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

November 29, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

Stop this now.

Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

June 7, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

May 18, 2017March 21, 2020 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

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‘Iron-Blooded Orphans’ emphasized the human cost of conflict.

Just Look at the Nicktoons Art Hitting This Austin Gallery

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Nicktoons, in a gallery. Goddamn.

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Tag: opinion

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

Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

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