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Posts Tagged ‘Scott Pilgrim’
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour Spoiler Free Review
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Travis Touchdown vs. The World?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
It’s no secret that I am a huge No More Heroes fan, and just as big a fan of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series. We at GNSU are anticipating the movie coming this August and apparently so is Youtube user kmhikari! They combined the audio from the Scott Pilgrim trailer with scenes from No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle to create this fantastic fan trailer. Check it out below:
New track from the upcoming Scott Pilgrim game
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Hell yes! Anamanaguchi, the wonderful music wizards that they are, have released a new track from the upcoming Scott Pilgrim game. Holy shit does this reek of fantastic. Their chiptune meets rock and roll styling are clearly inspired by games of old so clearly they were a perfect choice for the side scrolling beat ‘em up due out on PSN August 10th (TBA for XBLA). The 6th and final book drops one week from today and the movie is out on the 13th of August. If you aren’t in the know with Scott Pilgrim or Anamanaguchi, then get in it or you are missing out.
The Scott Pilgrimage
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Flickr user mad5l5in5 went on a little trip around Toronto to snap photos of locations in the Scott Pilgrim series. It’s pretty evident that at GNSU we love us some Scott Pilgrim so this is a really awesome idea. I already bugged Brian and Arien about taking trips to some of these places when I head up North later this summer to visit so this has me extra excited. Click the image above to take the Scott Pilgrimage photo tour. Some thoughts and more photos after the jump.
E3 2010 – it begins
Monday, June 14th, 2010
This is it, guys – the big gaming event of the year running from the 15th to the 17th. While E3 is always an exciting event I feel like this year is going to be a big one. There’s a lot of new technology being shown off between Microsoft and Sony’s motion control devices and Nintendo’s next DS incarnation. There will be some big name games on display like the new Zelda title and Portal 2, and much more.
Things are actually already under way in some respects. Nintendo has revealed details on their upcoming Zelda game simply titled “The Legend of Zelda” – set long before The Ocarina of Time. Microsoft has announced a change in name for their controller-less motion gimmick from “Natal” to “Kinect” – a name which makes sense in theory but in practice kind of sucks. Though, given the way it is looking it’s probably suitable. See and judge for yourself:
I’m personally excited for more footage from the upcoming Scott Pilgrim title. Footage was recently released of the 4 player co-op sides crolling beat ‘em up extravaganza. The visuals are amazing, the music is fantastic, so my fingers are crossed on the game playing living up to the rest of what we’ve seen.
And speaking of multiplayer goodness I am also hoping for a good showing from Behemoth on their next multiplayer title. Previously titled “Game #3″ the anticipated “BattleBlock Theater” will most likely be shown off in more polished form this year.
Aside from all of these titles there is so much more to come in the next week – it’s going to be a killer show with a ton of surprises including an announced surprise from Valve which many are speculating to be Source Engine 2.
Stay tuned to GNSU and our Twitter page (http://www.twitter.com/gnsucrew) to keep up to date on the happenings and check out our Podcast this week for an E3 centric episode!
Scott Pilgrim is going to kick your ass: why you should know who he is!
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The man.
If you don’t already know who Scott Pilgrim is then you will by the end of the Summer.
The final volume of the video-game-reference laden comic is due out next month and a much hyped movie starring Michael Cera (Superbad)/directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz) is on the way in August. Furthermore a 8-bit/16-bit game from Ubisoft is due out as well. At first it might sound like your typical over saturated multi-media summer block buster campaign but I strongly believe that’s not the case. So let’s take a look at why this is going to kick ass.
Our good friend Angel mentioned Scott Pilgrim to me about a year ago or so. Maybe longer than that. Either way, for whatever reason, I dismissed it and didn’t think twice about it. A couple months later I found myself in Barnes and Noble where I stumbled across the first volume while figuring out how to burn a hole in my pocket. On a whim I bought it and I was floored. I read it as fast as I could in one sitting and like some horrible addict I needed another fix right away. That week found me plowing through the rest of the series like a fat man driving a bus with vengeance.
What was it about this comic that I loved? Maybe it was because I related so much to Scott Pilgrim (my friends, also fans, teasingly said that I am, in fact Scott between the things I say, my love life, and having played bass in awful bands) – or maybe it was the myriad of video game references. It could also have been that the plot was never boring and it always had an incredibly kick ass sense of humor. The comic was fresh, as a 20-something I could relate to everyone in this book, and it was packaged and paced perfectly. This made reading through the series a breeze.
Of course after I hit the cliffhanger end of volume 5 I was in need of a fix and with the realization I couldn’t have the ending until months and months later I was crushed. The news of the final volume and movie gave me hope but I was a bit worried. I heard Michael Cera was supposed to star in it and that was bad news given the fact that he was type-cast as himself in every movie since Super Bad. No matter how much I loved Arrested Development I was cursing whoever made this casting decision, but then there was a catch.
Edgar fucking Wright was slated to direct. My faith was suddenly restored, and even moreso when Brian Lee O’Malley himself commented on whether or not Michael Cera was “being himself” in the film. O’Malley’s comments that “Michael Cera is kicking ass” made me feel the anticipation for this again.
The excitement for this project didn’t end there. To ramp up the stakes the game was also announced. An oldschool 8-bit/16-bit stylized sidescrolling beat ‘em up? The source material is PERFECT for this! Who better to do the visuals for this dream game than Paul Robertson? If you are somehow unfamiliar with the man in question please take a minute to skip to the videos at the end of this article and give his video “Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006″. Anyone with a heart for 16 bit games of old will fall in love with this video.
I feel like a giddy TV Pitchman when I say this, but does it get better? Hell yes!
New York’s own Anamanaguchi will be providing the music for the game. Once again, if you’re not familiar with these cats, get your asses over to their website where you can hear their latest release “Dawn Metropolis.” I couldn’t think of a better band to feature in this game. I’m excited about Metric doing music for the movie but this is far more killer (sorry Metric!).
All of these little things, I feel, will come together in a beautiful way – these individual works of art (the 6th book, Edgar Wright’s interpretation, and the game with its killer visuals and music) will set it apart from other Summer movie campaigns that make you want to smother yourself.
The nail in the coffin for me was the teaser trailer (and subsequent full trailer) – so I will let Edgar and co.’s work speak for itself. Here are the trailers, Paul Robertson’s video, and some Anamanaguchi if you’re a virgin to these experiences (it’s okay, we’ll still love you.) If you like what you see get on it at amazon.com and pick the damn books up!
Teaser Trailer:
Official Trailer:
Paul Robertson’s Work:
Anamanaguchi:
