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Nnnnnope

God fuck no. I mean his hair is right, but do people only want this because he’s attractive? Because he’s not that good looking.

I think he’s attractive, but I still think this a dumb idea. I mean, what the fuck? He barely even looks like Spike.

I support everyone’s right to disagree on the internet, let me make that clear.

But.

I promised myself I would stop replying to folks (few and far between though they may be) who don’t like this… but does swearing and being slightly rude always have to be a thing people do when they disagree with something online?  These responses are pretty tame, and honestly the rant I’m about to embark on has very little to do with these folks, who I’m sure are very nice.

Just the other day I saw a random text post “disagreeing” with BebopBatch, but it essentially boiled down to little more than someone calling Cumberbatch extremely distasteful names and being indignant and crass.  What happened to just saying “meh?”  Or better yet, ignoring whatever it is that offends you and moving on to something more delightful (I realize I’m blatantly disregarding my own advice this very instant.)  Tumblr is full of delightful things - including thousands of Cowboy Bebop posts that have nothing to do with Benedict Cumberbatch.  

My question will perpetually be, “how can you say anybody definitely looks like (or doesn’t look like) an animated character?”  Spike’s face is highly stylized - his basic features are simply that he’s tall, thin, long in the face and big in the hair.  Other than that, he’s just got a few lines here and there for a nose and mouth and the rest is up to his voice actor, attitude, and the imagination of the viewer.

A lot of people like Cumberbatch for Spike because he’s… well… tall, thin, long in the face and big in the hair.  He’s got a strange looking mug which I don’t have a problem imagining might have come from Mars.  In interviews he’s always dying to try a challenging action role and to break out of typcasting and do some unrecognizable “American” characters; and when actors get parts that challenge them along their lines of interest, they typically do a really good job.  Cumberbatch is also far smarter and more interesting than your average Hollywood action hero, and Cowboy Bebop is far smarter and more interesting than your average Hollywood action movie.  The interest is not because Sherlock has a bunch of rabid teenage fangirls who don’t even know what Bebop is.  At least, not entirely.  The BebopBatch Facebook group has got a range of ages, a good split between the genders, AND we’re incredibly international.  Lots of people dig this.  And lots of people don’t, but for some reason when people aren’t down with the party next door they feel the need to be rude about it.

I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it a million times over again: Cumberbatch is my first dream cast choice for a myriad of reasons (not least of which being that my gang of Cowboy Bebop friends from back in 1999 - most of whom don’t even watch Sherlock -  are all onboard) but I wouldn’t mind seeing Lee Pace or Joseph Gordon Levitt or a breakthrough Asian American actor or anyone else charismatic, talented and not quite run of the mill.  I like Keanu Reeves; I think he sounds like one of the nicest people in the entertainment industry, but I feel like he’s not a good fit for Spike, especially now that he’s nearly fifty.

I still support everyone’s right to disagree, as long as they do it without yelling “FUCK” all the time.  This response was long and pointless and bordering on didactic, but I just don’t like rudeness.

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“We’re back to the stereotyped casting. Come on. I want to do something with an American accent, so you won’t recognize me.”
     - Benedict Cumberbatch, April 2012

Benedict… sit down.  We need to have a little chat, you and I.  Along with several hundred of my closest friends.

*cough*