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Posted: Jun 04 2010 05:22 am

Finally, a comic book movie that will be awesome!

So, basically, Scott Pilgrim is our hero. He's a 23-years-old slacker, he's a hero, he plays bass in a band called Sex Bob-omb and he's dating a high school girl. His life (which was already like a video game) gets turned 540 degrees when he meets Ramona Flowers, a girl that passes through his dreams while delivering stuff on Amazon. He falls in love with her and in order to be with her, he needs to defeat her seven evil exes.

What to expect: lotsa video game references. And I mean, a fuckton. Good references. Actual references. No more of that "fifty thousand on Double Dragon?" bullshit.

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

Hey, I'm reading those comic books!

Posted: Jun 04 2010 09:42 am

Ahh.. This actually looks really good!..It's definitely targeted at the nerdy video game hipster crowd....but I suppose thats our demographic now isn't? Nonetheless I"ll take great pleasure seeing Michael Cera beat the shit out of that emo guy with the make-up.

Posted: Jun 04 2010 10:05 am

This is a comic movie that my wife's actually willing to go see. After she read Kick-Ass in graphic novel form, she refused to go see the movie, so I had to take a day off of work and find time to kill time until it started.

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

Actually, I've only read the first book so far, but didn't that fight scene at the end seem really weird and out of place?

Posted: Jun 04 2010 01:34 pm

Hell no, read the rest of the series and it will all be perfectly in place.

Also, you motherfucker, you removed the Polish from your signature.

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

I dig my sleek, compact size! I needed to make room for the :O log!

Posted: Jun 09 2010 04:12 am

I have a friend who reads the books and says they're pretty good, and the film looks interesting as well. I'll definitely go see it.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I watched the first trailer and thought to myself, "This looks fucking stupid."

I watched the second trailer and thought to myself, "This looks fucking stupid enough to be awesome."

The first one explained the plot, but gave no hint about the vibe of the movie. It seems like it is fun and possibly funny.

My wife will definitely not go to this one, but I'll be sure to pick it up at Redbox come November.

Posted: Jun 21 2010 10:23 pm

Quote:

Shigeru Miyamoto Given Advance Screening of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Director Edgar Wright has managed to secure permission to include music from The Legend of Zelda in the upcoming film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim, but only after showing the film to Shigeru Miyamoto himself.

In a Wired interview conducted by star Michael Cera (via GoNintendo), Wright said that he needed Miyamoto's permission to include the tunes in a dream sequence.

"When I was writing to Nintendo to get permission, I was saying, 'This music is like nursery rhymes to a generation," Wright said.

The comic series is heavily inspired by video games, with multiple references to classic franchises. Wright added that Cera gets "all misty-eyed" any time Super Mario Bros. 3 was mentioned, with Cera saying that the game is "deep in my DNA."

Aside from the Zelda music, Scott Pilgrim will feature Beck and Broken Social Scene playing music for the fictional bands Sex Bob-omb and Crash and the Boys (via Pitchfork).

The film wll be out August 13.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180026

idk much about scott pilgrim, but this got me a bit excited about the movie.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

My thoughts summed up at the blog.
http://radiofreeyouth.blogspot.com/2010/06/5-reasons-i-am-going-to-see-and-you.html

Posted: Jun 22 2010 12:18 am

I don't understand the point. So, he wants to date this girl, but she has seven evil ex-boyfriends. So, her tires have some traction. On top of that, two of her ex-boyfriends are IDENTICAL TWINS. Okay, stop. To hell with her! Girl is a fucking whorebag. Kid is a moron for wanting to be with her. Not interested.

Loser falls in love with girl? Interesting story.
Loser falls in love with slut? Not interesting.

Gallery 2 · Posted: Jun 22 2010 12:21 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't understand the point. So, he wants to date this girl, but she has seven evil ex-boyfriends. So, her tires have some traction. On top of that, two of her ex-boyfriends are IDENTICAL TWINS. Okay, stop. To hell with her! Girl is a fucking whorebag. Kid is a moron for wanting to be with her. Not interested.

That's the whole point of the series: The fact that he's going for all this trouble for a girl that might not be worth it. Yanno, Chick Flick material sandwiched between fighting and gaming references.

Or so I heard.

Still, Movie's worth checking out.

Posted: Jun 22 2010 12:23 am

I dunno. I'm kind of sick of Michael Cera. Arrested Development was good, Superbad was pretty good, everything else he's done thus far is complete crap and he pretty much plays the exact same character every time.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Well he fits this character pretty well, that is a kinda dumb slacker that cares. And yea as Atman said he being a ho-bag is kind of the point. The power of love blah blah/

Joined: Mar 01 2010 Posts: 126

Syd Lexia wrote:

I dunno. I'm kind of sick of Michael Cera. Arrested Development was good, Superbad was pretty good, everything else he's done thus far is complete crap and he pretty much plays the exact same character every time.

I agree with this. I don't think he's acting, he's just reading lines.
He pretty much could have been written out of everything else he was in and I'm pretty sure nobody would have noticed anything missing.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

Ah! Once again Michael Cera portraying Michael Cera.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

Syd Lexia wrote:

I don't understand the point. So, he wants to date this girl, but she has seven evil ex-boyfriends. So, her tires have some traction. On top of that, two of her ex-boyfriends are IDENTICAL TWINS. Okay, stop. To hell with her! Girl is a fucking whorebag. Kid is a moron for wanting to be with her. Not interested.

Loser falls in love with girl? Interesting story.
Loser falls in love with slut? Not interesting.

but she is disinterested and trendy and has pink hair!

Posted: Jun 27 2010 07:16 am

interesting. anyway, looks like another Teenage-Romance movie except there are guys with super powers and i can't stand movies with romance in it so fuck that i'll go and watch something else.

Joined: Feb 16 2008 Posts: 832

i like how this thread started out with general interest, and now everyone thinks it looks like shit despite never reading the comic and the movie's not out yet

great thread, forum, A+++ peace

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Man I am sick of sydlexians always saying the same post over and over again.

Get it?

Posted: Jun 28 2010 11:49 pm

this board is about sharing opinions, alright? GET. THE. FUCK. USED. TO. IT.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Then no, you don't get it.

Posted: Jul 10 2010 01:03 am

I'm currently reading the comics too. I'm looking forward to the movie. I like that they cast Anna Kendrick in the movie as i loved her in Up In The Air and Rocket Science.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

Great way to kill a legitimate topic with your bitching, guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsJunlsgFk&feature=youtube_gdata