Cowboy Bebop: A Netflix Review
Periodically, reviewers rate a science fiction work poorly because they are not familiar with the initial work, nor are they fans. Example: When X-Men: Dark Phoenix was released, critics panned it because the main character died at the end. This, of course, is as silly as saying 'Titanic' was a poor film because the boat sank at the end. Of course the boat is supposed to sink at the end! We knew that going in! But if, somehow, improbably, you didn't know the history about the Titanic sinking, you might conclude the movie sucked after seeing the ship go down. And so it was with fans of the X-Men universe who actually picked up a comic book once in a while. They knew Dark Phoenix was supposed to die. (Hint: It's right there in the name, "Phoenix." Duh!) But critics didn't know the history, so they failed to see the point. Something similar seems to be happening with the live-action version of Cowboy Bebop, produced by Netflix. For those who are unfamiliar