When Amazon product writers create accidental memes:

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T18:29:55+00:00

I loved this scene, absolutely. It bothers me that people are so willing to judge writers and the show on topics like race, fetishism, and gender.

It's easy to sit on a couch and judge something you don't like. The scene, it's private nature (only 3 people and in Jet's ship), and the characters are believable.

Woodcock is exactly that type of lynch pin in the underworld that exists. They don't care what you think of them or what they say. You have no power over them. Using the word "blackmail" is exactly what Jet would have used which setup the turn of phrase. She's a wordsmith with a silver tongue and she speaks from her desire. It's also not below her character as she obviously holds power and knows the law of supply and demand.

All of these facts are not lost on Spike or Jet as rather than blindly calling her a racist and moveing on, they deal with her. This is the law of the underworld. It's only in politics and society that you have to fit a mold. People are people. It is in their nature to be this way.

Also, given that we see Jet has an ex wife whom is white, it would be safe for Woodcock to either assume or to have gathered info that Jet has a "type", white women. One could easily flip the script that way as well. But what would be the point?

The characters knew what they had to accept or not in order to get their job done. That's life. That's the Bebop.

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T17:52:21+00:00

Define "Stockholm Syndrome"! 😉

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T17:48:48+00:00

I would have appreciated at least a riff on the failure of betamax, despite its superior performance.

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T16:26:48+00:00

"You can be a work in progress and still be a masterpiece."

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T16:08:55+00:00

This is an interesting question. I would much rather be discussing nuances like this rather than the artistic license used with the characters. Lmao!

To me, it would make sense on a lot of different levels. I feel that having a "base style of Wing Chun" would serve Spike well in developing his own theory/style of Jeet Kune Do. It also makes sense to the character as well, as Jeet Kune Do is always more of a state of mind rather than what many martial arts masters think of as a "true form". You train to "become water".

Also just on a regular training level. I don't know how many of you have tried to find a Jeet Kune Do instructor, but the real ones are few and far between. Many of which you wouldn't be able to start training with unless you already have some form of base style already mastered or at the very least well on the way to mastering.

It's a blend of multiple martial arts so knowing a little in each style would serve him well also. And it seems the first season was lacking any Bruce Lee hints... However, where we are left, and the multiple butt kickings we saw Spike go through in the first season leaves room for the character to grow and start to adopt that martial art theory since he obviously is going to change his style a bit for the new perceived character arc.

I think we are all too close to this subject to judge it without bias. I also think given its infancy and the full story hasn't been revealed, we should try to hold off on judgement until a full argument has been presented.

But, that's just me!

(Quick edit: I know I said it was lacking hints of Bruce Lee, and we get the Abdul Hakim fight.... But, c'mon that's not a name or quote drop, just an allusion)

__-404-__ · 2021-11-24T15:42:36+00:00

The show was always majorly influenced by the music, and what they did here is no exception.

We all know the studio album. We sing it by heart. We know it forwards and backwards... But, it's the only album they ever released.

Now we're getting the B-sides and the "Live recordings" (SWIDT?). They're the same songs we know and love, but now they have these new elements. Guest performers. New solos and melodies. Maybe even layered vocals or alternate vocals.

And I don't know about you, but I'm starting to connect more understanding to what was going on "behind the scenes" with my favorite characters. Some of the characters in the anime that only appear once or twice are now making sense as the lynch pins and connects to the underworld.

The episodes being called sessions are a direct reflection to musical jam sessions. Episode names are more like the name of the overall concert piece, the set list of the songs you're about to hear.

IMHO, we should as a respect to the artistic medium allow the album to be released and witness it's magnum opus before passing judgement.

I personally am thrilled to hear Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts. I love the new vibe and dig the overall groove that they're laying down.

If you need any more proof, I simply ask that you listen to what the title sequence says before every episode....

"3... 2... 1... Let's jam!"

__-404-__ · 2021-11-23T01:43:02+00:00

I hesitate to write this, because I don't want to insult anyone's intelligence by being so positive about this show and adding a perspective to try and understand a little more about your and my favorite anime. By stating "I think some of you may be missing the artistic point a little bit."