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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, 480p) A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit [Halloween-A-Thon]

I watched the whole series a while back and enjoyed it immensely. I recently started watching the universally derided Netflix live adaption, and I have to say, for all that it's definitely weaker then the original show, I enjoy seeing some of the same stories and definitely the characters in a live action format. I feel the actors for the primary roles got their characters mostly right. Sometimes, the show even gets the vibe from the original series. Rather than hating it, I'm just seeing it as a lost opportunity on the part of the riders and showrunners.

All that being said, I never did watch the movie so I guess this is my cue to go ahead and get that done. If it's anywhere near as good as the original series, it's going to be well worth it.

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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, 480p) A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit [Halloween-A-Thon]

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Mustafa Shakir does really embody Jet. He gives the character a lot more range of emotion.

I agree with you on Cho. I can't think of anyone who could have done it better, but it's a very hard character to translate. I think if they had a longer run of the show, he could have probably added a lot more to the character.

Daniella Pineda hit all the right notes with Faye, too. Like Spike, Faye is difficult to translate, but I think she got it essentially right. I think it helped that they added some more background to the character early in the series that didn't necessarily come into play in the original until fairly late.

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‘Who dreams this crap up?’: Kevin O'Leary slams new rule that allows employees to ignore their bosses after hours

There's a lot of talk these days about people being cancelled. This guy seems like the sort of person that would be an excellent candidate for it. I believe we, as a society, ought to collectively express our disgust at this kind of behavior.

So how is it done? How do we figuratively light the signal fires of Gondor and call forth the hosts to confront this evil?

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Public trust

People act like their mamas never told 'em to cover their damned mouths when they cough or sneeze. It's the same damned thing, only masks work much better at keeping your filthy germs from infecting other people.

Common sense ain't common, they say, and this anti-mask nonsense is just proof that it's true.

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Most American headline

So it's too expensive to provide school lunch, but not too expensive to completely take over the care of the children entirely. More and more, I understand what people mean when they say the cruelty is the point. This makes zero goddamned sense.