{"id":369589,"date":"2021-11-19T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/its-time-to-blow-this-scene-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T21:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:30:46","slug":"its-time-to-blow-this-scene-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-time-to-blow-this-scene-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#It’s Time to Blow This Scene (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#It’s Time to Blow This Scene (RECAP)<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Netflix\u2018s Cowboy Bebop<\/em> Season 1, Episode 2, \u201cVenus Pop.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plenty of scenes are getting blown in \u201cVenus Pop,\u201d which takes inspiration from the original anime<\/a>\u2019s \u201cCowboy Funk.\u201d As in \u201cFunk,\u201d the main antagonist is a man who blows up buildings by placing bombs inside of teddy bears, but that\u2019s mostly where the similarities end. Instead of the plot about a fellow bounty hunter who imitates cowboy Spike Spiegel (John Cho), we get a plot about live-action Spike\u2019s past in the Red Dragon Syndicate and how Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), a former police officer, would kick Spike off his ship if he knew his partner used to be an assassin. This particular thread of drama was not part of the original.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

NICOLA DOVE\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As the episode opens, we get our first look at \u201cBig Shot for the Bounty Hunters,\u201d a program that showcases the daily bounties for the men and women bringing in criminals around the solar system \u2014 for some reason it keeps the outfits of the presenters exactly the same (a change seemed possible, given the adjustments to Faye\u2019s costume?) but turns it into a popularity contest between them, which is awkward viewing. It\u2019s just another example of how Bebop<\/em> takes pains to make literal translations from the anime, but loses its nuances; its humor, its depth or its spirit.<\/p>\n

Anyway, thanks to Big Shot, the Bebop crew \u2014 still only Spike and Jet, at this point \u2014 know about the huge bounty on Teddy Bomber. They track the guy to a wedding in a large building, where they find him planting an explosive teddy bear; he gets away, but Spike, who\u2019s cornered by a hitman from the Syndicate, almost doesn\u2019t. He\u2019s distracted by the encounter, so while Jet analyzes the fake hand they snatched from the bomber, he ventures into the city to meet with a woman named Ana (Law & Order: SVU<\/em>\u2018s Tamara Tunie) at a club presided over by drag queen Gren (Mason Alexander Park).<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

GEOFFREY SHORT\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On the subject of Gren \u2014 it\u2019s completely understandable that the show would want to change their introduction from the source material. Much has changed since 1998. The language and storyline surrounding Gren\u2019s character in the anime now feels outdated at best, offensive at worst. But again, the live-action translation takes the literal while eschewing the depth: It robs Gren of their ill history with Vicious (Alex Hassell), their driving motivation in the original; and in the process, it makes them less a nuanced, tragic character.<\/p>\n

Back to the plot\u2014Spike goes to see Ana, who owns the club \u2014 in the original, she was a convenience store owner \u2014 but in both, she seemed to have been a maternal figure for the orphaned Spike and mourned deeply when he faked his death. Once she\u2019s gotten over her shock and anger at seeing him alive, Spike asks her to listen in on conversations around the club and find out just how much the Syndicate knows about him being alive \u2014 and what they might be planning for him next.<\/p>\n

Spike goes back to the ship and he and Jet go after the bomber, who Jet has discovered works in a shipyard and has been choosing buildings that are made of quartz because it produces a halo effect when exploded. That\u2019s when things really start to spiral. They enter the \u201csupplies guy\u2019s\u201d ship, which launches into space with them on it; while asking Spike where he went (and Spike being reluctant to tell him, because of his Syndicate background) Jet steps on a booby trap, which could blow them all up if he shifts his weight.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

GEOFFREY SHORT\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The duo needs to find an escape pod. And the bomber, of course, emerges in a strange teddy costume \u2014 only the teddy head and his underwear, rather than a full suit as in the anime \u2014 holding a detonator, and there\u2019s a big, clunky back-and-forth about them not being able to understand him when he\u2019s clearly<\/em> talking about the escape pod. It\u2019s played for laughs, but it doesn\u2019t even merit a smile. Anyway, Spike and Jet battle the guy and win, but Spike still doesn\u2019t tell Jet what he was up to.<\/p>\n

While all of this is happ<\/a>ening, the side plot with husband and wife, Vicious and Julia (Elena Satine), continues on. Vicious is summoned by the Syndicate elders. They\u2019re not pleased by his Red-Eye production, and they order him to shoot Julia, who is also in the room. Vicious actually pulls the trigger, but the gun isn\u2019t loaded, and he\u2019s left with a warning not to defy them again. Julia argues with him in the aftermath, and Vicious grabs her by the neck and starts to strangle her. He doesn\u2019t kill her, but it\u2019s safe to say their marriage is not on good ground.<\/p>\n

And as the episode ends, Vicious goes to Ana\u2019s club, where he\u2019s informed that \u201cFearless\u201d is still alive \u2014 and Ana overhears their conversation.<\/p>\n

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