Scott Pilgrim, a 23-year-old unemployed and essentially homeless doofus who is the bassist for the indie band Sex Bob-Omb, meets not only the girl of his dreams, but also the girl from his dreams: mysterious courier with dyed hair, Ramona Flowers. . As sparks spark between them, the budding romance is intercepted by seven of Ramona’s evil exes, who plan to take turns fighting each of Flowers’ new loves. But the long chain doesn’t make sense: When Matthew Patel, the first of the seven, bursts into Sex Bob-Omb’s performance and clashes with the indie rocker, all that’s left is an empty seat and a handful of prize money. like in an old video game. Thereupon, Ramona, who does not want to tolerate the current situation, decides to understand what is going on.
The Destiny massacre occurs at the end of the first of eight episodes of the anime Scott Pilgrim Steps on the Gas. So, for just 20 minutes and a dime, the series takes the viewer through Edgar Wright’s feature film “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and pretty quickly reveals its true nature: this is not a remake and not a re-film adaptation, but a rethinking — Brian’s comics by Lee O’Malley (co-creator and showrunner of the project ) and Wright’s film was put through the epic meta-grinder of “Everything.” “everywhere and at the same time” brand. These days the procedure seems mandatory and, frankly, a bit annoying.
We must admit that this is a rather witty and interesting decision: to remove the main character from the eponymous work and transfer the leadership to other characters (here Ramona Flowers logically stands out). The new “Scott Pilgrim” basically has that kind of cleverness — to little winks from global things like the fact that the main threat here are ghosts of the future, rather than ghosts of the past as in the original (Ramona doesn’t work for Amazon in this version, and she pitches DVDs for Netflix). . But in this case we must admit something else: a witty and interesting solution is not the same as a fascinating story.
To summarize, the series has too much thought and too little heart; It forms an interconnection between the films “Terminator 2” and “Eternal”, although it ultimately argues for the emotional superiority of the second over the first. Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. Everything will be fine, but at the same time “Scott Pilgrim Steps on the Gas” tries to remake the old movie by first borrowing from it the lion’s share of its value, and at the same time to justify itself for its imaginary mistakes (there) Wright We’re of the opinion that the movie doesn’t clearly convey the negative attitude towards adults flirting with schoolgirls (even if they’re holding hands for a bit.) Let’s be honest: Wright, who serves as a producer here, wouldn’t have made a full-length movie if he hadn’t reunited the entire previous cast, led by Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The reasons for including an anime twice the length of the film would have diminished sharply (reportedly the director, bypassing representatives, wrote a new email in a chain that started more than a decade ago, and all the actors responded within three hours).
However, let’s not leave out a small note. While the series manages to capture a certain amount of the old charm of “Scott Pilgrim” and not mirror it (given O’Malley’s involvement, it would have taken a lot of effort to achieve the opposite), it also holds its own. (Special thanks to cameos by Wright favorites Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) . So overall it’s a good thing: while it probably won’t be a classic (again, unlike the movie), you can get some enjoyment out of it. Let’s say, if I had the opportunity to go back in time and distract myself from watching the anime “Scott Pilgrim Steps on the Gas” (a dubious translation, by the way, it probably needed something in the spirit of “Scott Pilgrim Sets Away”), I would not do it. It is quite obvious that time travel must be used for completely different purposes.