That was the original title (IIRC Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a Bob Dylan song). But apparently someone got snippy about copyrights. Personally I don't see why it was such a big deal, since many episodes of the Cowboy Bebop TV series incorporated song names in their titles. Also, I hate movie titles which go : The Movie.
Overall this was an enjoyable movie with a very catchy soundtrack. But as always, there are nits to be picked. Here are a few.
Most of the cars in this movie are of the British/Japanese variety (steering wheel on the right). But at the drive-in, Bob's car is of the American variety.
It's never really made clear how Electra had gotten the anti-nanos in her blood in the first place.
While I can sort of guess how Vincent managed to escape from the tanker truck explosion, his escape from the monorail explosion is harder to explain away.
While I don't fully comprehend the nature of the terraforming of Mars, it would appear as if Earth type air is limited to the cities since the sky there is blue while it's red outside. This would be further supported by the fact that the highways between the cities are enclosed. So how could those archaic planes fly in the Martian atmosphere? First there's the problem of getting enough lift from an atmosphere less dense than Earth's (though the lighter gravity of Mars would at least partially counteract this). Then there's the prolem of there not being any oxygen for the combustion engines to use (unless they've somehow been modified to run on hydrogen fuel cells or some other power source which doesn't require oxygen). But the biggest problem is that the crews of these unpressurized aircraft don't appear to be wearing any form of breathing gear.
When Ed and Ein are searching for Lee, it's October 30 (at least according to the angry guy with the shotgun). Yet after Ed has finished telling Faye about Lee's location, she's distracted by what appear to be trick-or-treaters.
Speaking of Ed, anyone else think the English dub sounds like some horrible mixture of Bart and Lisa Simpson?
I'm having a hard time believing that Spike could recover so quickly from a chest wound, even though nothing vital was hit.
On the back cover of the DVD the top and middle stills are from the movie. But the bottom one is from the TV episode Mushroom Samba.
Alright! A Bebop board! 'bout time!
I'm having a hard time believing that Spike could recover so quickly from a chest wound, even though nothing vital was hit.
It's not the first time Spike's recovered from remarkable injuries (not that this explains it, of course)
While I don't fully comprehend the nature of the terraforming of Mars, it would appear as if Earth type air is limited to the cities since the sky there is blue while it's red outside. This would be further supported by the fact that the highways between the cities are enclosed. So how could those archaic planes fly in the Martian atmosphere? First there's the problem of getting enough lift from an atmosphere less dense than Earth's (though the lighter gravity of Mars would at least partially counteract this). Then there's the prolem of there not being any oxygen for the combustion engines to use (unless they've somehow been modified to run on hydrogen fuel cells or some other power source which doesn't require oxygen). But the biggest problem is that the crews of these unpressurized aircraft don't appear to be wearing any form of breathing gear.
I didn't think they were really flying that high over the city. In any case, if they've got a weather control system as seen in the movie, they they must have Earth-like atmosphere at least up to average cloud altitude, right?
Watched it again. Regarding out of place vehicles, the truck Spike hijacks is also of the American variety.
A changed premise from the TV series. In the movie, the sky within the terraformed areas of Mars is blue while it's red outside. But in the TV series the sky was red even inside the terraformed areas.
Another thing. During their little scuffle, Spike says that he likes the kind of woman who can kick his arse. That seems to be a strange thing to say, since it's quite clear that Electra is seriously outclassed by him in hand-to-hand.
Hey, it's Spike. When has he ever woried about how wise or approriate it is to say something?
In an effort to foil the Spambot, I'm closing this thread and opening a part 2.