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Scott Pilgrim | Official Teaser | Coming on November 17 on Netflix
Ulysses 31
Member
Anime?
Thought it had to be made by Asian animators and written by Japanse for that.
Thought it had to be made by Asian animators and written by Japanse for that.
kondorBonk
Member
Very cool. The live action adaptation is amazing but the pacing and ending/revelation of the comic was missed.
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mortal
Gold Member
Science Saru is a Japanese animation studio.Anime?
Thought it had to be made by Asian animators and written by Japanse for that.
Ulysses 31
Member
That alone doesn't make it anime, otherwise 80s/90s shows like Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, would be considered anime too.
mortal
Gold Member
Most, if not all of the production is likely being handled by this literal anime studio, so I have no idea what you're talking about.
Ulysses 31
Member
So G.I. Joe, Inspector Gadget and DuckTales from the 80s/90s are anime then?
They're not.
Maybe the term has changed in the last 15 years but I was always the impression that the animation and other sides of the production had to originate from Japan for it be correctly called anime.
John Bilbo
Member
Maybe they are more than meets the eye. Anime in disguise!
Ulysses 31
Member
80s Transformers was anime all along too?!
Anyway, I'm curious to hear what Scott Pilgrim comic readers will think of the show and how faithfull it is to the source material.
The comic seemed popular at some point.
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John Bilbo
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mortal
Gold Member
Those cartoons you mentioned probably had some of their cuts outsourced to a Japanese or Korean studio, but outsourcing some of the animation is a common practice within the industry, even Japanese studios do it.
Ulysses 31
Member
While probably true, what mainly made them not anime in my eyes is that the ideas for these shows didn't originate from Japan and the writing and directing was mainly done by Americans. I think it's the same case for this Scott Pilgrim show.
But whether it's true anime or not is secondairy to the show just being entertaining enough to watch.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
This feels like a dozen years too late but good for the fans.
Ulysses 31
Member
Coming up with original new stuff is hard though. This is Netflix we're talking about and we've seen some of the quality of their original ideas.
Maybe this reach back into the past by people that respect it is a more solid foundation by Netflix standards.
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mortal
Gold Member
Considering that anime is a regional moniker for Japanese animation, and writing a separate role, I don't consider it fair to disqualify something because the director or writer of the production isn't ethnically Japanese. Some of which have lived in Japan and speak fluent Japanese as well as any native.
This would also eliminate several Animatrix shorts, Tekkonkinkrit, Castlevania, and mostly recently One Piece, just to name a few. I don't think you'd argue those aren't considered anime.
Here hereBut whether it's true anime or not is secondairy to the show just being entertaining enough to watch.
I loved the Scott Pilgrim comics in my adolescent years, so I'll be giving this a watch.
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mortal
Gold Member
I'm reminded of the short that came out more than a decade ago at the height of the series' popularity.
They nailed the art style, so it's a shame a mini-series didn't follow.
Midnight Bliss
Member
I once heard the creator described as the Canadian Chris Chan. Hipster discourse began to flood the planet around the time of the movie. I thought we were done with Scott Pilgrim after that one song was made about how this ruined a generation.
To be fair I know nothing about this comic.
To be fair I know nothing about this comic.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Not like this.gif
Doom85
Member
Glad it’s coming back just to trigger anyone (not necessarily referring to you) who thinks a movie that didn’t even have that much of a presence at the box office “ruined a generation”.
bitbydeath
Member
I look forward to when AI can de-age people at little to no cost so we could have the original actors continue working while looking the same as they did 20+ years ago.
March Climber
Member
Then like what.jpeg
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
The movie characters... A sequel... I like knives chau actress.
March Climber
Member
It’s 13 years too late but I guess anything is possible if this anime becomes a hit.
Honest question though, how would they spin a sequel with the same cast? Mid-life Crisis Scott Pilgrim?
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Maybe a New cast
Sidney Prescott
Member
Looks fun. I really enjoyed Scott Pilgrim vs The World so I'm glad the cast is back to lend their voices to this.
saintjules
Member
DKehoe
Member
Guess Netflix didn't want to keep the Amazon reference in.
saintjules
Member
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
Inside Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Netflix’s brain teasing anime inspired by Twin Peaks and Donald Glover's Atlanta
'The least we could do is try to make something new and surprising'
Kinda worried about this now.
Laieon
Member
Inside Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Netflix’s brain teasing anime inspired by Twin Peaks and Donald Glover's Atlanta
'The least we could do is try to make something new and surprising'www.techradar.com
Kinda worried about this now.
Don't be, Scott Pilgrim has always been progressive.
FUCK NETFLIX, FUCK EDGAR WRIGHT, FUCK O'MALLEY, heavy spoilers so beware but for a non-spoiler version, they gave it the "Put a chick in it and make her lame" treatment
They played us like a damn fiddle, Scott gets killed off in the first episode and then Ramona becomes the main character and it follows her journey reconnecting with her exes so she can grow as a person
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BossLackey
Gold Member
...oh for fucksake
Wowzers.
Majormaxxx
Member
I don't believe it!
It's such a cruel trick too, they really did a MGS2 on us...
The first episode is basically a 1:1 adaptation of the comic which is brilliant, until the first fight where it pivots and Scot loses and gets killed, the show then shifts to Ramona's perspective for the rest of it and Scott is barely in it
Majormaxxx
Member
Watching it in a bit..
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
I win.Inside Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Netflix’s brain teasing anime inspired by Twin Peaks and Donald Glover's Atlanta
'The least we could do is try to make something new and surprising'
Kinda worried about this now.
Majormaxxx
Member
yes but at what price...
Majormaxxx
Member
For Scott's sake! Brian Lee O'Maley is such a pansy. At least we will always have the books, game and the movie.
The Neil Druckmann / Rian Johnson school of subversion of expectations wins again.
The Neil Druckmann / Rian Johnson school of subversion of expectations wins again.
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March Climber
Member
How was the story post-spoiler moment?
It sounds like a what-if tale, so I'm hoping at least some fun stuff happens.
SEGAvangelist
Gold Member
Hearing the story is pretty much that Scott from the future kidnaps Scott so he never gets with Ramona. Not sure if this is an anti-marriage thing or whatever, but apparently future Scott comes off as an asshole, so I guess it's commentary on the old story. Lots of modern takes on the story criticize the Scott character as being a shitty person. I love that they Panderversed this shit so close to the South Park movie.
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