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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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From E! online
"Keanu Reeves is going intergalactic again.
He of the comforting monotone has hitched his wagon to 20th Century Fox's big-screen adaptation of the acclaimed Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop, which is set in 2071, 50 years after a massive lunar explosion decimated Earth's population and necessitated the colonization of the entire solar system.
Thanks to greater than usual logistical issues, an elite team of Old West-style bounty hunters, or cowboys, is needed to keep the peace.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Reeves is attached to play Spike Siegel, a reformed criminal turned space cowboy and copilot of the Bebop, who, like a character from the actor's past, is well-versed in kung fu and other combat skills but is toting around quite a few personal demons.
No word yet on who's in line to play Spike's copilot, Jet Black, a onetime Inter-Solar System cop with a mechanical arm, but so far we're liking the whole Firefly-Battlestar Galactica-Bill & Ted vibe."
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sidewaydriver
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
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Ugggh...Man.
Cowboy Bebop is one of my most favorite animes and it deserves first class treatment. Casting Reeves is a bit retarded and already shows me they have no grasp on what they're trying to do, and thus will be a terrible movie. Reeves just doesn't have the swagger that is needed for Spike.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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There needs to be laws against things like this. 
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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| Pandajuice wrote: |
| Cowboy Bebop is one of my most favorite animes and it deserves first class treatment. |
Yeah! I can't believe they didn't consult you first! 
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
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| DarkMaze wrote: |
| Yeah! I can't believe they didn't consult you first! |
Thanks for the implication that I'm first class! It is appreciated.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Speaking of Panda Juice, I once went on a blind date / house party type thingomabob and the girl asked what kind of side dish I wanted her to bring. Being an unrepentant ass I demanded she bring popcorn juice.
She got bonus points in my book, she brought a cup of blenderized popcorn mixed with enough water to make a viscous disgusting slop. I chickened out and refused to drink it. 
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drewbocop
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Mr. Bomberman
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
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Yeah, this would be really cool. But Keanu Reeves? ...Really?  |
I don't mind Reeves in some movies...Bill & Ted, Speed, The Matrix but some movies he does not do well in. I mean the way he talks is just stupid. I remember seeing him in Bram Stoker's Dracula and just hating his character. I remember thinking of him when in WWF they did an angle where Booker T was auditioning for a movie and he was trying to read a script for some historical British kind of movie. It was pretty funny but in Dracula I hated how they cast Reeves because he in all honesty is a pretty poor actor.
This all reminds me of a skit on the cartoon The Critic where they were making fun of Speed. They had a movie called "Speed Reading" and he the Dennis Hopper character says something like "If you go below 50 words per minute this book will explode." Reeves then starts reading and a couple seconds later the book explodes. 
Here is the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaKxRN2LdEI
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Cameron
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If he says "whoa"...even once...
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Andrew Man
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| Pandajuice wrote: |
Ugggh...Man.
Cowboy Bebop is one of my most favorite animes and it deserves first class treatment. Casting Reeves is a bit retarded and already shows me they have no grasp on what they're trying to do, and thus will be a terrible movie. Reeves just doesn't have the swagger that is needed for Spike. |
You summed it up for me perfectly here. Swagger is the perfect adjective that Reeves is lacking.
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King
Title: CTE
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Why not Jason Statham for the role of spike. I mean I know the hair thing and all or his lack of it a bit, but he has better swager for it, and if not him like a 100 other guys would have been better.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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While we're considering casting, any thoughts for Jet, Faye, Edward, and Vicious?
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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| While we're considering casting, any thoughts for Jet, Faye, Edward, and Vicious? |
Jet = Bruce Willis
Faye = Christina Richi
Ed = Julianna Rose Mauriello
Ein = Eddie from Frasier.
Who's Vicious again? 
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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the_almighty_spehornoob
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They took one of the very few anime shows that I like, and put Keanu "One Expression" Reeves in as the main character.
Fuck Hollywood, man.
BTW, Mickey Rourke as Jett.
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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| During a press event for 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee', Keanu Reeves reveals that scribe Peter Craig is doing a rewrite on the draft for the anime adaptation due to budget concern for production. |
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00027425.html
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Optimist With Doubts
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| During a press event for 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee', Keanu Reeves reveals that scribe Peter Craig is doing a rewrite on the draft for the anime adaptation due to budget concern for production. |
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00027425.html |
So now the movie will be them trying really hard to get to space. It will be called dude where's my ship.
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Miguelius
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You don't see the solution?? It's simple:
We kill the Keanu Reeves
Also, Kurt Russel as Jet
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
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Um, you guys know Jet is black right?
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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| Um, you guys know Jet is black right? |
And Kingpin is white, but a black guy handled the role in Daredeviljust fine. Just saying.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
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Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say "just fine" sathien, but alright.
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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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Can hollywood stop casting Reeves in human roles, he actually looks convincing in the remake of 'the day the earthstood still' All i'm saying is Reeves may make a better alien cameo or even as a 'Vicious' bounty, but Spike has too much personality to really get me to imagine Reeves playing his role.
I have a bad feeling this is going to be a Reeves vehicle much in the same vain as 'Judge Dread' was a Stallone vehicle. I won't pass judgment until the movie further develops.
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