I don’t know the original but this got me hooked.
Great visuals, a little bit feeling of an „old, trashy sci-fi show“ which I really like. Hope it keeps that way..
It hurts. They've put in some nice little nods to the original series, and the opening scene is nice, but then they crank up the language for no good reason. Does he really need to make a comment when they're going through the gate at the beginning? Spike would have stuffed his face with food instead of asking if he could eat. Why the heck is Faye already making an appearance? Why have the big-bad show up this early? I definitely want to see how they've done some of the other bounties they've hinted at, but I'm afraid it would just hurt too much to keep watching.
Nailing the look and feel of the original. Love this! I get it, I'm a fan of the original animation as well, and nothing will ever take its place but I think this is a worthy adaptation. Only thing I'd change is Vicious.
Wow. My reactions to this one are a bit all over the place, but...
First of all, nice job adapting the anime's opening-credits sequence. That was fun. And now that music's back stuck in my head.
For the most part, this one's story is that of the original anime's "Asteroid Blues" episode, with some minor adjustments, and that much works pretty well, although introducing Faye this early is a bit odd but... we'll see what they do with that.
I'm not sure I like giving Jet a family, making his immediate motivations about buying his daughter a decent birthday present. That sorta works, but the anime's making him the starving loner ex-cop whose motivation is mostly about putting food on the increasingly empty table seemed more effective. Otherwise, I'm liking Mustafa Shakir's take on Jet a lot—as well as John Cho's on Spike. Haven't seen enough of Daniella Pineda's Faye yet to have much opinion, but her attitude seems to work so far. (I don't really care that this Faye's not playing so hard to original-Faye's overt sensual angle, as long as this Faye is otherwise similar and interesting.)
As for the end... Hmm. Vicious is, of course, well, vicious, but that seemed rather unnecessarily unstable of him. And was that Julia? If so, that's a rather large change...
Waitaminute. No preview-of-next-session with those randomly wacky character narrations? Perhaps they were a bit too goofy to adapt well. Sigh. They were a fun dessert to each anime ep.
Overall, an interesting start with its own adjustments and wrinkles which we'll have to watch to see how they play out.
I have only watched the original in passing and wasn't a huge fan. This is fine for me and worth watching.
A lot of expectations on this. So for starters the characters. At least on look, there's not enough to say much more for now.
Spike: good
Jet: Kinda good too
Faye: meh (but she's obviously a way less realistic goal than the others)
The fact that they keep the opening: amazing. It's not something that is usually done, but probably anything they could have think of would have been a disappointment. That's an unexpected sign of respect for the original material that could presage good things for the rest.
Story is quite in the tone of the show too. Of course Faye is introduced way too early, but short season, so it's expected and not badly done. They kinda mix several episodes, but that works and stays true.
I like it! It seems a lot of effort and love (and money) was put to bring this world to life. Only problem is occasional awkwardness in interactions between characters and Vicious looks ridiculous.
I think analyzing adaptations based on the original characters is dumb. Still the leads of Cowboy Bebop (2021) convey nothing, maybe the only one closely to do it is Spike (John Cho), but nor the story, nor the side characters do convey anything. Sometimes this first chapter gets into Death Note live-action territory, one can't help but laugh out loud at the ridiculous portraying.
Still, I think that first scene is good, and has its own sense of camp, without trying to be too serious, but when it does try to get there, just all the elements aren't really well structured to move the viewer. Maybe it's just that it feels too calculated to feel anything, the dialogues, the movement of the characters, the plot. The most I found interesting is the "tokusatsu" vibes, maybe it's that campyness...
The series should've really gotten farer from the original series, do your own thing, not present a replica of the original opening, go thru all these cold movements and still have the audacity to close with a "See you space cowboy".
Not the worse attempt of Netflix bringing an iconic show/movie to life but there are still many "adjustments" made while trying to stay true to the original. The stories may be the same but they aren't holding true to the nuances of the original characters. It's nice to see some of the iconic characters and props come to live action but it's still lacking.
If you're use to the many live action movies of anime shows that aren't released to the States, this could be very enjoyable given that made for television. Just don't expect something so spot on like a Marvel production, expect something like the reimagined Star Wars but not nearly as bastardized.
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Cho is a great pick for Spike. I wasn't sure initially, but he does a really good job. I even like Mustafa Shakir as Jet. I do not like Daniella Pineda as Faye. She is not a good fit in my mind. She does have some of the intonations down, but that is about it. Some of it is her lines are bad, her hair is bad, she is introduced improperly, and she just doesn't fill out the uniform properly. She is just way too petite to be Valentine. She has absolutely none of the sensuality or sexiness of Faye. Cho and Shakir pull off their characters' demeanor quite well, but Pineda really just falls flat. I have to agree with some of the others about Vicious. He is not as bad as Faye, but he isn't all that great. His introduction is messed up as well.