Cowboy Bebop - Live Action

Nazbuk · 07-24-2008, 01:44 PM

Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film! « FirstShowing.net

Found this on digg saying that Fox is going to be doing the live action version of this movie.

It could work or it could be the next Wing Commander. =P

Vorph · 07-24-2008, 02:10 PM

And here I thought remaking a seemingly endless series of shitty j-horror flicks was as low as Hollywood could sink... but I guess it was inevitable they'd discover anime too. I can't even imagine what sort of abominations movies based on good anime like Bebop, Akira, and GITS will be like, let alone once they start in with the garbage (DBZ, Eva, and whatever else they have planned that I probably don't even want to know about).

Hatorade · 07-24-2008, 02:17 PM

A live action anything based on an anime will have to be so loosely based it might as well be called generic action title 101. Even something as simple as Hellsing will be fucked up even if they get Tilda Swinton who would make an awesome Integra Hellsing who the hell is going to be Alucard?

If the porn industry starts doing live action tenticle attacks I won't be surprised.

Vorph · 07-24-2008, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hatorade

If the porn industry starts doing live action tenticle attacks I won't be surprised.

Alas, this already exists. There's a live action version of the La Blue Girl hentai.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Hatorade · 07-24-2008, 02:27 PM

After posting that I was going to look but then again I didn't really want to. To make a point though Anime is an art style and to make a live movie it kills most of the things that was good about the anime. Akira would have to be almost all CGI and even then giant teddies that bleed milk+super expanding baby with fingers on fingers will look cheesy in CGI.

Awanka · 07-24-2008, 06:32 PM

It's enough to make one hope that the next major terrorist act will be in downtown L.A.

T-rex · 07-24-2008, 06:53 PM

That article was horrid.

"And if you're wondering who Faye Valentine is, she's one of the main character's in the series and a fan favorite."

Fans of Cowboy Bebop hate Faye. I mean, you kind of have to.

"Sony released a full-length animated film titled Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heavens Door in 2001 where it was greeted with immense praise from fans worldwide."

I'm pretty sure that most fans weren't thrilled with the movie, and if any praise was paid it was far from 'immense'.

The point is, conceptually Cowboy Bebop is already very American. If anything can be translated to a Hollywood produced live-action movie it is this, but I'm sure it'll still be terrible. I am a gigantic fan of the show, and I have no desire to see it brought around again. The package is complete. Whatever point Wantanabe was trying to make was already made. All they can do is throw together some 2-hour long filler episode about Spike's past (about which we already know enough) where he confronts Vicious at some ominous location with cool music. It still won't be Ballad of Fallen Angels, so why try. If it is just some story about them chasing a bounty, like the other movie, then why bother. What is the point? I like the series for a lot of reasons but the average Bebop fan isn't the same as the average fan of those junkie animes. I have no desire to see Spike and the gang get mixed up in some wacky adventure. The story was magnificent but it is done, let it be dead.

Pren · 07-24-2008, 08:19 PM

Radical Ed's Radical Adventure, featuring a bunch of data dog puppies.

Kuriin · 07-24-2008, 08:49 PM

Fans of Cowboy Bebop don't hate Faye. What the fuck are you talking about?

Dom Devore · 07-24-2008, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vorph

Alas, this already exists. There's a live action version of the La Blue Girl hentai.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Spiked club and all?

Ham n Cheese · 07-24-2008, 11:42 PM

Nothing good can come from this. They were lucky enough their 'turn a series into a movie' turned out decent.

Hooby · 07-25-2008, 03:44 AM

This does not bode well...

T-rex · 07-25-2008, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kuriin

Fans of Cowboy Bebop don't hate Faye. What the fuck are you talking about?

Well, real fans. I mean, you might like her in the same way as a retarded puppy. More of pity really. Only faggot anime fanboys came away from that show and thought Faye was cool at all.

Vorph · 07-25-2008, 08:36 AM

I think you have Faye and Ed mixed up there. And I'm about the furthest thing possible from an anime fanboy.

The movie was great too, especially seeing it in an actual theater instead of just on DVD.

Kuriin · 07-25-2008, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-rex

Well, real fans. I mean, you might like her in the same way as a retarded puppy. More of pity really. Only faggot anime fanboys came away from that show and thought Faye was cool at all.

You're possibly the stupidest poster on this board and the biggest douchebag. Please stop posting and turn in your anime fanboy license.

07-24-2008, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nazbuk MC 900 Foot Jesus Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Birmingham Posts: 920	Cowboy Bebop - Live Action Fox Developing Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Feature Film! « FirstShowing.net Found this on digg saying that Fox is going to be doing the live action version of this movie. It could work or it could be the next Wing Commander. =P __________________ Nazbuk "Just once I'd love to see a modern-day Square RPG where the women don't look like 12-year-old, quasi-Asian schoolgirls and the men don't look like 12-year-old, quasi-Asian schoolgirls." -Millie

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Hatorade Cause it's better than water Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,091 +23 Internets	A live action anything based on an anime will have to be so loosely based it might as well be called generic action title 101. Even something as simple as Hellsing will be fucked up even if they get Tilda Swinton who would make an awesome Integra Hellsing who the hell is going to be Alucard? If the porn industry starts doing live action tenticle attacks I won't be surprised. __________________ www.houseforsaken.com

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Hatorade Cause it's better than water Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,091 +23 Internets	After posting that I was going to look but then again I didn't really want to. To make a point though Anime is an art style and to make a live movie it kills most of the things that was good about the anime. Akira would have to be almost all CGI and even then giant teddies that bleed milk+super expanding baby with fingers on fingers will look cheesy in CGI. __________________ www.houseforsaken.com Last edited by Hatorade : 07-24-2008 at 02:29 PM.

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07-24-2008, 02:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,880	And here I thought remaking a seemingly endless series of shitty j-horror flicks was as low as Hollywood could sink... but I guess it was inevitable they'd discover anime too. I can't even imagine what sort of abominations movies based on good anime like Bebop, Akira, and GITS will be like, let alone once they start in with the garbage (DBZ, Eva, and whatever else they have planned that I probably don't even want to know about).

07-24-2008, 06:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
T-rex Has short arms Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 616 -13 Internets	That article was horrid. "And if you're wondering who Faye Valentine is, she's one of the main character's in the series and a fan favorite." Fans of Cowboy Bebop hate Faye. I mean, you kind of have to. "Sony released a full-length animated film titled Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heavens Door in 2001 where it was greeted with immense praise from fans worldwide." I'm pretty sure that most fans weren't thrilled with the movie, and if any praise was paid it was far from 'immense'. The point is, conceptually Cowboy Bebop is already very American. If anything can be translated to a Hollywood produced live-action movie it is this, but I'm sure it'll still be terrible. I am a gigantic fan of the show, and I have no desire to see it brought around again. The package is complete. Whatever point Wantanabe was trying to make was already made. All they can do is throw together some 2-hour long filler episode about Spike's past (about which we already know enough) where he confronts Vicious at some ominous location with cool music. It still won't be Ballad of Fallen Angels, so why try. If it is just some story about them chasing a bounty, like the other movie, then why bother. What is the point? I like the series for a lot of reasons but the average Bebop fan isn't the same as the average fan of those junkie animes. I have no desire to see Spike and the gang get mixed up in some wacky adventure. The story was magnificent but it is done, let it be dead.

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Pren Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 333 -4 Internets	Radical Ed's Radical Adventure, featuring a bunch of data dog puppies.

07-24-2008, 11:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,925 +18 Internets	Nothing good can come from this. They were lucky enough their 'turn a series into a movie' turned out decent.

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Hooby Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 455 -1 Internets	This does not bode well...

07-25-2008, 08:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,880	I think you have Faye and Ed mixed up there. And I'm about the furthest thing possible from an anime fanboy. The movie was great too, especially seeing it in an actual theater instead of just on DVD.