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‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

Stop this now.

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Today, The Dot and Line asks itself a simple question: Is this version of Cowboy Bebop acceptable? Here are our answers.

‘Cowboy Bebop,‘ 1998

Yes.

‘Firefly,‘ 2002

Yes.

‘Cowboy Bebop,’ Release Date Unknown

No.

So, uh, Netflix: Don’t make Cowboy Bebop live action. Are we clear?

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John Maher
John Maher is news and digital editor at Publishers Weekly and editor in chief at The Dot and Line, which he co-founded. His work has been published by New York magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and Esquire, among others.
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