WTF?! That’s what went through our minds as we were watching the cluster f@ck that was Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop. As lovers of the original anime, we had a hard time figuring out just what they were thinking with this live action re-make. The script was shallow and disconnected, the characters were mere stereotypes rather than flushed out people, the sets looked thrown together and cheap and they just couldn’t figure out the tone and genre for the show. It was missing the heart and relationships that made the original anime so beloved. Despite all that, the actors did a great job with the less than stellar material they had to deal with. Daniella Pineda especially slayed as Faye Valentine. But unfortunately, a small cesspool of the internet decided to spew their vitriol at Daniella and the show creators for the alterations to Faye’s costume and appearance. Linsay and Genevieve have no patience for this type of toxic masculinity. Despite all the show’s many, many (many) shortcomings, the outcry over Pienda’s Valentine (arguably the best character in the now) not being sexy enough was disgusting and we have thoughts. Anime is an art form that should not be adapted into live action form. It just doesn’t work well.
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