitudes from the cast and especially the script writer, I am glad to see that this failboat was dumped and they can mess up it up more.
I know, right? I produced a dance showcase where one of the numbers was Faye dancing to the Bebop theme song. The dancer managed to do a physically demanding dance number in a costume that was more recognizable as Faye than than big-budget movie version Faye's outfit. And this was a college age gal with low budget. Yet she nailed the costume better than a professional costume designer. Hmmm.
Dude, I accidentally found out your channel. You are killing it! Keep up the work. We need voices like that in today's world where it's about "the message", or being politically correct and not quality oriented, or blaming the fans for incompetence of the creators or... well, you got it. Cheers.
According to the Cowboy Bebop wiki, Faye is 5 foot 6. Asian women are typically shorter on average than American women. Daniella is only an inch shorter.
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist but she weighed 15kgs heavier than Faye 💡 I’m not here to care about her appropriate casting or not. I am here to say that’s not my problem. Jet was bigger - those guys exist. Spiku is a bit tougher, power at 6’ requires more mass than 75kg 😂
@@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist Proving her insecurities are even more ridiculous than I first thought. So now she's just mad about having smaller boobs, got it.
@@kosmosfan01 Yup that was brought up to her when she made that dumb video about how they couldn't find the right female to play that. In other words, they didn't want to.
What about Olympic Athletes? They are gorgeous, tall, wear something like a swimsuit and yet, they manage to do what most of mortals wouldn't be able to do throughout our whole lives.
It makes you wonder how the actress got the role in the first place if she couldn’t pull off the look of the character. Nepotism? Politics? Sexual favors? What possible reason did that woman get that job?
@@Ancientreapers Yeah, the whole situation just screams that they didn't want to put the effor there but yet Spike and Jet look pretty close from what I saw. I could be wrong though.
I am not much of a movie fan but I do follow this channel to get some idea as to what to watch... not just from the contents but also from the comments from the fans. I admit I had never heard of Cowboy Bebop before, but thanks to you guys I found the episodes on youtube, binge watched (couldnt help it as they were too good) and finished in 3 days. Enjoyed every second of it. Thanks 😊
I remember when people found out Hugh Jackman was going to play Wolverine, and many fans (myself included) pointed out that he is like a foot too tall, and didn’t seem to be a good fit for the character. After all, he is called Wolverine because they are small and dangerous. Instead of getting on social media and bashing fans for their options, he went out and did his job and attempted to prove all the haters wrong, and won over most of them. (I still think he’s too tall and at the very least the directors should have shot in ways to make him appear shorter). Now the actors and studios just fight and squabble with fans and turn them off from even wanting to give the movie a chance.
I identify as a cowboy, my pronouns are Be/Bop, and I give my skips a trigger warning before I apprehend them. You're gonna carry that weight...because you're plus size and you practice body positivity! 🤌🤌🤌 "See you, space cowboy" is too exclusive! How about "see you, space cowperson" instead?
The actress's criticism was way off. The lineup image in the show has Faye at 5' 6". She has C cups, and a violin figure. This is far from impossible to find in Hollywood. The real difference is how they had her act and appear. You can find far more impractical outfits on female pro wrestlers who do much more physically demanding work, so that is no excuse. Faye is a multifaceted character, who uses her femininity as a deadly weapon. The show just had her as a conservatively dressed shallow spaz with near zero sex appeal.
I was confused by the height statement in particular as I thought of that same "police lineup" picture. Maybe she was purposely exaggerating, although I don't know why. Agreed that the real issue is the change in how the character acts/behaves.
@@Rannos22 true - and by the way, fun fact, Spike Spiegel would technically be german dude ^^ ( Spiegel is a German family name, it means "mirror" in english )
@@fumomofumosarum5893 You do realise that this issnt his real name? oO And no one in Germany names his Son Spike. Any more dumb things you wanna call facts?
Cowboy bebop, ghibli films and Akira maybe the only three stories that have been so perfectly and distinctly executed that all you can do is rerelease it or lose money
there were some really good bits in the live version... the message thing i didn't need... glad though that it wasn't exactly the same as that would have been a bit boring...
Hugh Jackman didn't physically match the comic book physical type of Wolverine and fans noticed but he was true to the character and became the only Wolverine most fans can picture on the big screen
The actress goes on about how the character is "six foot" but that's categorically false. She's supposed to be 5'6", so the actress is only one inch too short. That's one of the things that really made her rant bad, she was either lying to try to make the criticisms sound unreasonable, or she was displaying her outright ignorance of the source material for the character she was playing.
The tallest woman that I could remember was Loki’s daughter Hela in Hulk VS directed by Sam Liu and Frank Paur. Thor is around 6’4” and he barely comes up to her hips. But yeah this actresses is not only uncultured, but she’s over exaggerating like do you have any idea how tall a 6 foot person is in real life? A lot of superheroes usually tend to be around 6 feet tall, or taller.
@@stevenc2149 Faye doesn't have double ds. She's just not fat like Daniella, so her bust looks bigger than it actually is. She canonically doesn't have double ds at all. Dani is probably thin by American standards, but Faye's build isn't that out there at all by Japanese standards. Even though is Faye is Chinese. All of those East Asian nations generally have a similar thin build though.
Faye's costume was intentional in the Anime. She used her feminine wilds to lure in unsuspecting bounties. So yes, it was very much designed for the Male gaze. But as a means of making her job easier.
It's a legit theory, which would make total sense except the show suggests she's more of an odd-job drifter, who now does bounty hunting so much because with the Bebop crew around it's easier. Yet she wore that attention-getting outfit when we first saw her and she was actually _on the lam._
@@CerpinTxt87 Whoa! Reign it in... or at least try. That comment I responded to was hardly that of a rabidly intense poster. It was actually one of the most neutral and mild ones I saw here. It showed no loudmouthed sociopolitics, excessive emotion or detectable slant behind the opinion, and used logic that didn't require a sympathetic reader to make any sense. To see it was refreshing, and that person should be encouraged to keep that approach. *A big part of the problem here* was that both old-school fans and those involved in making the new show got so intensely emotional and bitter that their fighting eventually became not a means unto an end, but it's own end. If everyone hadn't been so damn truculent and stubborn, just maybe it all could've been salvaged.
@@henrysokol3466 Her modus operandi was to look out for number one. Due to her experience when she first woke up. And if she had to take advantage of a few stupid guys to do it. So be it.
"She used her feminine wilds to lure in unsuspecting bounties. So yes, it was very much designed for the Male gaze. But as a means of making her job easier." But you see, that's an explaination that actually requires to at least spend 5 seconds to get informed about the character, instead of just looking at it and making assumptions.
I'm impressed by the way that you said "Hollywood sensibilities" without breaking out laughing. I don't think I could. And listening to the actress playing the Valentine's character was like listening to nails on a chalkboard. God help whoever has her in their lives.
2000's Hollywood anime adaptations: We know nothing about this series, sorry :\ 2020's Netflix anime adaptations: We hate this series, and we hate you. Give us money.
@@NoahGooder cause they made decent films that were were terrible adaptations while netflix makes an almost somewhat okay adptatin that is a terrible film in general
I think that's part of the fun, where in the past, the shows and movies that were made were pretty darn good, especially as there was actual competition. I'm sure we lost out on some bangers because the studios just didn't get it, but they were good even if the adaptions sucked in their faithfulness. I compare the OG resident evil films, especially the first movie as they went pretty wacky fast. But, they were fun. You could forgive that they basically established their own universe in which their only tie in to the RE lore was a few dozen names, but, heck, the first one and maybe a few after that there fairly enjoyable outside of that. Then, death note. They completely changed the main character into a stereotypical dope of a student away from somebody who academically successful (which, his character was a large part of why DN worked, maybe they just assumed that America wouldn't like a battle of wits type show?), they turned what I can only describe as airhead into the one who actually strived to do something with the book. it was bad faith adaption at best, IMHO, but, I could see that maybe if you weren't a fan of the OG, it was probably an enjoyable but mediocre experience. I've seen a few people try to attribute it to the fact that they squeezed half of a 26 episode series into a singular movie, but, I think that the japanese adoptions where pretty darn good considering their budget. and then the new resident evil adaption, which I can only really describe as, paraphrasingly, "but, we wanted to attract a new audience". I got into the first RE game when I was young, and haven't had the cash (or, when I do have the cash, the time) to throw into buying up the entire series and playing through it all, but, I don't know how many fans of a survival horror series would love a show which is pretty much a teen drama. I don't know if their marketing reached too far outside of us nerds, but, whatever marketing hit us, I kinda hope it was just a misfire and they never intended to care about us, because if they did they're clearly out of touch. The worse part is that, even without the tie ins to RE, it just wasn't a tolerable show, the survival flick side of stuff was actually okay and maybe could of been enjoyable if it wasn't sandwiched between the worse show I've seen in years.
Hiring a script writer who literally has "revolutionary" and "anarchist" in her Twitter description.. Yeah, there's definitely no agenda here to undermine Western culture and civilization..
most great artists in modern history have been actual revolutionary and many of them were anarchist...the problem is they were actually good at what they made.
"You wouldn't cheer if a restaurant shut down and all the chefs lost their jobs" true but that's only because the chef didn't take my favorite childhood meal, pissed in it, and then served it to me while asking why I'm angry at them. If they did that I would definitely cheer
Yeah, restaurants provide a service. Film makers provide entertainment. One is necessary and one isn't. You'd fire a chef if he can't cook. You'd fire a Film maker if they can't entertain.
In The Bebop Beat podcast interview, the showrunner André Nemec talked about what would happen in season two: the reveal of the Cosmonaut; Ed finds out the true meaning of family; Jet's mechanical arm trips out; while Jet is tripping out, his arm is unusable and plays the saxophone with one hand; Spike's demons of the Blue Crow massacre will be put to bed; Faye finds who she is; Julia discovers "Heavy is The Head That Wears The Crown"; Vicious is reborn and Ein saves the day.
Christ. If someone said that to me; especially a woman, I'd quietly power walk away. "You don't know what you're missing." Girl, I know. Oh, I know so well. That's why I don't want any of it. 🤣
Nobody was giving her crap over her body either, we were all mad about that lame excuse for not making her costume more accurate and the costume itself, especially since Daniela wore something similar in another movie.
Fayes treatment alone reveals how little they understood the characters prior to making this shit show. Faye is a classic example of a femme fatale, a trope in which a woman is badass, good looking and uses her skills and charms to get what she wants, mostly by manipulating men who are dumbfounded by their charm. She was even directly inspired by the most legendary femme fatale in anime, Fujiko Mine. So her having a revealing outfit and flirty personality is integral to her character. By giving her a generic concealing outfit, changing her build, turning her lesbian and having her act like a 14 year old who thinks putting the word fuck in front of every sentence is cool, you haven't "updated the character for modern audiences", you've created a completely different character all together! It's so ironic that their attempt to "modernize" a character who was an icon that could defend her self on her own, outsmarted almost all the men she encountered and who weaponised her charm to achieve her goals consisted of striping her off of everything that made her so cool and empowering in the first place. Cause having a character be an unattractive slob who acts like a toddler is apparently what's empowering nowadays...
i had watched (a few times when released) and actually enjoyed the adaptation as i was desperate for anything cowboy bebop... but yeah there was so much wrong with the faye character ... that reminded me how much it sucked...sigh.... i tried... i honestly tried and when i watched it shut down my brain...lol.... as powerbite says... 100% agree....
Faye’s sexuality was never overtly brought up in the anime why was it brought up in the live action? That’s something I can’t get over. Studios these days HAVE to have an LGBTQ+ token character in everything they put out and it’s getting obnoxious. I have nothing against LGBTQ+ people or community but studios changing a character or making the sexuality obvious for no other reason than to say “This is our LGBTQ+ character! Look at us!” irks me to no end. Does it move the story along? No? Then why do we need it? (I feel the same for gratuitous sex in hetero relations too so don’t hate message me.)
I saw this video about 3 weeks ago, and started watching the original animation on your recommendation, CD. Good God, man, you've done it again!! Spectacularly great show, and I loved all but 2 episodes of it! (Sorry, I had to be honest with you.)
8:25 I don't think he's blaming anyone here. His general message here is that regardless of the destination, he enjoyed the journey, which is perfectly understandable.
Going say you got a major point wrong. Litterally 1000s of Cosplayers have successfully excuted Faye's costume. Including fairly complex maunvers. Anyone with martial arts training will tell you tight leather is not a better action scene option. I was willing to give it a un hopeful chance until Danniela dropped her "we hate the fans" video then it became a hard nope
Also, even if a costume is unpractical or uncomfortable to wear... as a professional, you MAKE it WORK. The excuses they gave were as whiney and shallow as it gets.
its impractical to fight in such costume, who would walk in this and hunt bounties...what if its cold on the planet where you're going....it just makes no sense in the real world...anyways the new costume was fine, it had the colors and the shapes from the original.
Every actor needs to take the Henry Cavill approach: everyone has their opinion and he hopes they do the best they can to make everyone happy and if they're not happy that's okay too..
Also, how his response to justice league pre-snyder cut. He's just a classy guy who knows its about making fans and being respectful of their opinions even if they don't agree
I want to tell you that I liked and subscribed to your channel mainly because you put out great content and you don't constantly beg people to like and subscribe.
I'm confused by the actress's non-apology for not being 6 feet tall. Peter Jackson didn't scour the world for 3 foot tall actors to play the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. If they had wanted to portray her character as being a particular height, they could have done it. That is literally a movie-maker's job.
Gets even better, Faye is actually 1 inch taller than the actress is. She's a set of shoe inserts away from being the right height. Also Faye is a C cup. And the outfit which is way too flimsy? She wore less in a previous movie.
@@ArkriteTheMad Probably important to remember that cup sizes in anime are about as consistent and accurate as your average twitter warriors political beliefs, but in general, yeah, outfit probably could have been better, and height was really fine.
The "Go Woke, Go Broke" rule is complete bullshit considering every movie that comes out of Hollywood is Woke garbage and a good amount of them do succeed.
Similar happened with ghost in the shell, so much potential gone to waste. Alita was a step in the right direction. "The message" is so nuted. Well said drinker 👍🏼👍🏼
Step 5: "Blaming the fan base" is one of the worst excuses. It's like designing a product and if it doesn't sell, blame it on the customers for not liking it or understanding it. I can still understand if they blame it on the marketing or the producer for not making a clear policy which viewers to target, but blaming the "customers" is laughable.
It is the lowest of all things you can do and literally makes you immune to any sort of progress or improvement you can do. If the studios don't do a thorough clean house they will go down by sticking to these talentless hacks. And they better implement a gag for actors in their contracts.
It's actually the best excuse! All you gotta do is convince the fanbase that they're simply not WOKE enough to understand your message. CASE CLOSED BAYBE! SEASON 2 LET'S GO!
Culture marxism.... They think THEY are the intellectual ones with the right critical consciusness, and they have a duty to lecture and lead us stupid peasants, because we supposedly don't understand their sophisticated revolutionary world view. They don't ever consider that they might be wrong, it's the stupid working class and middle class, who are brainwashed by capitalism to ENJOY their lives and enjoy their movies and entertainment. They want to ruin our entertainment, because actually enjoying your life puts out the "revolutionary" spirit. They don't want people to be happy, they want to make everyone miserable. Marxists HATE when people actually enjoy the propsperity of a free market capitalist system.
one more thing. the original creator, sinichiro watanabe, gave them his criticism. and said something along the lines of "I pray and hope they listen. if you don't like it tell them." they completely brushed off a legend in anime for their own BS.
I fuckin knew it. I smelled BS when they said the creator signed off on this. More like he signed the check they gave him then they ignored his feedback.
How the fuck did they even get his property in the first place if he was so against it? Which he should be, because look at how they massacred his boy.
@@jase276 probably it wasn't clear at the beginning how much they massacred it. You have to be in the production to see the damage. And that happens after the ink is set. They did the same BS with George Lucas and so many others who put their trust into them.
@@jase276 because he sold it, you cannot stop someone from making something even if you disagree with the final product after you sell that portion of your ip.
Faye's costume wasn't the issue, it's was a symptom. Faye in this series just isn't Faye. Instead of being the clever, charming, elegant bounty hunter that she is, she was just basically a dude-bro with a gun. Costume and body type don't really matter much when it comes to writing and acting, which is where the issues lay.
When an Actor/Actress comes out of the gate with attitude. It doesn't even matter to me if I was excited about the show, I'm out! They are a clowns, being paid to entertain. Keep your opinions to yourselves and DANCE clowns, or get cancelled.
Truly. Faye is supposed to be a femme-fatale using her beauty and wits against her marks. Beyond that, we also see that for all her charm she's actually very emotionally broken. She's the exact type of character that *cannot* be made in the west today. She can't be beautiful and sexy as that would be sexist and she can't be shown to be weak in any way as women always have to be "empowered."
To be perfectly honest the only way to kill a show, particularly one where you're reviving an older property that many people loved, is tell the fans you're going to "fix" it.
The moment they announced work on CB, I already knew it will be a huge fail. Glad it happened before they could butcher this even more. Glad You liked the anime and invested some time into it, would love to hear Your opinion on Akira if You ever have the chance to watch it also
The entire point of the show was that you CAN'T be a strong, independent person who doesn't need other people, because you'll just end up a lonely and a broken mess of a person, so...yeah, fits *real* well with The Message, doesn't it?
That outfit designer is so politically correct and delusional, that she desexualizes a female character who is seductive by design, and claims the redesign to be "... a respectful rendition of the anime." I'm getting so sick of these mentalists ruining stuff and getting payed for their incompetence.
Besides the politics, it’s just weird to say “we needed an outfit that a woman could do action stunts in” and then put her in a leather vest and pants. You know who does a bunch of action stunts? Beach volleyball players.
All wokeness aside, her outfit was actually really bad from a design standpoint - It made her proportions look hideously out of scale. There are very few shots showing her entire body because on the shots when you can see her whole body, you could see something wasn't quite right.
It's funny how The Drinker actually almost convinced me that Faye's casting wasn't as bad as I initially hated, but then he shows the clip of her being so vindictive and I only instead affirmed my stance. It wasn't even the boobs that had me upset but now that she brought it up, I'm only going to be more upset now that they didn't cast a woman with bigger boobs. Anyway, what I hate the most about this horrible show is the absolute disrespect it had for the original series and manga. In characterization, motivations, and general attitude. Faye being lesbian was just a complete, "Fuck off" to me. It's irritating that one of my favorite genres and sub-genre of Romance has become something I very much hate, because it's concept in of itself is entirely un-fucking-wanted in a show like Cowboy Bebop. There is no romance partner for any of the characters in this show, Spike is obsessed over a woman that he doesn't even know is alive or dead, Jet is a man nearing his old age and certainly isn't focuses nor cares about love at this point in his life, Faye doesn't trust anyone even when she joins up with Spike and Jet let alone someone outside the group she barely trusts enough to not bail on and even then that is iffy and the woman is trying to regain her memories. And she holds no interest in love anymore because of the betrayal she suffered from it. And Spike's love interest only matters at the very end and she dies almost immediately anyway, which only serves as motivation for him to settle his feud with Vicious. So it's entirely stupid and unwanted to give any of them romantic sub-plots that only work to detract from the plot. Sure they can be flirty and suave, part of Spike and Faye's relationship is being flirtatious towards each other, but it's nothing more than them teasing each other and is a true case of, "Nah just kidding" between them, without having to outwardly say it. And of course that isn't to mention the other shoved it atrocities of stupid political identity bullshit. Like the man who has undergone a full actual genderbending sex change into a woman because of a drug he was FORCE FED! The guy didn't want it and doesn't like being a woman, but nope it must mean he's trans now, even though that doesn't even accurately fit him, physically or ideologically. And don't get me started on Ed, holy shit. They understand absolutely nothing about her or even what is a quirky character that lives in their own head and just made an annoying, needlessly obnoxious child that would've been better off not being in the show and not changing anything.
I have been a true Cowboy Bebop fan since I was small and accidentally discovered it on Toonami at age 10. After that I never missed one episode. I have never really liked anime aside from Bebop, Gundam Wing, and Ghost in the Shell due to my demanding and specific taste but I have to admit, I only watched one episode of the Netflix adaptation before calling it quits. I had looked forward to the live action adaptation I had been saying for decades that someone needed to do, but what we got wasn’t it. I was more devastated than the script writer, costume designer, and actors combined. I remember feeling envious that Cho was to play Spike because, “Who knows Spike Spiegel more than I?” Even though I look nothing like him? I have been telling people for over 20 years what Bebop was who had no clue and why they should watch it. Critics, for the most part, only knew of Inuyasha, One Piece, Naruto, and other anime that are universally loved that I do not care for because I prefer films over shows and cartoons. I have always loved the way Cowboy Bebop made me feel at the conclusion of every episode and contributed to the cold, lone, quiet person and gunfighter I’ve become. I even carry an IMI Jericho on my person everyday as my primary weapon for many reasons but Bebop has its contribution to this choice as well. I have it next to me as I write this… The failures and shortcomings by Netflix are those to bear listed in the credits. I am disgusted to see cushy actors deny responsibility and try to guilt the audience for a result that didn’t turn out as good as they thought. They didn’t respect the original enough to stick to the formula accurately to include the order of events and introductions. The original was dark, emotionally complex, and didn’t have to rely on action sequences and commonplace vernacular to sell it. Modern actors can suck it from the back and take their gripes and moans with them. Kudos to Yoko Kanno. Thumbs up Cho for watching the series but this project should’ve been given to lifelong admirers of the series. It’s insulting what they tried to pass to the audience of today and is a statement I take personally. They think that we all have time to waste and are the common serf of society who will be easily entertained by bad words and cheesy violence while we drink our ales and fart about our living rooms while drooling and scratching ourselves.
"The art comes before the politics." - This is doubly impactful when you take into account that The Drinker clearly thinks of a well-written story AS art.
I'm the kind of viewer who stopped watching the reboot tv show The Equalizer because of woke politics but I just didn't see them in this. I enjoyed it and am pissed that I don't get season 2.
yeah but anime in general is much more crassly commerical than even western tv, in general. Bebop is an exception. I'm not saying it's all bad, but it is a stretch to say that, in general, it is a medium about "the art." It's not, it's about making money just like western movies, maybe more so considering that theres an entire trope of "fan service". I think he's overstating the difference to make a somewhat irrelevant political point, because overtly political works can be pretty popular among general audiences, like Squid Game
@@madrabbit9007 Honestly, I haven't really heard of anything involving this outside of that which took place behind the scenes, primarily the Actress and her awful video to fans. At the same time, that kind of thing was also a massive mark on Shang-Chi's record pre-release, which itself contained very little wokeness (outside of how excessively kickass his sister was, but that was a very small facet ultimately)
I remember back in the end of 2000s there was post somewhere of what would ideal cast of live adaptation of Cowboy Bebop be. I remember best responses were 2002 Keanu Reeves as Spike and 2007 Bruce Willis as Jet Black.
I love how that one writer compared the cancellation to shutting down a restaurant just because you personally didn't like one meal. Bruh, this is the equivalent of going to a restaurant and as you're sitting down, the staff hands you a meal --even though you haven't even thought of ordering yet, the meal is awful when you do eat it, and on top of that, the staff moralizing at you and being passive-aggressive about your discomfort the whole time. The rejection is well-deserved.
It's like going to an imitation restaurant built inside a husk of another. "Sorry, is this still a McDonald's?" "Technically yes, but we don't have any of the original recipes or suppliers. We're gluten free though!"
Its like being an Uber eats driver and taking an order you were already hesitant towards and then pretty soon you're on the crime scene of the movie "the human centipede" and now you're being served the meal that you never even ordered....through an assholes assholes asshole.
my dad, who has NEVER watched a day of anime in his life watched Ep1 of the Live-Action and the Anime side by side and his exact words "Why would they even bother doing this live action?" He then went on to watch the entire anime series on his own and raved about it.
good on him.... yeh the live action sucked the big one but i was so desperate to see any more cowboy bebop i watched the whole remake thing (i turned my brain off and enjoyed it... watched it a couple of times... yeh didn't hold a candle to the anime but ... at least it was something... a bit disappointed it was canned... but then again .. it gave me a serious laugh.. i think drinker got more views than the bebop live netwflix one got...lol)
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 i know... i expected them to copy the anime to the T but was glad they didn't .... as you said enjoyed both (well loved the anime... and enjoyed the live action..) and it was nicely unpredictable as not the exact same...
I really enjoyed the anime. It was a cool action show with deep theams. The obscure back story to Spike was good too, it added depth to the character. The animation was good too. I am a firearm enthusiast, I like the way the artist drew the guns on the show accurately. I can identify the make and model of the guns used. They weren't just generic guns. An indication of the attention to detail the artists were dedicated too. I appreciated the detail.
Them : Faye looks were unrealistic so instead of making her a confident femme fatale, we made her a sacarstic insufferable gay goth tomboy Us : That makes no sense...
A few thoughts: 1) Casting was all over the place. John Cho was fine but clearly not given enough direction, Mustafa nailed the voice and clearly cared about his character, Daniela was so miscast and didn't have any idea what Faye was actually about, and Ed was just awful. 2) set design looked very cheap, in addition to fight scenes being choreographed awfully it just looked like a low budget fan film all the way to the costumes. 3) Mustafa's response on Insta shows how to respond to a cancellation and shows he's got a better character than that Daniela and that woke director. Overall, this show never needed to be made and it was made by people who had little to no respect for the original and the messages it tried to convey.
@@mahguvnah7403 You don't, some things don't translate well from anime to real life. As was seen in this attempt. It's like that cringe kid in high school who always acted like an anime character, it just comes off as trying too hard.
There is a way to get ed well done, but writers had to use their brains to do it and well that is hard..... They can use the anime persona in computer screens when she reached them in some episodes, all with the quirks and things of the anime.... The twist can be when they finally find Ed IRL she can be the shy geek girl kinda shut in and introvert.... its not that hard and can be a nice change from the anime adaptation without being cringe af
Six foot tall with big breasts and thin waists do exist ,in northern Europe. Just not in the Asian community so much. They could have got that body type but it would be a white girl and they coudnt have that.
So let me get this straight, producers and directors like making adaptations of established franchises because they already have an established audience, but when that established audience hates the adaptation, producers and directors blame those audience? Makes sense.
8:13 man the left have ruined swear words. I wasn't opposed to swearing before but in recent years every sentence they use seems to feature an unnecessary, unwarranted f-bomb.
It's also been pointed out that her description of Faye Valentine's figure is horribly exaggerated. She's actually 5'6" with average size features. Daniella also did work on another film where she wore pretty much nothing, so it's not like she's never done this before. Her stand was just an incredible take on ignorance and hypocrisy. Why would fans want to watch something made by people who hate them from the start and don't even do their own research on the show?
And it still could have worked if live action Faye were to have been working under a delusion that she was hotter and better-endowed than she actually is for her femme fatale. My problem with it was that they tried to remake too many anime episodes instead of doing what they said they would - filling in the spaces between the anime episodes.
In the end, how hard is it to play Faye? They had Motormouth Megumi play her, in the ultimate type-against-cast ever (I don't count Eva, since Rei had like three lines).
Thank you for making this. I absolutely love the anime series and film. I won't sully it's fond memory by watching the live action. Honestly, why do they bother even trying, I don't think i've ever seen a decent live action remake of an anime series/film... even the Japanese LA's struggle imo
Funny enough Daniela Pineda is 5'5" and Faye is 5'6" so they're pretty accurate in height, it's Daniela's lack of understanding of the character that she was cast in to spout the "6 foot DD breasts" quote she tried to call a "clapback" and those photos of her in an outfit from another production looking an awful lot like Faye's booty shorts didn't help either.
Must be so hard for someone to just research about their character to get a good understanding lf who they're playing. But I guess that's just too much work.
Especialy when the very first image you get when googling cowboy bebop is the cast doing a police lineup. With their height in obvious display. Faye is under the 170cm line.
I think she confused Katarina from the first episode with Faye, Katarina is around 6 foot tall and very busty (she's supposed to look like Salma Hayak from "Desperado", and Salma's a large D-cup). Maybe Pineda should've actually watched the anime entirely before ranting about fans....
"You do realise literally hundreds of people lost their jobs today, right? Jobs we loved and cared about? ..." Yeah, and, so what ? Do you think you're entitled to be paid for something that nobody wants to buy ? To use your own restaurant analogy, if you put in lots of effort, but the product/service is still bad, nobody is obliged to still buy your shit food and/or service. EFFORT =/= COMPETENCE. You are ONLY rewarded for your OUTPUT that people WANT, because your effort is your choice, and nobody is obliged to reward you for it.
Or another restaurant analogy, you go into a restaurant and order a nice ribeye. The waiter comes back with a steaming pile of shit on a plate. You calmly tell him this is not what you wanted and he says "this is better than what you ordered anyway so you are gonna eat it and like it or you're a bigot"
Well, enjoy your extended Christmas vacation and move on to the next show greenlit by Netflix. It's not like opportunities are drying up over there. Even leaving aside the Netflix thing, this is hardly the first show to get cancelled, or cancelled early. The guys who animated TRON: Uprising had to go looking for work, too, after a much better season of television.
It's an idea rooted in Marxism. That doing bad work is equal to doing good work and thus you should be paid the same. That's the reason why communism fails. Capitalist society encourages good work and rewards the worker with money.
I've got a coworker who watched and genuinely enjoyed the Netflix remake. He'd never seen the original, and was avoiding it so as not to "spoil" the remake. But I'm more happy for him than I am for myself now, because now he gets to watch the real Cowboy Bebop for the first time and see how it's really done.
Yeah I'm the same. First time I'd come across it so watched the remake from a blank canvas so to speak, without preconceptions. To be honest I enjoyed it and was hoping for a season 2.
I'm the same, except I chose to watch the anime first. (Finished Ep. 3 the other day.) Mostly because I think remakes and adaptations are unnecessary. If the story was good and told competently the first time around, it should hold up regardless of how much time has passed.
@@Americus2001 I think that is one of the best arguments against the live action remake. It failed to justify its own existence. The animation of the original is top notch, the story telling and artistry is great! The music incredible. What reason to even adapt it to live action? Just watch the original.
Faye's outfit would've been difficult to adapt for sure, but there were compromises that could've been made. Instead of trying to be realistic, and (to a lesser extent) push agenda, they should've understood why Faye looked the way she did. Anime Faye lived a tough life and the setting of Bebop was very much a "dog eat dog" world. Faye understood that and also knew she was a beautiful looking woman, so she played that up. Yes, a lot of it was artistic design, but it had a purpose. She knew her appearance would distract others (particularly men), and she played on that. Men were often so taken with her beauty they dismissed how dangerous she was and by the time they realized it it was too late. Anime Faye played on her appearance, but she was still a very dangerous, competant, experienced, and crafty individual. They didn't have to make it a straight adaption, but they should've understood there was a purpose to her appearance and found a compromise to keep it as part of her character.
Faye was literally introduced to us *at a casino running a scam.* Her entire character is built around deceit and manipulation. Her sexuality is her biggest tool toward that end. It's the entire reason when you finally get a glimpse of her as a kid it hits _so_ hard. You see this bright, sweet, naive, optimistic girl contrasted with a jaded, cynical, deceptive, desperate woman. The moment you saw how they'd changed her costume alone you knew they'd missed the entire point of her character.
The Fifth Element's main character wears basically the same outfit as Faye's the whole film, including much more active fight scenes than Faye would've been involved with, and the outfit worked just fine. Faye's more about using her looks to get out of a situation, than being some martial artist bad ass anyway.
Cowboy bebop was like the one bridge where western people and eastern would be like “we don’t a lot about each other but boy we can agree this show is sick” then some moron came along completely bombed with a remake and that bridge kinda burned.
