as former cop jet black fans of marvel's luke cage will doubtless remember the actor as bushmaster in season two of that show in cowboy bebop shakir brings his anime counterpart to pitch perfect life with a scene it all before gruffness mixed with heart and humor as well as great on-screen chemistry with cho this time around a young daughter's included in jet's backstory adding a personal layer to the professional hurt he suffered in his past while that's not really necessary to get us on board with his character it does lead to a small but emotionally devastating moment for him as well as some amusing moments along the way my favorite of which is him watching his daughter's school performance in the foreground totally oblivious to spike fighting a slew of baddies alone in the background the third member of the b-bop's crew fey valentine arrives on the scene a bit earlier than in the anime and given daniela pineda's fantastic turn as fae it's absolutely for the best pineda's take on the bold brash amnesiac brings a sense of wicked fun to the show whenever she's on screen whether she's bantering with spike and jet or getting herself or others into and out of crazy jams like in the ridiculously good seventh episode with the odd exception faye doesn't keep abandoning the team as their animated counterpart often did which improves the chemistry she has with her fellow bounty hunters in fact all three lead actors work brilliantly together producing a truly entertaining dynamic plus pineda imbues faye's search for her missing past with a quiet melancholy and this will be interesting to see how her hunt for answers pans out in season two as for her appearance obviously she was going to look different in the real world and her updated outfit reflects that while nodding to the original if you've watched amazon's superhero series the boys you'll likely recognize actor alex hassell who played translucent in that show and stars as vicious in cowboy bebop how much you enjoy his turn here depends on how theatrical you like your villains compared to the anime we see much more of vicious in the live-action series given he's the show's main antagonist building up his character and expanding his backstory makes sense as it makes him feel much more obviously integral to the story from the get-go but the penultimate episode that lays out his journey to becoming a syndicate capo and his relationship with spike is one of the less interesting ones as it feels like we've either been told or intuited enough already so it ends up seeming like an over long interruption before the big finale by the way if you're wondering what happened to vicious pet cormorant from the anime the new show's creative team made an early decision to give it the chop which is understandable given the added vfx cost to create something that's not exactly crucial however they did include various easter eggs to the bird on vicious costume julia who is vicious wife and spike's former flame also gets a lot more screen time than she did in the original series where she was more enigmatic but she still mainly exists just to be part of a love triangle and actress elena sateen does what she can with a
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