IT'S FINALLY HERE, SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 6

[demi]

This is no diff from his hate for FF13. FF13 just isnt cool now, but FF8 is woamg awesome apparently. Whats the difference? :shrug:

[Himu]

Here's FF13 in a nutshell:



Except there's no doors

[Himu]

Synthesizer Patel, one of the biggest Scott Pilgrim apologists on the planet, says this volume sucks and he will not be defending Himumu.

He's not going to defend me? Defend me from what? I think it sucks, he thinks it sucks, none of the other Scott Pilgrim fans have read it yet, and this thread is full of anti-Scott Pilgrim trolling and since *I* think it sucks I don't really care about the trolling.

I liked it.

How and why? I thought the first half was solid. The whole CASUAL SEX thing was cute and funny. And then...well...

[The Fake Shemp]

Himuro wants you to tell everyone why it was good so he can like it again, because he is something of a pussy.

[Ichirou]

I think it's hilarious at how hyped Himu was on the first post, then got universally ridiculed by everyone on the 'Bore and had to back down from his own personal opinion.

smh himu, you know you loved Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

Oh shut the fuck up with your conspiracies. The volume sucked, the ending sucked, the best thing about it was the delicious art. I said the same shit  at that other place.

Not a conspiracy, you got beat down until you denied what your heart knew to be true.  You poor bastard.

[Ichirou]

Uh huh. Sounds like once people weren't hopping on your bandwagon, you threw it underneath the bus. Glad to know your opinions are based on other people's reactions.

Willco fucking nails it.

[Mr. Gundam]

Synthesizer Patel, one of the biggest Scott Pilgrim apologists on the planet, says this volume sucks and he will not be defending Himumu.

He's not going to defend me? Defend me from what? I think it sucks, he thinks it sucks, none of the other Scott Pilgrim fans have read it yet, and this thread is full of anti-Scott Pilgrim trolling and since *I* think it sucks I don't really care about the trolling.

I liked it.

How and why? I thought the first half was solid. The whole CASUAL SEX thing was cute and funny. And then...well...

None of us ever plan on reading it. Go ahead and spoil away.

[Himu]

Wrath, what'd you like about it? I thought the whole second half was random and silly, though it had its moments. I like a few quotes.

This is the best part of the second half of the book:



I want to use that line.

[Ichirou]

Himu's already starting to post scans of the book he supposedly disliked so much.

Willco and I were right.

[Himu]

Uh huh. Sounds like once people weren't hopping on your bandwagon, you threw it underneath the bus. Glad to know your opinions are based on other people's reactions.

Willco fucking nails it.

Get out of the thread so we can discuss it. It's obvious from my early posts in the thread I hadn't even started to read it yet. Why does everything have to be drama with you? Willco too!

[Ichirou]

Uh huh. Sounds like once people weren't hopping on your bandwagon, you threw it underneath the bus. Glad to know your opinions are based on other people's reactions.

Willco fucking nails it.

Get out of the thread so we can discuss it. It's obvious from my early posts in the thread I hadn't even started to read it yet. Why does everything have to be drama with you? Willco too!

Why would you want to discuss something you say sucks and is awful?  Better to just wipe your ass with it and go play some more FFXIII.

[Himu]

Synthesizer Patel, one of the biggest Scott Pilgrim apologists on the planet, says this volume sucks and he will not be defending Himumu.

He's not going to defend me? Defend me from what? I think it sucks, he thinks it sucks, none of the other Scott Pilgrim fans have read it yet, and this thread is full of anti-Scott Pilgrim trolling and since *I* think it sucks I don't really care about the trolling.

I liked it.

How and why? I thought the first half was solid. The whole CASUAL SEX thing was cute and funny. And then...well...

None of us ever plan on reading it. Go ahead and spoil away.

The problem with the second half is that everything is deus ex machina mixed with cheesy writing. Past volumes aren't Watchmen-quality, but they have a certain charm. They're cheesy, but they're fun cheesy, kinda like a crappy c-budget horror movie. It knows its faults, and it didn't take itself seriously. Like fighting a vegan guy who has super vegan powers. It was quirky without being cringe-worthy.

But in this volume, the author finally takes various aspects that didn't make the past volumes great (the crappy romance sub-plot, for one) and makes it the main focus. I expected this, and expressed my wariness on countless occasions but my predictions came true. It wasn't just nerd humor, it was now nerd humor with a romance story that was flat out distinguished mentally-challenged.

But I think the biggest problem I have with the book, and the ending in general, is the development of the main character. He starts out as a depressed guy whose heart is broken, and it's funny because he's distinguished mentally-challenged and just wants casual sex, but eventually he just turns back into the same person he was before. Scott Pilgrim infuses nerd humor so much I think, because it's a story about growing up. It's about this 24 year old loser whose life is going nowhere, the romance sub-plot never really was the reason I remotely liked the story. In the end, Scott is still the same. He hasn't really "grown up" despite the fact that everyone around him has, and the ending lacks any sense of fulfillment. He got the girl, but who cares? He's still working in a burger joint and playing in a shitty band.

[Himu]

How and why? I thought the first half was solid. The whole CASUAL SEX thing was cute and funny. And then...well...

I didn't like it as much as the other volumes, but that's because I read those back to back. And it was kind of predictable once you've gone through 50 pages but it still was executed well, anyone expecting a grand ending with amazing fan service were never going to get it anyway. Every character got closure except for those who didn't need it.

It was pretty funny all around and had some shock turns(Stills being gay), casual sex will be a term used many times in my social circle. Scott got with Ramona like we all knew was going to happen, and the writing and art was still good.

You're a team kim guy, aren't you?

I'm a Team Scott person.

I was fine with the secondary cast. Stills being gay was lol and random. Knives, I don't fucking know, did she go to college or what? It seemed like in the final pages she still had a thing for Scott which made no sense. But honestly, I really liked the development of all the secondary characters: Envy, Knives, and especially Kim. But Scott himself doesn't receive such development.

Also, Gideon sucked as a villain.

Uh huh. Sounds like once people weren't hopping on your bandwagon, you threw it underneath the bus. Glad to know your opinions are based on other people's reactions.

Willco fucking nails it.

Get out of the thread so we can discuss it. It's obvious from my early posts in the thread I hadn't even started to read it yet. Why does everything have to be drama with you? Willco too!

Why would you want to discuss something you say sucks and is awful?  Better to just wipe your ass with it and go play some more FFXIII.

Because discussion is great. That's the whole point of a thread.

[Ichirou]

You suck as a villain.

[Purple Filth]

Epic face to heel turn by the OP ITT 

Is the ending up on wikipedia?

[Himu]

Young Neil is the best thing about vol 6 btw




Going through the .cbz to find the good pages that are just social interactions between the characters and finding the bad pages (ANYTHING TO DO WITH SCOTT AND RAMONA) is really an eye opener.

What the FUCK was that Nega-Scott shit?

[Himu]

Epic face to heel turn by the OP ITT 

Is the ending up on wikipedia?

Why do people keep saying this when it's obvious I hadn't read the volume in the first post? 

I'm a Team Scott person.

I was fine with the secondary cast. Stills being gay was lol and random. Knives, I don't fucking know, did she go to college or what? It seemed like in the final pages she still had a thing for Scott which made no sense. But honestly, I really liked the development of all the secondary characters: Envy, Knives, and especially Kim. But Scott himself doesn't receive such development.

Also, Gideon sucked as a villain.

Gideon did suck, and the only complaint that really bugs me was that this volume felt like a long ending, but its a minor one.

And Scott doesn't have to change.

Why doesn't Scott have to change? Isn't the main theme of Scott Pilgrim growing up? Scott is the least mature person in the whole story. I'm not expecting him to stop being a doofus, but at least grow past the whole HAHA I WORK IN A BURGER JOINT AND PLAY FOR A SHITTY BAND BUT I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE thing.

[Purple Filth]

Epic face to heel turn by the OP ITT 

Is the ending up on wikipedia?

Why do people keep saying this when it's obvious I hadn't read the volume in the first post? 

I guess it was your defending/hyping of scott pilgrim earlier in the thread + your one of the known fans on this board.

Was funny to see

[Himu]

No, it was people discrediting Scott Pilgrim, and me defending it, like usual. I hadn't read the volume yet though.

[Ichirou]

I looked up Scott Pilgrim on Wikipedia.  wtf, Himu?  This sounds like complete hipster shit.

[Himu]

Like I told Distant, it sounds distinguished mentally-challenged and in fact, I had the same reservations before I read it too. But then you pick up the first volume and end up reading it one sitting, and then you can't say shit. It's one of those things that sounds stupid on paper, but somehow it WORKS.

[Himu]

Then why place such a huge emphasis on growing up, especially in the early parts of the volume? Because in the end, Scott didn't really grow up.

[Ichirou]

Like I told Distant, it sounds distinguished mentally-challenged and in fact, I had the same reservations before I read it too. But then you pick up the first volume and end up reading it one sitting, and then you can't say shit. It's one of those things that sounds stupid on paper, but somehow it WORKS.

You're black, Himu.  You should be reading shit like Black Panther and Luke Cage, Power Man, not this.

[Himu]

Like I told Distant, it sounds distinguished mentally-challenged and in fact, I had the same reservations before I read it too. But then you pick up the first volume and end up reading it one sitting, and then you can't say shit. It's one of those things that sounds stupid on paper, but somehow it WORKS.

You're black, Himu.  You should be reading shit like Black Panther and Luke Cage, Power Man, not this.

Superheroes are boring.

I'd rather read indie stuff.

The only superhero comic I read is X-Factor.

[Ichirou]

Himuro, trying to disprove the notion that black people can't be hipsters.

[Eric P]

oookay spoilers itt

time to read it before i come back

page 8, scott has a psp go

time for this book to go

[Himu]

I hope you weren't spoiled, Eric!

[demi]

> he cares about being spoiled in a shitty book

[Joe Molotov]

I looked up Scott Pilgrim on Wikipedia.  wtf, Himu?  This sounds like complete hipster shit.

Me too, and let's see:

- It's Canadian 
- Black & White "indie" comic 
- A 23-year-old slacker living in Toronto with his sarcastic gay roommate Wallace Wells. 
- He is dating a Chinese-Canadian high-schooler. 
- This is just in the first paragraph about the series. 

[TakingBackSunday]

that's pretty much entirely the point.

[Eric P]

Loved it.  H8rz tarded.

[The Fake Shemp]

Patel > Eric P

The long dispute settled at last.

[Ichirou]

Loved it.  H8rz tarded.

Including Himu-chan?

[Eric P]

It wraps in satisfactory manner that cheats none of the characters nor the story itself.

[Ichirou]

It wraps in satisfactory manner that cheats none of the characters nor the story itself.

Himuro annihilated.

[Himu]

It wraps in satisfactory manner that cheats none of the characters nor the story itself.

Except Scott himself

[Eric P]

Dunno what's up w patel

[Himu]

I don't see how you can say you have superior taste when we BOTH like Scott Pilgrim!

It makes us both hipster douches!

[Ichirou]

Who wants to bet Himuro re-reads Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour and decides he likes it after all?

[Himu]

It sucked.

Can't wait for movie.

[Himu]

But we don't backtrack when people ridicule us for it

Where did I say I liked it?

In the first post?



Ban bet: it is now your job to find where in this thread where I said I liked it. If you cannot submit enough proof before the day is over, you take a one week ban. If you do, I take a one week ban.

[Himu]

puttytat

[Ichirou]

The Arabian Father_Mike wins this round, Himu.

[Eric P]

It wraps in satisfactory manner that cheats none of the characters nor the story itself.

Except Scott himself

scott both got what he deserved and totally lucked out

it's fine.

[Eric P]

The problem with the second half is that everything is deus ex machina mixed with cheesy writing.

it's all cheesy writing but the charm is still there.  i honestly don't know what you people were expecting.

They're cheesy, but they're fun cheesy, kinda like a crappy c-budget horror movie. It knows its faults, and it didn't take itself seriously.

re-read what happens in the ramona arcs and re-read volume 5 twice.  it has been maturing the characters across the series. 

But in this volume, the author finally takes various aspects that didn't make the past volumes great (the crappy romance sub-plot, for one) and makes it the main focus.

I would say the romance aspect is not a sub-plot but an actual plot.  Why is Scott fighting the evil-exes? 

But I think the biggest problem I have with the book, and the ending in general, is the development of the main character. He starts out as a depressed guy whose heart is broken, and it's funny because he's distinguished mentally-challenged and just wants casual sex, but eventually he just turns back into the same person he was before. Scott Pilgrim infuses nerd humor so much I think, because it's a story about growing up. It's about this 24 year old loser whose life is going nowhere, the romance sub-plot never really was the reason I remotely liked the story. In the end, Scott is still the same. He hasn't really "grown up" despite the fact that everyone around him has, and the ending lacks any sense of fulfillment. He got the girl, but who cares? He's still working in a burger joint and playing in a shitty band.

this is the point of the series.  what did you expect to happen?  Scott to become a rock star? get a real job? become a well adjusted human being?

edit: movie gideon is absolutely a better character than book gideon.

[Himu]

Its obvious you started hating it when people made fun of you, I have nothing to prove Himu-chan.

I hadn't read it yet!  People have made fun of Scott Pilgrim countless times on this forum. i don't give a shit. Whenever I like something, people know. I hadn't given an impression until a few posts when I actually started to read it. If I had read it, I would have made an impression, kinda like how I always do. But blahblah, this is more EB distinguished mentally-challenged ganging up on people. This place sucks.

[Himu]

this is the point of the series.  what did you expect to happen?  Scott to become a rock star? get a real job? become a well adjusted human being?

I don't know. For Scott to kinda grow up beyond the nerd shit that also brought him down to a lower level (dating a 16-17 year old at one point, the whole depression thing at the beginning of volume 6). I guess you could say getting a job at a burger joint with Stills and getting out of his depression was Scott's idea of "growing up" but I think that's a cop out.

edit: movie gideon is absolutely a better character than book gideon.

That sounds good. Book Gideon wasn't too hot to me. He was hyped a lot but he ended up being disappointing.

[Eric P]

book gideon was a waste

as i was saying to patel, gideon would have been a better foil if he had been scott with his shit together, not this creepy guy we got

[Trent Dole]

This looks gay. And not in a good way.

[T-Short]

But blahblah, this is more EB distinguished mentally-challenged ganging up on people. This place sucks.

 

Trolling is awesome, as long as I'm not the one being trolled.

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[Great Rumbler]

But blahblah, this is more EB distinguished mentally-challenged ganging up on people. This place sucks.

 

Trolling is awesome, as long as I'm not the one being trolled.

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[The Fake Shemp]

Himuro annihilated by Hyoushi, the ultimate putdown.