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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on March 31, 2009, 09:40:04 PM

Title: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Himu on March 31, 2009, 09:40:04 PM: I thought the premise sounded lame but I've been reading the books and dammit I like this.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Rman on March 31, 2009, 09:42:50 PM: You mean this guy?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2559085629_f74cfb9b45.jpg)

But seriously, I do have some of his stuff. Haven't gotten to read it.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 31, 2009, 09:45:49 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 31, 2009, 09:40:34 PM
Patel certainly hasn't.

I only CREATED an RSS feed to track Edgar Wright's MySpace blog two months ago so I wouldn't miss a single one of his daily photo updates!

Though principal photography started yesterday and updates have shifted to http://edgarwrighthere.com/
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Eric P on March 31, 2009, 09:50:08 PM: Quote from: Rman on March 31, 2009, 09:42:50 PM
You mean this guy?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2559085629_f74cfb9b45.jpg)

But seriously, I do have some of his stuff. Haven't gotten to read it.

god i hate the way he dresses
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 31, 2009, 09:51:04 PM: Quote from: Eric P on March 31, 2009, 09:50:08 PM
god i hate the way he dresses

yeah, I try not to think of that photo whenever possible :(
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Himu on March 31, 2009, 09:52:53 PM: Quote from: Rman on March 31, 2009, 09:42:50 PM
You mean this guy?

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2559085629_f74cfb9b45.jpg)

:lol

Reading Scott Pilgrim, which is full of stylish characters and stuff, this is funny. I mean, really.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Greatness Gone on March 31, 2009, 10:07:34 PM: I don't get it...? He dresses like I do.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Himu on March 31, 2009, 10:12:06 PM: cigarillo
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 31, 2009, 10:14:42 PM: Just finished vol 5. It's mad nerd homo but somehow compelling nonetheless

Less relationship angst and nes worship would elevate it profoundly
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Eric P on March 31, 2009, 10:18:23 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on March 31, 2009, 10:14:42 PM
Just finished vol 5. It's mad nerd homo but somehow compelling nonetheless

Less relationship angst and nes worship would elevate it profoundly

the past two have been better than the first three. i hope the final one is as good.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 31, 2009, 10:23:39 PM: I dunno, the last one really bored me. I just don't care about the scott/ramona thing. Give me more wacky! Give me more meta-gags! Give me more drunken rage!
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 31, 2009, 10:24:06 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on March 31, 2009, 10:14:42 PM
Just finished vol 5. It's mad nerd homo but somehow compelling nonetheless

Less relationship angst and nes worship would elevate it profoundly

I kind of expect/hope that Edgar Wright will find the good core of what makes the series work and distill it down to the compelling elements.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 31, 2009, 10:50:01 PM: Scott: do you love me
Ramona: yes and no
Ramona: did you cheat on me
Scott: yes and no
Ramona: ...
Scott: ...
(Rinse, repeat)

Look, someone got nerd metahumor in my copy of blankets
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Eric P on March 31, 2009, 10:57:26 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on March 31, 2009, 10:50:01 PM

Look, someone got nerd metahumor in my copy of blankets

how dare you mention that book
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 31, 2009, 11:02:38 PM: Blankets. :yuck

Never could get into Blankets. When it came to autobiographical tales, I always preferred Brubaker's A Complete Lowlife. (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Lowlife-Ed-Brubaker/dp/1891830201/ref=sr_1_51?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238551319&sr=1-51)
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Solo on March 31, 2009, 11:04:00 PM: Chiggers? Is that some mixed breed racism?
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on March 31, 2009, 11:09:34 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on March 31, 2009, 10:24:06 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on March 31, 2009, 10:14:42 PM
Just finished vol 5. It's mad nerd homo but somehow compelling nonetheless

Less relationship angst and nes worship would elevate it profoundly

I kind of expect/hope that Edgar Wright will find the good core of what makes the series work and distill it down to the compelling elements.

the comic timing and panel flow is impeccable, and the jokes are USUALLY tongue-in-cheek enough to work even for non-nerds despite the endless videogame/animu references, plus it really DOES capture the nostalgia for college life as a self-aware dork. it really only fails when exploring the scott/ramona relationship -- the tonal shift is so amazingly awful and amateurish, in that OH GOD I R SERIOUS COMIC ARTIST TIME TO GET SERIOUS way. it probably has the best supporting cast in any recent comic i've read, though. it just needs to stay away from interpersonal melodrama beyond what's needed to set up its gags.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 31, 2009, 11:11:49 PM: I think the movie obviously needs Nick Frost as the titular character, and Simon Pegg as Ramona.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Tucah on April 01, 2009, 12:39:39 AM: I just recently went through the series in a span of like three days. Really, really enjoyed it - it's genuinely funny stuff and the premise and characters are a lot of fun. I can't wait for the last volume or the movie.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: cool breeze on April 01, 2009, 12:56:15 AM: it's alright

the movie has alright casting outside of Michael Cera as Scott
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: demi on April 01, 2009, 06:46:07 AM: Quote from: Willco on March 31, 2009, 11:11:49 PM
I think the movie obviously needs Nick Frost as the titular character, and Simon Pegg as Ramona.

wow maybe i will pretend to care for this series too! GENIUS
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 01, 2009, 01:00:21 PM: Quote from: demi on April 01, 2009, 06:46:07 AM
Quote from: Willco on March 31, 2009, 11:11:49 PM
I think the movie obviously needs Nick Frost as the titular character, and Simon Pegg as Ramona.

wow maybe i will pretend to care for this series too! GENIUS

actually Frost and Pegg are strongly rumored to be cast as

spoiler (click to show/hide)
the Vegan Police
[close]
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: GilloD on April 01, 2009, 01:29:09 PM: Scott Pilgrim RULES. So good. Last book was sad :(
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2009, 06:43:17 AM: Scott Pilgrim would be better if they kept the romance stuff at minimum and played on the nerd jokes more.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Eric P on April 02, 2009, 11:39:40 AM: Quote from: Himuro on April 02, 2009, 06:43:17 AM
Scott Pilgrim would be better if they kept the romance stuff at minimum and played on the nerd jokes more.

if that's what you want check out Sidescrollers also from Oni press
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: Himu on April 02, 2009, 01:51:26 PM: volume 4 is the best volume because it has the best balance of nerd shit and romance

volumes 2 and 3 made me throw up, but had awesome moments sprinkled here and there.

Scott pulling out a sword from his chest is fucking awesome adljadf;
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: clothedmacuser on April 03, 2009, 05:43:03 AM: I've avoided it for years because it's a relationship comic. I will continue avoiding it because every review of it builds upon that while praising it.

I don't care about other people's relationships no matter how endearing or cute. This is why I like Seinfeld and not Friends.
Title: Re: Anyone here read Scott Pilgrim?
Post by: demi on April 03, 2009, 05:46:00 AM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 01, 2009, 01:00:21 PM
Quote from: demi on April 01, 2009, 06:46:07 AM
Quote from: Willco on March 31, 2009, 11:11:49 PM
I think the movie obviously needs Nick Frost as the titular character, and Simon Pegg as Ramona.

wow maybe i will pretend to care for this series too! GENIUS

actually Frost and Pegg are strongly rumored to be cast as

spoiler (click to show/hide)
the Vegan Police
[close]

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