{"id":370055,"date":"2021-11-20T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spike-not-faye-meets-dr-londes-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T22:00:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T19:00:52","slug":"spike-not-faye-meets-dr-londes-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spike-not-faye-meets-dr-londes-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spike \u2014 Not Faye \u2014 Meets ‘Dr. Londes’ (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Spike \u2014 Not Faye \u2014 Meets ‘Dr. Londes’ (RECAP)<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Netflix\u2018s Cowboy Bebop<\/em> Season 1 Episode 6, \u201cBinary Two-Step.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to dream, dream alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s (one of) the central messages of \u201cBrain Scratch,\u201d the anime<\/a> episode on which \u201cBinary Two-Step\u201d is loosely based. In it, Faye ends up embroiled in the inner workings of a technology<\/a>-devoted cult, in which people upload their consciousnesses to the internet\u2014they end up dead in reality, but \u201calive\u201d on the web.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

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

Where do dreams come in? Well, the cult is \u201cled\u201d by a Dr. Londes, who isn\u2019t a doctor at all\u2014in reality, \u201cLondes\u201d is a comatose teenager who\u2019s been able to amass and influence followers since he uploaded his mind to the internet. There\u2019s commentary on God and television, on death (and fearing death), and on the nature of dreams. Ultimately, Londes\u2019 \u201cdreams\u201d in his vegetative state were not dreams to be shared\u2014thus, \u201cdream alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty heavy stuff, and the live-action adaptation does away with almost all of it. While the cult storyline is kept, as well as the name Dr. Londes, that\u2019s about it; utterly absent are the more striking, thought-provoking theme<\/a>s and the shocking realization that the mastermind is not only not completely real, but also very young and very fearful. In the Netflix version, Spike (John Cho) goes after Londes as a pastime while Jet (Mustafa Shakir) gets a mechanic to fix the Bebop, and Faye (Daniella Pineda) supervises her work.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

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

Spike\u2019s plot, then, sees him fall under Londes\u2019 influence, but not in the same way as the anime. His mind ends up being scrambled such that he repeats the same scenario over and over again\u2014he meets Julia (Elena Satine) and asks her to run away with him. This plays out differently every time; one time she dies, the next they escape together, the last she insults and lashes out at him to the point where he almost \u201clets her go.\u201d But that would be very bad for him, because, as the man who created Londes and the cult explains to Jet, who went after Spike, none of it was ever real. It was all a cover story for an AI they created that went psychotic and killed hundreds of test subjects, and now that AI is trying to capture Spike\u2019s consciousness by forcing him to let go of his emotional tether: Julia.<\/p>\n

While all of that is happening, back on the Bebop, Faye\u2019s left alone with the mechanic. She sleeps with her, and they spend time in bed cuddling and talking about Faye\u2019s amnesia (heavy subject for pillow talk, no?). Faye\u2019s interest in women is a change from the original, and for some, it might be surprising. At its core, though, it\u2019s a fine change and an example of something that sets the adaptation apart for the better. In many space-based shows the subject of sexuality is immaterial, and there\u2019s no reason that shouldn\u2019t be the case in Bebop<\/em>. Woolongs are what really matters.<\/p>\n

In the end, the scientist responsible for the AI can\u2019t shut it down, so Jet and the team have to go to Earth, where it was based, to shut it down from there. They make it just in the nick of time, but Spike is saved, and all is well. But again, the live-action Bebop<\/em> rather misses the point\u2014while the excitement of a race against the clock for Spike\u2019s safety makes for an okay episode, it pales in comparison to the larger questions and emotional gut punches of \u201cBrain Scratch.\u201d There is nothing about dreams here.<\/p>\n

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