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"There's a very good reason people watch anime and read manga. It's not made by people like you." Nailed it, Drinker.

"But unfortunately ther is only so much we human actors can do" is basically the line that makes me think WHY do people make live action adaptations of animated movies/shows. With animation you can do so much, show so much more than live action. Even if you go through the Herculean task of making a "good" adaptation there is still going to be magic that is lost with the switch. I'm looking at YOU Disney remakes.

I love the whole trope of "unrealistic body standards" in regards to Faye's difference in appearance, but there's literal dozens if not hundreds of amazing cosplays of Faye that look exactly like her. They chose not to choose an "overtly sexualized" Faye, not that it wasn't possible.

"It's not made by you." Nailed it. According to the internet, Faye was only 5'6" anyway, so she just further proved she knew fuck all about the 'source material'. I can't stand these people that take on established franchises/characters to further their own career, that have absolutely no respect for the creation in the first place.

"they couldn`t find a woman that looks like her, its impossible" Then watch people spam almost 100% look-a-like cosplayers with the right clothing and style.

They only got one thing right. This train wreck gave me the incentive to go watch the original again.

That speech - what I heard was “how dare the fans expect actors to convey the look and feel of a character!” But isn’t that what actors are paid to do?

To the actress- we aren't necessarily complaining about your looks... or how you aren't physically like Faye. The bigger letdown is how the true character, demeanor, values, and the niche personality of who Faye is- That was missing. No matter how similar you may look like the character, if one cannot embody the true essence of the character, then it is something else that the anime does not portray. On a side note, I think John Cho did an amazing job portraying the true essence of Spike. But the defilement of the production of this series ruined his character, and the whole series. But that's just my humble opinion.

I think the biggest loss here is for John Cho. The man watched the entire original, fell in love with it, battled on set to ensure that Spike's iconic Jericho would be used, got the original composer involved, and tried his genuine best to represent Spike with the script he was given. And all off his efforts went down the drain because your average fanfic writer could create a better script then Netflix could.

The most funny thing about this is the fact that original Cowboy Bebop was written by a woman, Keiko Nobumoto. And she worked on 4 good anime series after it.

As an old Cowboy Bebop fan, I feel like you missed the key things that ruined it for Fandom. #1. There was no bebop. No jazz. No soul. It's amazing how much of the anime was developed and scenes specifically written for the music. They had the chance to bring in incredible music and film scenes around it but just didn't. Why is the ship called the Bebop? Because they had to in a way to work in that It's a jazzy space cowboy action dramedy western that leaves you feeling melancholy. It just worked as a glue for the episodes. #2. Jets story. It was nice seeing Jet as a dad, but that is the opposite of what made his character great. He was a lone wolf even when he had Spike. The Black Dog that wouldn't let go once he sank his teeth into something. He has a dark history as a cop who becomes a bounty hunter after losing his job, arm, and lover. He barely has any personal connections left and that's why he needs Spike. Jet also loved jazz and that's the "real reason" the ship is the Bebop lol. Great actor though. With a different script, he would have killed it. Hard yet likeable. #3. The Main Story of Spikes background should be the backstory/ending. In the anime you grew invested trying to figure out who he is/was and by the end, you felt shaken. You needed to rewatch it to pick up things. After you rewatched it, you watch it again later, sometimes just for the audio/soundtrack. The whole main show feels like it's missing and yet overdeveloped. That's how I feel after watching the original Cowboy Bebop countless times since it was released (thank you early 2000's NYC Chinatown bootleg discount video stores for the $30 DVD collection of this, Trigun, and Outlaw Star). Thanks for your time if you read this.

I’ll never understand the need to “fix” Faye. What exactly is there not to like about her? She’s brave. She’s charismatic. She’s smart as hell and is dangerous. Her choice of clothing and her choice of makeup is on purpose. She uses the fact that she’s drop dead gorgeous as a way to bring her targets to their knees. It’s an incredibly smart tactic that serves her well in her line of work. She’s an incredible character. This one? I can somewhat understand that the costume may not be right for certain practicality in major fight scenes but that’s not a good enough reason. Her feminine wiles are what she uses as a bounty Hunter. You may not like it, but that’s what the writer wanted.

Netflix: "No, Faye's anime attire is morally wrong & not allowed!" Also Netflix: *"Cuties"*

A bit of morbid irony, the notoriety of how bad this adaptation is has overshadowed the fact that Keiko Nobumoto, the screenwriter for Cowboy Bebop, passed away on the first of December. Rest in peace.

I love how the first thing they always do is blame the fans... I happy to see that the Sonic movie producers actually listened to its fanbase, can't wait to see the second one!

“Don’t know what you’re missing out on” is the same kind of response the drunk cougar at the bar spouts when rejected. Lets you know you dodged a massive bullet in either context.

Not only did Daniella’s video backfire with the cancellation of the show, it unmasked her hypocrisy because of people bringing up pictures of her doing movies with a lot of revealing clothing.

Great ending line by the Drinker, “The art should come before the politics”. He speaks for us all.

What did it for me was how they gutted the characters. Anime Spike is a quick talking, fast thinker, who is tormented by his past, tries to improve himself, and doesn't kill people unless he doesn't have a choice or they're really REALLY bad guys. He usually even spares people that try to kill him because he doesn't want their deaths on his conscience. Netflix Spike straight up executes people with a big smile on his face. He's a literal psychopath.

One good thing came of this show.... it pushed a number of people to finally watch the original anime, myself included!

I need to point this out, Netflix's Witcher for me also suffer the same "woke" treatment just like Cowboy Bebop, but the fans still hang around because of Cavill's darling attitude towards the whole series as well as the fans. He also paid homage to the ultra-popular video game through his gruff voice which is similar to video game Geralt and he stroll around the set like a walking Witcher novels wikipage. Humility, that's one fatal thing missing from Netflix's Cowboy Bebop. At least that's my take that nobody asked for.

I’ll say this again and again. Faye’s original outfit was designed with the idea that she uses her sex appeal to distract and divert from her real self. It is a shell to protect how empty she is as a person. If she can keep everyone looking at her face and not into her as a person she can continue to ignore it too. It is what makes her stick with the bebop crew in the first place other than the money. They don’t see her for her sex appeal but they also leave her past alone. They are the closest thing to a family she could ever actually have. And it is all because, just like her, they don’t want to revisit the past either. They also don’t want people digging too deep. And as an entire crew, they tend to focus more on the now and the day to day so they can leave their histories behind.

"The art generally comes before the politics." This is one of the reasons I love anime. I want to use entertainment to briefly escape from our terrible reality, but it has become increasingly difficult to find movies and video games that don't try to force some heavy-handed political message. Anime is pretty much the only hobby I have left that I can simply enjoy without having to worry about "the message" being thrown in my face every five seconds.

That costume designer's answer to fayes costume is the reason why it bombed. Fayes clothing is a reflection of her character. She is a beautiful sexy woman, and she uses those assets as a means to get her way. She is a con woman, she dresses provocative because she knows she will get a reaction out of men. All that answer demonstrated is how little they know about the show. And faye didnt fight. She used her wits and deceit and firearms. She was also a complex and tragic character like the rest of the cast, not just a bombshell to appease male audiences. Complete and utter disrespect, for both the original art and the fanbase.

" When it comes to anime, the art generally comes before the politics " Well said, Drinker

They're missing the point with the Faye controversy. When they see Faye in the anime, they're only see her outfit and outward flirtatiousness. They fail to see that she's uses her femininity as a weapon to manipulate people. She's tough yes, but her attacks are a defense mechanism. There is a deeper layer of vulnerability, mistrust, a fear of being betrayed by the world. The problem is not that they don't get the outfit right, the problem is that theyre so fixated on Faye's sexuality that they fail to see who she is underneath. Fans tried to to tell them that and they responded by strawmanning us, which tells you they are not only lost but ignorant too. We got a callous and bitchy character instead of an intelligent, multifaceted one.

The ending really nailed it. The reason manga and anime is loved is because their creators care about what they are making just as much (until they're forced to drag it on because the higher ups say so). They all started from passionate creators wanting to tell a story or just draw something they liked, whereas things like this and their Death Note adaptation are *only* made for things like profit and THE MESSAGE. Wearing Faye's outfit is absolutely nothing compared to the months and years mangaka and animators go through for their work.

others: "consider subscribing etc.." drinker: "go away now"

I’ve hated Daniella Pineda since Fallen Kingdom. The “I’m a perfect human woman with no flaws and I intimidate the men with my bitchy attitude” or as one of the other characters called her “a nasty woman”

I like how the actress who played Faye said there aren’t any top heavy, tall, slim (and can act) Chinese women out there. I know I’ve seen them IRL. I’ll go away now.

I am actually glad that this didn't get a second season. Could you imagine watching several episodes with that portrayal of Edward constantly mugging for the camera and screeching every line?

Dude, I accidentally found out your channel. You are killing it! Keep up the work. We need voices like that in today's world where it's about "the message", or being politically correct and not quality oriented, or blaming the fans for incompetence of the creators or... well, you got it. Cheers.

Faye’s anime costume was impractical for fight scenes? Tons of females in WWE and American Wrestling would beg to differ, have you seen those outfits?

Faye Valentine is 5'6ft(168 cm), her cup size is C, and the reason why she wore that outfit is because she used her appeal to her advantage. They could've easily found someone that looks exactly or close to Faye, but wokewood simply won't let women be sexy anymore.

If I remember correctly, one of the defining features of Cowboy Bebop was that the series was built around the soundtrack and everything about it screams noir, but it's the blend of that noir with space that makes it so iconic. The creators of the series did the same thing with Samurai Champloo where they blended a hip-hop / R&B soundtrack to a samurai series (RIP Nujabes) Both had compelling characters that you actually invest in. And that's where "modern" "entertainment" falls flat. It's riding on existing fan sentiment and expecting that to sell the product. Hollywood just doesn't seem to understand that just because a product has a rabid fanbase doesn't mean that rabid fanbase is going to eat any old shit just because it smacks of their beloved

Hugh Jackman didn't physically match the comic book physical type of Wolverine and fans noticed but he was true to the character and became the only Wolverine most fans can picture on the big screen

To be perfectly honest the only way to kill a show, particularly one where you're reviving an older property that many people loved, is tell the fans you're going to "fix" it.

Faye's costume was intentional in the Anime. She used her feminine wilds to lure in unsuspecting bounties. So yes, it was very much designed for the Male gaze. But as a means of making her job easier.

I am not much of a movie fan but I do follow this channel to get some idea as to what to watch... not just from the contents but also from the comments from the fans. I admit I had never heard of Cowboy Bebop before, but thanks to you guys I found the episodes on youtube, binge watched (couldnt help it as they were too good) and finished in 3 days. Enjoyed every second of it. Thanks 😊

I'm impressed by the way that you said "Hollywood sensibilities" without breaking out laughing. I don't think I could. And listening to the actress playing the Valentine's character was like listening to nails on a chalkboard. God help whoever has her in their lives.

A team of writers with no imagination "fixing" established art.

8:12 - Man did she just get dumped? The good old, "You don't know what you are missing out on" is high grade copium.

I actually finished watching the original anime earlier this year, absolute banger of a show.

Cowboy bebop, ghibli films and Akira maybe the only three stories that have been so perfectly and distinctly executed that all you can do is rerelease it or lose money

The fragile egos of actors never cease to amaze me. The fact that she said there are no 6ft tall double D women in real life, hilarious.

The actress goes on about how the character is "six foot" but that's categorically false. She's supposed to be 5'6", so the actress is only one inch too short. That's one of the things that really made her rant bad, she was either lying to try to make the criticisms sound unreasonable, or she was displaying her outright ignorance of the source material for the character she was playing.

Considering how many cosplayers happily dressed up as Faye Valentine both here and in Japan and in the rest of the world and were able to make her outfit accurately and true to character, I fail to see how that would have been considered offensive and exploitative. I can see how such an outfit would not work in cold climates or with a chilly wind, but seeing the crass attitudes from the cast and especially the script writer, I am glad to see that this failboat was dumped and they can mess up it up more.

Totally agree with the actress. Critical Drinker suggest that the fans would have been ok with a “but the anime outfit isn’t practical”, as if that was what they were upset about. We all know that’s not the case. They wanted the physical embodiment of the anime character, which, sorry to say, only exists as cartoon, comic, manga, anime.

my dad, who has NEVER watched a day of anime in his life watched Ep1 of the Live-Action and the Anime side by side and his exact words "Why would they even bother doing this live action?" He then went on to watch the entire anime series on his own and raved about it.

one more thing. the original creator, sinichiro watanabe, gave them his criticism. and said something along the lines of "I pray and hope they listen. if you don't like it tell them." they completely brushed off a legend in anime for their own BS.

Similar happened with ghost in the shell, so much potential gone to waste. Alita was a step in the right direction. "The message" is so nuted. Well said drinker 👍🏼👍🏼

I saw this video about 3 weeks ago, and started watching the original animation on your recommendation, CD. Good God, man, you've done it again!! Spectacularly great show, and I loved all but 2 episodes of it! (Sorry, I had to be honest with you.)

I love how that one writer compared the cancellation to shutting down a restaurant just because you personally didn't like one meal. Bruh, this is the equivalent of going to a restaurant and as you're sitting down, the staff hands you a meal --even though you haven't even thought of ordering yet, the meal is awful when you do eat it, and on top of that, the staff moralizing at you and being passive-aggressive about your discomfort the whole time. The rejection is well-deserved.

A few thoughts: 1) Casting was all over the place. John Cho was fine but clearly not given enough direction, Mustafa nailed the voice and clearly cared about his character, Daniela was so miscast and didn't have any idea what Faye was actually about, and Ed was just awful. 2) set design looked very cheap, in addition to fight scenes being choreographed awfully it just looked like a low budget fan film all the way to the costumes. 3) Mustafa's response on Insta shows how to respond to a cancellation and shows he's got a better character than that Daniela and that woke director. Overall, this show never needed to be made and it was made by people who had little to no respect for the original and the messages it tried to convey.

"How To Kill A Show In 5 Easy Steps" JJ Abrams: "5? Pfft, I can do it in 2." Kurtzman: "I'll do it in 1."

I remember when people found out Hugh Jackman was going to play Wolverine, and many fans (myself included) pointed out that he is like a foot too tall, and didn’t seem to be a good fit for the character. After all, he is called Wolverine because they are small and dangerous. Instead of getting on social media and bashing fans for their options, he went out and did his job and attempted to prove all the haters wrong, and won over most of them. (I still think he’s too tall and at the very least the directors should have shot in ways to make him appear shorter). Now the actors and studios just fight and squabble with fans and turn them off from even wanting to give the movie a chance.

Fayes treatment alone reveals how little they understood the characters prior to making this shit show. Faye is a classic example of a femme fatale, a trope in which a woman is badass, good looking and uses her skills and charms to get what she wants, mostly by manipulating men who are dumbfounded by their charm. She was even directly inspired by the most legendary femme fatale in anime, Fujiko Mine. So her having a revealing outfit and flirty personality is integral to her character. By giving her a generic concealing outfit, changing her build, turning her lesbian and having her act like a 14 year old who thinks putting the word fuck in front of every sentence is cool, you haven't "updated the character for modern audiences", you've created a completely different character all together! It's so ironic that their attempt to "modernize" a character who was an icon that could defend her self on her own, outsmarted almost all the men she encountered and who weaponised her charm to achieve her goals consisted of striping her off of everything that made her so cool and empowering in the first place. Cause having a character be an unattractive slob who acts like a toddler is apparently what's empowering nowadays...

Every actor needs to take the Henry Cavill approach: everyone has their opinion and he hopes they do the best they can to make everyone happy and if they're not happy that's okay too..

In The Bebop Beat podcast interview, the showrunner André Nemec talked about what would happen in season two: the reveal of the Cosmonaut; Ed finds out the true meaning of family; Jet's mechanical arm trips out; while Jet is tripping out, his arm is unusable and plays the saxophone with one hand; Spike's demons of the Blue Crow massacre will be put to bed; Faye finds who she is; Julia discovers "Heavy is The Head That Wears The Crown"; Vicious is reborn and Ein saves the day.

8:25 I don't think he's blaming anyone here. His general message here is that regardless of the destination, he enjoyed the journey, which is perfectly understandable.

Step 5: "Blaming the fan base" is one of the worst excuses. It's like designing a product and if it doesn't sell, blame it on the customers for not liking it or understanding it. I can still understand if they blame it on the marketing or the producer for not making a clear policy which viewers to target, but blaming the "customers" is laughable.

The actress's criticism was way off. The lineup image in the show has Faye at 5' 6". She has C cups, and a violin figure. This is far from impossible to find in Hollywood. The real difference is how they had her act and appear. You can find far more impractical outfits on female pro wrestlers who do much more physically demanding work, so that is no excuse. Faye is a multifaceted character, who uses her femininity as a deadly weapon. The show just had her as a conservatively dressed shallow spaz with near zero sex appeal.

No. 3 is definitely the worst of it. Never diss the fanbase. They are the main reason you get to have the job

I really enjoyed the anime. It was a cool action show with deep theams. The obscure back story to Spike was good too, it added depth to the character. The animation was good too. I am a firearm enthusiast, I like the way the artist drew the guns on the show accurately. I can identify the make and model of the guns used. They weren't just generic guns. An indication of the attention to detail the artists were dedicated too. I appreciated the detail.

So let me get this straight, producers and directors like making adaptations of established franchises because they already have an established audience, but when that established audience hates the adaptation, producers and directors blame those audience? Makes sense.

Going say you got a major point wrong. Litterally 1000s of Cosplayers have successfully excuted Faye's costume. Including fairly complex maunvers. Anyone with martial arts training will tell you tight leather is not a better action scene option. I was willing to give it a un hopeful chance until Danniela dropped her "we hate the fans" video then it became a hard nope

Your conclusion statement to this entire video is great and succinctly said. They tell stories to tell good stories no other agenda included.

The moment they announced work on CB, I already knew it will be a huge fail. Glad it happened before they could butcher this even more. Glad You liked the anime and invested some time into it, would love to hear Your opinion on Akira if You ever have the chance to watch it also

I've got a coworker who watched and genuinely enjoyed the Netflix remake. He'd never seen the original, and was avoiding it so as not to "spoil" the remake. But I'm more happy for him than I am for myself now, because now he gets to watch the real Cowboy Bebop for the first time and see how it's really done.

2000's Hollywood anime adaptations: We know nothing about this series, sorry :\ 2020's Netflix anime adaptations: We hate this series, and we hate you. Give us money.

I remembered watching the first of the live-action and I thought it was ok then i watched the anime, I though to myself I should be only watching this and your review summarised my thoughs exactly.

"You wouldn't cheer if a restaurant shut down and all the chefs lost their jobs" true but that's only because the chef didn't take my favorite childhood meal, pissed in it, and then served it to me while asking why I'm angry at them. If they did that I would definitely cheer

"The art comes before the politics." - This is doubly impactful when you take into account that The Drinker clearly thinks of a well-written story AS art.

The entire point of the show was that you CAN'T be a strong, independent person who doesn't need other people, because you'll just end up a lonely and a broken mess of a person, so...yeah, fits *real* well with The Message, doesn't it?

Cowboy Bebop is without a doubt my favorite anime and pretty sure that there was no way else for this to end but disaster

"The Message" Killing what might have otherwise been intriguing and worthwhile stories to tell since 2000!

Funny enough Daniela Pineda is 5'5" and Faye is 5'6" so they're pretty accurate in height, it's Daniela's lack of understanding of the character that she was cast in to spout the "6 foot DD breasts" quote she tried to call a "clapback" and those photos of her in an outfit from another production looking an awful lot like Faye's booty shorts didn't help either.

I'm confused by the actress's non-apology for not being 6 feet tall. Peter Jackson didn't scour the world for 3 foot tall actors to play the hobbits in Lord of the Rings. If they had wanted to portray her character as being a particular height, they could have done it. That is literally a movie-maker's job.

My expectations were so low that I was actually able to enjoy this live action remake.

Can you imagine all the changes they would make on samurai champloo

Well a couple things I think needs to be said about Faye's outfit. One: practicality and sexy do not need to be mutually exclusive. Two: Faye was never a martial artist mean that practicality could come secondary to sexiness as that was one of her primary tools and weapons. As you said in this video Drinker, she's a femme fatale type. She uses her body as a weapon as much as a gun. And her methods were always about being sneaky, seductive, and cunning. In the anime she was always pretty much helpless in hand to hand combat. SO have an outfit that practical for anything more than moving and running in is not necessary for her. While having an outfit that shows off and lets her use her sex appeal IS necessary for her character. But even with all this my first point still stands. You CAN be both practical and sexy, if you are willing to try. And clearly the people behind this weren't.

Get woke, go broke, not just a phrase. Attacking the fans is never a good idea, nor is wokeifying a property everyone likes.

I remember back in the end of 2000s there was post somewhere of what would ideal cast of live adaptation of Cowboy Bebop be. I remember best responses were 2002 Keanu Reeves as Spike and 2007 Bruce Willis as Jet Black.

I've been binge watching your videos they are top tier my good man 😎

Faye's outfit would've been difficult to adapt for sure, but there were compromises that could've been made. Instead of trying to be realistic, and (to a lesser extent) push agenda, they should've understood why Faye looked the way she did. Anime Faye lived a tough life and the setting of Bebop was very much a "dog eat dog" world. Faye understood that and also knew she was a beautiful looking woman, so she played that up. Yes, a lot of it was artistic design, but it had a purpose. She knew her appearance would distract others (particularly men), and she played on that. Men were often so taken with her beauty they dismissed how dangerous she was and by the time they realized it it was too late. Anime Faye played on her appearance, but she was still a very dangerous, competant, experienced, and crafty individual. They didn't have to make it a straight adaption, but they should've understood there was a purpose to her appearance and found a compromise to keep it as part of her character.

“Coming from a guy who knows just about as much about anime as Seth Rogen knows about being funny” never sell yourself that short

I have been a true Cowboy Bebop fan since I was small and accidentally discovered it on Toonami at age 10. After that I never missed one episode. I have never really liked anime aside from Bebop, Gundam Wing, and Ghost in the Shell due to my demanding and specific taste but I have to admit, I only watched one episode of the Netflix adaptation before calling it quits. I had looked forward to the live action adaptation I had been saying for decades that someone needed to do, but what we got wasn’t it. I was more devastated than the script writer, costume designer, and actors combined. I remember feeling envious that Cho was to play Spike because, “Who knows Spike Spiegel more than I?” Even though I look nothing like him? I have been telling people for over 20 years what Bebop was who had no clue and why they should watch it. Critics, for the most part, only knew of Inuyasha, One Piece, Naruto, and other anime that are universally loved that I do not care for because I prefer films over shows and cartoons. I have always loved the way Cowboy Bebop made me feel at the conclusion of every episode and contributed to the cold, lone, quiet person and gunfighter I’ve become. I even carry an IMI Jericho on my person everyday as my primary weapon for many reasons but Bebop has its contribution to this choice as well. I have it next to me as I write this… The failures and shortcomings by Netflix are those to bear listed in the credits. I am disgusted to see cushy actors deny responsibility and try to guilt the audience for a result that didn’t turn out as good as they thought. They didn’t respect the original enough to stick to the formula accurately to include the order of events and introductions. The original was dark, emotionally complex, and didn’t have to rely on action sequences and commonplace vernacular to sell it. Modern actors can suck it from the back and take their gripes and moans with them. Kudos to Yoko Kanno. Thumbs up Cho for watching the series but this project should’ve been given to lifelong admirers of the series. It’s insulting what they tried to pass to the audience of today and is a statement I take personally. They think that we all have time to waste and are the common serf of society who will be easily entertained by bad words and cheesy violence while we drink our ales and fart about our living rooms while drooling and scratching ourselves.

I want to tell you that I liked and subscribed to your channel mainly because you put out great content and you don't constantly beg people to like and subscribe.

The fact that she started the vid off with. I'd like to apologize to "the fans"... and then proceeds to mock the criticism with with poorly Veiled frustration disguised as sarcasm is what sent the show into a nose dive. It showed that she didn't give two sh!+s about the fans whose beloved property she had just adapted. She got but hurt and lashed out like a bitter, shallow woman scorned

People also forget that one of the biggest reasons why anime doesn't translate well to American film is that anime takes advantage of being animated. There are so many unique stylistic choices that would never work in live action.

Thank you for making this. I absolutely love the anime series and film. I won't sully it's fond memory by watching the live action. Honestly, why do they bother even trying, I don't think i've ever seen a decent live action remake of an anime series/film... even the Japanese LA's struggle imo

In this video, the Drinker’s 5 steps for franchise destruction can also apply to Western animation. Think about Velma, or Star Wars or Star Trek.

"I want to apologize to the fans" - then proceeds to insult the fans, showing that an apology is the last thing on her small mind..

Faye's costume wasn't the issue, it's was a symptom. Faye in this series just isn't Faye. Instead of being the clever, charming, elegant bounty hunter that she is, she was just basically a dude-bro with a gun. Costume and body type don't really matter much when it comes to writing and acting, which is where the issues lay.

love ur show.. u are fresh air.. and funny ! pls keep on going.

Interesting commentary. It makes sense to me, but since I haven't seen the anime version I actually liked the live action version. I thought it was very funny and as a bonus I thought the music is great. This commentary did make me very interested in the anime version so I may change my mind later about the live action version.

Your points at #3 are dead on - Pineda's egotistic, snarky diatribe made NetflixBop DOA. Watching this unfold, I recognized the massive shift in tone from audiences after she pulled that stunt. Before, I think most people were willing to give the show a shot and see how it played out, then they just wanted to watch the show go down in flames. Audiences have been antagonized, belittled, and talked down to by Hollywood for years and everyone is just tired of it.

It's also been pointed out that her description of Faye Valentine's figure is horribly exaggerated. She's actually 5'6" with average size features. Daniella also did work on another film where she wore pretty much nothing, so it's not like she's never done this before. Her stand was just an incredible take on ignorance and hypocrisy. Why would fans want to watch something made by people who hate them from the start and don't even do their own research on the show?

Man. I was having fun with the show. I very much enjoyed the whole season. Sad that no season 2 will come around.