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Alright, this is it: The last chance I'm giving you to take a breath with one of these light, frothy, movie-focused podcast episodes. From here on out, most of the rest of 2021 is going to be some pretty intensive anniversary episodes... lots of them with a value of "20" factoring into the equation. But before we do, here's a celebration of the recent culmination of the years of public demand for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game to be relisted. In light of its recent reissue, and the 10th anniversary of the movie adaptation this month, we've gone and talked about all of it (and the comics, too).

Edits by Greg Leahy, art by Nick Wanserski. 

Music selections this episode:

13:02 - Beat of Love

24:46 - Just Like in the Movies

35:12 - Leave the Past Behind

45:33 - Dark One

57:26 - We Are Sex Bob-Omb (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1:04:42 - Threshold (Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Another Winter

1:20:34 - Party Stronger

1:32:20 - Technoman

Closing - Scott Pilgrim Anthem

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Michael Branson

Awesome. I cant wait to get my special edition of this from limited run games i ordered all the way in January. I even live in NC where the company is and I still don’t have it yet.

SilverHairedMiddleAgedTuxedoMask

Scott Pilgrim the movie is one of those things I remember places like Kotaku LOVING at time of release but now it seems the general consensus was "Well, it was better than Ready Player One..."

Doory

I admittedly need to read the comic but i do think that the movie was a lot more critical of the Pilgrim character than you all gave it credit for. The end of the movie Pilgrim does actually attempt to make amends to Knives and Kim, admittedly in a glib way, but the film does show Pilgrim as a flawed protagonist

Thomas Young

Naturally, the comic is better, and that's what i remember most, but Scott Pilgrim is a jerk, and Romona Flowers is no better. They are, in a way, perfect for each other, having to deal with each other's baggage, issues, and bad behavior. The best i can say about the outcome is that these two getting together means that they aren't inflicting themselves on others.

Kellen Taman

Lol, F.X. Nine! I have the Castlevania and Mega Man Worlds of Power books still.

Matthew Salisbury

One of the aspects of the game I enjoyed seeing implemented from the comics was that when a robot enemy is defeated it does not drop coins.

Robbie

The film still stands up really well if you don't overthink it - it looks and sounds great and delivers plenty of laffs.

CitizenMeh

Good episode. One thing I will say in the film's defence is that its subtle use of Broken Social Scene's "Anthem For A 17 Year Old Girl" during a certain Knives Chau moment is an absolute masterstroke.

littleterr0r

I just watched it for the second time after initially seeing it in theaters and other than some "dated" moments, I was throughly entertained.

littleterr0r

Also, the game's Anamanaguchi soundtrack still rips so hard.

Carlos Fas

Great episode guys but i think a good chunk of it was spent just dumping on the Scott character.

DarthObvious

I watched the movie again a few weeks ago, and I still enjoyed it, although some of the jokes didn't age great. (Mostly Scott trying to wrap his head around Ramona/Roxy) I also hope Michael Cera brags about how he kicked both Superman and Captain America's ass in one movie. (I would)

Nigel G

I think you underrate the "Scott learns the power of self-respect" moment in the movie. It's not about him being awesome. The first time he fights Gideon, he loses because he's screwed things up with Knives and Ramona and the band, who clearly don't want to be there. When he comes back, he immediately apologizes to the band, and Kim in particular; learns the power of self-respect; and then comes clean to Knives and Ramona. It's only then that they can defeat Gideon. It's not particularly deep, but it's there. The books spend a lot of time on Scott working through his shit, whereas the movie shoehorns it into the awesome final bossfight scene of violence and flashing lights and combo counters and what was I talking about again? The one character who actually gets a satisfying emotional arc in the movie is Knives, whose kiss-off line "I'm too cool for you" is *so* great. This really makes me want to reread the books again. Cheers!

Michael Branson

The classic copies are being mailed now!!!! Im so excited to play this game!!