Coyote Ragtime Show
Aug. 24th, 2006 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astillarWatched Coyote Ragtime . . . whatever. I'm trying to find new stuff to watch and a few people had recommended it, so I tried it. The opening scene of the space and spaceliner got my hopes up. I was like, "Ooo! A sci-fi anime! Maybe like Planetes or Cowboy Bebop!" But within a few minutes, it went downhill. To me basically it seemed a cross between Cowboy Bebop and Noir. It lacked the freshness of Cowboy Bebop, but attempted to match the style (even the titles are sorta the same), and it had the same empty, heavy "action" sequences of Noir. What really reminded me of Noir were all the sloppy details hanging all over the place. Man, Noir used to piss me off. Anyone who's used a firearm could see that most of the things that they did in that show were either impossible or just flat out stupid. It's hard for me to take a show seriously when the main concern is making it look cool/stylish, rather than believable and authentic. And it isn't just the guns, it's alot of things. But the guns are where the staff's ignorance often is most pronounced. Anywho, from the first episode I assume that this series is going to be a cat-and-mouse show, ala Lupin, but nowhere near as interesting/fun. I'm biased against any mystery/detective/suspense shows, I'll admit. From CSI to Columbo to Death Note, It irritates me how every clue is perfectly preserved and presented at just the right time for the character to make a deduction so amazing that it borders on the omniscient. Their theories are never incorrect or prejudiced, they never waste time one dead-ends or bad leads (except for when it conveniently gives their antagonist time to plan/act/escape), and each of them is a genius of human psychology, even the "normal" characters. It's ridiculous.
But I'm going off on a tangent here. I dunno, CRS didn't seem to have any true originality to it. Alot of the scenes and plot points I've seen before in other anime and shows, which kept me two steps ahead of the story the whole time. "Lemme guess, that's not the real bomb team." "Hmm, lemme guess, those sisters aren't human." "Lemme guess, the cute blonde is gonna be her assistant, providing exposition and comedy relief, and will probably get kidnapped once or twice." And what was up with her appetite? That damn woman's a moose! There's a slim chance that her and Mister's crazy metabolism has a purpose/meaning, but I'd bet it's just to please the fans with oral fixations.
Well, it would be easy to rip CRS up one side and down the other, but I'll stop there. I might watch another episode or two to give it a chance to redeem itself/prove me wrong. But I don't expect much.
Good thing they're suit-seeking bullets, or else she'd be dead! Stupid Noir!
But I'm going off on a tangent here. I dunno, CRS didn't seem to have any true originality to it. Alot of the scenes and plot points I've seen before in other anime and shows, which kept me two steps ahead of the story the whole time. "Lemme guess, that's not the real bomb team." "Hmm, lemme guess, those sisters aren't human." "Lemme guess, the cute blonde is gonna be her assistant, providing exposition and comedy relief, and will probably get kidnapped once or twice." And what was up with her appetite? That damn woman's a moose! There's a slim chance that her and Mister's crazy metabolism has a purpose/meaning, but I'd bet it's just to please the fans with oral fixations.
Well, it would be easy to rip CRS up one side and down the other, but I'll stop there. I might watch another episode or two to give it a chance to redeem itself/prove me wrong. But I don't expect much.
Good thing they're suit-seeking bullets, or else she'd be dead! Stupid Noir!
