Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

[dave is ok]

Says the guy who cares enough about his TNL avatar that he changes it more than once every few years.

[George]

The fight scenes and heroic visage of Scott is actually all part of the story. His heroic image of himself is a false construction. What's the device called? An unreliable narrator? Everything is from Scott's perspective and it's more epic than the reality.

[dave is ok]

Is that why every character in the book only serves one purpose: to coddle and take care of Scott?

Dude writes the character like he's some hapless lovable loser when he's really just a jerk.

[YellerDog]

Which ends up being a big plot point.

[George]

The whole series is about him realizing that. Now I'm not sure how deliberate the whole process was on the part of the author, but I would recommend you read through to book 4, where the whole theme of the story starts to flesh itself out. Scott has a good head on his shoulders but he IS a loser and a pussy about a lot of things.

EDIT: By the way, I fully expect the movie to gloss over that and appeal strictly to the surface value of "VIDEO GAMES REFERENCES" and "INDIE MUSIC OMG" while trumping up Scott as a real epic hero. That's fine, that's why people always say the books are better.

[dave is ok]

I only read the first three so far - but I downloaded 1-5 so I'll get to them eventually.

Three was better than the first two. At least Edgar Wright can fix the unfunny for the movie.

[Doc Holliday]

Dave has unresolved issues with his own nerdy childhood: CONFIRMED

[dave is ok]

I'm sorry, was I supposed to be like "HA HA! They are making fun of the hipster/vegan/anti-consumer by making him go into a retail outlet!"

Dave has unresolved issues with his own nerdy childhood: CONFIRMED

I wish my childhood was nerdier - All of my friends were into sports

[YellerDog]

Ever been to a flea market/dirt mall? That bit was pretty true to the experience of such a place!

[dave is ok]

I've been to your mother's flea market.

Her vagina