Remember When – Episode 38
Parris and Jay vs. The World
Prepare yourself for a battle royale. Remember When is back with a new podcast, and this time, it’s a battle of opinions!
We sit down this week for a quick episode, as we look back on our respective experiences with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Jay loved it passionately, Parris hated it to the point of nearly walking out. With two diametrically opposed opinions, it’s going to be a fun discussion.
Jay talks about his experiences with the movie, why he was pleased he DIDN’T read the comics ahead of time, and how he appreciates the love letter effect in the film. Parris explains The Wife Effect, his feelings on why the romantic storyline deflated the overall film, and why Michael Cera might not have been the best choice for the role.
Two people enter the ring. Where will it end? Listen in and find out.
Then we wrap up the show with some talk about True Blood, Mad Men, why AMC is one of the greatest cable networks available, and our hopes and fears for the Fall TV season. Believe it or not, we even manage to avoid spoilers in this section as well!
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Program time stamps:
Start to 26:55 – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (loads of spoilers)
26:55 to end – Mad Men, AMC, the Fall TV lineup, and the failings of network TV (extremely minimal spoilers)
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Hey guys, good episode. I have correction for Jay though in regards to Kick-Ass. Per USA Today, in today’s edition, “No movie could have come out of last year’s Comic-Con more touted than Kick-Ass, the R-rated adaptation of the graphic novel featuring kids as the foul-mouthed protagonists. The movie made a meager $48 million.”, not $100 million as you said in the podcast.
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I usually am right in line with Paris’s opinions on movies, but not in this case. I can understand why the couple feels a bit forced but the way I saw it is they are still young. Ramona had Scott in love at first site. (not the first time that has been done in the movies) Ramona gives Scott a chance based on she feels he is exactly what she needs in her life. I’m pretty sure they mention it a couple of times in the movie. Knives is very cute but she is still a Junior in High School and let’s face it, she is the rebound girlfriend. She really never had a chance. I came into this movie with high expectations based on the buzz and Edgar Wright. In my mind it was exactly what I expected and delivered.
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Well, the movie only cost $28 million to make, and (allegedly) about $5 – $10 million to market. So even in the worst case scenario, if it cost between $40 – $45 million in combined costs and they ended up with $100 million in ticket sales (not counting DVD purchases), then I think those critics may be jumping to the wrong conclusion.
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Just listened to the show after watching the film last night; interesting thoughts, but for me the film is a 4/10 movie at best; yes the sound design was cool, but it just wasn’t very funny; maybe if i was 10 years younger i may have laugh more; it had it’s laugh out loud moments but they were too few and far between. Got to agree with Parris that Michael Cera should not have been in this movie, just awful; he was funny in Superbad and passable in Juno but other than that i can’t remember seeing him in anything good.
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I agree with Paris about Scott Pilgrim I should not have to read a comic to watch a movie. If I wanted to read a comic I would have read it. I love to see the day when a movie based off a comic or video game uses enough of the base orgin matteral but still makes the movie stand on its own so those who don’t know it will enjoy the movie. I maybe remembering wrong but The Road to Perdition is a good explem of it. I didn’t know it was a comic but I really enjoyed the movie. StarShi p Trooper is another yes its cheesy but I didn’t know it was a book and truly enjoyed it for what it was.
I also agree that the best show on tv know are on paid cable. I was talking two different coworks about how the show we enjoy and talk about know are on cable. Like our last conversation was about Dark Blue and Leverage. I’m trying to get them to watch Rubicon, like you said it’s a slow burn but it looks like they are working to something big.
A side note I remember when you two were talking about the last season of The Shield, those coversations made add it to my Netflix and watched the entire series in three weeks and enjoyed the whole thing. I trying to fight adding True Blood to my queue but I know I will. Thanks for the show.