Cowboy Bebop (Netflix 2021) - Angry Review 

Ikr? All we need is Alex's expression for 2 seconds.

Meh peeps just being dramatic

@@pube66 Precisely. His moping at the start and throughout looks so pathetic. The show is good though. These guys are overhyping the originals also imho

@@_.-Smokelo-._ Says you. The fact that both critics and public viewers hate it says what this show really is. You are just salty that not everyone is as "diverse" as you.

@@buggart Last critic I saw liked it, but did say he could easily see why most won't. I'll give it a try.

I saw Watanabe at London MCM !! He was promoting Carole and Tuesday (good anime!) hoping to get a season 3 from Netflix. Saw him give a live talk, which was fantastic to be part of. First question from the audience was "do you have any part in the live action Cowboy Bebop" and the answer was "no". He had no part in the live action.

Yes, Consulted roles are very often a paycheck in return from shilling. Like James Cameron did with Terminator Dark Fate. Despite that movie going against a lot of stuff he has said in the past and some of his bigger criticism to the Alien Franchise he did a 180 when it came to shilling for Dark Fate. They do this instead of getting the fucking people that made it into what was great directly involved with the production. Like we are getting a new 90s X-men show the people who made it so great the show runners are still working but they hired someone within Disney inner circle and just have the old Showrunnners as "consultants".

I don’t think these guys understand the crime noir genre ant that it is supposed to be cringe. These guys were most likely still kids when the the first cowboy bebop came out and missed that it is a parody of American crime noire. This was a pretty good live action representation of the anime.

I really felt Joe when he talked about the "You're gonna carry that weight." Line. They really did not understand how to do those fade to black moments. Those were some of the deepest parts of bebop and they just used them as end titles with no meaning.

most creators do give their consent and check the production of these stories but fans are fans.. creators aren't unfallible.. the person they were when they created the source material of course changed from then to now....

haha redletter, nice reference bro

Well at least those franchises are better than anything those two bastards have done on their shitty channel

@@sebastianguerrero6617 ñ

@@sebastianguerrero6617 ?

@@sebastianguerrero6617 L

And you know Netflix could afford to buy it outright but hopefully they won't unless warner bros comes through or Sony, but I love Akira and I hope nobody pulls off an Airbender production style film or worse yet Cowgirl bebop

Alex always looks like that lol

Lol he ain’t never been happy dude stays disappointed 😅😅

@@lani1988 he’s just hyper critical, lol we need more people like him

@@TheThizzlefrizzle I know lol I just can’t wait to see something that makes him hype

Wanna give the poor guy a hug

You mean the Epic Fail plastered across the thumbnail didn’t clue you in first? Lol

@@jeffn4836 🤣🤣🤣🤣… Some people cant read 🤷🏾‍♂️

@@lilsabin Ha! It seems so!

This live action is dog shit, garbage of the highest degree, pile of steaming shit, abomination they dared to adapt from the anime. Please do not watch it I watched maybe 3 1/2 -4 1/2 episodes going in with the lowest standards and knowing it would be shit but wanting to compare. I instantly regretted watching within first min because it is garbage that shits in 99.99% of the anime source material. John Cho did good with what I got and for all intent I think he tried to make the series work by doing things on his own to help like asking for Yokko Kano to write the music. Jets actor killed it as his character. The rest of what I saw was shit but the liberty they took with characters pissed me off they totally rewrote characters personalities and storylines or introductions which is shit if the creators want to do shit like that just don't adapt and fuck off with that bullshit it's not Cowboy bebop!!!😡😡😡

@@KazukoLight get back on your meds

I think they want to make something different for this adaptation, a deconstruction for shock factor. Like "Julia is the real villain, guys. She's not the goddess like Spike's imagine, she's actually worse than Vicious" Also, twist villain is way overused nowadays. Superhero movies using them too much, they become not interesting

They didn't understand it so they decided to make something 'cooler'. That's it.

In my honest opinion, the whole Julia thing rubs me the wrong way because she didn't earn ANY of what she got. It felt like the writers just wanted her to be the villain over Vicious because they felt bad that they had put Julia in an abusive relationship and couldn't fathom her growing out of said relationship organically. Instead, they gave her artificial power; She's like a live McGuffin. Vicious is a man-child; completely ruining the character. Faye just needed to stop cursing (I'm ok with her interpretation of the character save for that aspect cause holy shit). I'm not amused that they gave Jet a kid just so that kid could inform their plot points in Episode 9...feels forced and unearned.

Yep. I have to say I agree that Mustafa killed it as Jet. I also think John Cho did a surprisingly really good job understanding Spike. I just wish wardrobe would lose the headphones that look like he snitched them off some teen walking by in the street. Everyone and everything else sent the show down the tubes.

Cuz Julia was dumb and boring in the anime. This makes her more interesting

i couldnt even finish the first episode its pure shit

gundam's right, what they did with our cowboy bebop is a fucking crime against anime

SUPER MARIO BROTHERS HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA INDEED

Netflix does put in a lot of work on who they hire. They make sure to hire exclusively Progressive and Socialist cultists interested in tearing down culture.

Just don't do it. Period! Anime can NEVER work in real space! UNLESS you actual start treating the source material as not anime and use film techniques that actually work in real space. That is VERY hard to pull off!

A picture says a thousand words personified.

I’m just glad our boy got a win with Arcane to cleanse his palate. He deserves happiness too.

@Ally two of my favorite ships. The serenity and the bebop

@Ally not in todays climate

@Ally HARD AGREE. Wasted Opportunity as the Firefly Universe already has an excellent Companion to lovers of the Bebopverse. PLUS, like Cowboy Bebop, Firefly has no Extra-Terrestials or Aliens. Just Humanity still being their own worst enemy even in a space faring future.

Yeah. That’s why I thought this could have been a great live action adaptation. Because Firefly is very similar. Space western. Focuses on the crew. And has a subtle background story with the doctor and his sister.

Right. I wasn't expecting greatness, but I thought it could at least be solid. I wasn't even bothered by the seeming lack of Ed because I thought she seemed to whacky to work in live action. Funny how that ended.

I feel like jet in the original show didn’t care much about spike’s past, but in the adaptation he has a whole argument with spike about it. I don’t even remember jet saying anything about spike’s past until the last couple of episodes in the anime, but even then when he asks about it, he’s basically says that he doesn’t really care but thought to ask

@@Rastafarianinja Jet's issue with Spike's past in the anime is really simple, they've grown fond of one another and are practically the best of friends. He'd rather his friend not go to what is expected to be his final demise, goes as far to tell him if he leaves to never come back, but relents and lets him go after Spike pretty much fills him in with a "fairy tale" version of his past. Even Faye holds Spike at gunpoint for him not to leave and relents discharging her gun inside the Bebop. For the most part, no one cares for one another's past because as she repeats to Spike in his own words "The past doesn't matter". In the anime it's less that they care about his past, and more that they care that the past is dragging him away to will probably be his demise.

@@Rastafarianinja agreed but as for the attitude and sound of Jet, he plays it perfectly. Loving the anime, his voice and demeanor was convincing

Also Jhon Cho was really pn point, sad, that both of them participated in this shit show, hope it wont ruin them as an actors.

same, he played jet very well.

Yes! I'd love to watch that!

Yes please.

I was just going today that

Please do so! He really needs the context

Yeeeesssss

Don't give them any ideas lmao

Noooooooo pls gods no!!!

Or actual pokemon outside of pokemon live god no

Talked about it to my bf last night, Willem DaFoe as Kaiba lol

@@michaelgunnels9694 they already did that and it was pretty good for a videogame movie

Thats amazing

....that is pretty boss tbh

I thought Steve Blum was the original VA for Spike?

@@jemperor642 in English, yes.

@Name in animes a lot of people care REALLY much about the voice actors and voice actresses providing their voices to the series or movie, if not for the fact that a lot of Japanese voice actresses and actors end having a musical career in J-Pop. For example, the woman behind the original voice of Faye Valentine is a staple of the voice acting in animes and she has like 15 J-Pop albums alone under her belt, not including singles and compilations,

I've seen that scene so much, I'm numb to it.

Live action Ed is a prime example on how cartoons can never been adapted and yes, I said cartoon because that's what Netflix is doing, turning an anime into a cartoon

SPIKE SPIEGEL!!!

@@Excalibur01 I mean anime are cartoons, but I agree.

@@TheBleachj16 Japanimation then. Cartoons are mostly associated with the west while anime or in this case, Japanimation is made by Japanese people.

You are a hero.

Not all heroes wear capes

Smart man

Doing God's work.

In all fairness Death Note was a far bigger shit show than this but I just can't stand how bad the director is at understanding the deeper meaning of the visuals of the original show. It's a cheap ripoff of a smarter creator.

Sorry to interrupt your rant. What is a BPM?

@@MrCurbinator Beats per minute.

@@Omega4Productions 🤦‍♂️ welp, I feel stupid. Carry on citizen

Take a break guy………..

Let's be fair; even the Japanese live action versions suck big balls.

@@vorpalrabbit4927 I actually enjoyed the live action Gantz films

Alita Battle Angel was good but then Rodriguez is a good director and has the sensibilities

ok so first bleach was not to bad....but check out winx club ....im crying so much

Maaaaan, some studio is gearing up Gundam too! If that fails im gonna bawl lol

That’s the thing tho. It’s not like the person playing Ed is a back actor, it’s just that Ed does not work in live action

Omg yes almost turned it off smh can any body get live action anime movies right

Ed is one of those characters that is near impossible to translate into live action without making it look really cringey

@@Rithvik2001 Ed’s Exaggerated movement can only be done in Animation and that’s why Live Action Anime adaptations don’t work

It’s Netflix ROFLMAO. Streaming has absolutely ruined the quality of movies

I hated Ed in the anime too...

It was like a jump scare. Even though I saw ppl talking about it on Twitter still made jump

@@Isnogood12 I hate u ,ed is a God send

It was embarrassing

If Edward was in real life, it would make anyone "cringe" Because Edward is "cringe"

Who made that qoute?

@@ronin4785 I believe it is from Jurassic Park.

That’s oddly how I feel about Halo Infinite lol

@@JH-zs6vh At least it's free though.

@@ronin4785 Jeff Goldblum

What about kenshin? And gantz, or assassination classroom, and Another

GINTAMA live action, trust me you will not be disappointed

Yo, Joe hated that movie too. I'm sad because I liked both 😔

Don’t forget edge of tomorrow

James cameron worked on that. I believe anime adaptations can be done but by masters like james cameron steven spielberg zach snyder i believe can pull it off

That's because if they just copied the original, you'd just hate it for not being different AND not meeting your expectations. They were never going to win against people who can't appreciate ADAPTATION. It's NOT a recreation. Look up the two words, you'll find they are different.

@@JoshStobart Uhmm... Parasyte was amazing and it almost followed the whole anime. What's their excuse?

@@JoshStobart It's not that people are mad at similarities or differences, it's about the vibe of the show, the original show had such a wide range of characters and plot, it never felt like the plot is moving the characters, but that the character is moving the plot forward. There are a lot of things that could have worked better as a live-action. if they nailed the vibe of the character and then do a completely different story, it still would have irked some people but ultimately appreciated by many. But here they do the same story with the same characters, but there's this weird vibe that it just doesn't fit, and the plot is the only thing moving characters forward. For Example, Spike in anime is just cool dude that doesn't try to hard and that makes him likeable. But the Netflix version, Spike try way to hard to become a cool character, that it feels that an imposter is trying to act as Spike. All in all, adaptation will inherently different from the source, there's no helping that, the best thing that can help save the transition, is how much worth is the adaptation, to either add to the story or be an alternative to the source that people can enjoy. In that sense, Netflix's Cowboy Bebop's adaptation while nailing costumes and sets, just feels off when the story and characters starts moving. Of course, I'm speaking as someone who watched the anime, and no matter how much I want it I can't forget the show to experience watching it again. So someone new trying the Netflix version will feel completely different and I can't really speak for them.

@@ardyverse2454 they could have done a different story or alternate timeline. Besides characters in Netflix sucking the story adaptation and writing sucks.

@@liquidknives6275 Exactly, they could take the universe of Bebop and expand the world in so many experimental ways, some may flop but some could be enjoyable, but at least people who watched the series will give a watch to see what's different. But Netflix decided that they would first ruin the original cast and then run them dry with original, uninspired content for 10 more seasons. I mean hopefully, they learn from feedback and come back with a banger second season, but I'll hold my breath on that one.

Cowboy beboop is not a good anime it has a bad ending no real story

@@deandredunbar9618 look at this poor troll lmao

Both are fine, in 20yrs they will be looked at the same as we look at bad 90s movies.

@@lordfrz9339 what lmao. It's been 20 years already lol. You think another 20 is gonna change anything?

Don't let them touch Trigun!

Funny you should say that. I've been watching the anime with my gf for the first time. What I noticed is the anime shows all the bounties that went "wrong". Obviously, they have some normal bounties or they wouldn't be in the business. So yeah, it makes sense that it is rather sad. One thing that that my gf noticed is that Spiked is charming because he doesn't try hard and is laidback. The Spike in the live action tries way too much and it has the opposite effect.

That's because the Anime is ironically more Western with its influences than the Live action sloppy seconds funny enough. The anime draws very much on crime thrillers and film noir, where the world and situations never truly end on a happy note or tie up neatly by the end of a case. There is always a price or consequence to be paid and Bebop was never afraid of that happening on numerous occasions, even with its own finale.

Anime was never one thing.

@@cookeris no clue what you're referring to with a comment as vague as that lol

@@reapermort99 I assume they're saying the anime was never one thing (or even one genre). It's multiple. As someone else mentioned, it's very heavily inspired by crime thrillers and film noir, but they neglected to mention the influence of western films (The genre, not movies from the Western hemisphere). It literally says in the opening that it's a marriage of multiple genres, which will in turn become a new genre itself. Regarding the things one might take away from it, you can learn multiple lessons from it. Dealing with loss, accepting the past, etc.,

We can feel his bone deep sadness and exhaustion that he can't even be bothered to get angry any more. It was an unpleasant pile of nasty he stepped in but it's going to be scraped off and forgotten.

I think he meant they’re like the same thing. The Elementary school writer would probably be more creative though.

Of course she does. Even if she doesn't actually believe in any of the nonsensical ideology, she can't go against it, since she would get eaten by the crowd that surrounds her ^^

She seems like an unlikeable human being just like her portrayal of Faye

I'm not going into politics, i will say there is a reason Faye and Women over the generations have dressed in skimpy/sexy clothes. It's a way to open doors as well as open opportunities on unsuspecting marks.

@@CheefChaos ?

@@CheefChaos Not to mention Faye is a femme fatale so the actor & the writers never understood or cared about the character from the start.

Yeah I didn't get that critique considering these guys typically love all the generic MCU trash.

@@fromash5289 Just because I love watching comedy sitcoms like Big Bang Theory and FRIENDS doesn't mean that I want all the sitcoms to be like them.

Disney Marvel joke formula is already stale and overused at this point.

@@buggart You... you call those comedies?

@@fromash5289 For the most part yes? What do you call them then?

RIP Mr Electrian man. 🙏 you died laughing and smiling. 😔

The Vicious isnt scary under party mode skypanels is more applicable here

Oh gawd yes, the fight scenes! Terrible!

Of John was 20 years younger it might have worked. I just find it cringe and hard to watch.

You can’t blame Daniella for just bad writing.

I was distracted by Vicious in every scene he was in. Like did I remember him as this Boogeyman in my child brain when in reality he was a crybaby wimp living in spikes shadow?

@@coltonpiper6156 I was going to say this as well. The Faye character was written TERRIBLY. The real Faye is a conniving con artist who starts off caring about no one but herself and eventually opens up by the end of the series. They made her look like such a fuckin' goofball.

Well the problem is we don't want a scene by scene copy of the anime. That would be boring. Look at the Disney live action remakes.

I feel like Japanese production teams have better odds of understanding their native IPs. Alice in Borderland, Kenshin, and Death Note (Japanese live actions) are great examples of doing it right

@@salamander337 You're wrong there. Most people just want a mostly scene by scene remake. Every single SHITTY adaptation goes almost totally original style and it turns to garbage. And almost every amazing adaptation is about 90% exact to the original anime. Rurounin Kenshin is another good example. Do you really want more Dragonball Evolutions and Avatar the Last Airbenders?

The difference is that this is a Western rendition of a Japanese anime where as Alice in borderland is a Japanese rendition of a Japanese anime. They usually know how to remake their own stuff

@@TimmySquibs And why is that? Is it because the characters are already Japanese? How would people feel if they were a diverse casts?

for real, that sequence in Kill Bill Vol 1 was amazing

Yessss

I could back this.

Preferably Hollywood would just leave Anime alone and continue to make mediocre movies.

Like how bill in that movie was a background character and he was a mystery for a while is how they should have done vicious in this live action.

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means yeah, they should have let OJ talk first since he watched completely blind to the bebop lore. When Alex talk first, he influenced OJ's view on the show and not his genuine thoughts and opinions anymore

Ya he always interrupts them and they barely talk usually. Kinda getting old

I was so deeply offended by how they handled A Balled of Fallen Angels in this show. In the anime, it’s one of Spike’s most epic moments. He’s facing what is likely certain death (and alluding to his eventual death) against waves of syndicate hitmen by himself. That’s what made the scene that powerful. He showed up to rescue Faye, even though up until that point it didn’t really seem like he cares for her (if they didn’t want it to be Faye, it could’ve been Jet being held hostage instead and it would’ve worked for this show). And the fact he was able to survive only to be met by Vicious (who creepily emerges from the shadows like a ghost!) and was able to survive using his sleight of hand to toss a grenade at Vicious’ feet at the last second, made it one of the most powerfully epic moments in anime history IMO. The Netflix version doesn’t do ANY of that!! And instead, Spike is rescued by Faye. They play the epic music only for Spike to take out two syndicate goons before facing Vicious. It’s such an atrocious desecration of the original that it’s hard to stomach, on TOP of the nonsensical and unnecessary “twist” that they thought was so clever. Instead of making Spike look like the competent syndicate enforcer that he was, this show makes him look like a clumsy fool who gets lucky occasionally. I honestly gave this show a chance and it ultimately disappointed me in the worst way.

Correction, a 10/10

It wasn't Faye's actress, it was Gren's. And it was the dumbest, most insulting excuse ever

The elements are only “problematic” to ugly people who can’t compete in real life with a cartoon character.

@@vinjass where was it said? I wanna link source to friends

I watched and bought all the DVDs back then and loved the live action show. They made great changes and made the characters way more interesting

@Billy Kinopio wrong

well they are entitled to their opinion anyway.

It’s like a tradition now the question is, what’s next on the chopping block? My moneys on one piece. Or god forbid jojo...

@@bloatedbehemoth1979 One Piece is already confirmed :(

@@djbubblegum9975 RIP

The only thing the Mob Pyscho 100 live adaptation did was make me watch the anime.

Has any live-action adaption of an anime ever been good from any company? Ive steered clear of them since dragonball evolution and the last airbender (not an anime but same idea).I feel like they just try to make money off people who dont watch anime but might have heard about the shows, meanwhile anime fans are always better off watching the original because the live action remakes are always subpar and lack what made them great in the first place.

He's totally henpecked by someone you don't think is a threat at all at first, he appears scared of the elders, and then he can't even take over the Syndicate without Julia actively driving him to it and turning you against her with her schemes. How could anyone be afraid of him from the other side of the screen?

How could they have even come close to the original?

@@brokenthunder4163 They could start by not completely fing it up.

Lol

alex doesnt like anything

@Soffici_Volpe Give it a chance. CB is also my all time favorite series. However...I loved this adaptation. I'm not agreeing with all the hate. I just don't understand the hate. Purists?? Get over it kids...

Can't believe you could stomach the viscious and Julia scenes. None of the scenes make sense. Look back and rewatch it.

I like it so far. I'm not mad that ppl hate it but I like it. Anime adaptation is getting better over the years. This is coming from a person who watched Super Mario, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat ll, Dragon Ball evolution. So Cowboy Bebop I can tolerate

Joe has to keep a leash on him because hes too based

Omg

Let's make babies

It did for me and the animated series is awesome. I'm about half way through it.

the last two good things from netflix in terms of tv shows were daredevil and castlevania.

Witcher wasn't bad. Not great but not bad. Hoping they get better special effects in the second season.

@@red2977 witcher was not just bad. It was fucking horrible. The writimg is embarrassing

Netflix be fckn up

Yea, his portrayal of Jet is extremely accurate. Dude sounds and looks just like him

Yeah no one talks about him, thats the problem with being the only good part if something.

@@RusticRonnie being a diamond in a pile of shit is kinda like being a needle in a haystack.

he's good. But they really didnt need to give him a daughter and mess with his backstory...

He won me over, he’s the only casting that really did a service to the original

Hang in there buddy, things can only get better after a certain point.

I got the show on blu ray and I'd rather watch this on Hulu than give Netflix anymore traffic

They destroyed our beloved Faye the bae. I’m so mad.

@@kawhiiee Agreed. They said it wouldn't have been practical to have her running around in such a skimpy outfit as the anime. It's literally a pair of shorts and a jacket. Everything about her is wrong in the Netflixs version.

@@000phill000 Nah her actress is cute af. No complaints here.

They were awful 12 years ago, I can only image how worse it got

Hahaha this is so true.

@@CheefChaos According to reports, it's a goddamn travesty. I mean, he was never particularly good, but from the clips I have seen, a dog howling would be 100000000 times better.

Oh, god. I remember that. It was like Eric Cartman trying to sing "Kickstart My Heart" but hardly memorized the lyrics.

@@mattc2306 lol it's just sad. In the video he was winded a minute into it and absolutely off key. I kept thinking "dude Bruce Dickinson is your age and I have seen him run and sing on stage for 2 hours!"

Arcane? Ahhh.. I love Arcane

@Tomjo5 she*

@@4LiveRastaJoyThe girl's called Ed?

@Tomjo5 Ed is androgynous

@Tomjo5 doesnt mean it translates to live action

@@BiggerR10 Yeah she has an androgenous design but she is a Girl, at least in the anime