Comments on: Debating with Daniel: Cowboy Bebop is not a cheap airport thriller!

By: Getting off the High Horse: Picking on Cowboy Bebop « In Search of Number Nine

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:13:03 +0000

[...] Horse: Picking on Cowboy Bebop Recently, I read an interesting exchange between Daniel and Michael about Cowboy [...]

By: IKnight

IKnight — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:06:38 +0000

@ korosora: And style has a substance all of its own, eh?

By: RyanA

RyanA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:09:05 +0000

Bebop.hasFlare() = true;

Yea, the plot is there, Jupiter Jazz + Real Folk Blues do quite a bit on their own.

By: korosora

korosora — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:14:03 +0000

@Michael: It may have any amount of plot if you look into it…
BUT IT’S BURSTING WITH STYLE!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:22:56 +0000

Cowboy Bebop Ringtones, eh!?

Rewatch Bebop now.

I mean, it has a lot of plot, when you look into it, really.

By: Baka-Raptor

Baka-Raptor — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:37:30 +0000

Sorry for not commenting earlier. I keep getting sidetracked by the ad for Cowboy Bebop Ringtones.

I didn’t really care for Bebop’s episodic stories. Back when I first got into anime, plot was everything. Nowadays I’m still a plotophile (Claymore turned me on), but I can fawn over strong character development as well. Perhaps I’ll rewatch Bebop again someday…

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:24:45 +0000

“This being said, there is little to assume based on accessibility; something less accessible is not necessarily “greater”, but something more accessible doesn’t always change the value either.”

That’s my point, just because it’s more accessible and it’s more popular doesn’t make Cowboy Bebop the lesser example.

By: RyanA

RyanA — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:49 +0000

I haven’t read TSatF, but do believe it would be a bit more complicated than Bebop. I think it boils down to accessibility; Bebop being more accessible than TSatF. Perhaps this is partly due to visual vs textual media, era, and other notes, but more so, the level of complication, involvement, and storytelling between the two create a gap in accessibility.

This being said, there is little to assume based on accessibility; something less accessible is not necessarily “greater”, but something more accessible doesn’t always change the value either.

Accessible…

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:55:18 +0000

IKnight:

Perhaps inexpensive was a better term? :3

korosora:

HAHAHAHA OH WOW

By: IKnight

IKnight — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:57:24 +0000

In retrospect, then, perhaps I shouldn’t have used the word ‘cheap’. After all, I’ve never seen an expensive airport thriller.

@ korosora: Thankfully, we bloggers don’t control money or tell other people what to do. And hopefully some of the time we remember not to take ourselves entirely seriously!