Brings me back to the same thing I’ve been saying: Do you see the people in those clips angrily proclaim, “Oh no! I have been used and abused!”

Did they tell you? Or are you getting offended on their behalf with no evidence that they were in any way bothered?

“Does not give a fuck about minimum wage retail workers”

Ah yes, getting offended on behalf of *shuffles deck* Walmart employees because MrBeast *shuffles deck* came in the store and asked an employee if he could check in the back for the product he’s selling.

Plus, Ramona Flowers *is* a bigger culture icon than Scott Pilgrim is so it’s not like they would have needed his name. 

Idk I feel like Ramona Flowers Takes Off would have sold about as well, if advertised like that. 

Which would be completely fine... if it was on either medium the originals were on, and if it had not been advertised as an adaptation.

That’s not the same as standing on its own. That is a “previously on”.

It does give him a kickstart, but New Timeline Scott just, doesn’t get a chance to make his own mistakes. It’s like showing Episode 3 Anakin a picture of Luke and a brief explanation of why Padme really died, and he goes like “oh, ok, then I guess I’m no longer evil”.

It’s definitely something you could have written around. “The Disappearance of Scott Pilgrim” could have been an alternate take. “Ramona Flowers vs the World” would have worked wonders because Ramona Flowers is already a more popular character than Scott.

I am fine with it getting a sequel, I would have been more excited for either a new book or a new movie than about the anime adaptation, but not on a new medium. It’s like, when Rising of the Shield Hero skipped on adapting a ton of the source material, and it instantly became a bottom-tier anime that season. It is…

I took it to mean, the most identical image to a picture, is the negative of that picture. They have literally everything in common, but reversed. Even though they use different colors, they both like the same jacket style, kind of thing. 

Ehhhh, it’s arguably closer to a sequel than an adaptation. The first episode is an adaptation, everything after is a sequel taking place in the same chronological space, like, the present day scenes in Back to the Future 2

I mean, I didn’t see the “I wish that hadn’t been spoiled in the trailer” crowd for Marvel’s What If, a show that hinged completely on what if stories. I feel like if you tell people it’s gonna be a what if, people show up to the what if and enjoy the what if. 

I have the opposite issue, I think this cuts out all of Scott’s character growth. It does leave a solid chunk of Ramona’s, but Scott had to basically speedrun his growth from a two-timing loser to a mature individual who is worthy of Ramona’s affection in the space of two sentences to Knives (who, was actually reduced…

I made a bigger comment elsewhere but, I would be fine with it if it stood on its own tbh. It’s a great sequel (or sidequel) but there is no jumping on point for people who haven’t seen the original. 

Reminds me of when Hideo Kojima was apparently super worried people would be too upset for his new Metal Gear game to the point he almost cancelled it in the wake of 9/11... only to find out nobody cared about the 9/11 parallels and instead were upset that you only got to play the first mission as Snake. 

My thinking is, it does not stand on its own, and as the only animated media we have, that sits alone on a streaming service, it should.

And honestly, the best-written villain, who I would have liked seeing much more of was the first to die. Cool boss but man she should have stayed longer.

Honestly, what matters much, much more than the actor, is the showrunner, and I couldn’t be happier seeing Russel T Davies back. Chibnail did not know how to run a show. Jodie did nothing wrong, but she’ll always be remembered for doing all she could with Chibnail’s faults, which wasn’t a lot that *could* be done.