Netflix shouldn’t have chimed in.
According to BoundingIntoComics:
Netflix recently responded to the backlash against Cowboy Bebop and actress Daniella Pineda, who plays Faye Valentine in the upcoming live-action series, by sharing two photos of Pineda.
The backlash against Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series began when Netflix released a first look at the series and critics decried the series muted color palette, the inaccurate Faye Valentine costume, and the race-swapped Jet Black.
YouTuber Vara Dark expressed her opinion saying, “Netflix has finally released photos of characters and they look rough.” She further added, “Judging by the photos these characters look bad.”
Speaking specifically to Faye, Vara Dark states, “She looks awful. These changes look so incredibly bad. These are like CW designs at least in my opinion. She looks nothing like the previous version of her character. We don’t have the vibrant yellows, the vibrant reds. The haircut. There are cosplayers that can create more accurate costumes than the designers that Netflix has because this looks like garbage.”
