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I've read and enjoyed the five graphic novels currently available, and if they are like Diablo Cody it's not because she inspired them-- the first volume was out before Juno was ever released. It's probably more a reflection of a particular generation's artistic aspirations?

As for Scott's powers, it's not spoilery to say that the books (at least up to v.5) never explain it. They don't explain any of the characters' powers, at least not in the normal super hero origin sort of way. People, not everybody, can just do super things in this world. That's really all there is to it.

But, yeah, I agree with you that more I see about the movie, and the more people talk about it, the less interest I have. Which sucks, because it's coming out on my birthday and I had been looking forward to seeing it then. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Edgar Wright may still be enough to get my butt in the seat, though...

I agree with everything Dustin said...but how can your heart not flutter a bit with the total cuteness that is that pic up there?

(psst. oni is an indie comic publisher)

What's interesting is how this is shaping up to be a deeply divisive movie.

He is also a Canuck, for what it's worth, and in my experience, both the citizenry of Canada and the nation as a whole have mysterious, unexplained powers.

*adds Kyle to list of people that must die for divulging national secrets*

I'm thinking that I'll be one of either extreme on this one. I'll either love it, or hate it with a mapley passion. That's how our passions are here. Sticky and sweet.

As far as I know Oni doesn't do much manga reprints. They usually publish creator-owned stuff.

But this is all nerd marginalia.

Ulterior Motive Girl - I think that's probably gonna be the most divisive part of this movie. Generation is also going to be a factor.

I didn't think I could be less interested than I already was but...hey! I can!

Damn! I was all "WOOO!" and now I'm all "meh."

I like being "WOOO!".* This stupid clip combined with the also "meh" Deathly Hallows trailer combined with the fact that I really have to pee but don't want to stand up has put a definite damper on my morning.

*Also, does anyone know the appropriate way to punctuate this situation?

I had convinced myself from trailers and preview scenes that Zombieland was going to be this awful, hipsterized destruction of my beloved horror-comedy genre. Part of that was the cast, and part of it was the decision to include all those text pop-ups in the film. It looked annoying and I really wasn't going to see it. After being goaded by many people, Dustin included, I put down my matinee fee and sat in delight for the running time at how amazing the film was. It was pure joy with a side of Bill Murray, and it doesn't get much better than that.

I'm predicting a similar fate to Scott Pilgrim, except I'm already excited about it. It looks good. Enjoyable. Maybe not great, but that's ok. I've slowly learned to have no expectations going into comic book adaptations, especially ones with lots of action, lest I depress myself with my vision of what the film could, nay, should have been.

Nerds hate the New Pornographers?

This did not alter my disinterest bordering on disdain much at all. To be honest I have a lot less disdain for Michael Cera than you seem to but I kind of think I would hate him in this movie. I also hate the whole POW, BANG, BOOM thing they have accompanying the action. On the plus side though I liked the evil-ex enough to hope he would win and go to town on the girlfriend while Cera cried.

esme, I think "WOOO!" covers the puncuation just fine, but I like the touch of adding the period after the quotation mark. It let's us all know you're speaking normally and just dramatizing the excitement factor. The period tells us you aren't exisiting in ALL CAPS at that moment. Which is, as we all know, how you get scabies.

Woo.

Just to claify, what Scott has is less comic book inspired super powers and more manga influenced martial arts skills. A fair share of the mangas that I've read center around each area having a designated martial arts champion BMOC sort of person and Scott Pilgrim is that person in his hometown. This is mentioned in his fight against the first evil ex.

Of course, this is promptly forgotten in the source material and he has to weenie his way through some of the fights before he remembers his skills two to three fights later. Kind of the same way that Superman forgets all his long distance powers and winds up flying in and slugging most baddies. "Oh no! Kryptonite! Why do I always have to get so close?" He then remembers his powers eight issues later.

The fight in the clip is a good example. There was no fight. He pulled some stupid "trick" out to defeat the movie star, completely forgetting his powers of kickassery. The clip took what I thought was kind of weak and made it actually potentially entertaining.

Thankfully the movie seems to have played up the video game aspects and avoided the harder to relate to (and far more hipster) manga influences. At least, to me it's "thankfully." I found the original to be borderline hard to read. I got all the references and influences. I just thought it was poorly written and treading away from geek joy and into ironic hipster pseudo-enjoyment. The movie looks like Kill Bill meets Donkey Kong: scenery chewing, bubble gum, gleeful fun.

I was about to bring up The Broken Rosetta Porn myself, but someone beat me.

The secret of Canadians is the unadulted goodness of our biological makeup. It can't be replicated, as the fiasco of yore called ichor presumed to attempt. Pig swill, it was. And it is absolutely sticky and sweet. What do you think they put in butter tarts? We need that study, thick blood to steel us against the bracing winters (Though Toronto is downright mild compared my hometown), perpetually touring indie collectives, roll our eyes at Margaret Atwood and move to America.

God Bless Our Snow-mo-globins

I don't particularly care that it's been Diablo-ized -- I liked Candy Girl, Juno, I actually own Jennifer's Body of my own free will, and "The United States of Tara" has grown into a seriously enjoyable show in its second season. I just hate Scott Pilgrim because it looks fucking awful. Go ahead and burn me, Internet.

I am a terrible poster on the internet. Nerds are the only possible audience for things I dislike. Also, hipsters.

I am neither!

Actually they do explain in in the beginning of the book when he fights the first evil ex the drummer says oh man this guys gonna get his ass kicked doesnt he know scotts the best fighter in toronto. As for kicking all of there ass's that's not to be said yet they mayy have changed it in the movie but in the comic you could say he got very lucky in a lot of the fights not to mention this is a world based from comics and video games hence he can get 1-ups also things like drinks have things like plus 2 to speed if your looking for realism this will not be your cup of tea if you dont care however i think most people would thoroughly enjoy the series and possibly the movie.