My teammate just gave me an older version of The Psychotronic Video Guide.
Hec, Frankenbuddha, if you guys haven't got this, you need it.
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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Volans - Aug 13, 2010 1:23:42 pm PDT #10647 of 30000
move out and draw fire
DavidS - Aug 13, 2010 2:16:08 pm PDT #10648 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, Frankenbuddha, if you guys haven't got this, you need it.
Oh yeah - I've got the Psychotronic Encyclopedia too. The guy that started up Psychotronic Magazine was one of the original Cleveland punks. I think he was in the Styrenes or one of those early contemporaries of Pere Ubu.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 13, 2010 7:35:54 pm PDT #10649 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hec, Frankenbuddha, if you guys haven't got this, you need it.
I've got a couple of editions of that, but I never really got around to perusing the magazine itself.
Tom Scola - Aug 13, 2010 8:00:46 pm PDT #10650 of 30000
hwæt
Scott Pilgrim: Awesome.
Not 100% satisfied with the way it diverged from the comic; it could have stuck to the story more while still compressing it.
Putting the Ramona/Knives fight at the end was a mistake, and kind of dragged out the climax.
Needed more Allison Pill.
Edgar Wright's comic timing is amazing, and if it doesn't get a best editing Oscar it will be a crime.
Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2010 11:48:24 pm PDT #10651 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Scott Pilgrim: Awesome.
Told you!
Not 100% satisfied with the way it diverged from the comic
My major beef was that in the book, Scott and Ramona defeat Gideon together, and in the movie, Ramona mostly stands around while Scott fights Gideon, and for some reason Knives is the one that saves the day. I'll see if I like it more the second time around.
Needed more Allison Pill.
But of course.
Edgar Wright's comic timing is amazing
How does one evaluate a director's comic timing as opposed to an actor's comic timing?
Laga - Aug 14, 2010 11:04:20 am PDT #10652 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
perhaps the film editor deserves some credit.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2010 11:45:09 am PDT #10653 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Saw Scott Pilgrim. Didn't like it. I found Ramona and Scott unsympathetic, and so much of the import of the movie was lost on me. The humour and visuals were clever, but emotionally I was just angry at both of them for 95% of the film.
I agree with you about the defeat of Gideon, PC. I'm glad to see it was different in the comic. It was completely lame and undercutting her character's agency in the movie. I also despised the fact that Scott didn't fight the female ex. I thought it was incredibly lame and also insulting that he defeated her by hitting her erogenous zone. WTF?
Tom Scola - Aug 14, 2010 11:52:59 am PDT #10654 of 30000
hwæt
That gag was taken from the comic, too, but in a completely different context.
§ ita § - Aug 14, 2010 11:56:18 am PDT #10655 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You know me--I'm always going to get ticked when a guy won't fight a chick who's a) instigating violence and b) well-matched. But the scene ended way worse than it started. I went from irritated to actually pissed.
Atropa - Aug 14, 2010 4:40:42 pm PDT #10656 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
We just saw The Expendables for a friend's birthday. It was wall-to-wall mid-life crisis testosterone, and if no slash fic is written for the movie, my faith in fandom will be severely shaken.