Cowboy Bebop Review
I am very late to the party on this one as Cowboy Bebop was released way back in 1998. I had tried a few times over the years to watch this series as i had heard good things, but that intro music, its so bad, i just couldn't get past it.
What i did end up watching recently was the Cowboy Bebop REMIX Complete Collection DVD 6 disk set.
The physical package is fine, the disks didn't skip or anything like that.
The show is set in space and follows a small group of spacers and their ship.
The name of this show is weird, but Bebop is the name of the casts ship.
The art is fine, its not overly detailed but passable, especially when we remember when it was made. Its not awful by any stretch of the imagination.
The music is very hit and miss. As i mentioned the intro music is horrific. The intro is discordant and reminds me of the "music" from Naked Lunch. I should say that most of the music is OK, i am not really into blues or jazz, but it wasn't terrible. Some of the tunes were even quite catchy.
There are some cool physical fights and shootouts.
There are a few ship battles and chases which are cool.
The story covers the adventures of the crew as they try to collect bounty's and deal with issues from their pasts.
There are some running jokes and some funny moments.
Most of the crew gets at least an episode exploring their backstory. There is a dog, and we are told there was something more to the dog, but it was not explained. But maybe that's the joke?
Considering when this was made there are a few passing mentions of LGBT characters and its not handled horribly.
I really enjoyed this series, while it wasn't the best i have ever seen. It was good and i am very glad i finally got around to watching it.
Definitely check this out, its well worth your time.
I am going to give this series 3 and a 1/2 out of 5 juicy gum leaves. Have you seen it? What did you think?
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