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Bang10:26 Dec 13 2007
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This is really the Cowboy Bebop day...
well another one of those ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfbuM0fRbM
Cowboy Bebop is a truly post-modern show. Not in the tired "Scream" sense of self-awareness, but in its willingness to mix genres and blur boundaries. At the most basic level it's a Space Western. But Bebop is not content to be merely that, so there are added dashes of film noir, gothic horror, creature-feature, black comedy, screwball comedy, spy action, crime, romance, tragedy, action, philosophy, science, spirituality, fatalism, optimism, buddy-buddy stories, slapstick humour, parody-- just about every type of tale under the sun appears in some shape or form during Bebop's run. It's a show where each episode really is different from the last. Were it not for the recurring characters, it would be hard to believe that the brightly-coloured blaxploitation parody "Mushroom Samba" could possibly come from the same series as the bleakly violent "Real Folk Blues".
It doesn't matter if you love or hate anime you should see Cowboy Bebop, it brings in aspects from many different genres, cultures, and eras then blends them together to make something unique that is ultimately cool.
I am not a fan of anime at all, but after taking a risk and purchasing the series knowing little about it i was stunned... this is not your average freaky, seizure filled, cute and cuddly Japanese import.
The stories are action packed, funny, deep and very mysterious there is literally something for everybody.
QUOTES
Spike:
Uh, listen Jet. You said "bell peppers and beef." There's no beef in here. So you wouldn't really call it "bell peppers and beef," now would you?
Jet:
Yes, I would.
Spike:
Well, it's *not*!
Jet:
It is when you're broke!
* * *
bull:
Do not fear death. Death is always at your side. When you show fear, it will spring at you faster than light. If you do not show fear, it will only gently look over you...
* * *
Vicious:
[Ballad of Fallen Angels, before Vicious and Spike fight] Angels that are forced from heaven have to become demons. Isn't that right, Spike?
* * *
Vicious:
You should see yourself. Do you have any idea what you look like right at this moment, Spike?
Spike :
What?
Vicious:
A ravenous beast. The same blood runs through both of us. The blood of a beast who wanders, hunting for the blood of others.
Spike:
I've bled all that kind of blood away.
Vicious:
THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
* * *
Jet:
When you and I first met, you told me something. You said that you had died once, that you had seen death. Why can't you just let it go? Forget the past.
Spike:
There was a woman, first time I'd found someone who was truly alive. At least, that's what I thought. She was... the part of me I'd lost somewhere along the way, the part that was missing, that I'd been longing for.
* * *
Jet:
So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye Valentine:
Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet:
I see.
Faye:
Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
* * *
Julia:
It was raining that day as well.
Spike:
And so you didn't come because of the rain?
Julia:
I was supposed to kill you. It was all set up. If I had, I would have been free.
Spike:
So why didn't you? You chose to be hunted. Why?
Julia:
Why did you love me?
* * *
Julia:
It's all... a dream...
Spike:
Yeah... just a bad dream...
Forbidden Fruits02:20 Dec 13 2007
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We stand here, outlaws, banished from the crowd.
I come here every day, purifying my thoughts for a new encounter.
There is too much crime and ugliness outside.
To much common thoughts.
We are forbidden fruits.
Let this be a coven of the withered flowers.
The space and time could be mythical and real here.
Let us enjoy the dark forbidden pleasures away from the mortals.
We must do this in silence without filling us with hate.Our blood is cold.
Then we could return among them
playing...
feasting!
The only way to really enjoy the mortal blood is to respect
ours.
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