Netflix's Cowboy Bebop

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Kaido

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Buncha 'pointa elbow' fucking weabs in this thread lol. Get over yourselves.

Show was trash -- you can't mimic anime 1:1 with live action. It comes off just completely unnatural and far too campy. I love John Cho, but I feel he lacked...charisma? For the role.

It felt very sci-fi channel. Like, the production value existed for the individual elements, but it didn't have the cohesiveness to pull it together. That whole opening scene with shootout & the elevator & everything felt very forced. A good example of here this DID work was Ocean's 11.
 

Zeze

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The whole thing felt forced.

How unfortunate.

Massive cheap CGI + plastic sets really turned me off too.
 

JM Aggie08

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Anyone ever watch the travesty that was the Dragonball live action movie? Just thinking about it makes me angry all over again.
 

GodisanAtheist

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I guess now we all wait and see if Netflix cancels The Witcher. Anything with an ounce of production value should be on deathwatch at Netflix.

Frankly i don't mind series with a bit of camp, honestly wish there were more of them. Not everything has to be Game of Thrones level political intrigue, violence, and dark complicated characters.
 
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Zeze

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I guess now we all wait and see if Netflix cancels The Witcher. Anything with an ounce of production value should be on deathwatch at Netflix.

Frankly i don't mind series with a bit of camp, honestly wish there were more of them. Not everything has to be Game of Thrones level political intrigue, violence, and dark complicated characters.
This live adaptation wasn't 'a bit of camp'. It was... ugh.