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I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that this movie will be even better than I Am Legend.
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That looks annoyingly funny. Putting this on my to-watch list.
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I'd heard of this but thought it was pretty much what the opening minute of the trailer made it look like it would be. I didn't realise there was also awesome.
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The premise on its own looks awful, but it might be palatable with enough CGI and laughs.
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Surlyboi
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I really want to see it, but it's still a Michael Cera movie and the only person I want to punch in the throat more than Michael Cera is Jonah Hill. Well, him and the entire cast of the Twilight movies, but I digress.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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LK
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Give this one a chance. If you won't, then read the manga at a book store. It's aimed at a younger crowd but the manga brings up a lot of video game stuff from the 80's, modern music... etc. It's for the MTV Generation but I never watched MTV and it's still fucking awesome.
It having Michael Cera is actually a perfect fit given the main character; in fact, him being involved is almost a non-factor given the strength of the original work.
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Slyfeind
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I'd heard of this but thought it was pretty much what the opening minute of the trailer made it look like it would be. I didn't realise there was also awesome.
Ditto. I was like, hm, teen romance comedy or something, all my friends are excited, might as well check out the trailer, oh how cute OH WAIT WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!!! |
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HaemishM
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It looks like a young teen version of No More Heroes with more awesome. |
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Edit by Trippy: oops I fucked up your post. Ooooooh, you bastages! I'm being repressed, I tell ya! What I think I put here was that I read the comic and it is all sorts of kick ass and that the supporting cast looks solid, But Michael fucking Cera.  |
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It looks awesome, but does Cera have to be in every damn movie made now? Wasn't Jesse Eisenberg available?
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Hollywood can only handle one geek at a time amongst the pretty people, so he gets overused. Much like it can only handle 3-5 Asians (only one of whom can be elderly) and three black guys. No, Morgan Freeman and Will Smith don't count.
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LK
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Works for stoners too.
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Yoru
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I'm a big Michael Cera fan, and this looks fucking awesome. I want.
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tazelbain
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This could go either way. If it can get past its gimmick, the movie could be pretty good. Kick Ass being a success. Repo Man being a failure.
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LK
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Kick Ass's gimmick was fully fleshed out with a cohesive ending. Repo Men was nothing but a gimmick that had the story it was based off of end at about halfway through the movie, with a lot of elements inserted to try and make it complete. Scott Pilgrim has had 5 of its 6 volumes released, with the 6th volume being done differently between the manga and the movie studio according to the creator. So, I'm thinking it will be 5/6th's as effective?
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I've never read the books, but I've always been interested in the goofy concept. This looks to be pretty fun, and in the very capable hands of Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz), who seems perfectly able to fit camp and awesome together.
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Slyfeind
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Kick Ass's gimmick was fully fleshed out with a cohesive ending. Repo Men was nothing but a gimmick that had the story it was based off of end at about halfway through the movie, with a lot of elements inserted to try and make it complete. Scott Pilgrim has had 5 of its 6 volumes released, with the 6th volume being done differently between the manga and the movie studio according to the creator. So, I'm thinking it will be 5/6th's as effective? Actually that's kinda encouraging to me, because I get the feeling the end of Scott Pilgrim the Manga is going to translate poorly to film. Just a feeling. |
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LK
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Likely. They cut some of the subplots that will probably see realization in the manga in order to fit into the timeframe of a movie. But it works for me because the final manga is coming out before the movie, so it'll be good to see what the differences are.
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If you are criticizing Repo Men, then have at it. If you are criticizing Repo Man, then shut your dirty whore mouth.
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Would you really call this a Manga? I glanced at the artwork and it doesn't really look Manga'ish. Also, you know, its not Japanese.
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sickrubik
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Would you really call this a Manga? I glanced at the artwork and it doesn't really look Manga'ish. Also, you know, its not Japanese.
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Surlyboi
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Still not fucking manga though.
And yes, I'm a snob, but no matter how much I may like it, GTO it fucking ain't.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Slyfeind
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I'd call it a digest, because it is in fact a digest.
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I'll buy that for a dollar.
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angry.bob
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Blargh, you guys beat me to it: not manga. Japanese inspired independent comic by Irishy Irishy O'Irishname guy.
Also, the only difference between Kick Ass and Repoman is twenty five years and a standard movie ending for their respective eras.
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The true test of "is it a manga?": are fat girls in Barnes and Noble reading the entire thing standing in front of the shelf?
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LK
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I just like the word manga to describe the style and format.
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Manga is a digest too! Just sayin.
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Coming from a Manga or Digest doesn't dilute the fact that the movie looks awesome.
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For a while there I was like, why is the fight with the twins a Battle of the Bands? They weren't even musicians in the comic. Then I came across the game's E3 footage.... http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-scott-pilgrim/101185"let's do a game that seems like it was made by japanese people who couldn't actually understand the scott pilgrim comics". -Bryan Lee O'Malley, on his .ning forum.  Fat Chun Li wearing a cape, with a Dragon Warrior slime on her head. |
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The art style of that looked EERILY fimiliar to something someone posted a while back (with freaky zombie babies exploding when the hero killed them)
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