From the “old news but new news to me” file comes this interesting tidbit: Hollywood is in pre-pre-production for a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie.  (It’s an anime.)  This news, of course, initiated my brain’s usual protocol:

10: Become excited
20: Wait
30: Frown and realize this is Hollywood we’re talking about
40: GOTO Wikipedia
50: Read related article
60: If famous and good production company/director/actor/writer is attached, GOTO 10
70: If famous and bad production company/director/actor/writer is attached, GOTO 30

For instance, I recently learned that a live-action film of Avatar: The Last Airbender was in the works.  Then I learned M. Night Shyamalan was attached to direct.  GOTO 30.

Well, take that mild disappointment and magnify by twelve and you get my feelings about the Cowboy Bebop movie.  Because Cowboy Bebop is my favorite anime.  Because it reeks of style and is clever and witty and has wonderful dialogue and character development.

And because Keanu Reeves is attached.