A repost from another blog:

“Tonight, I decided to watch Cowboy Bebop, because it is almost universally acclaimed as the best anime ever made. What follows are my thoughts as I watch.

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• I really like the color symmetry between rose turning red and the blood in the flashbacks.
• Opening credits: Music was not what I was expecting.
• Beginning: this reminds me a lot of Firefly, even though I only watched a few episodes of Joss Wheldon’s beloved show.
• Trying very hard not to be distracted by the animation quality. After watching stuff like SAO  and Attack on Titan, your expectations of the animation level really change.
• The stereotypical bartender…and someone said Baka! Uh oh, people with guns going after a pregnant lady. Oh, noes! Not the kitty!
• Hm, not really sure what this “red-eye” stuff is.
• Man, the conglomeration of different things is just blowing my mind right now. An Indian shaman, someone named Asimov, eye drop that help you kill people, spaceships, bounties…oh, yeah, I bet the withdrawal from those eye-drops is killer. And the lady speaks Spanish…
• I think he just stole the eye drops while being choked. Champion work, dude.
• Trying to remember what these funky guitar riffs in between scenes remind me of. FLCL, maybe?
• Haha the surprised face cutscenes. Oh, she doesn’t have a  baby…just dangerous stuff. Which could be babies, I guess.
• Whoa…it’s all fun and games until you give up on life. What an ending. Maybe too unannounced and random-seeming for me.
• FLOATING CIGARETTES!

And, that’s a wrap.

Basically, I can’t tell if this show is a delicately nuanced masterpiece, or if it is just masquerading as being deep. If it was only intended as character introduction for the main character, I’m not much of a fan of the way they did it. Tough to say really anything after one episode, but I wouldn’t say I was hooked the way I was after the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or Angel Beats!