Scott Pilgrim Video Game

Top 10 Reasons This Game Looks Awesome:

1. It's Scott Pilgrim!
2. It's totally old-school
3. It looks exactly like the comics, only in motion and in colour
4. The amazing 8-bit music
5. It features a level on the TTC!
6. The in-game currency is actually Canadian! I see Toonies!
7. The developers are working the telltale Scott Pilgrim humour into the game mechanics (see the guitar battle sequence)
8. The awesome Akira reference in the fight with Todd
9. 4 player online co-op
10. The buzz for the game is really positive

11. Did I mention that it's Scott freakin' Pilgrim?!

My growing excitement for the explosion of the Scott Pilgrim franchise continues unabated. Add August 10 to the list of dates when I'll be doing something decidedly Pilgrim-related.

New Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Trailer

A post at /Film has alerted me that there is a new trailer for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World up on Facebook. I am including it below:

My excitement for the film is palpable, by which I mean that it is capable of being palped. At the same time I doubt it'll be anywhere near as good as the books. That's not to say the movie won't be earth-shatteringly awesome, but rather that the books set the bar so high that I'm lowering my expectations in preparation. I want to enjoy this film for what it is, not what it isn't, and then pontificate about the difference.

We shall see what Edgar Wright hath wrought come August 20th.

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A great breakdown of the recent Scott Pilgrim trailer, comparing it to the graphic novels.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Teaser Trailer

I'm not the biggest fan of Michael Cera, but I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright. I absolutely loved Shaun of the Dead, and I thoroughly enjoyed Hot Fuzz. Now he's adapting the Scott Pilgrim vs the World graphic novels into a movie, and I couldn't be more excited. The comics are hilarious and have an intrinsic sentimentality for me because they are set in my hometown of Toronto. They also expertly mesh video game iconography, Japanese culture, and romantic sentimentality, all of which I love. All things considered, it's as though the Scott Pilgrim books were designed specifically to my tastes.

All this is to say that I am extremely excited for the movie adaptation, coming out on August 13th. Moreover I was thrilled today to see that the first teaser trailer has been released. Not only does it demonstrate that the film will effectively portray each of my favourite elements from the books (idealistic romance, idiosyncratic humour, cartoonish/video game-esque violence, Toronto busses, etc.), it also shows that Michael Cera will go somewhat out of his comfort zone and actually act for this movie. In this trailer he not only speaks to a girl but actually manages to hit on her, albeit with debatable success. Despite my initial reservation he may actually be suited for this role, and I couldn't be happier.

Expect more on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as the film's release date approaches. Also I might blog about the graphic novels because they are amazing, and lets face it I have a bit of a thing for dissecting adaptations.