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I won't make comparisons with the original animation.
I think this show in general is an excellent production. The actors are ok and have great chemistry together.
But this show takes a bold approach to the way it tells the story.
It tries, perhaps excessively, to be faithful to an Anime narrative structure.
It's a western. It's a space opera. It's a buddy cop comedy. It has a noir atmosphere mixed with ultra-over the top action scenes. All mixed in a crazy colored juice.
This cocktail isn't easy to make into a live series.
And the end result is a highly stylized TV show that is beautiful to watch, well interpreted, but not everything blends in very well.
This will certainly work for many people, but for many it won't.
So, in the end, what counts is a matter of taste.
Try it and you may like it or not.
I personally enjoyed some episodes more than others, but I wouldn't mind seeing more.
A solid 7 out of 10 for me.
I think this show in general is an excellent production. The actors are ok and have great chemistry together.
But this show takes a bold approach to the way it tells the story.
It tries, perhaps excessively, to be faithful to an Anime narrative structure.
It's a western. It's a space opera. It's a buddy cop comedy. It has a noir atmosphere mixed with ultra-over the top action scenes. All mixed in a crazy colored juice.
This cocktail isn't easy to make into a live series.
And the end result is a highly stylized TV show that is beautiful to watch, well interpreted, but not everything blends in very well.
This will certainly work for many people, but for many it won't.
So, in the end, what counts is a matter of taste.
Try it and you may like it or not.
I personally enjoyed some episodes more than others, but I wouldn't mind seeing more.
A solid 7 out of 10 for me.
- ruidanielbarrossss
- Nov 19, 2021
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Watched the anime like ages ago and went into this with no expectation and got hook.
First episode wasn't that great as a pilot but things pick up by the second episode.
The fight can look a bit slow sometimes but everything else is enjoyable. The set designs are amazing. I love the retro feel of it. Really captured the cowboy bebop mood.
And god the music... Yoko Kanno's Tank! Is that amazing that I didn't skip the intro at all. The whole jazz soundtracks feel so refreshing after watching movies with similar sounds.
John Cho is amazing too as Spike. He got the mannerism and coolness, and so is Faye Valentine. I love the witty humour and sarcasm. Jet Black also holds the team together.
Plus point for Ein. Adorable.
First episode wasn't that great as a pilot but things pick up by the second episode.
The fight can look a bit slow sometimes but everything else is enjoyable. The set designs are amazing. I love the retro feel of it. Really captured the cowboy bebop mood.
And god the music... Yoko Kanno's Tank! Is that amazing that I didn't skip the intro at all. The whole jazz soundtracks feel so refreshing after watching movies with similar sounds.
John Cho is amazing too as Spike. He got the mannerism and coolness, and so is Faye Valentine. I love the witty humour and sarcasm. Jet Black also holds the team together.
Plus point for Ein. Adorable.
- ladyliliroche
- Nov 18, 2021
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My only casting dislike so far is Faye Valentine.
The writing for her is awful, and her delivery is even worse. She also doesn't look the part either. Faye was the stereotypical femme Fatale in appearance, but juxtaposed by her brash nature. This actress lacks the first part, which is important to her character. She's cringeworthy. Also not a fan of vicious, either. But I'm telling ya Faye is really bad.
Jet is great. Spike is pretty good.
They NAILED the environment and atmosphere. Production is amazing. That really helps the affair.
Music is the best of all. Amazing. They brought back the same guy from the anime. It's incredible stuff.
They did make some stupid changes to things that I found entirely unnecessary, though. Why? Beats me.
It's not the anime and it never could be. But it's a damn good show, especially when you compare it to every other animation adaptation to live action
Give it a shot and don't let others whining taint your experience.
The writing for her is awful, and her delivery is even worse. She also doesn't look the part either. Faye was the stereotypical femme Fatale in appearance, but juxtaposed by her brash nature. This actress lacks the first part, which is important to her character. She's cringeworthy. Also not a fan of vicious, either. But I'm telling ya Faye is really bad.
Jet is great. Spike is pretty good.
They NAILED the environment and atmosphere. Production is amazing. That really helps the affair.
Music is the best of all. Amazing. They brought back the same guy from the anime. It's incredible stuff.
They did make some stupid changes to things that I found entirely unnecessary, though. Why? Beats me.
It's not the anime and it never could be. But it's a damn good show, especially when you compare it to every other animation adaptation to live action
Give it a shot and don't let others whining taint your experience.
A funky adaptation that can be seen as its standalone-alternate version of the original Cowboy Bebop.
I get it fans are trashing the show because they either are not following the source material fatefully or are following it too much when not necessary, like Radical Ed's introduction, but, hey, I don't mind the adaptation. I take it as a fresher look into the original.
Overall, the show is good. All actors fit their role in either a good way or a corky way, but it works.
It is goofy, very goofy at times. I believe the show is a work of passion too, so I understand they try to be as "anime-like" as they can.
With today's Hollywood standards, I don't mind these adaptations. The tech is here, we just need to make it happen. It is definitely way better than Dragonball Evolution (2009).
I get it fans are trashing the show because they either are not following the source material fatefully or are following it too much when not necessary, like Radical Ed's introduction, but, hey, I don't mind the adaptation. I take it as a fresher look into the original.
Overall, the show is good. All actors fit their role in either a good way or a corky way, but it works.
It is goofy, very goofy at times. I believe the show is a work of passion too, so I understand they try to be as "anime-like" as they can.
With today's Hollywood standards, I don't mind these adaptations. The tech is here, we just need to make it happen. It is definitely way better than Dragonball Evolution (2009).
- gabriel_sanchez
- Nov 28, 2021
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-For me the cast is decent, except Faye Valentine (Pineda), but still tolerable.
-The universe, visuals and costumes are good.
-The fighting scenes were ok -The plot changed a lot, but i understand that adaptations do that, so I'm not angry like many here.
-If you never watched the anime, this series could worth a watch. If you are a true fan, dont expect a spectacular and accurate adaptation.
-The ones who gave 1 star are too salty, maybe their nostalgia is too strong, and they just shouldn't see any live action adaptations.
-The universe, visuals and costumes are good.
-The fighting scenes were ok -The plot changed a lot, but i understand that adaptations do that, so I'm not angry like many here.
-If you never watched the anime, this series could worth a watch. If you are a true fan, dont expect a spectacular and accurate adaptation.
-The ones who gave 1 star are too salty, maybe their nostalgia is too strong, and they just shouldn't see any live action adaptations.
- divg-57-800054
- Nov 20, 2021
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Cowboys, western themes mixed with Sci Fi, Bounty Hunters done with ostentatious flair. That is Cowboy Bebop. Witty, charming and while it is clever, sometimes the camp is overdone. Smart humor, great CGi and worthy of many more episodes.
This show isn't the anime, but is definitely enjoyable all on its own. The casting is great. The sets and music really captures the spirit of the original.
- wilwilliamharris
- Nov 19, 2021
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Let me start by saying I went into this thinking it would be terrible, boy was I wrong. This series is very well done. They may have some tech not in the anime, and they take a couple liberties with some characters, but they really went deep in their adaptation. The characters, John Cho's Spike is a perfect example, move and speak just like their anike counterparts, the detail is so intricate, it is amazing. I hate to be "that guy" but I daresay alot of the negative reviews are probably from people who haven't even seen the show and they just rated it low based on the casting and their dogged defense of the anime. Give this a shot, it is so very good.
- catdogmanfish
- Nov 20, 2021
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Cowboy Bebop is a live adaptation of a popular anime featuring a group of space bounty hunters nicknamed 'cowboys' who roam the now-populated solar system a few centuries in the future. The tone of the series is light-hearted, featuring typical down-on-their-luck yet likeable main characters who stumble their way into victories against equally incompetent bad guys. It's basically all in good fun.
It's universe is a combination of Americana influences from the '50's up to the '70's, Japanese mafia tropes and old-skool visceral science fiction, with a film noir-detective glue that holds it together. It consist of over-the-top but well designed set pieces with characters that find themselves in absurd situations, mostly created by their own antics. Fair warning, it can get pretty bloody at times between all the sarcasm, true to anime heritage.
The music is excellent, especially the jazz pieces from all the greats that seem hand-picked to fit the scenes. It's general feel is reminiscent of comic books, with lots of different color schemes, shots from strange angels and short, witty comebacks that could've just as easily been dropped in captions. Blood doesn't drip, it flashes over the screen, that sort of thing.
My main criticism are the predictable plot-lines, with one or two nice surprises. Also, not all the jokes land because the editing can be off beat, slowing down the comedic timing of the actors. On these review pages it has been compared to the original, well-loved anime, which I didn't do. Without the comparison, the end-result is a production that could have had a sharper finish, but that doesn't take away much from this futuristic noir-detective that got stuck in the seventies.
Don't expect the world and you'll root for these cowboys.
It's universe is a combination of Americana influences from the '50's up to the '70's, Japanese mafia tropes and old-skool visceral science fiction, with a film noir-detective glue that holds it together. It consist of over-the-top but well designed set pieces with characters that find themselves in absurd situations, mostly created by their own antics. Fair warning, it can get pretty bloody at times between all the sarcasm, true to anime heritage.
The music is excellent, especially the jazz pieces from all the greats that seem hand-picked to fit the scenes. It's general feel is reminiscent of comic books, with lots of different color schemes, shots from strange angels and short, witty comebacks that could've just as easily been dropped in captions. Blood doesn't drip, it flashes over the screen, that sort of thing.
My main criticism are the predictable plot-lines, with one or two nice surprises. Also, not all the jokes land because the editing can be off beat, slowing down the comedic timing of the actors. On these review pages it has been compared to the original, well-loved anime, which I didn't do. Without the comparison, the end-result is a production that could have had a sharper finish, but that doesn't take away much from this futuristic noir-detective that got stuck in the seventies.
Don't expect the world and you'll root for these cowboys.
- rogier-86785
- Nov 19, 2021
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Good acting, the actors have swag. It's a good serie it's anything you have seen before. Right amount of humor and action. You will like this series if you like anything surrounding sci fi space movies/series. Interesting story to follow too, this will not disappoint. Usually asian actors are the bad guys in action movies/series, but not in this one.
- Hellooo1234321
- Nov 21, 2021
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I had never watched the Anime version when I decided to check out the live-action show. After seeing the first episode, I went back to the original show and watched all 26 episodes. Once I was done with the original, I went back to the remake and realized why so many reviewers hate this show.
I can see the effort they made to keep the spirit of the original, but they veered off too many times. They made changes that were not needed, nor improved the story in any meaningful way.
They got a lot of things right, but too many things wrong and it will never please the hardcore fans of the original series.
I just read that Netflix will not move on with another season/series. For the fans that have never watched the original show, now is a good time to do so.
I can see the effort they made to keep the spirit of the original, but they veered off too many times. They made changes that were not needed, nor improved the story in any meaningful way.
They got a lot of things right, but too many things wrong and it will never please the hardcore fans of the original series.
I just read that Netflix will not move on with another season/series. For the fans that have never watched the original show, now is a good time to do so.
- dparker-92489
- Dec 9, 2021
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I know a lot of people are going to be upset that it's not 100% faithful to the anime series, but it manages to capture the style without all the gender or race bending that seems to be so prevalent these days with adaptations. The first episode pays homage to the original, before venturing off to on its own.
The show does a good job with the little details, like screen splits and wipes, the soundtrack, ship designs, astral gates, and so on. The humor and the jokes are spot on in the spirit of the original, as are the space western feel, though it's missing a little bit of grittiness. Things are a little too sparkly like JJ Abrams' Star Trek.
Acting feels a little forced, but by the third episode or so, I got used to it or they got the screen chemistry right.
All in all, with all the recent disappointing adaptations like Foundation, Wheel of Time, Star Trek Discovery, Picard, etc., I'm enjoying Bebop and watching it with a smile on my face.
The show does a good job with the little details, like screen splits and wipes, the soundtrack, ship designs, astral gates, and so on. The humor and the jokes are spot on in the spirit of the original, as are the space western feel, though it's missing a little bit of grittiness. Things are a little too sparkly like JJ Abrams' Star Trek.
Acting feels a little forced, but by the third episode or so, I got used to it or they got the screen chemistry right.
All in all, with all the recent disappointing adaptations like Foundation, Wheel of Time, Star Trek Discovery, Picard, etc., I'm enjoying Bebop and watching it with a smile on my face.
- yooniverse
- Nov 20, 2021
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There are expected controversies around how faithful it is (or should be) to the source material - some points are literal retelling of the story, some are drastically different. I think it's mostly good that they're changing the story at times, it's a new material and a new medium after all. And I think they actually are the story difference are actually fixing the issue of the source material where the story was not sufficiently told in the end.
What's really great about the live action series is a visual style - it's realistic (the CGIs are mostly about space and some background imagery) yet very bright and vivid and ever-so-slightly goofy. The pace and character development is also great, it's all coming together nicely.
But it's a real hit-and-miss in the actors department - some of them are really in the right place and the resulting characters are truly great (like Spike and Jet), some of them come unbalanced (like Faye), and some are a complete disaster (like Vicious and Julia), which is really irritating.
It's still very worth the time, for it's a quirky and goofy blend of visual greatness and great characters.
What's really great about the live action series is a visual style - it's realistic (the CGIs are mostly about space and some background imagery) yet very bright and vivid and ever-so-slightly goofy. The pace and character development is also great, it's all coming together nicely.
But it's a real hit-and-miss in the actors department - some of them are really in the right place and the resulting characters are truly great (like Spike and Jet), some of them come unbalanced (like Faye), and some are a complete disaster (like Vicious and Julia), which is really irritating.
It's still very worth the time, for it's a quirky and goofy blend of visual greatness and great characters.
- hydralien-40230
- Nov 19, 2021
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I think it speak by it itself. I feel that series could be as the same action as the anime. I've recently finished the anime series and I cannot compare the quality and the energy. I know that the anime it finish on a cliffhanger and the real life characters is not at all the same. I'm happy the attempt to do with old with the new but should had continued the anime series and finish it.
- mathd-32500
- Dec 8, 2021
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I enjoyed the anime and enjoy this in a different way. I feel the negative reviews are coming from anime snobs. Definitely borrows an aesthetic from the original but is it's own creature.
- siya-65724
- Nov 19, 2021
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Rate the show based on its own entity. Stop comparing to the anime series. It's a completely different take on the idea and so it doesn't make sense to compare. It makes the other reviews very misleading.
Anyways, this show is awesome. It's one of the most entertaining series I've seen in awhile. The action is great. The comedy is great. A perfect blend. I highly recommend.
Anyways, this show is awesome. It's one of the most entertaining series I've seen in awhile. The action is great. The comedy is great. A perfect blend. I highly recommend.
I was skeptical about the cast at first, but John Cho was surprisingly pulling Spike off very well. Now, I can't seem to find any other actors to play Spike other then John Cho. Jet Black, on the other hand, the beard on him looks too artificial. It just doesn't sit well on the guy. They could have styled the beard as its own since they changed the character to a black guy, but then somehow they attached the original character's beard on him which seems to be the general issue in this show. They changed some elements in the animation and adopted new things to a live action show, but then they somehow applied original elements back to new things. They don't get along well together, and often produces some silly chuckles and eye sores just like Jet Black's beard. Overall, the show is interesting as its own. It could have been better if they have made it as a standalone show instead of making a carbon-copy version of the original animation.
- danteshamest
- Nov 18, 2021
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In the future, mankind has established colonies throughout the solar system and left Earth behind. In this future, bounty hunters known colloquially as "Cowboys" travel the galaxy looking to collect prices on the heads of any number of terrorists and criminals. The show follows the crew of the spaceship Bebop owned by a former cop, Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), whose past has left him a mixture of man and machine with cybernetic limbs and prosthetics, former syndicate enforcer, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), who is haunted by his past and the woman, Julia (Elena Satine), he left to it, opportunistic cowboy, and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda), a woman with no memories of her past life before being revived cryogenically and swindled by a con artist as the group work as "Cowboys" to try in vain to keep their heads and ship above water. Meanwhile, Vicious (Alex Hassell), Spike's former partner whose now married to Julia gets wind that Spike is still alive after having seemingly killed him years ago and sets out to kill him while also staging a coup within the Red Dragon Syndicate.
Airing in 1998 in Japan and making its debut in 2001 on Adult Swim in the United States, Cowboy Bebop is often regarded as one of the quintessential modern anime classics due to its richly nuanced characters, eclectic mix of styles and influences, and a soundtrack rich with personality. Since 2008, Studio Sunrise and Shinichiro Watanabe, the company and director behind the original have been closely involved with attempts to bring the property to feature film format with an incarnation at 20th Century Fox starring Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel beginning development only to languish in development hell much like other long gestating adaptations like the since released Ghost in the Shell movie or the ongoing cycle of green lighting and cancelation that is the Akira adaptation. Eventually the project landed at Tomorrow Studios, the producers of the successful TV adaptations of Hanna and Snowpiercer and secured distribution for Cowboy Bebop at Netflix alongside an in development adaptation of the One Piece manga. After a 14 year journey, the Cowboy Bebop adaptation is okay.
The show makes a good impression with its three leads played by Mustafa Shakir, John Cho, and Elena Satine as Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, and Faye Valentine respectively. The three have a natural chemistry that comes through in their performances and from the way they carry themselves to their various interactions over the course of the show, the three convey that "dysfunctional family" dynamic that was present in the original series while making it their own. The cast all hold their own in the action sequences and were reportedly trained by 87eleven Action Design who were also responsible for the stunt work in Atomic Blonde, Nobody, and the John Wick series and it shows with the choreography smooth and engaging with good sense of spatial geography and flow. The production design is also well done capturing most of the future present in the original series with a mixture of film-noir, western, and 70s iconography that made the style and environment such an engaging place.
The show this time around tries to have a "binge friendly" narrative as opposed to the episodic closed ended nature of the episodes of the original series where Watanabe treated each one like a stand alone movie. The original show despite being seemingly limited by a half-hour runtime managed to fit in a lot of plot and character through visual storytelling and atmospheric visuals where the music would play over moments of science and emptiness to convey a sense of mood and atmosphere. The show tries to build a season long arc out of Vicious' coup with the syndicate and on paper it's not a terrible idea for a overarching narrative as it was briefly glimpsed at in the show, but unfortunately the syndicate coup and its politics are probably the least interesting thing in the series and feel more like a weight the show is dragging around with it. While there are "villains of the day" most of them aren't all that engaging and pale in comparison to the menace, mystery, or humor of their counterparts to the original series. Some parts do still resonate such as episode 7 where Faye finds a VHS tape that's a clue to her past, and the acting by Elena Satine along with the direction and music manages to capture the same level of emotional resonance that was in the original. Unfortunately that's only one scene where I got that level of emotional resonance with most of the other scenes never really achieving that.
Cowboy Bebop doesn't escape the shadow cast by its anime counterpart, but it's also not a complete failure either as seen with instances such as Guyver, Fist of the North Star, or Dragonball: Evolution. In terms of anime adaptions by western studios Cowboy Bebop hovers somewhere between Christophe Gans' adaptation of Crying Freeman and Robert Rodriguez/James Cameron's adaptation of Battle Angel: Alita. The show is perfectly serviceable in its inaugural season even if I'm not sold on every aspect of it, and the ending to season one promises further divergence for season 2 should it be renewed. But considering that redux/remake versions of Evangelion, Berserk, and Sailor Moon exist, this should be taken for what it is: another approach to the material. It doesn't replace the original nor should it, and it's okay enough that it won't dissuade people from checking out the original. Who knows? Maybe this will nudge people towards checking out the original series.
Airing in 1998 in Japan and making its debut in 2001 on Adult Swim in the United States, Cowboy Bebop is often regarded as one of the quintessential modern anime classics due to its richly nuanced characters, eclectic mix of styles and influences, and a soundtrack rich with personality. Since 2008, Studio Sunrise and Shinichiro Watanabe, the company and director behind the original have been closely involved with attempts to bring the property to feature film format with an incarnation at 20th Century Fox starring Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel beginning development only to languish in development hell much like other long gestating adaptations like the since released Ghost in the Shell movie or the ongoing cycle of green lighting and cancelation that is the Akira adaptation. Eventually the project landed at Tomorrow Studios, the producers of the successful TV adaptations of Hanna and Snowpiercer and secured distribution for Cowboy Bebop at Netflix alongside an in development adaptation of the One Piece manga. After a 14 year journey, the Cowboy Bebop adaptation is okay.
The show makes a good impression with its three leads played by Mustafa Shakir, John Cho, and Elena Satine as Jet Black, Spike Spiegel, and Faye Valentine respectively. The three have a natural chemistry that comes through in their performances and from the way they carry themselves to their various interactions over the course of the show, the three convey that "dysfunctional family" dynamic that was present in the original series while making it their own. The cast all hold their own in the action sequences and were reportedly trained by 87eleven Action Design who were also responsible for the stunt work in Atomic Blonde, Nobody, and the John Wick series and it shows with the choreography smooth and engaging with good sense of spatial geography and flow. The production design is also well done capturing most of the future present in the original series with a mixture of film-noir, western, and 70s iconography that made the style and environment such an engaging place.
The show this time around tries to have a "binge friendly" narrative as opposed to the episodic closed ended nature of the episodes of the original series where Watanabe treated each one like a stand alone movie. The original show despite being seemingly limited by a half-hour runtime managed to fit in a lot of plot and character through visual storytelling and atmospheric visuals where the music would play over moments of science and emptiness to convey a sense of mood and atmosphere. The show tries to build a season long arc out of Vicious' coup with the syndicate and on paper it's not a terrible idea for a overarching narrative as it was briefly glimpsed at in the show, but unfortunately the syndicate coup and its politics are probably the least interesting thing in the series and feel more like a weight the show is dragging around with it. While there are "villains of the day" most of them aren't all that engaging and pale in comparison to the menace, mystery, or humor of their counterparts to the original series. Some parts do still resonate such as episode 7 where Faye finds a VHS tape that's a clue to her past, and the acting by Elena Satine along with the direction and music manages to capture the same level of emotional resonance that was in the original. Unfortunately that's only one scene where I got that level of emotional resonance with most of the other scenes never really achieving that.
Cowboy Bebop doesn't escape the shadow cast by its anime counterpart, but it's also not a complete failure either as seen with instances such as Guyver, Fist of the North Star, or Dragonball: Evolution. In terms of anime adaptions by western studios Cowboy Bebop hovers somewhere between Christophe Gans' adaptation of Crying Freeman and Robert Rodriguez/James Cameron's adaptation of Battle Angel: Alita. The show is perfectly serviceable in its inaugural season even if I'm not sold on every aspect of it, and the ending to season one promises further divergence for season 2 should it be renewed. But considering that redux/remake versions of Evangelion, Berserk, and Sailor Moon exist, this should be taken for what it is: another approach to the material. It doesn't replace the original nor should it, and it's okay enough that it won't dissuade people from checking out the original. Who knows? Maybe this will nudge people towards checking out the original series.
- IonicBreezeMachine
- Dec 4, 2021
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This is all you need in times of corona if you like action, but also good laughs and humor. Great actors too! I like how they didn't choose the conventional white guy as the main character. The story and acting doesn't feel forced the serie is relaxed too. The actor John Choo is sexy too, women will also like this series.
Also, if you like movies or series in space, this is also for you.
Also, if you like movies or series in space, this is also for you.
- Hellooo1234321
- Nov 21, 2021
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- daisukereds
- Nov 18, 2021
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I think its well done. Fun dialog. Music is great. Good acting. I'm really enjoying it and I'm not even a anime fan, so give it a try. I dont understand all the bad reviews.
From the few episodes I've watched. It's done a great job at adapting the story to live action. Yes it's a little campy but im actually enjoying it. Just try to keep an open mind and remember that it's not trying to be a carbon copy of the original. It wants to be its own story. And from what I've seen so far, I'm definitely interested to see what they do with the rest of the season!
- djacob-85210
- Nov 18, 2021
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Ridiculous casting decisions.
I was skeptical about the casting of Jet and Spike.
John Cho and Mustafa Shakira actually nail their parts, cosmetic dissimilarities aside. You know they are familiar with the original anime and succeed bringing that to their parts.
Now to the absolute ridiculous casting of Faye and Vicious. Pineda cast as Faye is completely incorrect for the role. She makes no attempt to even try and pull off the role. Pineda is playing Pineda. What she thinks its a wacky, great interpretation of Faye completely misses the mark. Really destroys the flow of the series As well as being in insult to the original. Terrible actress to boot.
Vicious -What the hell were they thinking? This interpretation is the opposite of Vicious. Uncertain, anxious and weird, not intimidating. The guy is hammy. Another massive casting failure. Not to mention he looks wall-eyed.
I was skeptical about the casting of Jet and Spike.
John Cho and Mustafa Shakira actually nail their parts, cosmetic dissimilarities aside. You know they are familiar with the original anime and succeed bringing that to their parts.
Now to the absolute ridiculous casting of Faye and Vicious. Pineda cast as Faye is completely incorrect for the role. She makes no attempt to even try and pull off the role. Pineda is playing Pineda. What she thinks its a wacky, great interpretation of Faye completely misses the mark. Really destroys the flow of the series As well as being in insult to the original. Terrible actress to boot.
Vicious -What the hell were they thinking? This interpretation is the opposite of Vicious. Uncertain, anxious and weird, not intimidating. The guy is hammy. Another massive casting failure. Not to mention he looks wall-eyed.
- wang-01639
- Nov 23, 2021
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