It's a sad, terrible thing.

[roseembolism]

I never thought I'd actually say it.

Or really, that I'd have to. 

After the rumor that Keanu Reeves was planning to create a live-action "Cowboy Bebop" movie hit Metafilter:

"Uh guys? Your geek rage is at 11, and I need down to about a 6, OK? Thanks. "

Comments

[seawasp]

Well, Cowboy Bebop is the second most overhyped and overrated anime I know of (with the number one spot being held incontestably by Evangelion), so what they do to it is pretty much supremely irrelevant to me.

However, visually Spike Spiegel is very much like a laid-back Lupin III, and that wouldn't be a bad choice for Keanu.

Note that Keanu is a nice, reliable, non-fit-throwing actor, and directors love working with him. This is why he gets lots of nice roles. He's also not nearly so terrible an actor as people like to paint him. He just does what the director says to do. If the director doesn't want lots of emotion, he won't get it.

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I liked Cowboy Bebop, and yet I have to agree that it's over hyped. As for Spike, it's more than a casual resemblance to Lupin- the Bebop cast (with the exception of ed and Ein) was directly based on the Lupin gang, and the series itself is pretty much a riff off of Lupin III, so much so that I wonder if it's descended from the failed "Lupin IV" pilot.

And I totally agree with your comment about Keanu- I find him a pretty decent B-list actor. I've heard that one of the major reasons that directors love the man is that he shows up on the set every day, on time, sober, not hung over, and he's even memorized his lines. It says something about Hollywood culture that these traits can make an actor incredibly popular.