Live Action Cowboy Bebop (1 Viewer)

[urzombiefood]

 

[BigFrosty]

The hand drawn art in the anime is still top tier today. I hope they can translate the style well to live action.

 

[LAhotsauce]

Good news. I sometimes love being late to know stuff.

Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Casshern Sins

All 3 have fantastic musical scores and soundtracks throughout. Probably why they are among my favorite animes.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Netflix Cowboy Bebop: 5 Things We’re Excited For (And 5 We’re Worried About)

Will this adaptation make the crew of the Bebop proud?!

whatculture.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Sun Wukong]

I genuinely have no idea how to feel about this.

On the one hand, they used Tank! for the opening and that's great, because you were never going to have a better opening than Tank! so there was no point in even trying. But on the other hand, it also kind of makes you wonder what the point of all this is because it's really got no shot of being better than the original show, and immediately being reminded of that right off the bat sets a strange mood.

Beyond that, assuming the non-stylized clips in the intro are how the show is going to look...it has a real neon lit, cartoony vibe with gonzo camera angles that almost gives me Batman and Robin vibes, and is in very stark contrast to the anime which was absolutely a sci-fi noir in terms of style. Cowboy Bebop could be goofy and over the top, sure, especially during comedic moments, but it could be dark and depressing as hell, too.

 

[Dago]

I genuinely have no idea how to feel about this.

On the one hand, they used Tank! for the opening and that's great, because you were never going to have a better opening than Tank! so there was no point in even trying. But on the other hand, it also kind of makes you wonder what the point of all this is because it's really got no shot of being better than the original show, and immediately being reminded of that right off the bat sets a strange mood.

Beyond that, assuming the non-stylized clips in the intro are how the show is going to look...it has a real neon lit, cartoony vibe with gonzo camera angles that almost gives me Batman and Robin vibes, and is in very stark contrast to the anime which was absolutely a sci-fi noir in terms of style. Cowboy Bebop could be goofy and over the top, sure, especially during comedic moments, but it could be dark and depressing as hell, too.

You summed up my feelings pretty well
I will definitely give it a chance, but I am not exactly optimistic

Maybe that's the key. Seems like everytime I get excited about am adaption I end up disappointed

I was genuinely excited for The Gunslinger especially when I found out they got Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey

I don't normally get angry at a bad adaption....it isn't that serious but I was truly upset at that steaming pile of sheet

 

[nolaspe]

 

[Sun Wukong]

I just feel like a lot of the tone and aesthetic here is off. I will give it a chance but I'm not sure on a lot of the style elements.

 

[Dago]

I just feel like a lot of the tone and aesthetic here is off. I will give it a chance but I'm not sure on a lot of the style elements.

I feel the same but I am keeping am open mind and giving credit for them taking a risk on the style

Hope it works

 

[St. Widge]

I just feel like a lot of the tone and aesthetic here is off. I will give it a chance but I'm not sure on a lot of the style elements.

I actually think it looks better than I was expecting. The color and style seem a bit off, but it's probably really hard to keep the same aesthetic in live action that you have in animation. So much of the mood of Cowboy Bebop was the "lighting" and the weaving in of the music. I mean, you can do whatever you want with lighting and color in animation and they really put it to great use. It's much harder, and sometimes impossible, to do it in live action. Or, at least it takes a much better director/cinematographer than you are going to get on a Netflix production. Also they kept the music which is a key part of Cowboy Bebop, but it would not have surprised me to see them change it because remakes often fork things up.

Anyway, I think it will probably be okay, but the issue is still that there is no point in making this. It can't be better than the original which was more or less perfect. A remake can only be worse. I might just watch the original again instead of watchin this.

 

[Zztop]

it looks woefully mediocre compared to the anime
although it is just the limitation of live action vs animation.

Also no ED or Ein

 

[Optimus Prime]

it looks woefully mediocre compared to the anime
although it is just the limitation of live action vs animation.

Also no ED or Ein

ein is there

but no sign of ed yet

 

[Zztop]

ein is there

but no sign of ed yet

hmm I wonder what they will do regarding all the interactions between Ed and Ein? I guess just omit them?

 

[St. Widge]

hmm I wonder what they will do regarding all the interactions between Ed and Ein? I guess just omit them?

That's generally what they do with the nonsense/over the top comedic sections of anime that are made into live action. I think it's a big reason why big anime fans tend to hate any live action remake of any anime. But it's probably necessary to appeal to a wider audience since I think that stuff is exactly what turns a lot of people off from anime.