In the original Mewtwo Strikes Back, Team Rocket, as cunning as ever, disguise themselves as Vikings on a boat (with their talking Pokemon teammate Meowth tied up as its figurehead), offering to ferry Ash and the gang to New Island, where the self-proclaimed “greatest Pokemon trainer in the world” (and maybe treasure) awaits them. Meowth is a ship captain, instead of a masthead This change removes the previous film’s empathy for the scientists who defied nature to create Mewtwo in the first place, and skews more in favor of the tortured, vengeful Pokemon.Ģ. In both versions, Mewtwo is haunted by dreams of Mew and his time with Team Rocket leader Giovanni (which also occurs in the first film). In the new film, his crisis is primarily caused by his knowledge of the circumstances of his creation, made at the hands of scientists driven by hubris rather than loss. Mewtwo communicates with Amber’s clone telepathically, his existential crisis beginning when the new Amber dies, becoming confused by the line between humans and Pokemon and where he falls on that line. During the original, Mewtwo was created so that the scientist overseeing the project, Dr Fuji, could “unlock the secret to restoring life itself,” to bring his dead daughter Amber back to life (and maybe even restore his marriage in the process the first film is surprisingly bleak). Where the original Mewtwo Strikes Back opted for a 20-minute introduction to the pained backstory of the creation of Mewtwo, Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution favors a truncated opening, establishing the character’s tragic past in around 10 minutes. Mewtwo never communicates with Amber in Evolution Check out our comparison between the original movie and Netflix's remake in the slideshow below.ġ. The narrative mostly unfolds in the same fashion over a more decompressed running time, with just a handful of updates - we’ve combed through both films to spot the differences. Even with this new method applied, Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution is a deeply nostalgic, shot-for-shot remake that follows the dialogue and plot of the original (nearly) to the letter.
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