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[JaseMath]

So after months and years of putting it off, I finally got around to reading...

My god...so awesome. I loved Bryan Lee O'Malley's art style and writing tone. The books were funny, cheeky (I loved the wink-nudges towards geek culture), charming, and I found myself falling in love with the characters. Admittedly, I had a crush on Ramona while reading them, too. Like a big crush. :\

If I have one complaint it's that Book 6 makes almost no sense. I read it twice and I still had no idea what the hell was going on making for a somewhat of an unsatisfying conclusion to an otherwise fantastic series. It also calls to light just how badly miscast the movie was...especially Michael Cera's dweeby portrayal of Scott.

Once the all the color editions are out, I plan I buying the set and re-reading them from the beginning. I've learned the power of understanding!

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Might have been miscast, but the movie itself was solid. Adaptations are adaptations and such.

 

[katkombat]

I think Cera was the perfect Scott. The only reason the ending of the movie doesn't relate to the comics at all is because they had to reshoot the very end so that

Spoiler

Scott ends up with Ramona

and I think that was because they weren't allowed to read book 6 or something like that, maybe? Not sure.

of course this may be biased because this is my favorite movie ever.
(one of em)

 

[jon bones]

i loved te comics and read them as they were released

the movie was better, even if they did leave out matthew patel

 

[gurudyne]

Might have been miscast, but the movie itself was solid. Adaptations are adaptations and such.

Indeed. Great film.

It's been a while since I read the books but I remember enjoying the hell out of them. I need to go back and reread them. Or hell, actually purchase them instead of using the library again. Stupid two-to-four week wait for inter-library loans kept breaking the flow.

i loved te comics and read them as they were released

the movie was better, even if they did leave out matthew patel

???

 

[katkombat]

the movie was better, even if they did leave out matthew patel

his song from the book was missing, but he was definitely there.

 

[Kurita]

To be exact, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the name of the last volume.

 

[JaseMath]

Movie was solid, didn't mean to imply that I didn't enjoy it.

i loved te comics and read them as they were released

the movie was better, even if they did leave out matthew patel

He's...in it though.

To be exact, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the name of the last volume.

I thought it was Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour.

 

[Kurita]

I thought it was Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour.

Oh you're right, it's the second volume. My bad!

On topic, I love both versions.
The movie has a kick-ass soundtrack, great battles (the fight against the Twins was crazy)... And I actually liked Cera as Scott.
The comics have more character development which made a lot of characters more interesting than in the movie... I also wish some scenes like Crash and The Boys helping Scott were in the movie.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

his song from the book was missing, but he was definitely there.

It was just retooled. In the books, Scott + the band sing most of it IIRC, in the movie it's all him.

"If you want to fight me, HAH, you're not the brightest..." etc.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I love this series so much. I have the box set of the comics, the Collecter's Edition Blu-Ray of the movie (and the recently released Steelbook edition!), a figurine of Scott with The Power of Love, and a Ramona poster hanging on my door.

Re: the movie, it's in my top 5. Even if you don't care for the characters or dialogue, it's a triumph in cinematography, sound editing and visual effects, and the music and atmosphere are awesome.

 

[Joseca]

Scott Pilgrim was the first comic I read, I really really loved it. I think it would have been better if they actually released more than just one movie, I feel that it was kinda rushed because there were 6 books, but anyway I enjoyed and Cera was the best actor for Scott.

 

[Technosteve]

this was a fun comic, it had a level of enjoyable childishness.

 

[Ri'Orius]

It was just retooled. In the books, Scott + the band sing most of it IIRC, in the movie it's all him.

"If you want to fight me, HAH, you're not the brightest..." etc.

I think they're pulling the "Too bad they never made any sequels to The Matrix" joke. The Patel scene and the song in particular get surprising amounts of hate.

 

[gurudyne]

The Patel scene and the song in particular get surprising amounts of hate.

Really? Why?

 

[katkombat]

I love this series so much. I have the box set of the comics, the Collecter's Edition Blu-Ray of the movie (and the recently released Steelbook edition!), a figurine of Scott with The Power of Love, and a Ramona poster hanging on my door.

Re: the movie, it's in my top 5. Even if you don't care for the characters or dialogue, it's a triumph in cinematography, sound editing and visual effects, and the music and atmosphere are awesome.

I bought the steelbook for $12 at Walmart last month! DVD/Blu-Ray/maybe some other version? Not sure.

 

[Kurita]

I have to say, I shed a few tears at the end with Scott and Ramona slowly fading away.

 

[Joseca]

If you have a chance, play the game, it's co-op fun and the soundtrack is amazing!

I bought the steelbook for $12 at Walmart last month! DVD/Blu-Ray/maybe some other version? Not sure.

Does it add anything to the normal BR version?

 

[Woody Invincible]

Really? Why?

Some say that the bollywood style song was such a shoehorned forced joke. I didn't mind it, though.

 

[Manu]

I love the comic, and it's amazing how they got the movie casting perfect for everyone... except the main character. Huh.

 

[katkombat]

If you have a chance, play the game, it's co-op fun and the soundtrack is amazing!

Does it add anything to the normal BR version?

hmm...haven't even watched it yet but I'd guess no.

also: do get the game indeed. some of the best $15 ever (with the knives addon of course, need to get Wallace soon...)

 

[Zabka]

Loved the comic. The movie had some great stuff but I didn't like turning the Ramona/Scott relationship into a parallel of the Scott/Knives relationship, especially since they changed the ending to match the comic.

 

[Xzeon]

books are fucking awesome.

movie is fucking awesome.

Scott Pilgrim is fucking awesome.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

also: do get the game indeed. some of the best $15 ever (with the knives addon of course, need to get Wallace soon...)

As a massive fan of the game, I'd really advise against buying the Wallace DLC. He's a lazy headswap of Stephen with a few unfinished/broken animations and rainbow-coloured hit effects, and the online mode is absolutely atrocious (it lags like crazy and I've never completed a session without it being dropped).

That said, everyone with even a passing interest in the comics and/or beat-em-ups should play the game, if only to experience Anamanaguchi's amazing soundtrack (Another Winter and Gideon Wrath are two of my iPod's most-played song).

 

[Joe Prodigy]

Amazing series. I read them all after seeing the movie(which I love). After reading the comics I think the movie should have been made in two movies. The ending felt rushed. Kind of. I suppose I didn't think it was rushed until after I read the comics. Haha.

Anyways, I love both of them!

 

[Narag]

Snagged the first volume when it was the kindle daily deal the other day. I'd glanced at it previously and never really "got" it. Thoroughly enjoyed the first volume this time around though.

 

[dakkumauji]

Really enjoyed reading the series.

The movie was pretty good as well.

Had fun with the game too.

This does remind me I need to stop being lazy and put up the nice box I got for all the volumes already.

 

[Xzeon]

Really enjoyed reading the series.

The movie was pretty good as well.

Had fun with the game too.

This does remind me I need to stop being lazy and put up the nice box I got for all the volumes already.

oh i forgot, the SP videogame was also fucking amazing.

everything Scott Pilgrim is great.

 

[jett]

Comics are indeed awesome. Movie is shit.

 

[Router]

Movie had MEW in it so its passable. It needed more Stephen Stills, Young Neil and Vegan Cops.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I think Cera was the perfect Scott. The only reason the ending of the movie doesn't relate to the comics at all is because they had to reshoot the very end so that

Spoiler

Scott ends up with Ramona

and I think that was because they weren't allowed to read book 6 or something like that, maybe? Not sure.

of course this may be biased because this is my favorite movie ever.
(one of em)

If I remember right, book 6 wasn't done yet when they were writing the script. They only had notes from O'Malley about it. The filmmakers and O'Malley worked pretty close together on the script towards the polishing stage to the point that some of the lines they wrote for the movie ended up in book 5 and 6.

 

[Real Hero]

movie is better you dont need to turn pages

 

[sn00zer]

Amazing series. I read them all after seeing the movie(which I love). After reading the comics I think the movie should have been made in two movies. The ending felt rushed. Kind of. I suppose I didn't think it was rushed until after I read the comics. Haha.

Anyways, I love both of them!

Think about that really hard, because there is no way Scott Pilgrim would have made it to movie 2 if the box office had anything to say about it

 

[katkombat]

As a massive fan of the game, I'd really advise against buying the Wallace DLC. He's a lazy headswap of Stephen with a few unfinished/broken animations and rainbow-coloured hit effects, and the online mode is absolutely atrocious (it lags like crazy and I've never completed a session without it being dropped).

That said, everyone with even a passing interest in the comics and/or beat-em-ups should play the game, if only to experience Anamanaguchi's amazing soundtrack (Another Winter and Gideon Wrath are two of my iPod's most-played song).

Awwww man. Stephen's, like, my least favorite vanilla character. Sucks about the online too. And Rock Club all the way!

If I remember right, book 6 wasn't done yet when they were writing the script. They only had notes from O'Malley about it. The filmmakers and O'Malley worked pretty close together on the script towards the polishing stage to the point that some of the lines they wrote for the movie ended up in book 5 and 6.

Ahh, good to know! Thank you!

 

[gurudyne]

Think about that really hard, because there is no way Scott Pilgrim would have made it to movie 2 if the box office had anything to say about it

Coulda done a Kill Bill--make a four hour film and chop it in half, release its parts three months apart.

 

[Joe Prodigy]

Coulda done a Kill Bill--make a four hour film and chop it in half, release its parts three months apart.

I was thinking something like that.

 

[katkombat]

Coulda done a Kill Bill--make a four hour film and chop it in half, release its parts three months apart.

Coincidentally on TV right now.

I never knew Kill Bill Vol. 2 was released 3 months after... I knew they were filmed at the same time but still.

 

[RobotNinjaHornets]

Coulda done a Kill Bill--make a four hour film and chop it in half, release its parts three months apart.

Goddamn, can you imagine how expensive the post-production would've been? Jesus

 

[BuddyJoeHooker]

I wish [as] would have followed up on a series

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation

But yeah, everything SP was pretty great, you could also tell Bryan Lee O'Malley was improving his own art with each volume release.

 

[Oblivion]

It's one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long time. I literally can't remember the last movie where I actually wanted to see it again right after finishing it the first time.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

The movie may be Edgar Wright's masterpiece

The comic might be the best damn comic of it's respective decade

The video game...well, it looks pretty and has great chiptunes

So yeah, pretty cool across media boundaries

 

[Oblivion]

Best fight in the film imo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEAAAloaVNU

I especially loved how it was directed when Scott beats the stunt team. Was absolutely badass.

 

[Krev]

The sixth volume was a big disappointment to me because it contained no surprises. Just about all the major events happened exactly as I was expecting. I got the feeling O'Malley just wanted to be done with the series, so he put out a perfunctory final volume and that was it.
Too bad, because the books were getting better with each volume before that. It's amazing how much the art shifted from volume 1.

The movie may be Edgar Wright's masterpiece

I haven't seen The World's End yet, but it's not as good as Shaun or Hot Fuzz. Technically it's amazing and the action scenes are terrific, but the storytelling is outright bad in the second half.

 

[Router]

I wish [as] would have followed up on a series

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation

But yeah, everything SP was pretty great, you could also tell Bryan Lee O'Malley was improving his own art with each volume release.

I don't understand why MTV passed on doing this as a series. Could have easily drawn the same audience that Daria did.

 

[MattKeil]

I really liked the movie, but the comic has never done it for me. A bunch of forced references with a not-too-insightful relationship tale and incredibly inconsistent art. I thought seeing the references to geek culture in a multi-million dollar film made a much bigger impression than in a comic. It doesn't really blow my doors off to see a Zelda reference in a comic book...let's face it, a lot of the people who make comics are game nerds. But seeing such a thing in a major motion picture, now that was a novelty.

 

[Nappuccino]

The main thing the movie is missing is knive's dad. that sequence in the comic's is great.

Overall though, I prefer the movie. Something about the comic never quite sat right with me. I also had a hard time telling characters apart because of the overly simplified art style + hairstyle/clothing changes.

 

[sn00zer]

Coulda done a Kill Bill--make a four hour film and chop it in half, release its parts three months apart.

Kill Bill could do it because it was a Quentin Tarantino movie

 

[GG-Duo]

Bad movie, great comic series — loved the melancholy, unsure feeling that was missing in the film.

 

[MacGurcules]

I think Cera was the perfect Scott. The only reason the ending of the movie doesn't relate to the comics at all is because they had to reshoot the very end so that

Spoiler

Scott ends up with Ramona

and I think that was because they weren't allowed to read book 6 or something like that, maybe? Not sure.

of course this may be biased because this is my favorite movie ever.
(one of em)

If you ask me the movie would have been stronger if they left it the way it originally was. I was always of the opinion that, in the book, Scott should have

Spoiler

ended up with Kim Pine. Since Kim isn't as developed in the movie, Knives would have been a fine substitute.

 

[JaseMath]

I don't understand why MTV passed on doing this as a series. Could have easily drawn the same audience that Daria did.

Did MTV really pass on it? I thought it was a limited, 2 episode thing for Adult Swim. Regardless, I'd watch it for sure.