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Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mushroom-samba dept.

It excites me incredibly to know that a Cowboy Bebop movie is happening. But it makes me scared to think that Keanu is getting the lead in what might be my single favorite Anime series of all time. I'm very skeptical that he can pull off this role. For now we'll have to wait and speculate who the rest of the cast will be. I'm mostly curious who will get Faye Valentine. And we can only cross our fingers and hope that the soundtrack remains intact.

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  1. Keanu will be two-dimensional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless this is one of those 3D movies in which case he will just suck.

    1. Re:Keanu will be two-dimensional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Keanu will be two-dimensional

      Unless this is one of those 3D movies in which case he will just suck.

      Are you saying Keanu Reeves' third dimension is "suck"?

    2. Re:Keanu will be two-dimensional by Gizzmonic · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It excites me incredibly to know that a Cowboy Bebop movie is happening."

      Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket, or did a Cowboy Bebop movie just get greenlighted?

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  2. Japanese? by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And we can only cross our fingers and hope that the soundtrack remains intact.

    Keanu Reeves knows Japanese?

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    1. Re:Japanese? by faloi · · Score: 4, Funny

      It happened after learning kung-fu, but before learning to act.

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    2. Re:Japanese? by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

      You think that's acting you're doing?

      Hmmm!

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    3. Re:Japanese? by DeadDecoy · · Score: 5, Funny

      There is no script.

  3. Keanu got the wrong role... by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he would have made a better Edward!

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    1. Re:Keanu got the wrong role... by melikamp · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've gotta be kidding. Ein is amiable and intelligent, while Keanu has all the charm of of a ship-mounted laser turret. He could probably pull it off as a Vicious-like syndicate henchman. He is long overdue for a sadistic villain role.

  4. Sounds about right to me by n0dna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poorly animated with stilted dialog is the way I'd also describe Keanu Reeves.

    1. Re:Sounds about right to me by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apparently you haven't met Keanu. He isn't acting. :-P

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  5. Re:get ready for excitement... by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, wait, Dangerfield is dead, isn't he?

    Perfect; they can just splice him in from other movies he's done.

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  6. Re:get ready for excitement... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hm, I'm pretty sure in the original that Ein was alive. Maybe my memory's fuzzy though...

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  7. Soundtrack by Kartoffel · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they have to redo the soundtrack, I hope they hire Bill Cosby.

  8. Re:What? by ianare · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, but you must be the only one that didn't just google it.

  9. Bad casting for Cowboy Bebop by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they're going to yutz it up with Keanu, what else can they do wrong? Let's see:

    Spike: Keanu Reeves
    Jet: Samuel L. Jackson (not the cool one from pulp fiction but the lame one from Star Wars and b-movies)
    Ein: Taco Bell dog
    Ed: Rosie O'Donnell with CGI and optical effects like from Lord of the Rings to make her appear hobbit-sized
    Vicious: the comedian Steven Wright with an albino wig, retains deadpan delivery.
    Fae Valentine: the girl from Lazytown that all the pedos have the hots for
    Coolie-yo: A brand new CGI character invented just for the movie who brings a fresh blast of hip-hop sass and in-your-face attitude, voiced by Chris Tucker

    For every other character in the film, make it be Shia LaBeauf making like Eddie Murphy in the Professor movies, he plays every part. "Nononononononononononononononononononononononono!"

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  10. Re:Director? by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did Joss Whedon really need another blowjob today?

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