Chatty AF 197 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Retrospective

Alex, Caitlin, and Toni talk the new Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime and how it matches up as a new take on the decades old comic and movie!

0:00:00 Intros
0:01:14 Backgrounds with the franchise
0:05:41 The franchise’s background
0:07:25 The vibes
0:09:39 The plot
0:12:53 The twist
0:16:43 Different Scotts
0:18:11 Comic vs movie
0:21:31 Casting
0:24:08 Manic pixie dream girl narrative
0:27:53 Protagonist Ramona
0:30:00 Exes and disposability politics
0:38:12 Giving the exes nuance
0:41:19 Wallace get some
0:43:10 Knives Chau
0:47:34 Scott’s midlife crisis
0:49:58 Time travel
0:54:59 Aging with O’Maley
1:04:33 Outro

Alex: bsky.app/profile/arhenderson.bsky.social
Caitlin: twitter.com/alltsun_nodere
Toni: twitter.com/poetpedagogue

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Recorded Saturday 2nd December 2023

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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