![]() ![]() “Ed is a proper disrupter and really gets the guys into some real sh*t every now and again. Then, and only then, did Nemec feel it was appropriate to add Ed. And that a full season was necessary to ensure audiences fully understood this main trio. Nemec says that the first season was dedicated to exploring the core trio of Spike, Jet, and Faye. “And I wanted to make sure that, fingers crossed, we get to a season 2 that we really have the appropriate amount of time to explore the character of Ed.” And Ed is a very complicated character in all of the good and right ways,” Nemec explained to IGN. “We really take our time to get to know our characters. Nemec says the decision to keep Ed from appearing on the show until the very last minute, setting up a possible second season, was deliberate. It’s definitely Ed, with the same outfit and mannerisms as from the anime. Only it’s Ed who shows up with a bounty request for the cowboy. Well, at the end of the first season of Cowboy Bebop, the crew is scattered in the winds and an injured Spike lies down on the street by himself, wounded. Those immortal words put salt in my wounds of disliking a reboot I was really, really excited about.During the lead-up to the Cowboy Bebop premiere, Nemec and the cast kept mum on the whereabouts of Ed, only telling fans they’ll “be delighted.” It appears in the live-action version exactly as it did in the anime version. That iconic “see you space cowboy” kicker, for example, is one of my personal favorite elements not just in Cowboy Bebop but in any show ever. It’s just not 'Cowboy Bebop.'Įven when I found myself getting into the new-fangled action, references to the original yanked me back out. The stunts are spectacular, and the performances are riveting. But the series’ closest re-enactments - namely of those famously killer opening credits and that spectacular cathedral fight sequence - ultimately arrive as little more than grating reminders of everything the new Cowboy Bebop is not. Instead of tethering two versions of the same story together, these matching moments act as jarring reminders that this really should have been an original show, since so much of it has changed. Loyalty to the source material is paramount in situations like this one, and Netflix clearly invested in delivering a few key scenes. That’s not to say you won’t recognize plenty in this pseudo-remake. I couldn’t see beyond the anime inspiration it was mangling. I found the audacity of claiming this series as a Cowboy Bebop successor kept me from enjoying what it was doing well. But that didn’t necessarily make the show bad. These radical changes threw me for a loop across all ten episodes. But when it comes to what really made the animated series special, the live-action version opts for so many drastic changes that comparing the projects is borderline nonsensical. Netflix pulls liberally from the original series in a big picture sense, mimicking reasonably well the anime version’s signature jazz score, messy comedic beats, and over-the-top action. It’s also a pretty generic space western that could have been named anything else. Sure, that sounds a lot like the original Cowboy Bebop. ![]() Even as Spike’s dark past reemerges to take him down, the lovable rogues fight and quip their way through an onslaught of obstacles to pursue their marks. Together, the group embarks on a dicy, interplanetary adventure full of wacky characters, zany tech, and lurking dangers. ![]() The start of the reboot sees Spike joining forces with fellow space cowboys Jet Black and Faye Valentine, played by Mustafa Shakir and Daniella Pineda. In this so-called adaptation of the anime classic, John Cho leads as intergalactic bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Because what Netflix did isn’t that, and pissing off a bunch of ‘90s nostalgics wasn’t worth it. If you’re going to go to the trouble of making a live-action Cowboy Bebop, then it’s probably best to actually make a live-action Cowboy Bebop. ![]()
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