Sabre Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Ok, this keeps coming up so I thought I'd ask around.Basicly, what I think I know so far is this, Scott Pilgrim is a crappy comic series with the same plot as every other romantic comedy ever made. The one factor that I can tell that sets it appart is that it's full of game refferences. I don't want to read them because I have better things to spend my time and money on then another bloody romantic comedy, but gamers and comic fans keep mentioning it as the most awesomest thing evar and now there's a film which looks embarrasingly bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaffles Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Basicly, what I think I know so far is this, Scott Pilgrim is a crappy comic series with the same plot as every other romantic comedy ever made. The one factor that I can tell that sets it appart is that it's full of game refferences.Not really, it isn't boy meets girl, loses girl, gets girl back (which usually is the romantic storyline from what I've seen), it has so more to the story, if anything it is an comedy-action series of comics with tints of romance with heavy amounts of video game puns.I don't want to read them because I have better things to spend my time and money on then another bloody romantic comedyAs I mentioned before, it is more of an action-comedy, the romance isn't played up that much.but gamers and comic fans keep mentioning it as the most awesomest thing evarPeople have opinions, for example, you liked District 9 (if memory serves me correctly), I hated it. So people will like Scott Pilgrim whilst others will hate it.now there's a film which looks embarrasingly bad.I thought the same thing when I first saw the trailer, it was actually pretty good. But with that said, it won't be everyone's 'cup of tea'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I actually want to see the film, having not read the comics, because it looks so bad it'll be awesome. Didn't know until my friend showed me a certain trailer that there were superpowers or something in it. One of her exes appear, I just ask my friend, "Look at this douche," and suddenly he's flying around like Goku, which prompted me to ask, "Since when could people fly in this movie!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1235 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 It got 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is pretty good.Usually anything above a 50% means it is watchable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublinthefox Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I might go see it. I read the graphic novels and I wanna see how close the movie is to it. Meaning did they get everything correct or what stuff they just made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 How modern are the references, are they call of duty/halo type, or are they all nes games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaffles Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 How do I describe it? It is like the movie/comics are the video game. It doesn't make reference to almost any game (apart from Zelda and some dance game which are played during it), it just has things like points when a bad guy is defeated and coins as well, also a 'KO' is shown in big letters when the bad guys are defeated. So if you get what I mean the series/movie is the game, not any specific game references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarita Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 http://www.scottpilgrim.com/My Google-Fu is strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fox13 Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm definitely planning on seeing it when it comes out. I can't ever remember seeing a movie with such heavy video game references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 15, 2010 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 http://www.scottpilgrim.com/My Google-Fu is strong.Read the first post next time.How do I describe it? It is like the movie/comics are the video game. It doesn't make reference to almost any game (apart from Zelda and some dance game which are played during it), it just has things like points when a bad guy is defeated and coins as well, also a 'KO' is shown in big letters when the bad guys are defeated. So if you get what I mean the series/movie is the game, not any specific game references.There are a ton of mario refferences I know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'm not sure about seeing the movie, but the game PWNS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublinthefox Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Has anyone seen this? It was made by [ADULT SWIM] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarita Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Read the first post next time.Actually, I did, don't be an ass and assume. There's enough comic samples on the page for you to get a feel for what's going on. Maybe you should read, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shaper Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 So this is where the inspiration of the movie came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeemer Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 You know... They could have picked a much prettier person to play as Kim in the movie. I mean, how they've made her look compared to what the actress really looks like... It's kind of gross. She's much prettier outside the Scott Pilgrim movie. Meh, I guess it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 The movie is awesome. The ONLY example in the WORLD (imho) of a video game movie that is good. Funny in ways I never would have imagined. Almost continuously laughing when I saw it. I had the good fortune to get to see the movie two weeks before it came out (preview screening). I sat between two huge fans of the comics, and me, I knew next to nothing about the back story other than what I heard in the trailer (which looked over the top, and slightly interesting). All of us liked it. Even though it doesn't stay entirely true to the comics (as all movies must), both of them were laughing their heads off, because apparently, the changes made were just as good as the original material, just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 The movie is awesome. The ONLY example in the WORLD (imho) of a video game movie that is good. Funny in ways I never would have imagined. Almost continuously laughing when I saw it. I had the good fortune to get to see the movie two weeks before it came out (preview screening). I sat between two huge fans of the comics, and me, I knew next to nothing about the back story other than what I heard in the trailer (which looked over the top, and slightly interesting). All of us liked it. Even though it doesn't stay entirely true to the comics (as all movies must), both of them were laughing their heads off, because apparently, the changes made were just as good as the original material, just different.Hang on. It's based on a book, not a game.If you mean a game themed film, then what about war games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublinthefox Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hang on. It's based on a book, not a game.If you mean a game themed film, then what about war games?He means it had video game like references. Like sound effects, extra lives, power ups, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 He means it had video game like references. Like sound effects, extra lives, power ups, etc.Hows that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hows that good?How's it bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 How's it bad?Because references are not funny, otherwise epic movie and super hero movie are the funniest films ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Because references are not funny, otherwise epic movie and super hero movie are the funniest films ever made.It's about the execution, not the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 It's about the execution, not the material.Fair enough. Show me good execution and I will believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 As for video game references, not sure. But it's more about what they do than the fact it's references.Someone can make a video of people using cheat codes at life, and it can be hilarious. Someone else makes a video of a guy getting one-ups or dungeon crawling, and it's not funny because it's poorly executed.Then I remembered this little video, that my friends showed me, and I found it hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 That's kind of cool, but I wouldn't say funny. to me, it's kind of like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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