Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Movie Announced

sakuko said:
Quentin Tarantino direction or I just don't want to see it made. Plain as feckin' that!

And "A real degree of faithfulness", what the hell is that? Either you're faithful or not. You can't have a "A real degree of faithfulness" when you cheat on your spouse and you can't have a "A real degree of faithfulness" when your doing an adaptation.

Ugh... now I'm up in arms.

sakuko said:
And you're going to tell me the Matrix was better?

Neo: "I know kung-fu."

Give me a bloody break. Personally, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs show more directing prowess than the Matrix series that abused the "bullet time" concept. The best part of the movie was when Neo died... then they ruined it by him coming back to life.

Brian333 said:

and on another note, the optimism surrounding this is astounding... are that many people expecting this to work out?

And as for the sound track, I would rather they not just hire Kanno and give her control or use the old soundtrack. This is an issue with appropriateness. Kanno's work might or might not even be suitable for this work anymore depending on the director, the cast, the story, and the stage.

Her work was really one of the defining factors of Cowboy Bebop but like I originally said, more than her music, it was the fact that everything just fit together very, very well.

If they just layered Kanno's work over another story with another cast and another director's vision, then it'd be out of place if it doesn't have good cohesion with the other elements.

I wouldn't mind a couple reworked homage pieces, though.

Kuronoa said:
@ Cihan: Comparing a Tarantino film to Matrix isn't fair. Tarantino's genre is (mostly) film noir while the Matrix is sci-fi.
Other than that if you don't like his recent films don't watch them then.

Now let's not get off topic anymore. >_>

malefactress said:
Dear Hollywood Gods,

Please, do your job. Please don't fuck up my all-time favorite anime. Please respect your source materal, but have the wisdom to know when to deviate from it. Please don't cast Lindsay Lohan as Faye. Please get Yoko Kanno to do the music.

Amen.

sakuko said:
Go watch a Charlton Heston film, at least he put some emotion in his acting.

As for only being used only in The Matrix and not the sequels, well... lick it up butter cup.

We may disagree about Tarantino, sure. But to attack me directly, you had this coming.

Cihan said:

This will surprise you, but only The Matrix used 'bullet time', the sequels didnt.

Cihan said:
That's the funniest thing I've read all day. Mr Hammy McHammison really was emotional, yup.

sakuko said:
Thank god your not a barrister... all your clients would be poor. Did you not state, as I quote above, that they "didn't" use it, or do my eyes deceive me? I think the record proves in my favour sir. As as such, your accountability for expertise of this film lacking.

sakuko said:
Nice retreat on your part, and you're the one who went off the deep end with a four paragraph essay from a two sentence and one paragraph quick comment. But whatever.

Kuronoa said:
Now prediction time: I say either Rurouni Kenshin or Blood for the next adaptation.

Cihan said:


Blood (or shitty Blood+) probably more likely considering Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer's protege's involvement in that. Kenshin's too Japanese. Unless Tom Cruise is allowed in it as an American who does all the hard work while Kenshin stands on the sidelines with an injured arm or something. ('cause you know, we need a caucasian in the story so we can relate to those weird foreigners!)

Here's another question about Bebop: do they follow the jist of the series' ending? I would talk spoilers but MAL has this annoying habit of having threads for post-release type discussion but people get 'spoiled' anyway.

Can we talk spoilers guys? It's been a decade since its been out and anybody who hasnt seen Bebop has no reason to be in here anyway.

Cihan said:
Although if a story is set in Japan, then I'd like it kept that way and not have all the Asians magically replaced.

Cihan said:
If you look at the Hollywood trend of J-horror movies, what have they changed in the transition from Japan to USA other than the races of the characters? I mean, really? Did they provide new unique twists on the source material? Not really, they just Americanized it, and its depressing, insulting and just creepy hegemonious hijinks. :(

Kuronoa said:
Yeah really, if anything I think they made the films more confusing for many. The only one I really liked was Pulse. ^_^

sakuko said:
Pulse was a good movie when Japanese. It had those little side things like the C-130 going down in flames. The collapse of world order through such simple beginnings.

If they touch Rurouni Kenshin I will personally go apeshit. Bebop is one thing, but you don't fuck with Kenshin.. You just don't.

Zanghetsu said:
Since he directed the Matrix it should be pretty decent, but then again our American Movie Industry has really fallen on hard times. I havent seen a decent movie in a loooong time.

AICN said:
a good friend inside the industry who is a very reliable source wrote in to tell me that the film is being fast tracked inside the studio and will most likely be out by 2010. He also revealed that Keanu Reeves has been attached as the lead character Spike for over eight months now and is still set for the role. Unfortunately there isn't a writer or director attached yet, but with some new forward momentum coming from last week's announcement, I don't think it will take too long.