Yeah, it’s a common misconception that Netflix is the creative force behind all of these abortions.
Like the one series that I can see Netflix having creative control over is Stranger Things only because it’s a cash cow for them and they market the shit out of it more than anything else
I'm terrified of what they would do to the Major. The Major is a great villain because if you remove the "Nazi" aspect of his character he is quite literally just the Van Helsing archetype. He is the brilliant vampire hunter who's life is dedicated to destroying a subhuman creature of evil darkness with nothing but human will and determination. It's a subversion of the normal story about vampires and the message of such films (human will/soul is lacking in such a creature which is why the humans always win in the end). The Major believes he is superior to Alucard/Dracula because he is human, and that alone puts him on a higher level than "monster" and yet if you look at who the Major is it's clear he is no less a monster than Alucard and perhaps more so. Maybe, the monstrous nature of the vampire doesn't come from their thirst for blood but from their innate humanity.
I actually disagree with you slightly but only because the clip makes Faye look even worse. She starts off the scene with a gun to the head of Spike and despite also pulling a knife when she fucks up that power position loses every step of the way. While it might be Cho's disinterested acting every moment of that "fight" looks like he is having to actively restrain himself from shoving her teeth down her throat.
Yup. Katarina gets a whole little backstory where Spike and Faye are actually after her and Asimov as separate bounties, she has one over her head for running away from her rich father. The episode beats you over the head with the fact she reminds Spike of Julia and then their iconic death scene gets neutered because Katarina's fake pregnancy belly and Asimov get shot to death before they even reach the cockpit by random goons. Then she stuffs his mangled dead body in there and the episode copies her final futile flight through the gates, but all the changes up until this point makes Netflix Katarina look she was still trying to reach Mars like a suicidal idiot instead of letting herself be killed because she realised it was pointless.
All the fights in Netflix Bebop are this horrible especially ones that involve Cho where someone has to actively restrain themselves for him. Like earlier in this same episode, all the martial arts fights are trash since the goons just keep letting Cho beat them up like it was a skit for an internet reviewer show. Cho just really sucks at fight scenes and it really shows. It doesn't help that Cho is the most actively bored within the cast while the others try at best and try too hard at worst.
Don't forget her iconic death literally sucked and it was just to keep beating Spike over the head in remembering Julia as they even keep using the "Waking up from a dream quote" hard there.
They're the third and second worst parts of the show. Vicious especially sucks since he makes the dumbest facial expressions and whines like a bitch. Vicious in the original is not an amazing character but he at least could be intimidating and isn't an active annoyance.
>Isn't meant to capture the source material
Then why make it?
Even the combat is boring. Look at this bit where Spike shoots the guy he just subdued. It's so slow and obviously acted out.
Putting a gun to someone's head is usual writing you can expect. Modern writers don't understand how stupid that idea is. Not making any blows is because of the idea we can't dare let our two leads fight eachother. The viewer might get confused later on.
Fuck me that's even worse. They completely ruined the fact Asimov and Katerina were reflections of Spike and Julia.
Yeah the stupidest still goes to when Spike grabs a man's shotgun to shoot people as that guy just doesn't resist Not!Spike at all. The Vicious vs Spike fight is also really bad since it never feels like either one is cornered whatsoever. Then it goes even further down the tubes when Julia shoots Spike after a monologue of her blaming him for why she's a villain all of a sudden.
I think a poster on A&H pretty much summed up that article with this one picture
>"But like, you guys, it's just mindless entertainment, y'all. Like, stop being haters here."
I'm not sure what's worse, this cunts' tweet or her twitter handle.
If you think articles like this are terrible, wait until you talked to family members who'd say the same thing. Especially those who seem or read the source material first.
Oh I have met those people, they are pretty pretentious at timesIf you think articles like this are terrible, wait until you talked to family members who'd say the same thing. Especially those who seem or read the source material first.