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Post by Blizz on May 31, 2010 20:26:16 GMT
You better believe this movie is going to rock ultimate.
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Post by rj on Jun 1, 2010 1:38:54 GMT
If this movie doesn't contain the Sonic logo (OF ABSOLUTE AWESOMENSS) you know this film is doomed to fail. i just saw this now and this is the awfullest what (it's probably not going to contain the sonic logo but that doesn't really matter?) ANYWAY GUYS This trailer has pretty much solidified this as the movie of the year.I'm ridiculously excited! Maybe even moreso than I am for volume 6, actually. also that is totally hope larson at the start |
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 1, 2010 10:45:12 GMT
it's an LM post bro
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And yes, incredible trailer. Loved it. And Sonic sound effect when Scott "gets it", lol.
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Post by Moo on Jun 1, 2010 19:37:11 GMT
Was wondering why that guy looked like Macaulay Culkin. Didnt even know he had a brother.
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Post by Samface on Jun 1, 2010 22:04:12 GMT
There are two other Culkins, aren't there? Keiran and Rory I think?
I was discussing this with a friend in a pub last night, actually. Try saying "Keiran, Rory and Macaulay Culkin" after a couple of pints. Hilarity* will ensue.
*well, maybe mild amusement
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Post by Pombar on Jun 3, 2010 3:45:28 GMT
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Post by Blizz on Jun 13, 2010 11:46:29 GMT
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Post by Samface on Jun 13, 2010 14:41:19 GMT
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Post by Baron Canier on Jun 17, 2010 16:20:32 GMT
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Post by madhair60 on Jun 17, 2010 18:26:47 GMT
Haha, the ending with Todd was perfect. Genuine lol.
Too much spoiling in this trailers though.
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Post by legionfan44 on Jul 3, 2010 19:19:09 GMT
Got the 1st Volume of Scott Pilgrim about a week ago...Its Pretty fun series..I hope the movie turns out well...but I agree it will deffiantly make it less "Indie" but then again so will the upcoming PSN game, but I'm not going to complain about either. lol.
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Post by Pombar on Jul 20, 2010 12:33:18 GMT
It's out today, y'all. G'wan, geddit.
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Post by rj on Jul 20, 2010 23:49:19 GMT
It was a good ending.
I'm not sure if it was the best possible ending. But it was a good ending.
Still trying to figure out where I'd place this volume compared to the rest.
It was cathartic, though. So that works.
Also, it had some of the funniest moments in the series thus far, so that's a plus as well.
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Post by madhair60 on Jul 22, 2010 22:02:46 GMT
Got it today, can't comment until I've re-read. I totally called one of the events, though.
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Post by madhair60 on Aug 6, 2010 13:10:00 GMT
No-one else has any comments? Would like to discuss this. Also, I just remembered that Bryan Lee O'Malley called me "dumb" once.  |
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Post by Samface on Aug 7, 2010 7:15:04 GMT
Ha-ha, you're dumb.  Okay, um...
* Totally disappointed my prediction of an evil-exes boss rush didn't come about
* Amused that O'Malley took the time to rubbish my "Gideon the cat is Gideon" theory
* Relieved that Neil is back in the fold, and in my head at least he's now going out with Stacey
* What the hell is up with Envy's chin
* Loved the "wilderness sabbatical" bit - the exchange between Scott and Kim where he says "I'm not ready to be a grown-up" pretty much sums the dominant theme of the series up quite neatly, I think
* Really liked the stuff with Knives, it helped the book feel like it wasn't just "one guy and a bunch of supporting characters"
* The end
Basically, I enjoyed it. Probably not my favourite instalment of the series, but it was a strong ending. EDIT: Thought I'd better spoilertag it in case there's anyone scanning the thread for movie news that hasn't read the book yet. |
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Post by rj on Aug 12, 2010 8:41:23 GMT
No-one else has any comments? Would like to discuss this. Also, I just remembered that Bryan Lee O'Malley called me "dumb" once. orly he once mentioned me on twitter as "that guy who won't shut up about putting blackball false, truth! in the movie" because of a petition I started yeaaaaaaaars ago (seriously) Anyway. I'd say that it works a lot more in context with the rest of the series; when I read it first, I felt underwhelmed, but after recently rereading all of the volumes in quick succession it makes a lot of sense. Taking it as a direct continuation of vol. 5 instead of its own thing makes the strange disjointed meandering feel that you get from the book on its lonesome a lot more logical and...not as there. NEW RELATED TOPICS: The game is out. I have played it. It is wonderful. Honestly. People, as a game, it is wonderful. A joy. The soundtrack and score are also out and you can listen to both of them here but beware that the score contains some spoilers for the film (not so much of the plot variety as of the "holy [censored] that's really cool but i'd rather have heard it on screen first" one. For example: the rhyming battle sequence at the end of book one is not only in the film but apparently set to bollywood music
best movie? best movie Also: Sex Bob-Omb's tracks are hella [censored]ing awesome. |
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Post by Beeth on Aug 12, 2010 18:30:03 GMT
I have never even bothered to cast this thread a glance previously, but for the fact I caught the trailer for the film (well, the end of it) on the telly just now. It looks quite good. Though the sheer amount of fan-orgasm, unrelenting praise and overuse of the word "epic" in this thread has, regrettably, put me off somewhat.
I'll need some convincing.
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Post by rj on Aug 12, 2010 18:58:30 GMT
I have never even bothered to cast this thread a glance previously, but for the fact I caught the trailer for the film (well, the end of it) on the telly just now. It looks quite good. Though the sheer amount of fan-orgasm, unrelenting praise and overuse of the word "epic" in this thread has, regrettably, put me off somewhat. I'll need some convincing. you're suffering from hype backlash the proper cure is to realize that scott pilgrim is worthy of the hype as in, actually worthy of it in this instance the comics, I mean, are -definitely- (the movie is looking possibly even moreso) |
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Post by Baron Canier on Aug 12, 2010 19:15:20 GMT
Well, my first exposure was through a uni friend recommending the first volume. Read it, thought it was charming in a Shaun of the Dead kind of way. I liked how the whiplash between rom-com and fighting in mid-air was done for laughs.
Having read the whole thing I can say I enjoyed Scott Pilgrim (ironically, despite being branded as "hipster bull[censored]", the book seems to have an anti-hipster agenda), but wouldn't rank it as one of the best things I've ever read. It's good, but not phenomenal.
I'll agree about overuse of the word "epic", however. Good lord, that word has been driven into the ground.
Looking forward to the movie, however. Seems fun.
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Post by madhair60 on Aug 13, 2010 9:18:53 GMT
I have never even bothered to cast this thread a glance previously, but for the fact I caught the trailer for the film (well, the end of it) on the telly just now. It looks quite good. Though the sheer amount of fan-orgasm, unrelenting praise and overuse of the word "epic" in this thread has, regrettably, put me off somewhat. I'll need some convincing. Ignore the hype - don't do ANY research, don't look at the Wiki, don't watch any more trailers. Just read the books. You don't even have to buy them, some kind soul has scanned them and made them available for torrent. Failing that, there's a bunch of pages on O'Malley's site, under "previews". X and his ilk have a way of making even stuff I like sound crap by their methods of praise, so please just stop reading this thread (after this post) and give the comics a go. Everything professional you will read (and most forum posts) will be misrepresentative, fanboyish or just plain biased. I have this exact thing, incidentally - the more praised something is, the less interested I will be in experiencing it (though I usually force myself because things that are widely praised are generally good). Do give Scott a go, it really is a very enjoyable comic. It's not heavy going at all and you can read all six books in about an hour and fifteen minutes. |
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Post by rj on Aug 13, 2010 11:55:18 GMT
Yes, do that. Do that -really.-
anyway: I just saw the movie, and I need to lie down (and pass out a bit, since I'm overtired, but)
I think I'm going to need to see it again before I can draw some opinions out of myself that aren't just incoherent fanboy squealing.
First impressions, though: it was much better at compressing the books than I was worried about. Also: Michael Cera is a pretty-darn perfect Scott.
Most of the exes are spot-[censored]ing-on; out of them, only the Katayanagi twins and Roxy felt even slightly lacking.
Kieran Culkin is- I am gay for Kieran Culkin, a bit. Wallace is Wallace is Wallace.
The opening credits were incredible.
BLOM's art is featured in the film significantly, and it's wonderful on a big screen.
Envy was flanderized horribly, though, and that's really my only significant complaint.
And now I'm gone to pass out on my couch for several hours
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Post by The Shad on Aug 13, 2010 20:27:08 GMT
Started reading it now. Up to about half way through the second volume.
Its certainly... energetic. Always loved black and white comics. But, are we supposed to like Scott? Cos I'm feeling mingled pity and contempt for the guy.
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Post by Samface on Aug 14, 2010 20:26:04 GMT
Yeah, that's deliberate. The whole series is basically about his quest to better himself.
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Post by Warped‽‽‽ on Aug 22, 2010 21:12:07 GMT
I read these the other day. My friend had just gotten back from getting his copies signed by the author in London or something, so what with him hyping up the film as well a bit, decided to sit and read them for a bit.
They're alright. And, actually, that's fairly high praise from me when it comes to this style of book - it generally really isn't my thing. (Travelling on a highway through someone's mind, telling them that, and they just accept it immediately? No explanations? And then the OTT anime-battle things that just sink into normal life somehow? That sort of stuff generally bugs me) But, ignoring those, they were a fun read. For me, the best parts of the writing were the parts that are so inherently true in life. The part where Scott first chats to Ramona, makes a dick of himself and skulks away, only to then follow her about all night is just brilliant. It's an immature stage that everyone (Well, I think) goes through, and it captures it well.
On a similar note, when Scott is asked if he and Ramona are an item now, and he immediately thinks of Mario game items... Yeah, that made me smirk.
The plot I found a bit meh though generally. I guess mainly due to my issues with the genre (OTT fantasy, everyone seems to accept that for Scott and Ramona's relationship to work, he must defeat her evil exes, seems a bit bizarre to me.) But then when Gideon's plans are revealed (which really, is one of the main things that kept me reading - what was up with Ramona's head? What was subspace? What did Gideon have to do with it? - all explained in his gameplan) it all seemed a bit anti climatic.
I know what the author was trying to do (I think), by making everything seem like a game to enforce Scott's immaturity, but it just didn't work for me I guess. I kinda liked Gideon's comment at the end about altering his memories slightly, an implication that in reality the battles weren't that impressive after all, merely standard fights that Gideon meddled the memories of, and so Scott filled in the gaps with content from what he knew best, video games. BUT at the same time, this bugs me a fair bit because if that IS true, and Scott is living in a standard world like ours, why on earth did he still have to fight the evil exes anyway? So, yeah a slightly double edged sword there.
I also found myself comparing the books to the Twilight series. It's almost like Scott Pilgrim is the male equivalent to the Twilight books. Not deliberately of course, but it just seems like it. Hear me out:
Twilight books are an idealised, fantasy story revolving around a girl and her love interest. Everything is about her one way or another, she has guys literally fight over her, plus it has the fantasy twist for that feeling of the forbidden unknown. It is everything a teenage girl could ask for in her romantic fiction.
Scott Pilgrim is not idealised, but is about a character who is very idealistic. Everything eventually comes down to defeating the final boss, learning the enemy weak point, levelling up and learning new skills, or, if all else fails, cheating your way out (and probably hiding). It's a very boy-ish fantasy - if only life WERE that easy! Girls dream of complexity while boys crave simplicity, it's the inverse to Twilight, designed for the inverse audience. Everything still seems like it is about Scott however, that's all part of the immaturity theme I think. (It isn't until nearer the end that the other characters seem to develop and change around more, a reflection that Scott is maturing as a person, and not everything IS about him after all)
I could go on but have started to lose track slightly. (And I don't expect many people to agree, but have my opinion anyway)
Oh, and I'm seeing the movie on Tuesday for free, because my local independent cinema is doing a free viewing for students. Get in?
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