Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop 439
It excites me incredibly to know that a Cowboy Bebop movie is happening. But it makes me scared to think that Keanu is getting the lead in what might be my single favorite Anime series of all time. I'm very skeptical that he can pull off this role. For now we'll have to wait and speculate who the rest of the cast will be. I'm mostly curious who will get Faye Valentine. And we can only cross our fingers and hope that the soundtrack remains intact.
Keanu will be two-dimensional (Score:5, Funny)
Unless this is one of those 3D movies in which case he will just suck.
Japanese? (Score:5, Funny)
Keanu Reeves knows Japanese?
Keanu got the wrong role... (Score:5, Funny)
...he would have made a better Edward!
Sounds about right to me (Score:5, Funny)
Poorly animated with stilted dialog is the way I'd also describe Keanu Reeves.
Pffft.....Who cares about Faye? (Score:2, Funny)
It's going to go to some hollywood bimbo with connections.
What I want to know...
Who's going to play Ein?
Re:Japanese? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:4, Funny)
If we're going for bad casting, I vote for Cheech Marin as Jet, Queen Latifah as Faye, Rodney Dangerfield as Ein, and Summer Glau as Ed. The soundtrack should be composed by Phillip Glass.
Re:Keanu got the wrong role... (Score:3, Funny)
Screw that, I think Reeves might have almost enough personality to get Ein down.
When questioned, Reeves had this to say:
"I may be a terrible actor, but at least I ain't no furry!"
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait, Dangerfield is dead, isn't he?
Perfect; they can just splice him in from other movies he's done.
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:5, Funny)
Hm, I'm pretty sure in the original that Ein was alive. Maybe my memory's fuzzy though...
Soundtrack (Score:5, Funny)
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Japanese? (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm!
Re:No way (Score:4, Funny)
Reeves is in no way suitable for this role.
The Keanu rule of suitability is thus: Is there something wrong with the brain of the character?
If so, then Keanu is perfectly suited to play the role.
For example: If the character has 80 gigs of memory hidden in his brain, or a giant gaping plug hole in the back of his skull, or he's a time traveling stoner, etc. Then Keanu plays that role to perfection.
IIRC, there was something wrong with Spikes' brain... post traumatic stress I think, so yeah, Keanu'll do fine.
Re:Keanu will be two-dimensional (Score:5, Funny)
Keanu will be two-dimensional
Unless this is one of those 3D movies in which case he will just suck.
Are you saying Keanu Reeves' third dimension is "suck"?
Re:Keanu got the wrong role... (Score:2, Funny)
Seconded for Ein
Wrong Cowboy (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds about right to me (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently you haven't met Keanu. He isn't acting. :-P
Re:Keanu got the wrong role... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:He Ruined _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ (Score:3, Funny)
He is not entirely useless though. He could probably pull off the main role in Soylent Green. Starring as Soylent Green.
Bad casting for Cowboy Bebop (Score:5, Funny)
If they're going to yutz it up with Keanu, what else can they do wrong? Let's see:
Spike: Keanu Reeves
Jet: Samuel L. Jackson (not the cool one from pulp fiction but the lame one from Star Wars and b-movies)
Ein: Taco Bell dog
Ed: Rosie O'Donnell with CGI and optical effects like from Lord of the Rings to make her appear hobbit-sized
Vicious: the comedian Steven Wright with an albino wig, retains deadpan delivery.
Fae Valentine: the girl from Lazytown that all the pedos have the hots for
Coolie-yo: A brand new CGI character invented just for the movie who brings a fresh blast of hip-hop sass and in-your-face attitude, voiced by Chris Tucker
For every other character in the film, make it be Shia LaBeauf making like Eddie Murphy in the Professor movies, he plays every part. "Nononononononononononononononononononononononono!"
Re:Don't bother. (Score:2, Funny)
Cowboy Bebop is decent, but like most other anime is very derivative and features convoluted storylines.
What? Convoluted? That right there invalidates most of your post. Don't get me wrong, I love Cowboy Bebop, but it story is really pretty simple and straightforward. What is your idea of a storyline that's not convoluted? Doom?
I hope you never watch something like Evangelion or Ashes of Time. For that matter, stay away from reading, most adult sci-fi books will hurt you.
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:3, Funny)
Upon seeing the charred remains of The Seatbelts (Score:3, Funny)
It has to be said... (Score:3, Funny)
"Woah."
Re:Japanese? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds about right to me (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Keanu will be two-dimensional (Score:4, Funny)
"It excites me incredibly to know that a Cowboy Bebop movie is happening."
Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket, or did a Cowboy Bebop movie just get greenlighted?
Re:Wrong Cowboy (Score:2, Funny)
Bah! Cowboy Neal defeats Cowboy Neil any day of the week. Take that Norris!
Re:Director? (Score:5, Funny)
Did Joss Whedon really need another blowjob today?
What every slashdotter has been dreaming about. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Keanu will be two-dimensional (Score:3, Funny)
Re:get ready for excitement... (Score:3, Funny)
Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Knock Knock!
...who's there?
Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Knock Knock!
*sigh* Who's there.
Knock Knock!
WHO'S THERE.
Knock Knock!
GODDAMMIT! WHO'S THERE?
Philip Glass.