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[Dishwalla]

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

The song is in the movie, but it's screwed up(perhaps intentionally, idk). The line "that doesn't even rhyme" doesn't make sense in the movie, where in the comic it does.

books are fucking awesome.

movie is fucking awesome.

Scott Pilgrim is fucking awesome.

Also this. I can't say which one I like best, because I like all of them about the same. I've read the books dozens of times, watched the movie dozens of times, and played the game dozens of times.

 

[big ander]

Love the movie a lot but the comics are really special. Genuinely think they said a ton of smart things about how we relate through media and how we perceive people through our own filters. I should reread them.

BLOM's Seconds, a one-off, is coming out next year. A lot of the art looks really cool.

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

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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)

about 90% sure that's not what happened, really. they did shoot the

Spoiler

Scott and Knives

ending and had it attached to the movie for a long time but if I remember blom interviews and the commentary correctly, Bryan had discussed where the series would go in general with Wright and Bacall a ton. and it wasn't that they weren't allowed to read book 6, it was that book 6 literally wasn't finished. So as blom finished up Finest Hour, he would check in on the movie. in the end he and Wright and Bacall all felt the current ending was better.

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

I mean that's still just making two movies, in the eyes of the studio. which they sure as hell wouldn't have approved (and smartly so, look how badly the film did)

 

[jon bones]

well aren't i just a big idiot

 

[120v]

i haven't read the comics, and i don't want to bump an old thread about the movie, but i thought it was established Knives was out of the picture and with whats-his-name. i thought it was weird how they tacked her onto the ending... i mean i guess we needed closure about how Knives was "cheated on" but i thought it was weird it made a big deal of scott ending up with ramona instead of her. i understand that kind of stuff is what you have to deal with in condensed adaptations, but that was a big complaint i had. i otherwise really enjoyed it

 

[big ander]

i haven't read the comics, and i don't want to bump an old thread about the movie, but i thought it was established Knives was out of the picture and with whats-his-name. i thought it was weird how they tacked her onto the ending... i mean i guess we needed closure about how Knives was "cheated on" but i thought it was weird it made a big deal of scott ending up with ramona instead of her. i understand that kind of stuff is what you have to deal with in condensed adaptations, but that was a big complaint i had. i otherwise really enjoyed it

Knives was never really with Young Neil, she just did that to stay close to scott. neither she nor scott were really over it all until the ending

 

[demosthenes]

books are fucking awesome.

movie is fucking awesome.

Scott Pilgrim is fucking awesome.

You forgot that the video game is also fucking awesome.

 

[1upmuffin]

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

I enjoyed the movie and the books. The style of the film was great and matched the books well.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

The movie and the books are both excellent. There's no reason to compare them, unless you're the sort of person who only cares about the source material regardless of the quality of other content. The movie was its own beast, but that is OK. The movie doesn't suddenly make the books less valuable, etc. They are two interpretations of the same story, and I am glad they both exist.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

You forgot that the video game is also fucking awesome.

This is so true. Scott Pilgrim is a rare example of all mediums working together and being excellent.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Loved the movie when I saw it in theaters. Always wanted to read the comics, but I really don't buy comics very often, thread inspired me to search for the comics on Amazon.

$44 for the entire comic collection, worth it?

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Loved the movie when I saw it in theaters. Always wanted to read the comics, but I really don't buy comics very often, thread inspired me to search for the comics on Amazon.

$44 for the entire comic collection, worth it?

Yes. It comes in a very nice box, and the books themselves are excellent.