While Brian Tallerico of praises the main cast as “talented and charismatic,” he faults the show’s design and writing for being unable to match what cast members offer.
The sets look like sets … Cowboy Bebop is performing the anime like a theater class might perform Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.” She further notes: “In Cowboy Bebop, the costumes look like costumes.
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“It misses the core appeal of Cowboy Bebop, which finds its deepest resonance in a richly textured surface.”įor WIRED’s Cecilia D'Anastasio, the new series is more of “an overwrought performance” than a “bold reimagining” of the cult favorite.
“It can’t match the collage of aesthetics, vibes and cultural references that made its predecessor feel more like a dispatch from the future than an attempt to simulate it in the present,” she writes. No surprise the series’ single most enjoyable hour is the one most heavily centered on Faye.”Īccording to TIME’s Judy Berman, it’s the original atmosphere that’s missing from the Netflix adaptation. Her co-stars look more dialed in, and even the dialogue sounds wittier. Han goes on to say, “When she’s on screen, Cowboy Bebop nearly works. She did, however, cite Ein the corgi and Daniella Pineda’s portrayal as Faye Valentine, as the “two bright spots” of the show. Hollywood Reporter ’s Angie Han said she struggled to find a point in adapting Cowboy Bebop in live-action while watching the new series. “Instead of feeling like a fun remix, Cowboy Bebop is at best a just-okay cover version, and for the most part an out-of-tune rendition of the greatest hits,” she noted. Kambole Campbell of Empire Magazine finds the series to be a pale imitation of the original, referring to the main leads’ performances as “fun impersonations” of the anime characters and the entire effort as more of an “homage” than an adaptation. Recapturing the lightning: With most of the critics making inevitable comparisons to the beloved space Western anime, the new series has been deemed unoriginal, unappealing and a complete failure. The new show stars John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black and Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine.ĭeveloped by André Nemec and written by Jeff Pinkner, Keiko Nobumoto, Hajime Yadate and Christopher Yost, the 10-episode series was released on Nov. With the burden of having to live up to its popular source material, Netflix’s live-action remake of “Cowboy Bebop” has found itself on the receiving end of a deluge of negative criticisms after its release on Friday.Ībout the series: The anime series of the same name was created by Hajime Yatate and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe in the late ‘90s, as NextShark previously reported.
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