My favorite example of this is in the Shadows of the Empire book where the main gang has to briefly work with a Rodian that runs a casino complex, who turns out to be Greedo’s uncle.  It’s full on pointless, literally only exists for him to say like “Yeah, no hard feelings, my nephew wasn’t close or anything and he…

I have a Sam Waterston story that shows he’s pretty much the *opposite* of Noth. While in school, I worked in a legal job for the Baltimore PD. Off-duty officers were (as is typical) working as on-set security for John Waters when he was filming “Serial Mom”. A couple of the cops were sitting down to lunch at craft…

HOT TAKE: I can’t *stand* Ed. I loved the original Cowboy Bebop, but I loved it even more before Ed joined. The anime world’s cliched overly-expressive high-pitched squeaky whiny (typically female) character trope always bothered me. Sure, so Ed subverts that by being useful and by being a hacker... I guess? Who…

The AV Club tends to revel in a weighted nostalgia blanket of the past littered with links that users never asked for. While the fan service may delight a few diehard Gawker fans, others find this approach nearly as tedious as the full-size videos that block the page.

Grade: C- 

I love it but then again, I also love the live action Speed Racer. The difference here is that Cowboy Bebop is a classic to me and I really don’t like animated Speed Racer.  Bebop is like a Remix that I still enjoy very much.

I’m 35, was born in 1986, and saw quite a bit of the show while it was on, and ESPECIALLY in the decades after while it was ubiquitous in syndication. I love that show, even own the complete series box set on DVD. It’s probably hard to grasp now that pop culture is more ephemeral and being constantly rebooted, but…

Reid, I’m an Anime Fan and loved Cowboy BeBop (Ghost in the Shell, etc.). And to me, honestly, the live version is pretty good based on live actor limitations. Have you actually watched either version? Critique does not mean being negative just to say you are “critiquing”.

So, Cowboy Bebop SHOULD adhere to its predecessor, whereas Ghostbusters: Afterlife leans too hard on what came before? Trying to keep up with these complicated rules. In any case, I thought this scene was pretty funny, even better with the laugh track and Seinfeld beats.

I found the live action Cowboy Bebop is perfectly cromulent and entertaining. Hating it simply because hardcore anime nerds like to shit on everything doesn’t make you as cool as you think it does.

One thing I find really annoying about The AV Club and its sister sites is how they’re clearly being called upon to self-reference as much prior content as they possibly can, like how this article links back to four of the previous articles written about Cowboy Bebop and seven articles about Seinfeld. Naturally, that…

That’s some quality shitposting.

I just finished the whole thing and I think it’s a pretty good piece of work altogether. It’s definitely not as good as the source material, but it also doesn’t fail as a live-action anime adaptation, as this review and so many others were quick to pronounce. All the pieces work pretty well together, and it has a lot…

I just did eps 2, 3, & 4.

Two episodes in. Unless this dramatically falls off a cliff, this is worth checking out. Don’t let negative reviews turn you off to this.

Three episodes in and I’m loving it. The cast is fantastic. The vibe is just perfect. The action could definitely be better, there are some great choreography, but a lot of the editing decisions hampered the flow somewhat.

No Ed is a huge red flag for me. I bet they squeeze in Ed as a tag at the end of the 1st season. 

I’m not going to ever say “don’t watch the original,” particularly when it comes to Bebop, but I’ve been reading warmer reviews elsewhere from both people who have and haven’t watched the original.

kinda defeats the purpose since Cowboy Bebop’s original setting suggests that traditional ethnic groups have been disrupted/scattered/completely annihilated/reinvented by the human diaspora throughout the solar system.

Just wanted to take the opportunity to ask why the fuck I have to be interrupted every 30 seconds by a pop up ad that covers half the screen of my PC while trying to read a Sam Barsanti bad review of a show I’ve been crossing my fingers about for months?

Don't worry, folks. There's a good chance Barsanti's take on this is just as wrong as his take on, well, everything.