It’s been a few months since I’ve recommended a new show to watch but that’s just because nothing new really came out that I really liked until just recently. Here are two shows that I think you should watch:
Swagger
This is currently my favorite show streaming on TV right now. It’s a new series by basketball player Kevin Durant that is inspired by his experience playing basketball as a youth. It’s a sports drama and you don’t really have to be into basketball to watch it. It’s an easy show to pick up and watch and there’s tons of great acting with a pretty great soundtrack to go with it as well. The first season still hasn’t finished and the show’s timeline takes place in 2019/2020 so it touches on the various important issues that took place in the US last year including black lives matter and the pandemic. It only has a 6.6 on IMDB for some reason but really ignore that since it’s really great. The show is streaming on AppleTV+.
Cowboy Bebop
This is probably gonna be a controversial one but I really liked Cowboy Bebop. In my defense, I never watched the original Manga series and so I didn’t have any preconceptions or expectations going into this. There is nothing like Cowboy Bebop, it’s a sci-fi series that feels like the 70s which is a very odd combination. So you have old 70s cars for example on the planets, but you also have space travel and all this futuristic technology yet they all look very old school. From the very first scene of the first episode, the show was fun to watch and it really disappointing that it got canceled after just the first season.
Skip: La Brea, probably the worst TV show I ever watched. It was total garbage and none of it made any sense. I have no idea how it managed to score a 5.6 on IMDB. Invasion, this show had potential but didn’t do it for me. It wasn’t very exciting and didn’t make me want to watch it. Too loud to be background TV as well.
19 replies on “Must Watch: Swagger & Cowboy Bebop”
Invasion is horrible, Sam Neill was the only upside and his character is gone before episode 2. Sneaky. 🙂
We’ve been really enjoying Black Spot, a bit twisted in a good way:
https://www.netflix.com/kw-en/title/81079046
I’ll check the trailer now hadn’t come across Black Spot before.
Cowboy Bebop wasn’t too bad compared to the anime. Although I did watch the anime ages and could only remember bits of it. The plot and script was a let down during the most intense parts even tho the actors were trying their best (especially Jet). Some CGI was also a bit meh
The Cowboy Bebop anime IMO shat on this Netflix cash grab. But to each their own I suppose.
They mercifully cancelled it. There won’t be a second season.
Was La Brea worse than Under the Dome?
MUCH MUCH worse. Just watch the first episode, Please! I need to discuss this show with someone else who watched it so we can go wtf together.
Just an FYI, Manga refers to graphic novels and Anime refers to animation, like a movie or series.
Also, you owe it to yourself to watch the anime, it’s on Netflix too! I haven’t watched the live action series yet, because I wanted to finish the anime.
One word: Arcane
I watched cowboy bebop last week. It was nice and entertaining, but, not really that great and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Also, it got cancelled after 1 season, so a lot of the cliffhangers that they were keeping for season 2, will not be revealed.
the best is Arcane, you must see it
Cowboy Bebop anime is Superior than Live action. I didn’t watched Cowboy Bebop live action but intro of Cowboy Bebop live action is similar to Original Anime. So I think it’s A Flop. Cause they’ve canceled creating 2nd season of cowboy bebop live action. I wish Shinchiro Watanabe should Focus doing an 5th Anime series after Zankyo no terror in future. Also cowboy bebop Anime English dub is Superior cause suited for main characters. I’ll look forward for season 2 for Netflix the Witcher.
watch American Rust
Sorry Mark, I don’t wanna be a Debbie Downer but Netflix cancelled Cowboy Bebop. There will be no second season, which I’m thankful for. I’m a huge fan of the anime and I tried to go into this with an open mind but it was just so awful.
I hope Netflix cancels Kevin Smith’s He-Man show too. I don’t know what goes down in their pitch meetings. They just keep churning out crap these days.
I watched Power of the Dog the other day and loved it. It’s a film though.
I know it got canceled, I said that in my post.
Sorry I missed that.
Not interested that Cobra Kai is coming back on New Year’s day? I’m pumped.
Mark did you watch Squidgame?
Yup
Another shows worth mentioning
. Landscapers
. The hot zone – season 2
. Dopesick