cowboy bebop

Reid 2022-04-19 09:01:57

Most of the episodes are full of romance, but after all, it's an animation from more than 20 years ago, and some of the episodes in it will really work now, are they boring? I read the comments of the Brahmins who answered with high praise on Zhihu, and indeed only mentioned the main story that I think is not boring.

It is said to be a cowboy interstellar, but in fact, unlike Ghost in the Shell, it does not focus too much on the sci-fi part. It only uses interstellar and space to build a platform, and the main story only accounts for a relatively small part. , more of other little stories, much like everyday/road movies. So I personally don't think it's appropriate to use the stricter definition of "space opera".

In terms of cowboys, the male protagonist is not very consistent, the details and status of life are very condescending, unreliable, and some off-line behaviors with the faye heroine also make this anime less serious and mature, so there is not much western cowboy. On the inside, if it was all serious personality behavior, it might look better, because of the restrictions of the time?

Of course, the hand-painted action fighting scenes are really cool. This is the sense of action and process that cannot be reflected in 3 renderings and 2 frames.

And that's the faint emptiness that I personally think reveals. Ruo Ruo commented: "This is an animation without emotions", especially when the protagonist encounters sadness/tragedy, he hardly releases sad emotions, and there is basically no angry roar. Of course, it can be deliberately set to express the romance of mature adults. After all, "adults will not express their emotions."

So I think the three episodes at the end are very empty. The children and women who are not good at expressing their emotions just run away and go their separate ways. Without looking back, I went to die for revenge. In the end, the white dove flew by, and there was no full reconciliation of emotional outbursts.

"Because I have to take revenge, so I will die." Jiyou did not stop him, and the ambiguous woman fired a few shots. It may be really romantic, but I really don't understand.jpg

Woo's pigeons, Cowboys' pigeons, and Neil/Dragoon's pigeons are strung together.

There are some episodes at the end, the romance of Jiyou jet's arrest of "ex-girlfriend", the media cybernetics is still a bit interesting, maybe I have to read "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" and "Chaos Warriors" to continue to have a glimpse of Japanese animation around 2000

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Cowboy Bebop quotes

  • Jet Black: Betrayal may come easily to women, but men live by iron-clad codes of honor.

    Faye Valentine: You really believe that?

    Jet Black: I'm trying to, real hard.

  • Spike Spiegel: [muffled by bandages] You sing off-key.

    [Faye gets mad, then decks Spike offscreen]

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