The Shrink Next Door is superb. Great story, great acting.

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:24 am Enjoyed the goofy comic book weirdness/fun of Cowboy Bebop on Netflix

Me too. And I don’t know jack about anime.

ErikG wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:00 pm

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:24 am Enjoyed the goofy comic book weirdness/fun of Cowboy Bebop on Netflix

Me too. And I don’t know jack about anime.

I know absolutely nothing about but it looks like fun but it comes in two versions, is the non-anime version worth anything?

emmanuelle cunt wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:21 pm

ErikG wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:00 pm

kmc wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:24 am Enjoyed the goofy comic book weirdness/fun of Cowboy Bebop on Netflix

Me too. And I don’t know jack about anime.

I know absolutely nothing about but it looks like fun but it comes in two versions, is the non-anime version worth anything?

I don't think it's as bad as people on the internet make it out to be (the non-anime version), but it's nowhere near as good as the animated version.
(Admittedly, my standards here are pretty low because of the whole Ghost in the Shell Scarlett Johansson thing)

brephophagist wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:21 pm

emmanuelle cunt wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:21 pm

ErikG wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:00 pm

Me too. And I don’t know jack about anime.

I know absolutely nothing about but it looks like fun but it comes in two versions, is the non-anime version worth anything?

I don't think it's as bad as people on the internet make it out to be (the non-anime version), but it's nowhere near as good as the animated version.
(Admittedly, my standards here are pretty low because of the whole Ghost in the Shell Scarlett Johansson thing)

I was referring to the non-anime version in my original post. It worked for me, but clearly didn't work for Netflix since it was cancelled upon release.

gaetano dimita wrote: Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:36 am The Shrink Next Door is superb. Great story, great acting.

Disagree re: story. As one review I saw said, the show is less than the sum of its parts. The dynamic between the shrink and Marty is completely predictable with no twists or turns. Everything you expect the shrink to do (based on his narcissistic, wildly unethical egotism) he does and it has exactly the anticipated effect on Marty's character and life. Still have a couple episodes left but I'm not sure my partner and I will even finish it. Also, it sucks they cut the Kathryn Hahn character (Marty's sister) out of a bunch of episodes as the series goes on.

brephophagist wrote: Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:20 pm Cowboy Bebop redo is pretty decent. It's not as subtle as the cartoon, and spends a little too much time being referential, but I do like how Faye Valentine is less aloof and "male fantasy".

About that...

I finished the third season of What We Do In The Shadows. This show gets all the points for funny.

kmc wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:44 am

brephophagist wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:21 pm

emmanuelle cunt wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:21 pm

I know absolutely nothing about but it looks like fun but it comes in two versions, is the non-anime version worth anything?

I don't think it's as bad as people on the internet make it out to be (the non-anime version), but it's nowhere near as good as the animated version.
(Admittedly, my standards here are pretty low because of the whole Ghost in the Shell Scarlett Johansson thing)

I was referring to the non-anime version in my original post. It worked for me, but clearly didn't work for Netflix since it was cancelled upon release.

Just a sort of "Speaking Generally..." bit on that...

It's kind of like "Comics..."/"Live Action..." with Preacher or The Boys.

Quite a few of these sorts of adaptations work as there own thing even if they are a clear "This is going to start an argument..." as adaptations.

Personally, I felt like it was ok even with some obvious issues as an adaptation.

I agree that the live action adaptation is definitely its own thing. I remember disliking both Preacher and The Boys (the TV shows), so maybe it is weird that I'm OK with the Bebop remake.

The original animated series is much better at showing rather than telling. the "Green Bird" scene kind of sums that up for me. All the exposition about Spike's history dominates the episodes preceding that scene in the Netflix version. In the animated series, that scene is a visual mystery that the show resists explaining thoroughly until almost the very end of the show.

I felt like they did a good job of getting the essence of Spike and Jet as characters, and I liked some (but not all) of the changes they made to Faye Valentine. My girlfriend generally dislikes any anime that isn't Miyazaki, and she liked the live action series enough that she got interested in the animated Bebop. To me that's a net positive.