As someone who read the comic/graphic novel and saw the movie the Netflix show ended things in a satisfying way. Ramona learns not to run away from her problems, Scott learns to take accountability, Roxie gets closure , Matthew Patel gets to have a standing ovation , Lucas Lee and Ramona get closure and protected each other from the paparazzi which was an awesome fight montage imo, Knives jamming with Kim was sweet. I loved that the characters grew into better people.
Knives picking up the bass was my favourite moment in the show, and I imagine it strikes chord with most people who , as a teen, picked up an instrument for the first time with their friends so they could be in a band.
Finally here was me thinking i was only one who actually enjoyed and appreciated the show i never understood why it got so much hate just because of a altered storyline
@dytro3634I really don't like people calling this show a sequel to the comics I feel like that rectons all of the development Scott and Romona got and completely ruins the experience at least for me
@dytro3634who cares which Scott is older Scott? At the very least it O'Malley projecting his wishful thinking on his past characters, and writing a rushed story out of it.
@@matthewgiglia643 it’s really not, the robot is not in the movie at all and nega Scott was not even mentioned in the cartoon. It’s just it’s own thing
Honestly, a different storyline is something I didn't know I wanted. It made Ramona and Scott less toxic characters, and fleshed out a lot of side characters. As a critique, I'd say there definitely should've been more Scott, maybe include some scenes vaguely showing where he is throughout the series or something like that.
same i think for a show called "scott pilgrim takes off", there'd be a bit more of scott, but at least that made the reveal of him at the end of episode 6 better
"didn't know I wanted" is a perfect way to put it. I would have been happy with a full faithful adaptation but what we got was soooo much more. We have the book, movie and game that are all pretty good telling's of the original story. Pushing the story into this new territory gave us something new. Why would anyone hate more from something the love.
As someone who read the books, watched the movie, AND played the video game, I was like "why would watch an anime adaption if I've already seen basically the same story 3 times?" And for me I was so glad they changed it up and didnt just regurgitate the same story for a 4th time
The creator made the comic when he met his gf/wife. This series was made around the time of his divorce. I think the story pretty much reflects what is going on in his life. I think what we got is better as in it works with the other content and adds more instead of taking away. Bryan says it's a totally different universe, but c'mon, he's just saying that as damage control. Older Scott is pretty much the Scott from the movies. I started following Melonie many years ago and she was just a happy gamer. In recent years I see she's turned into such a hate monger literally having a stinkface every video. She was really misinformed about Scott Pilgrim...
Honestly it has to be a different universe altogether. Stephen Stills was dating Julie until Volume 5 and then she moves to Montreal, for example. Most of the characters are completely different characters compared to the comics too. Gideon, Lucas Lee, Young Neil, Envy Adams, even Stephen and Kim are VERY different. They're basically different characters. Scott's pretty different, and Ramona's behavior for a good part of the series is almost out of character. Kim's entire story is lost in translation again. It wouldn't make sense for this to be anything other than it's own universe.
@@dartagnanjames8069 It's a sequel to the movie, I believe, rather than the comics. It pretty much has to be; Movie Gideon, "G-Man" if you will, could absolutely be Gordon Goose, there's room for that, but Gideon Gordon Graves, master of the Glow, couldn't.
@@MickeyMouse-lw9hg His hand blast, you mean? That sure looks like the Glow, which is a point in favor of this being the comics universe, but I think the weight of evidence is on the side of this being the movie universe. Ramona never glows at all, for example. There's other signs as well. Comics Lucas Lee, for example, is a relatively normal individual; he's met sitting down calmly reading a script, and is happy to share Gatorade and baby carrots with Scott and Co. while having a pretty normal conversation about Ramona. He isn't the crazed over-the-top Hollywood douchebro that Chris Evans taught us to love in the Movie... which is also who Lucas Lee is in the anime.
@@matthewgiglia643 we also see Scott fighting a robot created by the twins, but i don't think the anime Is in the same line as the cómics since as you said, Julie broker up with Stills earlier, the whole Scott saving Kim from Simon Lee was apparently real (which could also be canon in the movie), Matthew having never before seen abilities like summoning a trident and 4 extra arms. I think the anime Is entirely appart from both the cómics AND movie..... Maybe even being in the same continuity as the game given how that beat em up was like a fusión between cómics and movie.
Considering we've seen Scott's story 3 different times now, I'm genuinely kinda shocked people are upset when they learned the show wouldn't be a 4th retelling. Instead we got to explore and appreciate all these characters and ideas in a new light. I'm a MUCH bigger fan of art that builds off what came before instead of regurgitating the same old stories.
@@JayceCH. | I think perhaps I overestimated how open most folks are to new ideas, and how understanding they'd be to artistic decisions. The rug-pull wouldn't have worked had they not advertised it as more of the same, for example. It's ballsy, don't get me wrong, but it also follows through with a deft precision. (Oh, also just a small note, that's not how the word "literally" works.)
This was actually the first time I known of Scott Pilgrim. At first I am expecting more of Scott, I thought they won't just remove the character that has his name on the title of the show, then I fell in love with the colorful myriad of characters this whimsical world has to offer so I checked who voiced them and I am surprised of who are the casts, why are there so many big names on the cast? So I searched more about Scott Pilgrim and that's how I knew Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World exists,and then the comics. So yeah, I experienced Scott Pilgrim backwards and don't see why there are some who doesn't like it?
Comic book fans just really wanted a faithful adaptation, but they shouldn’t hate on it just because it’s different. This show offers a lot of content we would not have gotten otherwise.
I only know of Scott pilgrim Vs. The world because of the anime, but I watched the movie and all of that stuff and I loved it. And apparently there’s a game so I need that, and I want to get some of the graphic novels too, I don’t see why the anime is such a big deal.
You have no idea how glad I am to see this video, I had the dumbest smile on my face the whole time I watched the show, and made the terrible mistake of looking up people's reviews of it after it was over. Legitimately could not understand why people hated it so much 💀
As someone who’s been of the comics, movie and game I absolutely adored the show for exploring a new take on the universe I love so much so although it wasn’t what I expected, I don’t think I would’ve been as hooked as I was if it wasn’t for that fake out
I actually think what they did here was a really cool idea. Ramona as a character kind of got done dirty in the movie, she just hangs out while Scott deals with her dirty laundry and then gets kidnapped at the end. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movie and i understand why they did it like that, but theres a lot of potential in somebody facing their past and making amends for their mistakes, especially with Mary Weinsteads awesome performance as Ramona.
perfectly said. i was so shocked at the end of the first episode that i had to rewind it and watch it again to fully process what was happening. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, and felt probably the closest i’ve ever felt to reading the comics for the first time again.
The main idea of the comics was changing yourself for the betterment of others And it’s ironic that the fans can’t except the change of a different storyline I’m currently typing this after just finishing the comics, and though I think it would be cool the see a 1 to 1 adaptation, the series is still great, and, if I remember correctly, still holds the same lessons of change and self improvement, while still having that Scott Pilgrim feel.
I won't blame the fans since the trailers suggested a true adaptation to the books. But yeah I don't think the series is bad just dissapointing in the context of wanting an animated adaptation.
I loved this take on the story. I agree, the exes getting more development was amazing. Now, I really want an animated adaptation of Bryan Lee O'malley's "Seconds". Fantastic book!
12:38 To add, I don’t think the series wanted to replace the comics to begin with, rather, it wanted to supplement it with something new to say. It asks you to not just be a fan of the original story, but to be a fan of the world, the characters beyond the inner circle, and, arguably most importantly, the themes that Scott Pilgrim as a whole stands for.
I only saw this as the altered timeline where Scott finally became one of the “evil exes”, of Ramona Flowers which I think is a really unique idea. I’m sure others may have theorized what it may be, but also pretty accurate towards the anime style and how Scott pilgrim is, which they can go hand in hand (only shooting my own opinion). Seeing it in real time, is nice. (Though the thing that irked me the most was Envy doing.. A WHOLE SCENE AT THE FUNERAL? THAT I WAS NOT OKAY WITH.
Also the hair color changes representing the game series, which I think this anime is sort of based off of because of jus a few places and scenes in the anime that you actually fight enemies in level towards the “evil exes”
Honestly, I was looking forward to the show since it was first advertised, but the ending of the first episode was when I really got into the show. Up until that moment I was enjoying it enough, but I found myself comparing it to the film and what I remember of the comics for most of the episode. Then that ending happened and I was actually hooked. I love what they did with the story and I am so glad it wasn't what I expected.
I loved it! Like everyone else, I went in expecting it would closely follow the comics, but I'm so glad for something new! I remember after watching the movie and reading the comics how desperately I wanted more of this one-of-a-kind-magic-realism-indie-rock world and feeling certain there'd never really be more of it. I was excited by a new, expanded animation coming out, but what I got far exceeded what I expected. I'm so glad we got to see more of Ramona, and that so other many characters got to live and breathe. And I loved the theme of reconciling your own past that runs through it both with Ramona, and especially with Old Scott being the ultimate antagonist. I got very emotional at the end, I think from a mix of the storytelling and the nostalgia. It leaves me wanting to be better
Rly only grew up with the Game and Movie and found out bout the books later on in life and seeing this show made me so happy cuz I’m a big fan of animation and seeing it come to life was a great feeling even if there’s a part of me that wants a book adaptation this show fs gave me the other thing I wanted and that was just more development for the other characters and it was enjoyable, saddening and dumb funny watching thro it I hope we get more tho
When I'm a so-called Scott Pilgrim fan and I get mad at Bryan for not wanting to revisit himself at 25 and I get upset that my mysoginist and pedophilic main character is actually a decent character and so is everyone else
@@XxjeffersonDkidxXKnives was 17 dude. There's a reason it's the FIRST thing we learn about Scott. He's borderline evil and his character arc is all about becoming better than that.
>pedophilic main character Really? You can have sex at 16 and Knives was 17! And Scott even wasn't trying to do anything sexual with her. Their first kiss SHE initiated.
The show wasn't bad, I love the world building/lore expansion, but you honestly can't be mad at fans for wanting to have seen Scott fight Ramona's exes in beautiful animation
When I watched the Anime Adaption I was so surpised what actually happend and I think it´s good. Just as you said Bryan Lee changed over the time and views things that he wrote back then in a new perspective. I can´t understand how the people can hate such a adaption, eventhough you can see in ever moment of the Show how much fun the creators had to make this project possible.
I smoked the anime in one night (while I should had been studying for finals). It is not a betrayal of the original series. It is a different flow of possibilities that shows way more maturity in the storytelling and way more character development. It does not replace the original series, but enhaces it beautifully.
I loved this show, i genuinely had lots of interest and was kinda confused and freaking out until it was over. After I had finished I really began to appreciate it. My mom had introduced me to the world of Scott Pilgrim by showing me the movie in middle school and years later I had finished the comic series and even played the game. So watching this really made me appreciate everything from the references to the characters and overall message.
I very much enjoyed the new scott pilgrim, i think scott being gone was dragged on too long, but because he was gone, we got lots of new character development and story changes because of it Im honestly very glad it wasn't just a 100% faithful adaptation because it was a nice addition to what already existed
I love this video to its core. Thank you for defending the series the way you have, people who are upset by it are legit just missing the point and it hurts me to see that. Because how must the creator feel? Probably pretty betrayed.
Look man as someone who has never consumed any Scott pilgrim media before this anime I absolutely fucking loved it like in itself it’s awesome. I have very little context about what happened in the comics but I was still able to enjoy it it to the fullest!
The Anime is so good and your missing out if you didn't watch it. The bait and switch honestly made me shocked and happy. Seeing all the ex's in a different light for longer just made me love them so much more
that sneaky bastard, I had no idea that Bryan actually wanted the trailers to be misguiding us. I love this show more than anything else I've seen so far, to the point it made me want to get all the volumes. That was an amazing video man, keep talking that talk
I’m wasn’t a Scott pilgrim fan before the anime but I see this as a way for new and old fans to be interested in this as well as a new way to get new interactions with the characters
I hella enjoyed Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Its the first Scott Pilgrim media to get me to shed a tear (the epilogue did it). Its my favorite media of 2023.
Dawg. You are an absolutely spectacular content creator. Excellent analysis, incredible music choice, and completely sound editing. You may have 8k now, but im certain you'll break 100k by next summer if you continue to stay consisted. Nothing but praises for you, man.
WHAT DUDE IT WAS AMAZING I understand some of the backlash but its just different also the intro kinda sounds like the theme in Scott pilgrim vs the world game and I think that's really cool
My issue with Scott Pilgrim is that if you watched the movie, and wanted to know more you could read the comics. but since Takes Off was released Scott Pilgrim just has this awkward group of adaptations where if you watch Takes Off, then your required to watch the movie since it takes so much from it, and if you watch the movies you now have to read the comics to even understand the stuff that was only lightly touched on in the movie like "Subspace" and Scotts past relationships like with Kim. It feels like the real reason they took Scott out of Takes off is so that the Grade A voice-cast could have a reunion and more lines to say, which is nice and all but they really should've adapted the Original story first into an Anime before making Takes off, I Think Takes Off is great but they need to make the SP series more digestible to new people, no matter how outdated or cringey it was the Scott was dating a highschooler.
Well some yes but others do you really blame them that they say that this show is disrespectful to the original especially that this show has stuff like future Scott
wow great video and you definitely hit the nail on its head explaining how this show actually gives us more Brian is such a genius for wanting to keep us on our toes and not know what's going to happen next
I love that this adaptation lets every single character get their personality fleshed out, whilst also having an interesting and new plot. And furthermore, the artstyle is AMAZING.
I hated the show because I felt it was taking a needless jab at the movie... But then I watched the rest of it and the last 2 episodes had me do a complete 180 since it delved into things like owning up to past mistakes and not trying to forget that you were shit but rather moving ON from being the awfulness you used to be, and it turned out it was in fact celebrating it all. I'm glad I stuck with it.
I think it's legitimate to regret we didn't get a full-up animated adaptation. This sequel series (and it IS a sequel; a sequel via time travel and AU and multiverse, but still a sequel) is incredible, and I wouldn't trade it away for anything. So much about it makes you fall in love with these people all over again, from Kim and Knives tender, intimate musical duet, to the rise and fall and rise again of Matthew Patel. It's really incredible. It shows that Scott Pilgrim was always meant to be animated. And that's a little bit of a problem. The 2010 movie has a ton of charm and fun; it oozes it out of every shot. But it was a live-action movie, which limited it in a lot of ways regarding what they could get away with on a low budget with a short runtime. They had 110 minutes to work with, which meant a LOT was getting chopped. If you were a fan of Kim's relentless attempts to maintain sanity and integrity in the face of a universe constantly kicking her in the teeth, if you liked the weird emotional metaphors surrounding Gideon and the Glow, if you wanted all of Envy's rich, complex backstory (not that Takes Off did better here) you were going to be out of luck, because the movie had to throw all that overboard in order to get the story it needed into the runtime it had. A proper, full-up animated adaptation could give us all that and more. (Lisa Miller is just always going to be shanked, isn't she?) We may get that one day, but that day isn't today, and I'm fine being a little sad and regretful over that. Still, it's 2023 and we got a fricking... unlooked for sequel to a movie that did very poorly a decade and a half ago. And it's charming and fun and makes you love it. That's a big win.
its not a sequel no matter how much you want it to be, its a different universe, an AU is not a sequel and no amount of reaching will make it so P.S. AU's can be canon it just doesn't have to be a sequel
We would never have gotten a straight up anime adaptation. The creator of the comic didn’t want to make one. He’s already told this story like 3 times. He only became interested in revisiting this franchise when he got the idea of changing the story and giving other characters more attention.
@@josiadorthestrong1031 still it would be great to see the comics as a series, nothing brings the original comics to justice, especially the movie because of the fact that it had to compress 6 volumes into 2 hours
I just love how old scot and especially the even older scott resemble nega scott. I mean even older scott is pale and has red eyes and is all of his negative atributes dial up to its highest. With the difference being he can be defeated.
I don't know how a fan of the comic should hate this show. It is complementary, to the original material , going deep with characters that had been left as one shot apparences.
because the show does a awful job doing it. The exes go from being plot devices for scott to getting some genral surface details, Ramona only apologies to roxie and glances over the rest of the exes in her won show of faceing her past. Worst part is the show tries to do to much in 8 epsiodes, with such limited time why show us kim, knives, etc show more ramona and exes interactions. We know the creator can do a good job, we are calling out the lazy/ bad writing, this is like walking into a gorden ramsey 5 star steak house, but they serve you burnt rubbery meat.
@@dmcoub78Ramona doesn't only apologize to Roxie. The writing wasn't lazy, you just didn't like what they chose to focus on. There's only so much time in the show to learn more about each of the evil exes, and the goal was to flesh them out past the surface details, which they did. There could've been more time, but there wasn't, and I liked the insights the show gave the audience regarding this cast's personalities and desires.
@@jessicu511 ... She barely talks to Matthew, doesn't even interact with the twins till the end, and it's at best 10 secs, no apologies to Todd she shows him a video tape and envy says it was not him, no apologies to Gideon just stops Julie from beating him up. Only two exes she does make amends with is Lucas, and Roxie, Lucas also does not get a apology it's a non verbal understanding at best.
@@jessicu511 they had limited time, which is why the writing sucked ass, this is the Ramona, and exes show why am I seeing young Neil write movies, why am I seeing Scott's band, knives is a music god who can learn anything. None of this helps build up Ramona, and the exes, it's just taking screen time from the characters that need more screen time. This is why Fiona and cake did a way better job, ten episodes but you only have two main characters to build so you can have a lot more depth, takes off also could have kept the Scotts friends story lines, but just built things up over several seasons, instead of craming it all into 8 episodes.
@@jessicu511 the show has a solid idea, and the creator objectively can write good storys. But at the end of the day if you compare his graphic novels to the anime the quality difference is plain as day.
The twist is what actually got me hooked. Had to binge it. Episode 4 is my favorite. So much nostalgia with the skate punk songs. I was last week old when I first heard USW, and “Police Truck” by the Dead Kennedys brought me all the way back to playing THPS on PS1. Unbelievable how entitled people can be these days. To all of those, “Yeah, whatever”.
The new series fleshing out the characters that got maybe 5 lines builds so much on the world and makes the comic retroactively much more fun! I now know these people better now and it adds layers to the things they did in the original! I can always read the comic if I want the original story again xd
When I watched this series I already watched the movie and read the comics I still loved it and they gave my favorite character “Young” Neil more story and screen time which made me very happy
As someone who was first introduced to Scott Pilgrim on the LA movie, I really enjoyed it and wanted more which made me go back to the comics and enjoy it even more. At the end of the day, the anime was a wonderful thing and I was happy to watch it. No one could change my opinion on this. Wonderful video!.
I showed the movie to my daughter, she was kinda interested in it, but wouldn't say she liked it a lot. When the series was announced, I was very excited and I got her on board to watch it together, although she was a little reluctant. BOY, YOU HAD TO SEE OUR FACE BY THE END OF EPISODE ONE! After that we got hooked and she LOVED the series as much as I did. I think it's beautiful. Just perfect.
I deadass was like imma skip around the episodes to see my favorite arcs before committing to the whole thing. I skipped to ep 5 probably and i was thinking to myself “is this a filler arc? What’s going on” then it hit me ALTERNATE TIMELINE! And I then proceeded to watch the entire show.
Your video touched on something I was feeling going into the series. I was expecting the proper retelling of the original books going in, and I was worried about that because they were so much a product of their time, and for a personal note, they also really reflected with me because of the age I was when they all came out. So I wasn't sure if doing all of that over again would be able to resonate. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly intrigued when I saw what we actually got, and as it unfolded, it really answered both of my concerns. So I'm in the camp of folks who really like this adaptation and am glad we got it. It's a great compliment to the rest of the versions of this story.
love it when i watch a series for the first time purely because of the art style and the presence of an incredibly sassy side character and you end up falling in love with everything about it just to find out it has a comic book and movie counterpart and nobody likes the anime because it doesn't fit the original plot but you find the anime plot much more compelling after reading the summary of the movie so you just sit there awkwardly in the corner like ;-;. Also a young Neil kin 100% as a kid who wants to write but cant write for shit, have ideas but words don't like wording when i try to word the story into words.
nice video homie, im happy you enjoyed it, as for me, i felt the bait and switch in my bones so im not touching it and just like you said i was expecting a scott pilgrim series not a Ramona flowers and company series, tho im happy for those who enjoyed it!
In an age of remakes where people are just rewriting the same stories and trying to cash in into nostalgia. I am so fucking happy that Scott Pilgrim did it's own thing and took a risk, it gives hope that art can still exist within this industry
I recently got into scott pilgrim because of the show and it makes mee wanna explore more of the media surronding it in my opinion it felt genius what they did
i dont get the bait and switch take because the show is literally called Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, they were warned and still somehow upset about it. Its like in the movie when scott realized he got a warning for the seven deadly exes on the little paper with ramona's number on it.
I like the show as a partner to the movie, and I understand what omalley is saying with this show. It's a reminder that self improvement is a continuous battle. You cant just get better once and be done. It's always happening, yknow? You are something you have to keep tabs on.
I’m huge Scott pilgrim die hard. I love everything about it. And I think this series is fantastic. It allows Ramona and other characters in the series to shine when they couldn’t in the source material
It’s also the fact that Brian Lee omaly literally wanted this to be different from the movie and comics he made it to allow the characters to live and grow and become there own
when i saw her "review" (bcuz it was recent at the time and i want to see other people oppinion on it) i just die inside hearing every word she said and im just sitting there both laughing and confuse on WHAT THE HECK SHE TRYING TO EVEN SAY ABOUT THE SHOW
I just love it when a title gets a new spin on it rather than just doing the same shit in another medium. Like the new avatar series on Netflix: I'd be happy if they changed some plot-beats or mixed things around because I know the ATLA story, I want to see a new approach.
Honestly the first episode got me, I thought it was going to be a slower retelling and I was pissed. I was like what is the point of this if the movie is a thing. Then Scott dies… yes! Something new! And after episode three and four I would give this anime five of my adopted babies. And the movie didn’t flop because of me, I went and saw it in theaters at least ten times.
I was aware of scott pilgrim's existence, but i never had anything to do with it. When i heard about the Netflix show via Twitter i was like "haven't heard that name in a while". I thought there must've been a reason it was so popular even i, who was a kid back then, heard about it. So I watched the show and I enjoyed it, and then I watched the movie and I enjoyed it not as much because I felt like it was barely scratching the surface of that world, but it was still a decent movie. Now I'm reading the comics and I just finished the second one today and I think they're great. What I like about the anime is that the exes got so much screen time and depth, which they didn't in the comics. Like, Lucas Lee throws Scott into the castle, then they talk and then he dies. And that's all we see from him. In the anime you see his day-to-day life, his work, his relationship with the other characters,... But the comics focus more on Scott's friends, which were pushed into the background in the Netflix adaptation (aside from Wallace, of course). I appreciate all three, because they give insights on different characters. It would probably be really difficult to squish all that into one single adaptation, and even if you were able to do that, it would probably be overwhelming to the viewer/reader because it's just too much.
I'm always interested in seeing how the perception of "bait and switch" media evolves over time. Most people who watch Terminator 2, or play Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time now probably have no idea that those were "bait and switch" products who's marketing played off of fan's expectations. In 10 years from now I wonder if this show will gain the same devoted love that the movie has.
the end was satisfying, the story was alright, I enjoyed seeing light get shined one the evil exes but like, did he really have to make scott disappear for all that ToT I feel it would be better for it to be longer or have a second season where instead of immediately having old scott attack, they try to investigate why they can't kiss for longer. I just wished to see more scott pilgrim in his own show.
Honestly, I don’t have a problem with the show. Scott might’ve not been in it for like a while, but doesn’t mean it sucks in my opinion really l thought that every time in episode and Scott would disappear and you would see what he was doing before the events lead up to the last episode and only reason why is that Is because I got spoiled of what happens in the first episode sad :(
i was thinking about writing a story which there are 4 main timelines that exist back to back and not simultaneously, where the main two heroes go back and change things in the current timeline and the whole timeline changes and each of the 4 timelines have the same characters but different stories and events. this anime kinda pictures what the story was going to look like, after i saw people complain about it im regreting my choices
why u spitin facts man like i loved the netflix adaptation beacuse it felt like there were really in love idk if u know what im sayin like genuinely i felt love from Ramona to Scott and not the other way around i liked how she fought for their relationship and not just scott
I think the anime was amazing,and at first I thought it would be 1 for 1 Like the comics but the Reveal Scott Literally takes off surprised me but i was intrigued on what would go on without Scott and young Neil was my personal favorite cause he became a screenwriter while I don’t get why people would be mad at this adaptation sense the title literally says “Scott Pilgrim Takes off” so anyone could just pause for a moment then read the title and hit a realization (but I’m fairly new to the series of Scott Pilgrim) 🗿🗣️
I loved the show. Despite the controversy about the show I've been hearing about (haven't seen much first hand), it seems evident to me that it's very well received, and will be remembered fondly. The actual ratings from critics and fans are great. I've seen one UA-cam video so far trashing it, and everyone in the comments was calling out what a bad take that was. I would've loved to see an actual full adaptation of the comics, but I thought changing it up was a genius move. I was actually iffy about the show during the first episode because they changed the tone of the comedy cut out so much of the character development that I had serious doubts, and once I saw the direction they were taking in episode 2 it all made sense. I haven't seen a lot of people mention it, but I thought the super Ramona thing was also a reference to End of Evangelion, which I found cool. The whole show is doing a Rebuild of Evangelion thing. Then again, people thought the comic took inspiration from FLCL and it didn't.
I adored all of it its tied for anime of the year with jjk for me. My only criticism is that they cut Lisa AGAIN could of at least had a scene of her at Scotts funeral
You're definitely not the only one who enjoyed it, as I loved it. The change-up was insanely fun and refreshing. Even though I have a moreso casual memory of the movie (always wanted to read the comic, never got around to it, still might one day), even I knew the other characters were getting way more fleshed out in Scott's absence. Luckily, Netflix allowed me to rewatch the movie right after the series, to really appreciate both. And like stated in this vid, the story does manage to focus back on the fact that Scott is always the biggest thing getting in his own way. Poetic. In a sea of samey, derivative reworks of media, people really need to open their mind a bit and not rely on the internet so much to form an opinion. I didn't even know about major discourse over this show until today.
Maybe you've heard it already, but I can't recommend the comic enough. Still my favorite version. The live action movie just had to cut and change so much of what people love about the original story. Whole plotlines. Kim's actual backstory and character development. Lisa Miller. I don't often read the comics people online tell me to myself though, so I certainly understand it.
@telaferrum Yep, definitely heard all of that and then some. I'd say it's still on my bucket list for sure, just about time management with life and choosing which entertainment to priortize. It's really one of the few source materials that got adaptated multiple times that I've always really been interested in going back to the original for.
Great video. Its hard to remember now, but I think the main reason that the movie failed when it was released was Michael Cera fatigue. After Arrested Development and Juno, there was a 3-6 year period where he was the lead in a lot of heavily promoted movies that no one remembers now. By the time trailers came out for Scott Pilgrim, I think general audiences were tired of seeing him, and they weren't willing to look at who else was involved in the movie that might convince them that this wasn't just another movie. Also, thanks for watching all of those bad takes of the show so we don't have to
Before I never watched or read anything about Scott pilgrim and this show make me love the Scott pilgrim universe then I watched the movie I really enjoyed it and now I will read the books so actually this show is a good introduction for the Scott pilgrim universe and characters
I love that the evil exes got actual character arcs.
The broship between Gideon and Lee was really wholesome.
my favorate part of the show tbh
except the twins
I adore how it wasn’t even apart of some scheme or plan Gideon was just lonely
@@Donaldthe twins deserved better...
@@Lillie-y7s yessss, they both lose theor status as rich people and instantly become the best of homies
As someone who read the comic/graphic novel and saw the movie the Netflix show ended things in a satisfying way. Ramona learns not to run away from her problems, Scott learns to take accountability, Roxie gets closure , Matthew Patel gets to have a standing ovation , Lucas Lee and Ramona get closure and protected each other from the paparazzi which was an awesome fight montage imo, Knives jamming with Kim was sweet. I loved that the characters grew into better people.
Knives picking up the bass was my favourite moment in the show, and I imagine it strikes chord with most people who , as a teen, picked up an instrument for the first time with their friends so they could be in a band.
Finally here was me thinking i was only one who actually enjoyed and appreciated the show i never understood why it got so much hate just because of a altered storyline
@dytro3634I really don't like people calling this show a sequel to the comics I feel like that rectons all of the development Scott and Romona got and completely ruins the experience at least for me
@@jaydenlopez3636 It's very clearly a sequel to the movie rather than the comics, isn't it?
@@matthewgiglia643what if it's none
@dytro3634who cares which Scott is older Scott?
At the very least it O'Malley projecting his wishful thinking on his past characters, and writing a rushed story out of it.
@@matthewgiglia643 it’s really not, the robot is not in the movie at all and nega Scott was not even mentioned in the cartoon. It’s just it’s own thing
Honestly, a different storyline is something I didn't know I wanted. It made Ramona and Scott less toxic characters, and fleshed out a lot of side characters.
As a critique, I'd say there definitely should've been more Scott, maybe include some scenes vaguely showing where he is throughout the series or something like that.
same i think for a show called "scott pilgrim takes off", there'd be a bit more of scott, but at least that made the reveal of him at the end of episode 6 better
@@BirdG22 "Takes off" is a double entendre
"didn't know I wanted" is a perfect way to put it. I would have been happy with a full faithful adaptation but what we got was soooo much more. We have the book, movie and game that are all pretty good telling's of the original story. Pushing the story into this new territory gave us something new. Why would anyone hate more from something the love.
As someone who read the books, watched the movie, AND played the video game, I was like "why would watch an anime adaption if I've already seen basically the same story 3 times?" And for me I was so glad they changed it up and didnt just regurgitate the same story for a 4th time
EXACTLY!!! I think that girl he mentioned only saw the movie and/or maybe read the comics.
The creator made the comic when he met his gf/wife. This series was made around the time of his divorce. I think the story pretty much reflects what is going on in his life. I think what we got is better as in it works with the other content and adds more instead of taking away. Bryan says it's a totally different universe, but c'mon, he's just saying that as damage control. Older Scott is pretty much the Scott from the movies. I started following Melonie many years ago and she was just a happy gamer. In recent years I see she's turned into such a hate monger literally having a stinkface every video. She was really misinformed about Scott Pilgrim...
Honestly it has to be a different universe altogether. Stephen Stills was dating Julie until Volume 5 and then she moves to Montreal, for example. Most of the characters are completely different characters compared to the comics too. Gideon, Lucas Lee, Young Neil, Envy Adams, even Stephen and Kim are VERY different. They're basically different characters. Scott's pretty different, and Ramona's behavior for a good part of the series is almost out of character. Kim's entire story is lost in translation again. It wouldn't make sense for this to be anything other than it's own universe.
@@dartagnanjames8069 It's a sequel to the movie, I believe, rather than the comics. It pretty much has to be; Movie Gideon, "G-Man" if you will, could absolutely be Gordon Goose, there's room for that, but Gideon Gordon Graves, master of the Glow, couldn't.
@@matthewgiglia643 in the anime we saw Gideon using the glow against older Scott tho.
@@MickeyMouse-lw9hg His hand blast, you mean? That sure looks like the Glow, which is a point in favor of this being the comics universe, but I think the weight of evidence is on the side of this being the movie universe. Ramona never glows at all, for example.
There's other signs as well. Comics Lucas Lee, for example, is a relatively normal individual; he's met sitting down calmly reading a script, and is happy to share Gatorade and baby carrots with Scott and Co. while having a pretty normal conversation about Ramona. He isn't the crazed over-the-top Hollywood douchebro that Chris Evans taught us to love in the Movie... which is also who Lucas Lee is in the anime.
@@matthewgiglia643 we also see Scott fighting a robot created by the twins, but i don't think the anime Is in the same line as the cómics since as you said, Julie broker up with Stills earlier, the whole Scott saving Kim from Simon Lee was apparently real (which could also be canon in the movie), Matthew having never before seen abilities like summoning a trident and 4 extra arms.
I think the anime Is entirely appart from both the cómics AND movie..... Maybe even being in the same continuity as the game given how that beat em up was like a fusión between cómics and movie.
Considering we've seen Scott's story 3 different times now, I'm genuinely kinda shocked people are upset when they learned the show wouldn't be a 4th retelling. Instead we got to explore and appreciate all these characters and ideas in a new light.
I'm a MUCH bigger fan of art that builds off what came before instead of regurgitating the same old stories.
You literally have no argument when all the trailers advertised for a retelling in the first place. How are you "genuinely shocked"? Sound so fake.
@@JayceCH. | I think perhaps I overestimated how open most folks are to new ideas, and how understanding they'd be to artistic decisions. The rug-pull wouldn't have worked had they not advertised it as more of the same, for example. It's ballsy, don't get me wrong, but it also follows through with a deft precision.
(Oh, also just a small note, that's not how the word "literally" works.)
@@JayceCH. i get you dont like new things and that surprises make you feel unsafe but god you are missing out on a great show
Wait.. what was the 3rd time?
Edit: Nvm forgot the game
This was actually the first time I known of Scott Pilgrim. At first I am expecting more of Scott, I thought they won't just remove the character that has his name on the title of the show, then I fell in love with the colorful myriad of characters this whimsical world has to offer so I checked who voiced them and I am surprised of who are the casts, why are there so many big names on the cast? So I searched more about Scott Pilgrim and that's how I knew Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World exists,and then the comics. So yeah, I experienced Scott Pilgrim backwards and don't see why there are some who doesn't like it?
Same!
Comic book fans just really wanted a faithful adaptation, but they shouldn’t hate on it just because it’s different. This show offers a lot of content we would not have gotten otherwise.
There are newcomers who will find this to be a ton of fun as it is. I know because I am one of them.
I only know of Scott pilgrim Vs. The world because of the anime, but I watched the movie and all of that stuff and I loved it. And apparently there’s a game so I need that, and I want to get some of the graphic novels too, I don’t see why the anime is such a big deal.
real, watched the show first and then the movie, I'll buy the comics when I can
You have no idea how glad I am to see this video, I had the dumbest smile on my face the whole time I watched the show, and made the terrible mistake of looking up people's reviews of it after it was over. Legitimately could not understand why people hated it so much 💀
As someone who’s been of the comics, movie and game I absolutely adored the show for exploring a new take on the universe I love so much so although it wasn’t what I expected, I don’t think I would’ve been as hooked as I was if it wasn’t for that fake out
I actually think what they did here was a really cool idea. Ramona as a character kind of got done dirty in the movie, she just hangs out while Scott deals with her dirty laundry and then gets kidnapped at the end. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movie and i understand why they did it like that, but theres a lot of potential in somebody facing their past and making amends for their mistakes, especially with Mary Weinsteads awesome performance as Ramona.
100%, making Ramona the main character was the smartest thing they could have done in my opinion
perfectly said. i was so shocked at the end of the first episode that i had to rewind it and watch it again to fully process what was happening. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, and felt probably the closest i’ve ever felt to reading the comics for the first time again.
Real. I felt the same way, I was like what???? And then had a rush of interest, wonder, excitement, and nostalgia
The main idea of the comics was changing yourself for the betterment of others
And it’s ironic that the fans can’t except the change of a different storyline
I’m currently typing this after just finishing the comics, and though I think it would be cool the see a 1 to 1 adaptation, the series is still great, and, if I remember correctly, still holds the same lessons of change and self improvement, while still having that Scott Pilgrim feel.
I won't blame the fans since the trailers suggested a true adaptation to the books. But yeah I don't think the series is bad just dissapointing in the context of wanting an animated adaptation.
Meh. As a first time watcher of anything Scott Pilgrim, I felt robbed.
I loved this take on the story. I agree, the exes getting more development was amazing. Now, I really want an animated adaptation of Bryan Lee O'malley's "Seconds". Fantastic book!
12:38 To add, I don’t think the series wanted to replace the comics to begin with, rather, it wanted to supplement it with something new to say. It asks you to not just be a fan of the original story, but to be a fan of the world, the characters beyond the inner circle, and, arguably most importantly, the themes that Scott Pilgrim as a whole stands for.
"Fans waiting years for more Scott Pilgrim"
Same fans after literally getting MORE (and good) content: "BETRAYAL"
I only saw this as the altered timeline where Scott finally became one of the “evil exes”, of Ramona Flowers which I think is a really unique idea. I’m sure others may have theorized what it may be, but also pretty accurate towards the anime style and how Scott pilgrim is, which they can go hand in hand (only shooting my own opinion). Seeing it in real time, is nice. (Though the thing that irked me the most was Envy doing.. A WHOLE SCENE AT THE FUNERAL? THAT I WAS NOT OKAY WITH.
Also the hair color changes representing the game series, which I think this anime is sort of based off of because of jus a few places and scenes in the anime that you actually fight enemies in level towards the “evil exes”
Honestly, I was looking forward to the show since it was first advertised, but the ending of the first episode was when I really got into the show. Up until that moment I was enjoying it enough, but I found myself comparing it to the film and what I remember of the comics for most of the episode. Then that ending happened and I was actually hooked. I love what they did with the story and I am so glad it wasn't what I expected.
I loved it! Like everyone else, I went in expecting it would closely follow the comics, but I'm so glad for something new! I remember after watching the movie and reading the comics how desperately I wanted more of this one-of-a-kind-magic-realism-indie-rock world and feeling certain there'd never really be more of it. I was excited by a new, expanded animation coming out, but what I got far exceeded what I expected. I'm so glad we got to see more of Ramona, and that so other many characters got to live and breathe. And I loved the theme of reconciling your own past that runs through it both with Ramona, and especially with Old Scott being the ultimate antagonist. I got very emotional at the end, I think from a mix of the storytelling and the nostalgia. It leaves me wanting to be better
Rly only grew up with the Game and Movie and found out bout the books later on in life and seeing this show made me so happy cuz I’m a big fan of animation and seeing it come to life was a great feeling even if there’s a part of me that wants a book adaptation this show fs gave me the other thing I wanted and that was just more development for the other characters and it was enjoyable, saddening and dumb funny watching thro it I hope we get more tho
When I'm a so-called Scott Pilgrim fan and I get mad at Bryan for not wanting to revisit himself at 25 and I get upset that my mysoginist and pedophilic main character is actually a decent character and so is everyone else
Scott doesn't even get to break up with knives or suffer the consequences that come with such a relationship
such a bad faith argument..my god man...
@@XxjeffersonDkidxXKnives was 17 dude. There's a reason it's the FIRST thing we learn about Scott. He's borderline evil and his character arc is all about becoming better than that.
@@AuthorityCatI wouldn't say he is borderline evil he is a horrible person but I wouldn't go has far to call him that
>pedophilic main character
Really? You can have sex at 16 and Knives was 17! And Scott even wasn't trying to do anything sexual with her. Their first kiss SHE initiated.
The show wasn't bad, I love the world building/lore expansion, but you honestly can't be mad at fans for wanting to have seen Scott fight Ramona's exes in beautiful animation
When I watched the Anime Adaption I was so surpised what actually happend and I think it´s good. Just as you said Bryan Lee changed over the time and views things that he wrote back then in a new perspective. I can´t understand how the people can hate such a adaption, eventhough you can see in ever moment of the Show how much fun the creators had to make this project possible.
Erm 🤓😎 it’s not an adaptation
POV people when characters that aren’t Scott are humanised and given extended emotions and character arcs: 😡😡🤬
I smoked the anime in one night (while I should had been studying for finals).
It is not a betrayal of the original series. It is a different flow of possibilities that shows way more maturity in the storytelling and way more character development. It does not replace the original series, but enhaces it beautifully.
it came out just after my exams finished so i got to binge it as a reward for my school year being over
I loved this show, i genuinely had lots of interest and was kinda confused and freaking out until it was over. After I had finished I really began to appreciate it. My mom had introduced me to the world of Scott Pilgrim by showing me the movie in middle school and years later I had finished the comic series and even played the game. So watching this really made me appreciate everything from the references to the characters and overall message.
00:52 “Defend my boy against the mob” Sounds very similar to an iconic title, I just can’t put my finger on it 🤔
I very much enjoyed the new scott pilgrim, i think scott being gone was dragged on too long, but because he was gone, we got lots of new character development and story changes because of it
Im honestly very glad it wasn't just a 100% faithful adaptation because it was a nice addition to what already existed
2:24 “disrespected the source material” O’MALLEY LITERALLY WORKED ON THE SHOW WHAT-
I love this video to its core. Thank you for defending the series the way you have, people who are upset by it are legit just missing the point and it hurts me to see that. Because how must the creator feel? Probably pretty betrayed.
Look man as someone who has never consumed any Scott pilgrim media before this anime I absolutely fucking loved it like in itself it’s awesome. I have very little context about what happened in the comics but I was still able to enjoy it it to the fullest!
The Anime is so good and your missing out if you didn't watch it. The bait and switch honestly made me shocked and happy. Seeing all the ex's in a different light for longer just made me love them so much more
that sneaky bastard, I had no idea that Bryan actually wanted the trailers to be misguiding us. I love this show more than anything else I've seen so far, to the point it made me want to get all the volumes. That was an amazing video man, keep talking that talk
I’m wasn’t a Scott pilgrim fan before the anime but I see this as a way for new and old fans to be interested in this as well as a new way to get new interactions with the characters
I hella enjoyed Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Its the first Scott Pilgrim media to get me to shed a tear (the epilogue did it). Its my favorite media of 2023.
Dawg. You are an absolutely spectacular content creator. Excellent analysis, incredible music choice, and completely sound editing. You may have 8k now, but im certain you'll break 100k by next summer if you continue to stay consisted. Nothing but praises for you, man.
WHAT DUDE IT WAS AMAZING I understand some of the backlash but its just different also the intro kinda sounds like the theme in Scott pilgrim vs the world game and I think that's really cool
My issue with Scott Pilgrim is that if you watched the movie, and wanted to know more you could read the comics. but since Takes Off was released Scott Pilgrim just has this awkward group of adaptations where if you watch Takes Off, then your required to watch the movie since it takes so much from it, and if you watch the movies you now have to read the comics to even understand the stuff that was only lightly touched on in the movie like "Subspace" and Scotts past relationships like with Kim. It feels like the real reason they took Scott out of Takes off is so that the Grade A voice-cast could have a reunion and more lines to say, which is nice and all but they really should've adapted the Original story first into an Anime before making Takes off, I Think Takes Off is great but they need to make the SP series more digestible to new people, no matter how outdated or cringey it was the Scott was dating a highschooler.
it is absolutely WILD that anyone says this is bad or disrespectful to the source material, fake fan rage bait click farming grifters
Well some yes but others do you really blame them that they say that this show is disrespectful to the original especially that this show has stuff like future Scott
wow great video and you definitely hit the nail on its head explaining how this show actually gives us more
Brian is such a genius for wanting to keep us on our toes and not know what's going to happen next
I love that this adaptation lets every single character get their personality fleshed out, whilst also having an interesting and new plot. And furthermore, the artstyle is AMAZING.
The animation is so gorgeous! It's incredible that they got Science Saru for this, and the production quality on it is beyond anything I hoped for.
I hated the show because I felt it was taking a needless jab at the movie...
But then I watched the rest of it and the last 2 episodes had me do a complete 180 since it delved into things like owning up to past mistakes and not trying to forget that you were shit but rather moving ON from being the awfulness you used to be, and it turned out it was in fact celebrating it all. I'm glad I stuck with it.
I think it's legitimate to regret we didn't get a full-up animated adaptation.
This sequel series (and it IS a sequel; a sequel via time travel and AU and multiverse, but still a sequel) is incredible, and I wouldn't trade it away for anything. So much about it makes you fall in love with these people all over again, from Kim and Knives tender, intimate musical duet, to the rise and fall and rise again of Matthew Patel. It's really incredible. It shows that Scott Pilgrim was always meant to be animated.
And that's a little bit of a problem.
The 2010 movie has a ton of charm and fun; it oozes it out of every shot. But it was a live-action movie, which limited it in a lot of ways regarding what they could get away with on a low budget with a short runtime. They had 110 minutes to work with, which meant a LOT was getting chopped. If you were a fan of Kim's relentless attempts to maintain sanity and integrity in the face of a universe constantly kicking her in the teeth, if you liked the weird emotional metaphors surrounding Gideon and the Glow, if you wanted all of Envy's rich, complex backstory (not that Takes Off did better here) you were going to be out of luck, because the movie had to throw all that overboard in order to get the story it needed into the runtime it had.
A proper, full-up animated adaptation could give us all that and more. (Lisa Miller is just always going to be shanked, isn't she?) We may get that one day, but that day isn't today, and I'm fine being a little sad and regretful over that.
Still, it's 2023 and we got a fricking... unlooked for sequel to a movie that did very poorly a decade and a half ago. And it's charming and fun and makes you love it. That's a big win.
I COMPLETELY agree. I loved the show, but I just want to get a real showing of the later books instead of just a 10 minute summary
its not a sequel no matter how much you want it to be, its a different universe, an AU is not a sequel and no amount of reaching will make it so
P.S. AU's can be canon it just doesn't have to be a sequel
@@jeroid123why would they want it to be a sequel anyway do they how much damage that would do to Scott and Ramona characters
We would never have gotten a straight up anime adaptation. The creator of the comic didn’t want to make one. He’s already told this story like 3 times. He only became interested in revisiting this franchise when he got the idea of changing the story and giving other characters more attention.
@@josiadorthestrong1031 still it would be great to see the comics as a series, nothing brings the original comics to justice, especially the movie because of the fact that it had to compress 6 volumes into 2 hours
I just love how old scot and especially the even older scott resemble nega scott. I mean even older scott is pale and has red eyes and is all of his negative atributes dial up to its highest. With the difference being he can be defeated.
So glad I found your UA-cam channel. You are truly such a well spoken individual. And of course you are, you're literally him with the pointy glasses
I loved this show and I honestly didn’t even know there was hate around it
I don't know how a fan of the comic should hate this show. It is complementary, to the original material , going deep with characters that had been left as one shot apparences.
because the show does a awful job doing it. The exes go from being plot devices for scott to getting some genral surface details, Ramona only apologies to roxie and glances over the rest of the exes in her won show of faceing her past. Worst part is the show tries to do to much in 8 epsiodes, with such limited time why show us kim, knives, etc show more ramona and exes interactions. We know the creator can do a good job, we are calling out the lazy/ bad writing, this is like walking into a gorden ramsey 5 star steak house, but they serve you burnt rubbery meat.
@@dmcoub78Ramona doesn't only apologize to Roxie. The writing wasn't lazy, you just didn't like what they chose to focus on. There's only so much time in the show to learn more about each of the evil exes, and the goal was to flesh them out past the surface details, which they did. There could've been more time, but there wasn't, and I liked the insights the show gave the audience regarding this cast's personalities and desires.
@@jessicu511 ... She barely talks to Matthew, doesn't even interact with the twins till the end, and it's at best 10 secs, no apologies to Todd she shows him a video tape and envy says it was not him, no apologies to Gideon just stops Julie from beating him up. Only two exes she does make amends with is Lucas, and Roxie, Lucas also does not get a apology it's a non verbal understanding at best.
@@jessicu511 they had limited time, which is why the writing sucked ass, this is the Ramona, and exes show why am I seeing young Neil write movies, why am I seeing Scott's band, knives is a music god who can learn anything. None of this helps build up Ramona, and the exes, it's just taking screen time from the characters that need more screen time. This is why Fiona and cake did a way better job, ten episodes but you only have two main characters to build so you can have a lot more depth, takes off also could have kept the Scotts friends story lines, but just built things up over several seasons, instead of craming it all into 8 episodes.
@@jessicu511 the show has a solid idea, and the creator objectively can write good storys. But at the end of the day if you compare his graphic novels to the anime the quality difference is plain as day.
Your channel is so underrated bro
The twist is what actually got me hooked. Had to binge it. Episode 4 is my favorite. So much nostalgia with the skate punk songs. I was last week old when I first heard USW, and “Police Truck” by the Dead Kennedys brought me all the way back to playing THPS on PS1. Unbelievable how entitled people can be these days. To all of those, “Yeah, whatever”.
The new series fleshing out the characters that got maybe 5 lines builds so much on the world and makes the comic retroactively much more fun! I now know these people better now and it adds layers to the things they did in the original! I can always read the comic if I want the original story again xd
When I watched this series I already watched the movie and read the comics I still loved it and they gave my favorite character “Young” Neil more story and screen time which made me very happy
You are someone that fills in the time before scamboli reviews uploads and I thank you for that
"Alt TikTok Girl". This. This is what I was looking for as an alternative to "manic pixie dream girl" 🤣
As someone who was first introduced to Scott Pilgrim on the LA movie, I really enjoyed it and wanted more which made me go back to the comics and enjoy it even more. At the end of the day, the anime was a wonderful thing and I was happy to watch it. No one could change my opinion on this. Wonderful video!.
I find it really weird that people were so outraged that their ASSUMPTION that this would just be the movie animated, was wrong.
Having JUST become a new hardcore fanboy of the franchise, I can say I love all of them. Every version.
I showed the movie to my daughter, she was kinda interested in it, but wouldn't say she liked it a lot. When the series was announced, I was very excited and I got her on board to watch it together, although she was a little reluctant. BOY, YOU HAD TO SEE OUR FACE BY THE END OF EPISODE ONE! After that we got hooked and she LOVED the series as much as I did.
I think it's beautiful. Just perfect.
Your new vids are legit really good and this one is too, I look forward to what you have for us in the future, hope you have a good day ^^
12:34 Also Super Sonic debuted in Sonic 2, so Older Scott was actually right the first time.
I deadass was like imma skip around the episodes to see my favorite arcs before committing to the whole thing. I skipped to ep 5 probably and i was thinking to myself “is this a filler arc? What’s going on” then it hit me ALTERNATE TIMELINE! And I then proceeded to watch the entire show.
Your video touched on something I was feeling going into the series. I was expecting the proper retelling of the original books going in, and I was worried about that because they were so much a product of their time, and for a personal note, they also really reflected with me because of the age I was when they all came out. So I wasn't sure if doing all of that over again would be able to resonate.
Suffice to say, I was pleasantly intrigued when I saw what we actually got, and as it unfolded, it really answered both of my concerns. So I'm in the camp of folks who really like this adaptation and am glad we got it. It's a great compliment to the rest of the versions of this story.
love it when i watch a series for the first time purely because of the art style and the presence of an incredibly sassy side character and you end up falling in love with everything about it just to find out it has a comic book and movie counterpart and nobody likes the anime because it doesn't fit the original plot but you find the anime plot much more compelling after reading the summary of the movie so you just sit there awkwardly in the corner like ;-;. Also a young Neil kin 100% as a kid who wants to write but cant write for shit, have ideas but words don't like wording when i try to word the story into words.
ngl, I didn't read or watch Scott before this so the bait n' switch didn't even cross my mind
nice video homie, im happy you enjoyed it, as for me, i felt the bait and switch in my bones so im not touching it and just like you said i was expecting a scott pilgrim series not a Ramona flowers and company series, tho im happy for those who enjoyed it!
I liked it a ton. It was cool. Plus, the twist was cool. Although I have never seen the movie
They are just yapping... THIS IS SOOO GOOOD
Lucas and Gordon's friendship was the most wholesome and most relatable shit ever
In an age of remakes where people are just rewriting the same stories and trying to cash in into nostalgia. I am so fucking happy that Scott Pilgrim did it's own thing and took a risk, it gives hope that art can still exist within this industry
tysm for this video i hated seeing all the bad reviews by comic readers on imdb.
I recently got into scott pilgrim because of the show and it makes mee wanna explore more of the media surronding it in my opinion it felt genius what they did
i dont get the bait and switch take because the show is literally called Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, they were warned and still somehow upset about it. Its like in the movie when scott realized he got a warning for the seven deadly exes on the little paper with ramona's number on it.
I like the show as a partner to the movie, and I understand what omalley is saying with this show. It's a reminder that self improvement is a continuous battle. You cant just get better once and be done. It's always happening, yknow? You are something you have to keep tabs on.
I’m huge Scott pilgrim die hard. I love everything about it. And I think this series is fantastic. It allows Ramona and other characters in the series to shine when they couldn’t in the source material
I loved it. I remember shouting to nobody in my room saying “ they deviated from the source material and it’s awesome “
I mean all of my IRL friends loved it. The anime even got one of my friends kids wanting to borrow the comics from me
It’s also the fact that Brian Lee omaly literally wanted this to be different from the movie and comics he made it to allow the characters to live and grow and become there own
when i saw her "review" (bcuz it was recent at the time and i want to see other people oppinion on it) i just die inside hearing every word she said and im just sitting there both laughing and confuse on WHAT THE HECK SHE TRYING TO EVEN SAY ABOUT THE SHOW
I just love it when a title gets a new spin on it rather than just doing the same shit in another medium. Like the new avatar series on Netflix: I'd be happy if they changed some plot-beats or mixed things around because I know the ATLA story, I want to see a new approach.
Honestly the first episode got me, I thought it was going to be a slower retelling and I was pissed. I was like what is the point of this if the movie is a thing. Then Scott dies… yes! Something new! And after episode three and four I would give this anime five of my adopted babies. And the movie didn’t flop because of me, I went and saw it in theaters at least ten times.
This is one of my favorite shows I’m glad someone gave it a chance!
Scott Pilgrim is just a really good series and I enjoyed both movie and anime, I still need to get to the graphic novels tho
I was aware of scott pilgrim's existence, but i never had anything to do with it. When i heard about the Netflix show via Twitter i was like "haven't heard that name in a while". I thought there must've been a reason it was so popular even i, who was a kid back then, heard about it. So I watched the show and I enjoyed it, and then I watched the movie and I enjoyed it not as much because I felt like it was barely scratching the surface of that world, but it was still a decent movie. Now I'm reading the comics and I just finished the second one today and I think they're great.
What I like about the anime is that the exes got so much screen time and depth, which they didn't in the comics. Like, Lucas Lee throws Scott into the castle, then they talk and then he dies. And that's all we see from him. In the anime you see his day-to-day life, his work, his relationship with the other characters,...
But the comics focus more on Scott's friends, which were pushed into the background in the Netflix adaptation (aside from Wallace, of course).
I appreciate all three, because they give insights on different characters. It would probably be really difficult to squish all that into one single adaptation, and even if you were able to do that, it would probably be overwhelming to the viewer/reader because it's just too much.
it's been a decade. sure, scott takes off most of the episode. but it's totally new timeline where 7 evil Exes doesn't die.
I'm always interested in seeing how the perception of "bait and switch" media evolves over time. Most people who watch Terminator 2, or play Metal Gear Solid 2 for the first time now probably have no idea that those were "bait and switch" products who's marketing played off of fan's expectations. In 10 years from now I wonder if this show will gain the same devoted love that the movie has.
the end was satisfying, the story was alright, I enjoyed seeing light get shined one the evil exes but like, did he really have to make scott disappear for all that ToT I feel it would be better for it to be longer or have a second season where instead of immediately having old scott attack, they try to investigate why they can't kiss for longer. I just wished to see more scott pilgrim in his own show.
Honestly, I don’t have a problem with the show. Scott might’ve not been in it for like a while, but doesn’t mean it sucks in my opinion really l thought that every time in episode and Scott would disappear and you would see what he was doing before the events lead up to the last episode and only reason why is that Is because I got spoiled of what happens in the first episode sad :(
i was thinking about writing a story which there are 4 main timelines that exist back to back and not simultaneously, where the main two heroes go back and change things in the current timeline and the whole timeline changes and each of the 4 timelines have the same characters but different stories and events. this anime kinda pictures what the story was going to look like, after i saw people complain about it im regreting my choices
why u spitin facts man like i loved the netflix adaptation beacuse it felt like there were really in love idk if u know what im sayin like genuinely i felt love from Ramona to Scott and not the other way around i liked how she fought for their relationship and not just scott
It being different has just given me more incentive to read the comics *as well* :D
I think the anime was amazing,and at first I thought it would be 1 for 1 Like the comics but the Reveal Scott Literally takes off surprised me but i was intrigued on what would go on without Scott and young Neil was my personal favorite cause he became a screenwriter while I don’t get why people would be mad at this adaptation sense the title literally says “Scott Pilgrim Takes off” so anyone could just pause for a moment then read the title and hit a realization (but I’m fairly new to the series of Scott Pilgrim) 🗿🗣️
I loved the show. Despite the controversy about the show I've been hearing about (haven't seen much first hand), it seems evident to me that it's very well received, and will be remembered fondly. The actual ratings from critics and fans are great. I've seen one UA-cam video so far trashing it, and everyone in the comments was calling out what a bad take that was.
I would've loved to see an actual full adaptation of the comics, but I thought changing it up was a genius move. I was actually iffy about the show during the first episode because they changed the tone of the comedy cut out so much of the character development that I had serious doubts, and once I saw the direction they were taking in episode 2 it all made sense.
I haven't seen a lot of people mention it, but I thought the super Ramona thing was also a reference to End of Evangelion, which I found cool. The whole show is doing a Rebuild of Evangelion thing. Then again, people thought the comic took inspiration from FLCL and it didn't.
I adored all of it its tied for anime of the year with jjk for me. My only criticism is that they cut Lisa AGAIN could of at least had a scene of her at Scotts funeral
Lisa nevers gets love :(. You can see her in the seats when you watch the musical tho
You're definitely not the only one who enjoyed it, as I loved it. The change-up was insanely fun and refreshing. Even though I have a moreso casual memory of the movie (always wanted to read the comic, never got around to it, still might one day), even I knew the other characters were getting way more fleshed out in Scott's absence. Luckily, Netflix allowed me to rewatch the movie right after the series, to really appreciate both. And like stated in this vid, the story does manage to focus back on the fact that Scott is always the biggest thing getting in his own way. Poetic. In a sea of samey, derivative reworks of media, people really need to open their mind a bit and not rely on the internet so much to form an opinion. I didn't even know about major discourse over this show until today.
Maybe you've heard it already, but I can't recommend the comic enough. Still my favorite version. The live action movie just had to cut and change so much of what people love about the original story. Whole plotlines. Kim's actual backstory and character development. Lisa Miller. I don't often read the comics people online tell me to myself though, so I certainly understand it.
@telaferrum Yep, definitely heard all of that and then some. I'd say it's still on my bucket list for sure, just about time management with life and choosing which entertainment to priortize. It's really one of the few source materials that got adaptated multiple times that I've always really been interested in going back to the original for.
kinda want a entire video that’s just the Freddy plush that’s just dancing while life could be a dream/sh boom
Great video. Its hard to remember now, but I think the main reason that the movie failed when it was released was Michael Cera fatigue. After Arrested Development and Juno, there was a 3-6 year period where he was the lead in a lot of heavily promoted movies that no one remembers now. By the time trailers came out for Scott Pilgrim, I think general audiences were tired of seeing him, and they weren't willing to look at who else was involved in the movie that might convince them that this wasn't just another movie. Also, thanks for watching all of those bad takes of the show so we don't have to
Damn,thanks for the info brother!
Love the songs you use in your videos. I was so surprised to hear salve maria from soul eater
I loved it; by the end I was very happy it turned out to be it's own thing and not just another retelling of the same story.
Before I never watched or read anything about Scott pilgrim and this show make me love the Scott pilgrim universe then I watched the movie I really enjoyed it and now I will read the books so actually this show is a good introduction for the Scott pilgrim universe and characters
I liked episode 1, People just love to complain.
how does this video only have 1k views
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