Finest Hour and the movie came out ten years ago. The first volume was release back during the Bush administration, while some of you were still in grade school. Has this franchise managed to stay relevant even after everything since the recession?
Is Scott Pilgrim dated?
Zachary Cook
Evan Thompson
Eh. People make threads about it once in awhile and I know people who are still into rewatching the movie once in awhile because it's a fun flick, but DEFINITELY dated especially the movie with the haircuts and shit.
But the comics are kinda a long read without much added substance/fun for me.
Lucas Barnes
The comics are still relevant to those who grew up with it. It represents an element of the 2000's culture that is familiar to those born in the nineties.
I don't know how it will fare with gen Z.
Camden Butler
the movie is still fun
Nathan Perez
I still watch the movie every once in a while. Haven't re-read the books since it came in color tho.
Evan Evans
It was an alright story and movie that Tumblr crowds ruined by co-opting it and then leaving it behind to rot like every franchise leftleaning women try to take control of.
Asher Nelson
The movie was already dated in ‘09. Scott tried to find Ramona on this new book buying website called Amazon.
Christopher Jackson
Yes, Scott Pilgrim was heavily tied to the counter culture of the time, In modern times the kind of girl of this periods counter culture is almost as the cliche as the other girls they not one to be like. Flowers would be as unique as any other girl.
Jack Evans
scott pilgrim is soulful kino and i kind of want a reboot
Juan Bell
It was ahead of its time but now its kinda dated I guess.
Connor Ward
hipster shit
>but is it le hipster now
no twitter, grandpa comic
Cooper Flores
eh just adapt the comics into a cartoon.
Parker Fisher
A reboot would turn half the cast gay/black/muslim and you'd hate it.
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Adam Jackson
it already has that except for blacks
Logan Gray
>Has this franchise managed to stay relevant even after everything since the recession
In a way, yeah. If you talk to a good number of people who work in animation, plenty of them will reference Scott Pilgrim as an inspiration. Daron Nefcy and Dana Terrace are two of them. The story is a pretty universal story about growing up, so it'll always find an audience. Plus, the book is pretty ambiguous on technology and trends, so it doesn't feel "of it's era".
Scott Pilgrim will likely remain relevant, and continue to find readers for another decade. If people keep finding the film too, Scott will never stop finding new readers.
Colton Davis
Unlikely. O'Malley said the future works will be more diverse, but his early stuff will stay the same.
Dominic Gray
I want an Adult Swim miniseries. At this point, I'd take a Netflix adaptation.
Dylan Barnes
The movie is always a fun rewatch, but I hate how much is excised from the later parts of the series (Scott getting a job, Lisa, the slow deterioration of Scott and Ramona's relationship). I've said for awhile that a six episode animated miniseries could work like how the Series of Unfortunate Events books were remade for Netflix.
William Nguyen
But half the cast was already gay...
Oliver Evans
i want a sequel.
Late 30s depressed Scott Pilgrim, slight PTSD over having to kill all the cocky kids Ramona keeps sending to kill him.
Thomas Barnes
Sounds like shit.
Isaac Morgan
Well, I was a teenager when the Scott Pilgrim was coming out and read them during that time, so I'm currently around the same age as the characters in the series. The comics, and to a lesser extent the movie, remain pretty fucking relatable to be honest. The comics in particular seem to capture something universal about that transitional period of young adulthood (even if not everyone is the level of fuck-up that Scott and most of his buddies are), and I can't really think of any way in which the politics and culture of the time directly influence the plot. There are a shitton of pop culture references, but they were dated even when the comics started releasing and are mostly just there for visual flair. I honestly don't see interest in retro stuff just straight-up disappearing any time soon, either.
I imagine that, as long as young adults like going to shows and house parties, Scott Pilgrim will have an audience. I will say, though, that it's funny how much less I think of the main characters now that I'm the same age as them. But they were pretty much all written as varying levels of slackers, so maybe that can just be chalked up to me being a dumb fifteen year old when I first read the series.
Connor Anderson
I read on Kotaku that the movie was the next big thing so I read the comics lol.
One more lol
Hunter Hall
I felt the same way about Mission Hill.
Sebastian Roberts
I tried to watch the movie for the first time last week. I cringed so hard I had to turn it off after fifteen minutes.
I feel like I would have liked it ten years ago but now geek culture makes me think of funcopop collecting manchildren.
Oliver Flores
It's incredibly outdated but still relevant for some reason.
Jacob Martin
It's just not the same.
Logan Nguyen
It’s y2k nerdcore, like Venture Bros. Or Newgrounds shorts. Not Big Bang theory
Lincoln Johnson
I best memory of Scott Pilgrim is seeing the movie at a midnight screening. specifically during the previews when there was a trailer for the movie "Devil" where everyone was trapped in an elevator. the entire room groaned when "Produced by M Night Shamalan" flashed across the screen. and then immediately laughed at our spontaneous group moan
Ryan Brooks
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Andrew Ramirez
despite what majority of people think I don't think it has aged that badly. I mean, there's still an indie geek culture going around. There's incredibly less difference between 2010 and 2020.