6 reasons to love the scott pilgrim series
1) a mashup any fanboi would be proud of
imagine you read comics. imagine you have a soft spot in your heart for old-school gaming consoles. imagine the joy of discovering scott pilgrim 1up and turn a foe into a pile of coins. sure, its completely out of left field, but so was the time/space travel and the evil exes. if you dont find the retro reference thrilling, you have no soul. or you were never 12.
2) eisner award winning
eisner's are the oscars of the comic world and volume 5 just took home the trophy for best humor publication...ya' damn right!
canadians are just like us. they eat burritos, trash talk their ex-girl friends over beers (molson ice?), and get asymmetrical hipster haircuts. scott is even in a shitty band. nevermind the fact he plays a rickenbacker 4003fl (per the movie poster. that's 3 grand worth of bass my friend.), with a name like Sex Bob-Omb you know they cant be good. point is, they're taking notes of our trends. last time i was in ontario, 20-somethings asked if i lived in the part of brooklyn known as williamsburg... beware of our neighbors to the north.
4) movie to feature battle between george michael and anne (...who?)
not all of ramona's exes are dudes. like most self-respecting hipster hotties, she had an experimental phase. what does that mean for us? we get to see scott get a beat down from a girl, before he explodes her into tiny woodland creatures (sonic the hedgehog style) in the comic. in the movie, my favorite loud-mouthed half-ninja is played by mae whitman, formerly the pious cutie on arrested development. the lesson here: date outside your social circle. no one wants to share an ex with their current.5) with friends like these...
sure, scott's got seven evil enemies, but you know what he doesn't have? friends who pity him. it's probably not easy living under the constant threat of attack, but it's most definitely not easy being the shoulder he wimpers on. scott's friends think he's a pussy and dont hold back telling him "if your life had a face, i would punch it in the face."speaking the truth, that's how you know your friends love you.
6) well received in some circles
the back cover of the last scott pilgrim installment has a single quote that may define this series' place in comic history. when joss whedon says, "scott pilgrim is the best book ever. it is the chronicle of our time. with kung fu, so, yeah: perfect." you just listen. he is the jesus of pop culture and everything that man says is gold. case closed.
so... you and me, movie date, august 13th?
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