Scott Pilgrim Vol 1: Precious Little Life

[locuatico]

56 pages out of 170

Since The Dom is doing a "lost in adaptation" for Scott Pilgrim Vs. the world, I considered a good time to do a post about it, starting with the first volume "Scott's precious little life"


We begin the story learning that our 23 years-old hero is dating a 17 years-old high-schooler.


















This early part is mostly for setting up the more mundane aspects of the world and that Scott's life is... well, pretty crappy despite what he may tell himself, before the plot begins.

Also, despite my initial comment, I do find Scott's relationship with Knives not as squicky as it could be, since Scott is clearly not trying to take advantage of her and is often shown as the one trying to take things slowly. I am glad the relationship is ended as quick as it did, but I can see a little of what the movie expanded upon.

We also meet Scott's sister, whom the author regretted naming after his sister, which is why she is demoted to an extra by the end of the series, despite her prominence in the first couple of books.





After that, he has a strange dream, or rather, a stranger telling him he is dreaming.





But even stranger is when he sees said stranger once again in the library.



Only for her to show up again in his dream the next day. (Also take note of the girl in the electric keyboard, it is a plot point)





Then at a party, he begins asking around to see if anyone has seen a girl with colored hair, to which he discovers her name is Ramona, that she works for Amazon and is in that very same party, too.







I would say that was an awkward statement to make, but considering things, he can hardly be blamed.
Anyway, Here scott asking Wallace about Amazon.





Can i say? wallace is hands down the best character in the series. He always has the best lines and is clearly the one who gets the most enjoyment out of the whole thing.

Anyways, Scott makes a purchase, but has to wait until after the weekend for his package to arrive. However, that monday...




(as a side note, the "chapters" are mostly an aesthetic choice, since this was published as a full graphic novel).















Ramona takes Scott to her place so he can spend the night until the storm passes.







Scott does invite Ramona to see Sex bob-omb play next wednesday night



jumping straight to wednesday...





Which later becomes even more awkward when Ramona comes.





however, they are interrupted by some guy who tries to attack Scott.
Unlucky him...



Scott does ask who that guy is... which turns out to be the first of Ramona's Exes.







he also informs him that ALL of Ramona's exes are going after him.

Anyways, here is a random group attack powered by friendship.





Afterwards

Comments

[mazway_75]

Seriously, the movie was just amazing managing to replicate the tone so well. You start with the typical quirky "geeky guy loves weird girl" motif, the usual pack of funny friends and such, seems a normal thing...

And then all of sudden we get a video game styled battle that everyone treats as totally normal. I got into this book thanks to the late, lamented "Wizard" magazine highlighting it and glad I did. And while I love the movie (with its great soundtrack), the original comic is still a true gem.

[crinos]

My favorite part is that this dimwitted slacker with an underaged girlfriend just also happens to be the best fighter in the province, and when he gets jumped by a dark sorcerer everyone is like "Man, that guy has no idea what he got into, Scott's like the best fighter in the province."

And of course then we find out the girlfriend is also a badass ninja in her own right. Like, its a slice of life comedy where like half the cast could be on the roster for a street fighter game.

[mazway_75]

One touch I did like in the movie is the sister (Anna Kendrick) being the one person who, when the fights break out, is "what the hell is going on?"

[shadowpsykie]

you mean kevin didn't make out with scott's sister's boyfriend?

[xammax]

I will always love this for how Toronto it is, especially the Toronto of my early 20s.

[locuatico]

I recall one of the movie producers joked that, normally, when filming in toronto they need to avoid anything that could reveal they are in toronto, since the movie usually takes place in the US or somewhere else. But since this story is set in Toronto, the movie was able to go crazy with the locations.

[rainspirit]

I'll be forever sad that I never got the chance to own/play to completion the Xbox game this comic was based off. :(

[thatnickguy]

I did, but it makes me doubly sad I can't play it anymore.

At the time of its release, I was living in Toronto. My oldest and bestest friend co-oped the whole game with me. We both grew up on comics, video games, and both shared a love for River City Ransom. So, two nerds living in Toronto and recognizing every little video game reference in that game?

Yeah, it was an amazing experience. It was like the game was made just for us two.

[super_fly]

You know originally the bit with Ramona's delivery route seemed funny-haha, but nowadays I would totally believe Amazon is so shitty a company that its workers would have to take shortcuts through people's dreams just to keep their jobs.