The PS2 aesthetic for the box is cool. I loved the movie, played the game, but only read the first 2 tpbs of the comic which I did enjoy. Apparently these are supposed to have all new covers so if they look neat I’ll think about it
It's made to satisfy discourse on Twitter of people who never actually read the comic, just watched the movie. Instead of exploring the actual property, he uses the characters as paper dolls to show how he's totally not problematic. It was also a super lazy point to diverge from and lacks any emotional impact (why would she go off chasing a guy she literally just met who died).
>Why do anons hate being lied to so much?
One can only wonder
Keep coping
BLOM delivered a good product. He worked hard writing the scripts and all you incels can do is shit on my work. It's not about removing "problematic" elements, it's about retooling the property for new audiences.
In short, go frick yourself
Some people have wanted a proper Scott Pilgrim animation for a long time and thought that was what they were getting.
It doesn't really matter how good or bad Takes Off is (I think it's pretty weak and the new story structure isn't at all compelling), those people are going to start heavily biased against it.
I feel like there's simply no fricking way an animation or comic is going to come close to how incredibly well done the movie was. The video game references were better seen animated than static and cringe on paper and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aubrey Plaza are hot as all hell and Wallace was awesomely gay when their portrayals in the comic were kinda shit.
Like for fricks sake there is nothing visually redeeming about the original art style, don't fricking burden the animation with that dogshit especially when the art can't compete with the live action. Make the art at least try to excel beyond the live action.
>I feel like there's simply no fricking way an animation or comic is going to come close to how incredibly well done the movie was
The movie was highly experimental and it shows. Some of it works perfectly, a lot doesn't. It's also really dragged down by Cera's casting, and almost warped into a totally different story by virtue of the way he plays the character.
The style of Takes Off is fine, and there's obvious appeal to the original art and the Paul Robertson art. Animation is vastly better suited to the task than live action.
>dragged down by Cera's casting
I think you have a legitimate criticism there and I won't deny it. But I seriously didn't mind. Because Cera as a person didn't know how to mack and the director and Winstead actually had to teach him how to hit on girls and party and I feel like that coming out in the performance actually made Scott a more compelling and sympathetic character because he was not just a loser but a loser who had the excuse of still fumbling through life. Comic Scott is just a piece of shit.
>The style of Takes Off is fine
It's really not fine because there's nothing visually memorable about the characters with the exception of Ramona. And you need something about characters to "pop" out because first impressions matter not just for a dedicated audience but a new audience. The style of the comics should be condemned and excused as a limitation of the artist and should be corrected. I understand that Simpsons, Family Guy, and Rick and Morty have rather plain art styles, but there are strengths in those shows that carry those art styles and I am reluctant to use those as examples because they're shit television nowadays but they have/had more going for them that Scott Pilgrim doesn't have.
The video game references drove me up a wall. Everyone was going on about how this was the most gamer movie ever and the "gamerness" of it was just surface level references. Scott was barely a gamer himself but "LOL HE EXPLODE INTO COINS! CLASH AT DEMON HEAD! REMEMBER THAT!?" Between this and Ready Player One I'm convinced that gamers are so desperate for any kind of mainstream acknowledgment that they'll accept any kind of crap.
I totally understand being infuriated at VIDEO GAME REFERENCE but the Scott Pilgrim movie was quite possibly the only example where video game references didn't feel bad (and in the comic they felt bad). I felt like they felt great because they were simple and presented as a matter-a-fact way like Scott just being stoked the boyfriends dropped money. Like there wasn't some big stupid fanfare it was a fact of life that Scott had to fight the boyfriends and that was normal.
Ready Player One was infuriating because it was made by a guy who didn't understand video games. And for that matter BLOM doesn't fricking understand video games. And the movie felt as though it was made by someone who did, someone who understood if they went too wink-wink on that shit it would shatter your suspension of disbelief. The movie's world felt like a world where real people lived and not some endless stream of shitty unnecessary references like Ready Player One.
The year is 20XX. The Scott Pilgrim books are being re-released again with new editions. The "this panel was funnier in black-and-white" joke has been rewritten as "this panel was funnier the first time it was released in color." Plans are already in place for next year's collector's edition featuring 16-bit sprite versions of the characters for the covers. Brian Lee O'Malley still hasn't left his apartment.
nostalgia bait up the ass
I honestly wonder how much money BLOM has made off this series. I heard it didn't sell well until vol 3 but still
if it comes with lisa
It's over anon
They better have a copy of the game that isn’t some shitty steam key in there for me to even consider it. I have the books
For that much, Wallace better come to life out of the box and give me a bare bottom lapdance
You have to double dip and get the B&W version too.
>$250 for the same 6 books that got released dozens of times and a new cardboard box to put them in
If they hadn't screwed up the series, I would have seriously considered buying the box set.
You mean the animation?
It was good though
Ghostbusters 2016 tier.
NTA
I never would've imagined Scott Pilgrim being pushed so hard for nostalgia bait lmao
The PS2 aesthetic for the box is cool. I loved the movie, played the game, but only read the first 2 tpbs of the comic which I did enjoy. Apparently these are supposed to have all new covers so if they look neat I’ll think about it
Here's the new vol 1 cover
looks like they're going for a revamp of the original covers with some added stuff
>Color edition
Frick that shit
It really is the best case study for why western stuff instantly loses its appeal when you add color back in.
but it doesn't?
There's actually a B&W version coming out too
No, cause it ruined an entire generation of women.
Hispters imma right?
I might have if there were an animated version to bring back the nostalgia, but there isn't
Why do anons hate Takes Off so much?
It's made to satisfy discourse on Twitter of people who never actually read the comic, just watched the movie. Instead of exploring the actual property, he uses the characters as paper dolls to show how he's totally not problematic. It was also a super lazy point to diverge from and lacks any emotional impact (why would she go off chasing a guy she literally just met who died).
Keep coping
BLOM delivered a good product. He worked hard writing the scripts and all you incels can do is shit on my work. It's not about removing "problematic" elements, it's about retooling the property for new audiences.
In short, go frick yourself
>my
Don't you have a tiny list of nepotistic credits to suck, Grabenstein?
Hey Bryan
>Why do anons hate being lied to so much?
One can only wonder
Some people have wanted a proper Scott Pilgrim animation for a long time and thought that was what they were getting.
It doesn't really matter how good or bad Takes Off is (I think it's pretty weak and the new story structure isn't at all compelling), those people are going to start heavily biased against it.
I feel like there's simply no fricking way an animation or comic is going to come close to how incredibly well done the movie was. The video game references were better seen animated than static and cringe on paper and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aubrey Plaza are hot as all hell and Wallace was awesomely gay when their portrayals in the comic were kinda shit.
Like for fricks sake there is nothing visually redeeming about the original art style, don't fricking burden the animation with that dogshit especially when the art can't compete with the live action. Make the art at least try to excel beyond the live action.
>I feel like there's simply no fricking way an animation or comic is going to come close to how incredibly well done the movie was
The movie was highly experimental and it shows. Some of it works perfectly, a lot doesn't. It's also really dragged down by Cera's casting, and almost warped into a totally different story by virtue of the way he plays the character.
The style of Takes Off is fine, and there's obvious appeal to the original art and the Paul Robertson art. Animation is vastly better suited to the task than live action.
>dragged down by Cera's casting
I think you have a legitimate criticism there and I won't deny it. But I seriously didn't mind. Because Cera as a person didn't know how to mack and the director and Winstead actually had to teach him how to hit on girls and party and I feel like that coming out in the performance actually made Scott a more compelling and sympathetic character because he was not just a loser but a loser who had the excuse of still fumbling through life. Comic Scott is just a piece of shit.
>The style of Takes Off is fine
It's really not fine because there's nothing visually memorable about the characters with the exception of Ramona. And you need something about characters to "pop" out because first impressions matter not just for a dedicated audience but a new audience. The style of the comics should be condemned and excused as a limitation of the artist and should be corrected. I understand that Simpsons, Family Guy, and Rick and Morty have rather plain art styles, but there are strengths in those shows that carry those art styles and I am reluctant to use those as examples because they're shit television nowadays but they have/had more going for them that Scott Pilgrim doesn't have.
BLOM also can't even draw his characters consistently
Not even talking about years between, his drawings even a month apart can't stay on model
The video game references drove me up a wall. Everyone was going on about how this was the most gamer movie ever and the "gamerness" of it was just surface level references. Scott was barely a gamer himself but "LOL HE EXPLODE INTO COINS! CLASH AT DEMON HEAD! REMEMBER THAT!?" Between this and Ready Player One I'm convinced that gamers are so desperate for any kind of mainstream acknowledgment that they'll accept any kind of crap.
I totally understand being infuriated at VIDEO GAME REFERENCE but the Scott Pilgrim movie was quite possibly the only example where video game references didn't feel bad (and in the comic they felt bad). I felt like they felt great because they were simple and presented as a matter-a-fact way like Scott just being stoked the boyfriends dropped money. Like there wasn't some big stupid fanfare it was a fact of life that Scott had to fight the boyfriends and that was normal.
Ready Player One was infuriating because it was made by a guy who didn't understand video games. And for that matter BLOM doesn't fricking understand video games. And the movie felt as though it was made by someone who did, someone who understood if they went too wink-wink on that shit it would shatter your suspension of disbelief. The movie's world felt like a world where real people lived and not some endless stream of shitty unnecessary references like Ready Player One.
The year is 20XX. The Scott Pilgrim books are being re-released again with new editions. The "this panel was funnier in black-and-white" joke has been rewritten as "this panel was funnier the first time it was released in color." Plans are already in place for next year's collector's edition featuring 16-bit sprite versions of the characters for the covers. Brian Lee O'Malley still hasn't left his apartment.