Why Scott Pilgrim is important (voting with your dollars).

[seanan_mcguire]

A movie called Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was released recently. It's a classic "boy meets girl, boy fights girl's seven evil exes to keep girl, boy learns important life lessons through kicking ass" story, told with all the manic intensity of a Nintendo game on Red Bull and speed. Is it perfect? No. There are probably things that could have

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Rock on.

[aliciaaudrey]

That was an excellent summation. My husband read it over my shoulder (he's a HUGE movie buff, and he too loved Slither, so you went up in his esteem by also loving Slither) and is giving you an online fist-jab for writing this.

I loved Scott Pilgrim (no, it wasn't perfect, but it was still awesome). And I was crushed when I started to see the numbers come in, because it was wildly imaginative and I knew, as you knew, that it not making the numbers it was expected to make at the box office was going to hamstring other, similarly quirky and imaginative films for YEARS. I'm sure it will make it's money back on DVD. I'm sure it will be a culty favorite, I'm sure it will be able to sell T shirts and stuff for a long while, and why not? It speaks to a segment of the population that's a lot bigger than people think, it comes from a well respected and also-awesome graphic novel series that won't be going out of print any time soon--why shouldn't it be a great long term investment?

Alas, if only film companies (and stockholders) actually THOUGHT that way.

If people ever wonder why we keep getting crappy-ass TV show remakes instead of brilliant, fun original content, this is why. If they wonder why we see fifty-million James Patterson books instead of witty new content from up-and-coming authors, this is also why.

To quote my LOLcatspeak: THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.

This is also why I make it a point to BUY a book if I really like it, even if I borrowed it or checked it out from the library initially. And then I buy it for loved ones I believe will enjoy it. And then I tell everybody I know that they MUST READ THIS BOOK if they like whatever it's about. Because money talks and I want to throw my nickle in favor of producing the sorts of intelligent but awesome and fun books I want to read. Because if I don't, it might not be there anymore. :(

Re: Rock on.

[seanan_mcguire]

Your point is good, and your effort well-appreciated.

And here is a fist-jab for your husband.