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Scott Pilgrim vs The World!
Benevolance:
For 800 points, you cannot go wrong. My wife and I are about halfway through the game on Average Joe and enjoying it immensely. We have friendly fire turned off, but there is still ample room for hijinx because that does not apply to thrown weapons. Invariably I will have a great combo interrupted by an accidentally thrown bottle or something. I'm beginning to wonder just how 'accidental' these hits are. Especially when she finishes the guy off and steals the cash before I stand back up. :P
isucamper:
Little late on this, but I wanted to chime in. The first 3 Scott Pilgram volumes may predate No More Heroes, but they don't predate the spiritual precursor to that game, Grasshopper Studio's similarly toned "Killer 7" in which you play as 7 deadly assassins (sound familiar?).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer7
Furthermore, the movie was made before the books were finished, and the end of the movie (where Scott starts using a sword and loads of suited goons are bursting as he slices them), which really, really feels like it was torn right out of NMH is very different from the book. So to say that what your seeing when you go to the movie wasn't inspired by NMH isn't necessarily true.
I find it really weird that such a mainstream movie would have taken so much inspiration from a few realitively unknown videogames, but man, when I was watching it that was all I was thinking.
edit: Just checked my math on this. The very first volume of Scott Pilgrim does actually predate even Killer 7, meaning the similiarities between the two were at first coincidence. I gotta think as the series went on (and when the movie was made) inspiration was pulled from the games. The final volume didn't come out until just before the movie was released.
Ginsu Victim:
Yeah, Scott Pilgrim came out a year before. Glad to see you caught that glaring error.
danny_galaga:
I think I must be getting old, because i really couldn't get into this. It wasn't awful, just not as awesome as the trailers promised. It's on about the same level as 'The expendables' in my mind.
3/5.
--- Quote ---my score for recent movies you may have seen:
5/5 - Michael Clayton, In Bruges, Gran Torino, Mary and Max
4.5/5 - Taken, Iron Man, Reign Over Me
4/5 - Traitor, Bedtime Stories, Sunshine, pineapple express
3.5/5 - 300, Max Payne, You dont mess with the Zohan, Yes Man
3/5 - That new Indiana Jones flick, Disturbia, That new TMNT flick,
2.5/5 - Angels and Demons
2/5 - The Love Guru. Note: My 2 is probably someone elses 1. Just leaving room for worse!
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Malenko:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on September 15, 2010, 06:12:40 am ---
I think I must be getting old, because i really couldn't get into this. It wasn't awful, just not as awesome as the trailers promised. It's on about the same level as 'The expendables' in my mind.
3/5.
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yeah but you think the CGI turtles movie was bad like the new india jones flick , so thats sketchy right there = D
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