Designing the Characters of 'Cowboy Bebop'

Post by ShamelessC » Sat, Jul 16, 2022, 8:47 PM UTC

NetOpWibby wrote: post #49

otachack wrote: post #41

So many are trashing the live action that I'd like to offer my opinion. I enjoyed it for what it was, a reimagining. Vicious' actor was terrible but he picked up towards the end. John Cho did a good nod to Spike, Mustafa Shakir killed it as Jet, and Daniella Pineda was decent as Faye. What absolutely caught my attention was the production quality of the sets though out the show. Each shot felt heavily inspired by the…

I enjoyed it very much. I feel that people create high expectations just to be ensure they’ll be disappointed. A scene for scene live reenactment would’ve been boring. Just like that Halo show. You can switch things up a bit and do great.

Post by alpaca128 » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 6:25 AM UTC

KronisLV wrote: post #60

NetOpWibby wrote: post #49

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I enjoyed it very much. I feel that people create high expectations just to be ensure they’ll be disappointed. A scene for scene live reenactment would’ve been boring. Just like that Halo show. You can switch things up a bit and do great.

> I feel that people create high expectations just to be ensure they’ll be disappointed. I might just have low standards, but I never really feel as disappointed as a lot of the community seems to be whenever there's a live action adaptation - be it of Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop or something else. It's sometimes interesting to see how certain aspects of the original are carried over or changed in the live actio…

Post by Groxx » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 7:56 AM UTC

yaomtc wrote: post #16

KennyBlanken wrote: post #13

To anyone who watched the disaster that was the netflix live adaptation and was put off - please try the original anime. It's a masterpiece. Animation, characters, storytelling, soundtrack - it's all top shelf. The original intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-D9LrFJd4 The English dub is better than most, and if you really can't deal with subtitles, go for it - but the original voice actors were some of the best…

This is a very rare example of an anime where I prefer the dub to the original audio. Not only was the casting and acting excellent, but they even went the extra mile in the mixing and environmental audio, which was fine in the original but even improved in the dub.

Post by _benedict » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 9:04 AM UTC

beloch wrote: post #48

brikil wrote: post #3

> When its live-action reboot failed last year Did it fail? I enjoyed it! I don’t stay up to date with the critics though. Hope this doesn't mean the second season won’t get made.

Netflix has a pattern. They have stats from a lot of multi-season shows and know that there's a sharp drop off in viewers the more seasons a show runs for, even if they're all excellent. This makes the first season a great investment, but remaining seasons are subject to rapidly diminishing returns. So, their solution is to put a lot of effort into season 1 and, if it does really well, put vastly diminished resources…

Post by glandium » Sun, Jul 17, 2022, 12:22 PM UTC

goodpoint wrote: post #56

bowsamic wrote: post #52

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I think it should be comical, because that makes it more entertaining. The sub is more boring because it's more serious sounding. I also don't see why it needs to be like how normal people talk, because it's literally a cartoon. Generally I far prefer the English dub style to the stern and serious Japanese sub style

> it's literally a cartoon First, it's an anime, not a cartoon. They are different things with a different history. Second, cartoon or not that does not justify silly voices and poor acting. Just because something is not live action or CGI it does not mean it should be dubbed like the Smurfs. Additionally, the original author decided the style of the voicing. Dubbing for other languages should respect the author inte…