ChainsawAsh said:

Also, are you watching the English dubs or Japanese with English subtitles? The dub of Bebop isn't bad, but I'd recommend watching either FMA series in Japanese. I can't stand the dubs for those.

They are the English dubs. My friend has the entire run of the original FMA with English subs and audio tracks in Japanese and English, but he only have the English dubs of Brotherhood.

After watching those few episodes of Brotherhood, I watched the very first episode of the original FMA and kind of liked how much more adult it felt. The violence was much more gruesome and less stylized too. My friend told me not to even consider messing with the original FMA, because of how crappy it gets after it diverts from the manga.

Hmm, sounds like I need to watch episode 5 of Cowboy Beebop. Cowboy Beebop was really disappointing, because after having it described to me I really wanted to like it. Sounds like I might have given up on it one episode or so too soon.