# Netflix casts the cowboy bebop live action series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix\ **Created:** [April 5, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066 "2019-04-05T04:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/1 "2019-04-05T04:33:25Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/john-cho-to-star-in-netflixs-live-action-cowboy-bebop-adaptation/ar-BBVCHeF](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/john-cho-to-star-in-netflixs-live-action-cowboy-bebop-adaptation/ar-BBVCHeF) Interesting choices but im one of the people who liked the individual episodes but didn’t like the overall arc …… like the first 3 episodes …. or the one where a weird fungus takes over the ship …. Seems its gonna focus on the part I didn’t care… for the gangster part… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/2 "2019-04-12T09:08:12Z")
no one else seen this ? ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/3 "2019-04-12T14:24:09Z")
I’ve seen the anime. Knew nothing about the live action until I saw this thread. Can’t say I’m excited about this. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/4 "2019-04-15T18:55:10Z")
Didn’t super like the anime, not super excited about this either. Vaguely curious who they’ll find for Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/5 "2019-10-19T01:17:20Z")
[Filming has a multi-month delay because of a knee-bop](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/john-cho-injured-on-set-of-netflixs-cowboy-bebop-production-halted-for-7-9-months-1203376053/). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/6 "2019-10-19T01:48:09Z")
Well, this certainly supports the “he’s way too old to play this character” argument that has been flying around since he was cast. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/7 "2019-10-19T05:59:07Z")
Loved the anime, one of the all-time greats, kind of dubious about this latest venture, but will give it a watch anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-casts-the-cowboy-bebop-live-action-series/832066/8 "2019-10-19T22:30:03Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Loved the anime, one of the all-time greats, kind of dubious about this latest venture, but will give it a watch anyway. I do think it could be a great show, but I really find the casting of Cho very odd.