| |
|
I pre-ordered it on Amazon six months ago, and the day it arrives in my letter box will be a day of Win. I'm also going to pre-order Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever just to be perverse.
But anyway, and speaking of perversity, who has seen El Topo*? Anybody? I ask because perhaps Bryan Lee O'Malley has.
You see, one of El Topo's plots (there are several) has the titular Zen-gunfighter challenged by his lady-friend to defeat the four greatest gunfighters in the desert to win her love. Since they are all too skilled to be killed in a simple pistol duel El Topo is forced to use some, ah, innovative tactics to win. He cheats in other words. Sound like anybody you know?
Without giving the ending away, the story ends with El Topo realizing the futility of the whole thing, and I'd bet that Scott Pilgrim ends the same way.
It's not obvious yet whether O'Malley has El Topo taking up even a little bit of his headspace when he's writing Scott Pilgrim, but I wouldn't rule it out.
*Dig the tagline: "See the naked young Franciscans whipped with cactus. See the bandit leader disemboweled. See the priest ride into the sunset with a midget and her newborn baby. What it all means isn't exactly clear, but you won't forget it." |
|
|
