Scott Pilgrim is "Twilight" for boys.

XkyRauh · Post by **XkyRauh** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 21:57

Toomuchsparetime wrote:The fact that Scott Pilgrim was played by Michael "Plays A Naive Awkward Youth In Every One Of His Movies" Cera was what saved it from being complete and utter wish-fulfillment Gary Stu tripe like the comic was. Is. In the comics SP has no redeemingly charming awkwardness. He's just Goku pretending to be a 24 y/o slacker and sometimes pulling it off. Or at least the part that I've read was.

So as cheesy as Cera's typecasting usually is, it seemed to work in the movie's favour for once, instead of turning it into "lol michael cera you goose".

That's really interesting; the reason I chose to read the comics, rather than watch the movie, was because I am very much against Michael Cera's typical role in movies. Hearing you say that he was the lone GOOD feature of the film not only confuses me, but cements my decision to wait for the DVD release, and watch someone else's copy. :)

Toomuchsparetime · Post by **Toomuchsparetime** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 19:36

What Would Scott Pilgrim Do?

Why, he'd torrent it of course.

wildrooster · Post by **wildrooster** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:58

Tintin is good, but hardly the best.

wildrooster · Post by **wildrooster** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:18

BTW, finally beat Scott Pilgrim on XBLA. Friggin so much fun.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:57

Watched it last night. Brilliantly surreal and hilarious. The comic and video game stylings really worked well.

Toomuchsparetime · Post by **Toomuchsparetime** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 18:38

Now to troll an Adam West Batman forum by telling them that the cartoony comic-book sound FX etc in the 1960's Batman TV show was an idea taken from Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

DHeadshot · Post by **DHeadshot** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 20:21

Toomuchsparetime wrote:Now to troll an Adam West Batman forum by telling them that the cartoony comic-book sound FX etc in the 1960's Batman TV show was an idea taken from Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

Adam West is the only Batman as far as I'm concerned - dark and gritty superheroes are over-rated.

... Why else do you think the biggest superhero to come out of Britain is Bananaman!?

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 21:10

Contrary to my previous comments on the film, I rather enjoyed it, and the graphic novel and game look promising as well.

I'm a huge Smashing Pumpkins fan, and I found all the references in the book and film to be very surprising.