Never seen it but I heard Firefly is a Cowboy Bebop ripoff
Nah, that was Outlaw Star. They both start with a special girl popping out of a box and they end up very important to the plot. You could say they end the same way too. Bad guys defeated... Keep flying.

I can forgive the casting choice if they got a good writing and directing team.

don't bite my head off!!

as the Spike casting is, the move that’s gonna make or break this is gonna be how they handle the soundtrack. You can’t do Cowboy Bebop without Yoko Kanno. And if they’re just gonna replay all the old shyt, what’s the point?