Scott Pilgrim vs.... The Expendables?
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Acemace,
Posted on: 2010-08-05 22:01 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Expendables for me. At first I was like WTF with Scott Pilgram but it's starting to grow on me. In general for me action movies with big explosions are big screen and comedies are dvd/netflix/on demand.
competely off topic, love the avatar PainfulVirus.
Scott Pilgrim for me.
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Hey that was crucial to the plot. It was necessary to create a pointless sacrifice scenario that could have easily been averted by NOT putting the minigun on the asteroid rover.
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Originally Posted by QuietAmerican
Another weird Michael Bay moment:
Mini gun attached to asteroid rover in Arrmageddon. Why? Why did it have a minigun? Why? Oh it was a Bay movie. |
People keep going on about Expendables because "They are MEN." I'm choosing Scott Pilgrim because "I am AWESOME". 'Course, my girlfriend just confided in me her extreme love of Julia Roberts, so not really sure. Maybe Eat Pray Love is going to get a whirl. O.o
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Oh you poor, neutered *******! I will pray for you...|
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
People keep going on about Expendables because "They are MEN." I'm choosing Scott Pilgrim because "I am AWESOME". 'Course, my girlfriend just confided in me her extreme love of Julia Roberts, so not really sure. Maybe Eat Pray Love is going to get a whirl. O.o
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The last guy to call me a nerd got punched in the face.|
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You are a nerd.
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Unfortunately, that jerk was ME. Hence my stunning good looks with a mashed in face...
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Also, where the The Expendables video game?
The Scott Pilgrim game is awesome.
Thanks for eight fun years, Paragon.
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If you were awesome, you'd be seeing both. >(|
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
People keep going on about Expendables because "They are MEN." I'm choosing Scott Pilgrim because "I am AWESOME".
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| 'Course, my girlfriend just confided in me her extreme love of Julia Roberts, so not really sure. Maybe Eat Pray Love is going to get a whirl. O.o |
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Though I'm on Team Pilgrim, full disclosure requires that I tell you The Expendables has had a free reskin of Contra on Face book for several weeks now.
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Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
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Oh.
Well ****!
At least this is totally new.
Thanks for eight fun years, Paragon.
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I've been playing River City Ransom all week waiting for this to come out.
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Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
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Expendables all the way. Can't stand Michael Cera.
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Cera is an annoying twit, but Scott Pilgrim looks a little -too- hipster stylized for me, never mind the whole it's-a-chick-flick-in-action-movie clothing thing the trailers scream at the top of their lungs. Did I mention I don't like Cera?
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Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
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As for your Michael Cera concerns... He was great in Arrested Development. He has seemed similar in every role since, but he hasn't been given much flexibility. This movie will allow him to stretch his legs and show if he can do something out of his ordinary wheelhouse. The character Scott Pilgrim is an overactive, ADD-addled 23-year old (who, on his 24th birthday proclaims that he "will be the best 24-year old... Ever!"). Michael Cera is generally pretty much the opposite; hopefully he adapts and grows into the role. |
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
That's right. And most games and movies are for women, 'cause dudes gotta fight bad dudes to get to a chick they have feelings for.
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Throw in as many geek culture reference as you want, Michael Cera still won't qualify as a "dude" or anything even close.
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Originally Posted by Tenryuu
That's right. And most games and movies are for women, 'cause dudes gotta fight bad dudes to get to a chick they have feelings for.
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Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
*boggles at the people calling Scott Pilgrim a hipster movie*
I don't think you know what that word means.
Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!
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It's geek chic, which is all the rage in Hollywood these days.
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Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
*boggles at the people calling Scott Pilgrim a hipster movie*
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Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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My fiance would go watch SP herslef if I tried t take her to Eat, Pray, Love.|
Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
People keep going on about Expendables because "They are MEN." I'm choosing Scott Pilgrim because "I am AWESOME". 'Course, my girlfriend just confided in me her extreme love of Julia Roberts, so not really sure. Maybe Eat Pray Love is going to get a whirl. O.o
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Then make fun of me for my movie choice lol.
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Pearl Harbor, and Asteroid, were both chick flicks, not action movies, much as Titanic was. If you watched those by choice...|
Originally Posted by QuietAmerican
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Pearl Harbor was not about Explosions and Hyperviolence. In real life, yes, there were Explosions and Hyperviolence, but this was not what the event is about. However, Mr. Bay seems to belive so. There was no glory to be shot when the Arizona went down, yet Mr. Bay found exploitable glory shots. Another weird Michael Bay moment: Mini gun attached to asteroid rover in Arrmageddon. Why? Why did it have a minigun? Why? Oh it was a Bay movie. That guy just sucks. |
Well, I have to admit I watched Asteroid. My date wanted to see it. As for Titanic and Pearl Harbor, no way in hell.
Well, I was excited for the Expendables, but all the trailers just make it look like a played straight action flick that just happens to have an all-star cast, instead of the explosive action parody that's 2.5 hours of self referential comedy towards the past-action stars roles.
But that may be just because the trailers dont really say anything other than "THIS IS AN ACTION MOVIE, AND THESE GUYS ARE IN IT"
Scott Pilgrim likes to rock and punch vegans. Has Sly ever punched a vegan? Probably, but you don't have proof.
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Wait. What in the world led you to believe that The Expendables was a self referential action parody? Everything I've ever seen about it had it solidly billed as an 80s styled wall-to-wall action film.
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Originally Posted by Vyver
Well, I was excited for the Expendables, but all the trailers just make it look like a played straight action flick that just happens to have an all-star cast, instead of the explosive action parody that's 2.5 hours of self referential comedy towards the past-action stars roles.
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If you have to question why seeing The Expendables will make you 2000% more Manly, you will probably never TRULY understand the answer anyhow.
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Putting aside that I've been told that the comic/graphic novel is filled with horrible art, even if I read and liked the graphic novel casting a loathsome person in a "loveable" role is Epic Failure.|
Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
Let's try:
It's based off of a hilarious 6-part graphic novel filled with video game and comic book references (try this one out) in which the titular character, Scott Pilgrim, the lovable loser, contends against ninjas, action movie stars and lesbian lovers in an effort to win the love and respect of his new girlfriend. |
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| He has the help of his gay roommate Wallace Well, who anytime he is mentioned is referred to as "gay roommate Wallace Wells." He levels up in video game fashion and attains new abilities. |
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| The movie is directed by Edgar Wright, director and writer of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two movies that were never short on the action, if that is really all your worried about. |
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| Mostly, the reason to watch Scott Pilgrim is because it's directed exactly at us. We're their audience. The humor hits me right in the sweet spot, and everyone that I have recommended the book to also loved it. |
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| As for your Michael Cera concerns... He was great in Arrested Development. |
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
You ladies and effeminate 20-something boys can go watch the crappy hipster nerd-pandering movie where everyone talks like they're in Juno. I, on the other hand, will be enjoying watching the biggest collection of badasses in 30 years kill hordes of nameless lackeys, blow things up, exchange highly quotable one-liners with each other, and generally celebrate the existence of the Y chromosome.
Here you are playing a super-hero video game and posting on a super-hero video games dedicated message board. You have a Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan avatar.
Video games. Internet. Comics.
You are a nerd. Not an old, better-left-retired action star. On the positive side, you're probably a better actor, having never been in any movies in your entire life, compared to those in The Expendables.
As much as you may not want to admit it to yourself, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a cavalcade of everything awesome that you yourself, and everyone else here, enjoys daily.
And I have no idea why you people can't see that.
Thanks for eight fun years, Paragon.