WEBVTT - Time Capsule: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

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<v Speaker 1>Hello. My name is Jason Concepcion and I'm Rosie Knight,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome back to Xtra Vision of the podcast where

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<v Speaker 1>we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and

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<v Speaker 1>pop culture. Coming to you from My Heart podcast, where

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<v Speaker 1>we're bringing you two episodes a week, every Tuesday and Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>In today's episode, in the Airlock, we'll step it out

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<v Speaker 2>of that airlock and into the time capsule to talk

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pilgrim takes Off, one of the best TV shows

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<v Speaker 2>of the year on Netflix right now. It's incredible. In

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<v Speaker 2>the omnibus, I'm gonna be talking about why this particular

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<v Speaker 2>adaptation works and how it differs from other adaptations we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen before.

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<v Speaker 1>But first let's pop open the time capsule to recap

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Pilgrim takes Off.

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<v Speaker 2>So, if you have seen in Scott Pilgrim Versus the

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<v Speaker 2>World That's right, then you likely felt or read the

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<v Speaker 2>first episode or read the comics you were like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I know what's going on. This is use beautifully animated remake,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's stunningly animated by Science Saru, and I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>that's exactly what the creative team wanted us to feel.

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<v Speaker 2>We meet Scott, his bandmates Stephen Stills and Kim Pine,

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<v Speaker 2>his friends Young Neil, his seventeen year old girlfriend Knives

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<v Speaker 2>Shower Boo Scott, boo but yeay Knives. We love Knives,

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<v Speaker 2>but boo Scott, she's seventeen. After he falls for a

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<v Speaker 2>Netflix DVD delivery girl, Ramona Flowers, he ends up in

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<v Speaker 2>an awkward situation at the Battle of the Bands where

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<v Speaker 2>Knives is there and Ramona's there and it's just like

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<v Speaker 2>the movie and Ramona's first evil X shows up Matthew Patel,

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<v Speaker 2>and you think, oh, okay, yeah, we get it.

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<v Speaker 3>Scott's gonna beat.

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<v Speaker 2>Him and it's gonna go on like we think. No,

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Pettel beat Scott in the first fight at the

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<v Speaker 2>Battle of the Bands, and Scott is seemingly killed and

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<v Speaker 2>turned into a pile of coins, which I legit screamed

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<v Speaker 2>when I saw it, like I was like, what the fuck.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh my god, this is absolutely not

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<v Speaker 2>what I thought it was. And onto episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Two, Episode two, you'd think it certainly. Matthew Battel thinks

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<v Speaker 1>that his defeating Scott would get him entree into the

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<v Speaker 1>heart of one Romona Flowers, but no, Roona's rejects him

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<v Speaker 1>and blames herself for Scott's death. But don't do that, Ramona, also,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do that. Don't waste your time thinking about this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>But whatever. Gideon getting Graves, mister billionaire tech billionaire, guy

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<v Speaker 1>at the center of everything, gives up his company. Ramona

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<v Speaker 1>decides to go on a search for Scott, who she

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<v Speaker 1>believes might be alive somewhere. This must be faked or

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<v Speaker 1>where could he be. Matt takes over getting in Graves's

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<v Speaker 1>company and takes on the role of the new billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>in the.

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<v Speaker 2>World, which is great. The idea that you can just

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<v Speaker 2>you you just win in a fight and then you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the leader, I'm the CEO of Yeah, I have

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<v Speaker 2>c we do that. Can we just go? Can we

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<v Speaker 2>just go and fight?

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<v Speaker 1>Sign this contract? Remember in the contract you said you

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<v Speaker 1>would give over everything, Gideon, And he's like, okay, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we said, and this is where we should mention one thing. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they got every actor from the Scott Pilgrim movie to

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<v Speaker 1>reprise their role in Scott Pilgrim takes off everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>It costs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Chris, you're talking about some of the biggest names

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<v Speaker 2>that have gone on to do these incredible things since.

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<v Speaker 4>Then, King Wells has been Karen Coulkin, Award winning, award

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<v Speaker 4>winning Kieran Culkin.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, there are so many unbelievable people who kind of

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<v Speaker 2>careers almost started here. I mean when pre Lawson played

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<v Speaker 2>MV Adams in the original movie, she was like nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>she was a baby. So yes, we are now living

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<v Speaker 2>in a no Scott world in a Scott Pilgrim TV show,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is so bloody cleverless because really, Brian Ley, O'Malley, Ben,

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<v Speaker 2>David Garvinsky, they've realized that the best thing you could

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<v Speaker 2>do in Scott Pilgrim is make Scott a side character

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<v Speaker 2>and we basically get to explore all the different interesting

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<v Speaker 2>people that are surround Scott who we've met in the comics,

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<v Speaker 2>we've met in the movies. So one of those people

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<v Speaker 2>is sweet young Neil, and Young Neil has been inspired

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<v Speaker 2>into action after Scott's death. He's worried that his life

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<v Speaker 2>is going to end without him doing anything, so he

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<v Speaker 2>decides that he's going to write a screenplay. He struggles

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<v Speaker 2>to write it, but in the middle of the night

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<v Speaker 2>he sees a mysterious person and suddenly the screenplay is there,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's like, did I write it? Did I not

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<v Speaker 2>write it? And he is very sucked into this, which

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<v Speaker 2>he calls Scott Pilgrim's precious little life. And while he

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<v Speaker 2>is writing or not writing that, Ramona and destigates Scott's

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<v Speaker 2>death and finds out via security footage from the battle

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<v Speaker 2>of the band's venue that he was pulled into a

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<v Speaker 2>portal before.

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<v Speaker 4>Matthew could strike.

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<v Speaker 2>Love that, and we get one of my favorite series

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<v Speaker 2>moments here, which is Ramona and her evil ex. One

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<v Speaker 2>of her evil ex is Roxy, who she dated in

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<v Speaker 2>college and she said it was just a phase. In

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<v Speaker 2>the movie, they have a huge fight, beautifully animated by

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<v Speaker 2>Science Seru. But the best thing is they make up

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<v Speaker 2>because Romona actually takes responsibility for the fact that she

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<v Speaker 2>treated Roxy super callously and kind of just left. And

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<v Speaker 2>the show starts to reveal its true colors here, which

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<v Speaker 2>is this is a show about Ramona. Romona gets to

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<v Speaker 2>be the hero. Ramona gets to exist outside of just

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<v Speaker 2>being a trophy for Scott. And Ramona also gets to

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<v Speaker 2>be held accountable and help the people in her life

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<v Speaker 2>that she might have let down get some closure, and

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<v Speaker 2>we get to see that really huge moment and reunion,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we see Gideon Gideon Graves, who's real name

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<v Speaker 2>really Gordon.

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<v Speaker 4>Goose, Gordon Goose, finish him, Gordon Goose, and he seeks

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<v Speaker 4>refuge in none other than Scott Pilgrim's enemy, Julie Powers played.

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<v Speaker 2>By Aubrey Plaza, who works in the coffee shop and

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<v Speaker 2>she works everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Works and then put works in air quotes.

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<v Speaker 2>She done, she works, she works, she works. Yeah, she

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<v Speaker 2>just turns up everywhere. But guess what now, Gordon Goose

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<v Speaker 2>and Julie Powers are a little team and that leads

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<v Speaker 2>us into the next episode.

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<v Speaker 1>So Ramona is now on a mission to find out

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<v Speaker 1>about this portal. So she decides next to confront her

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<v Speaker 1>one of her evil exes, one of the League of

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<v Speaker 1>Evil Exes, the famously brooding actor and skateboarder Lucas Lee,

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<v Speaker 1>to see if he's involved in this, played by none

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<v Speaker 1>other than Captain America Chris Evans.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way the way they animate, there is

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<v Speaker 2>a skating sequel in this episode. There is probably one

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<v Speaker 2>of my favorite scenes from.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like SX tricky, Like it's really great.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's so stylized and so beautiful. And of course

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<v Speaker 2>Lucas is an actor, so why is he in town. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been cast a skull, that's right in the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>So Lucas has been, as mentioned, has been cast in

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<v Speaker 1>the movie based on Neil's screenplay titled Scott Pilgrim's Precious

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<v Speaker 1>Little Life, the very one that imagined Scott's life as

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<v Speaker 1>if he'd actually beaten Matthew Patel will as well. Scott's

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<v Speaker 1>sassy roommate is cast as himself, which is a wonderful move.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course there must be chaos, there must be action.

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<v Speaker 1>Lucas is caught dating the actress playing knives. Enter the paparazzi,

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<v Speaker 1>who are just interested in everything that Lucas does. There

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<v Speaker 1>ensues an action sequence in which Lucas must fight them off.

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<v Speaker 1>After a long grueling battle, Lucas and Ramona patch things up.

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<v Speaker 1>She helps him sneak out the studio, and just as

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<v Speaker 1>an agent is dropping him, Lucas assures Ramona that he

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<v Speaker 1>has nothing to do with the portal. We also get

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<v Speaker 1>like a wonderful flashback in which we see how Lucas

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<v Speaker 1>and Ramona first started their relationship. It's actually like quite touching,

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<v Speaker 1>and it brings up something that I love about this series,

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<v Speaker 1>which is, you know, Scott's a dick and he's very careless,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's there in the comic, and that's there in

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<v Speaker 1>the movie, and that's there in this But also this

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<v Speaker 1>is a story about breakups, about breakups and being young,

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<v Speaker 1>about how do you about how when you're young you

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<v Speaker 1>feel everything like ten times because you're feeling it for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time, and you get breaken up with and

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<v Speaker 1>you feel like, this is the worst thing that ever happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and how could this be done to me? And you're

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<v Speaker 1>such a the person who broke up with me is

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<v Speaker 1>such a villain. And then all of a sudden, it's

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<v Speaker 1>your turn to break up with somebody and now you're

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<v Speaker 1>the villain. And this story encapsulates those feelings about what

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<v Speaker 1>it's like to all of a sudden be on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of it where you have to be the

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<v Speaker 1>bad person that tells someone that you don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>feelings anymore, and what that is like, and how that's

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<v Speaker 1>just like a part of life. And I think it

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<v Speaker 1>does it really well. It's so winning. It's so great.

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<v Speaker 1>Back to our story, enter evil ex todd Ingram envs

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<v Speaker 1>superpowered vegan boyfriend, of course, deriving his power from the

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<v Speaker 1>power of veganness. He decides to audition for Scott by

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<v Speaker 1>arriving through the portal. This leaves Ramona thinking very suspiciously

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<v Speaker 1>about what's going on, and we're onto the next episode.

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<v Speaker 2>So from here things get even more meta, where Scott's

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<v Speaker 2>ultimate evil x Envy from class at Demonhead played by

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<v Speaker 2>Brie Larson, is cast as Ramona in the movie, as

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<v Speaker 2>Wallace is cast as himself. He's on the set all

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<v Speaker 2>the time and he decides he's gonna seduce Todd and

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<v Speaker 2>that goes well for them. They have a little affair,

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<v Speaker 2>and then just when it seems like the movie might

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<v Speaker 2>get made, Matthew Patel returns and reveals he is the

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<v Speaker 2>new studio owner and he shuts down production on Scott

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<v Speaker 2>Pilgrim's Little Life, but young Ile's friends suggest to him,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you turn it into a stage play where

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<v Speaker 2>you play Scott. How about that? Don't worry about Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 2>just do that, my friend, And then we're on to

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<v Speaker 2>the next episode. Only three left. Now things are getting crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Every episode has an incredible action set piece. That is,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like it's like twenty percent of the episode,

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<v Speaker 1>and each of them you think you've seen them all,

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<v Speaker 1>and you think, if you understand Scott Pilber, that you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to know what the action se'es. And they're not

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Each one is like its own different flavor.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned the Lucas Lee skateboarding scene. Every one of

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<v Speaker 1>them is different in its own way. We meet up

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<v Speaker 1>again now with Gordon, who is transitioning to being this

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<v Speaker 1>homeless guy who is crashing at somebody else's house and

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have a job and doesn't have a lot to do.

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<v Speaker 1>But Gordon has kind of struck up a interesting friendship

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<v Speaker 1>with none other than top Hollywood actor, although kind of

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<v Speaker 1>on the downside of his career, Lucas Lee. Meanwhile, Ramona

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<v Speaker 1>has decided to confront Julie. She reveals that Gordon, who

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<v Speaker 1>has been crashing at her place, has been too depressed

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<v Speaker 1>to do anything at all, literally.

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<v Speaker 4>Anything at all, any plans.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just sitting around being friends with Lucas Lee.

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<v Speaker 1>They head back. As head back to Julie's place, they

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly notice a robot that has been a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>different places is also there at Julie's What's this robot?

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<v Speaker 1>Doing here. The robot, once Ramona notices it, just leaves,

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<v Speaker 1>just gets up and leaves elsewhere. Stephen and Knives come

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<v Speaker 1>up with an idea for, as Rosie mentioned, the stage

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<v Speaker 1>play version of Scott Pilgrit's Precious Little Life. Ramona figures

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<v Speaker 1>out that the Katayangi Twins, the Evil Ex's part of

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<v Speaker 1>her Evil X league, created this robot to be vegan

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<v Speaker 1>and it created the portal. Then sex Ba ba bomb

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<v Speaker 1>drops a bombshell on Ramona. Neil didn't write the play.

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<v Speaker 1>How could he have written the play? He woke up

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<v Speaker 1>and then he had a tire screenplay. There's no way

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<v Speaker 1>that happened. Somebody's like Okham's Razor, Neil, you didn't go

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep and wake up with a full screen play

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<v Speaker 1>on your computer. Somebody else wrote it? Who did it?

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<v Speaker 1>Who could have done it? Finally, whom Scott does show

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<v Speaker 1>up on Romota's doorstep, validating her theory, but with a

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<v Speaker 1>twist that he claims he set the whole thing up himself.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're on the next episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Dune, And in the perfectly named penultimate episode to Scott

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<v Speaker 2>two Pilgrim, which is just so good, we learn that

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<v Speaker 2>Scott's future self is the one who pulled him through

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<v Speaker 2>the portal because in the future after you know, Scott

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<v Speaker 2>defeated Matthew and the Evil exes him and Ramona got

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<v Speaker 2>married yay, happy ending, No, because they ended up getting

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<v Speaker 2>a divorce. So future Scott wanted to pull young Scott

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<v Speaker 2>out and say, don't even get into it, man, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>don't even try to win her over, because you're all

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<v Speaker 2>end up heartbroken and you end up.

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<v Speaker 4>Like me Scott.

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<v Speaker 2>Young Scott doesn't buy it, but I think it's a

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<v Speaker 2>really interesting deep episode where we get to have this

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<v Speaker 2>kind of conversation about the fear of commitment and like

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<v Speaker 2>what if your life doesn't go the way you expect

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<v Speaker 2>it to, and you know, it's kind of the ultimate breakup,

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<v Speaker 2>the breakup after you've been married, Like it's a show

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<v Speaker 2>about breakups throughout your life, and this one has just

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<v Speaker 2>destroyed this guy and kind of turn him into like

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<v Speaker 2>an old man Logan type kind of Lono in a

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<v Speaker 2>dystopian universe, hanging out with the Captain Yagi twins and

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<v Speaker 2>their robot. And the sad truth is that he just

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<v Speaker 2>can't get through to Scott even though it's it's like

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<v Speaker 2>I get it but Scott is just like what you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about, Like, I don't know what's going on. And

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<v Speaker 2>then we meet old man logan version of Ramona, who

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna call future old romonaat by the way, she

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<v Speaker 2>looks great, dude, truly, she's looking looking stunning, and she

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<v Speaker 2>helps Scott get back to the past, also revealing it

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<v Speaker 2>was her who wrote the screenplay because she love Scott

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<v Speaker 2>and she wants him to remember the version of their

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<v Speaker 2>life that they could have if they won. And they

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<v Speaker 2>came together and we're very happy, even if it was

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<v Speaker 2>just for a little while, and we're on to the phenal.

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<v Speaker 1>Scott and Ramona figure out that none of the Evil

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<v Speaker 1>Exes are behind any of this. During the play, things

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<v Speaker 1>go from extremely chaotic and crazy when a deranged even

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<v Speaker 1>older Scott, even older Scott teleports Scott, his friends, Ramona,

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<v Speaker 1>and the League of Evil Exes away, revealing that he's

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<v Speaker 1>the mastermind behind this whole thing, because like, why not

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<v Speaker 1>throw in an extra Scott? We need an extra Scott

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<v Speaker 1>m hm.

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<v Speaker 2>At this point, we got so many Scotts, so many Ramonas.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, because what's something I didn't mention is that

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<v Speaker 2>when Scott and Ramona get back from the past to

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<v Speaker 2>the past, and they think everything's okay. They can't kiss,

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<v Speaker 2>that's right. It's like a force field that's stopping them

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<v Speaker 2>from kissing. And that is what even older Scott has created.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because he doesn't want Scott, young Scott, any version

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<v Speaker 1>of his previous selves to fall in love with Ramona.

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<v Speaker 1>He wants Roona out of his life so he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>become this twisted and sad old man who can't get

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<v Speaker 1>over the fact that Ramona doesn't want to be with him.

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<v Speaker 1>Although does she not want to be with him? This

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<v Speaker 1>is another I think this is another asterisk in his career. Scott,

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<v Speaker 1>even older Scott, thinks that Ramona broke up with him,

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<v Speaker 1>when actually Ramona's like, wait, aren't we just like on

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<v Speaker 1>a break? Like didn't I just want to take.

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<v Speaker 2>Time anyway, Yeah, which is really funny because in the books,

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<v Speaker 2>which are really great they and I believe the first

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<v Speaker 2>the first volume is called Scott Bilgo's Prescious Little Life,

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<v Speaker 2>And something I really love about them is like they

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<v Speaker 2>do just they go on for so long that you

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<v Speaker 2>get to spend lots of time with these characters. And

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<v Speaker 2>there is just like a year where Scott and Ramona

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<v Speaker 2>just like aren't together and that kind of stuff happens,

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<v Speaker 2>And I love the idea that in this like Ramona

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<v Speaker 2>is like, like we can get back together, we can

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<v Speaker 2>do the work. But older Scott in the future has

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<v Speaker 2>just given up. He's like, no, we got divorced.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing else to do. So it's really an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>kind of treatise on like commitment and how much you're

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<v Speaker 2>willing to make things work and how much you'll fight

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<v Speaker 2>for someone, and whether Scott even really wants to be

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<v Speaker 2>with Rona if she's fighting for herself rather than him

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<v Speaker 2>fighting the exes, So it's really interesting and they're in

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<v Speaker 2>like some strange limin or space. But luckily there are

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<v Speaker 2>three Ramonas as well as three Scotts.

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<v Speaker 1>So the evil exes try to fight, even older Scott

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<v Speaker 1>because he wants to kill everybody and also wants to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that his past self never falls in love

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<v Speaker 1>with Ramona. Ramona decides she's done running from her life

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<v Speaker 1>and she's accepted the choices that she's made and she

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<v Speaker 1>embraces her older self, merging to become Supermona. She sends

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<v Speaker 1>older Scott back to the future and successfully kisses Scott Pilgrim.

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<v Speaker 1>They return to the play just in time to catch

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<v Speaker 1>Gordon because shouts out to Knives, who figures out that

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<v Speaker 1>this is where you're gonna find everybody all together, the

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<v Speaker 1>Evil Exes, everybody. They're gonna be at ass play because

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<v Speaker 1>there's the live stage play that's happened. They're all gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be there. Meanwhile, Matthew, worn out by all the drama,

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<v Speaker 1>decides to return his properties and focus on being a

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<v Speaker 1>stage actor. Luke is, showing he's not just a pretty face,

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<v Speaker 1>takes up work as a barista, which he enjoys with, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's this is so good.

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<v Speaker 3>I love the way that in the you know, in

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<v Speaker 3>the in the movie.

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<v Speaker 2>In the books, when the Evil Exes are killed, they

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<v Speaker 2>become piles of coins that dead or whatever. I love

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<v Speaker 2>that they were like, here's what happens if they didn't die.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's you know, Lucas is like a barista and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone's going now watching him do his fancy like milk

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<v Speaker 2>shaw and he's looking all hunky and his ape friend.

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<v Speaker 4>It's so good.

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<v Speaker 1>Roxy helps Todd train to keep his vegan powers sharp

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<v Speaker 1>and then check that cut of Yngie Twins continue to

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<v Speaker 1>work on Robots, Wallace finds love in Paris after splurging

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<v Speaker 1>his film money on a vacation, and knives joined sex

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<v Speaker 1>but ba Bomb as keyboardist as it shouldn't have been,

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<v Speaker 1>with Envy occasionally joining when she wants to. Ramona continues

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<v Speaker 1>her work as a stunt double because she's a badass

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what she should be doing. In a mid

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<v Speaker 1>credits scene, just when you think it's all over, Gordon

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<v Speaker 1>and Julia back at it, seemingly plotting against Scott and

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<v Speaker 1>Ramona as we head into a possible season two.

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<v Speaker 2>Love this show. I loved Scott Pilgrim already. I love

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pilgrim the movie. That was a hugely formative movie

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<v Speaker 2>for me. I love that soundtrack. I still listen to

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<v Speaker 2>it like all the time. I have course played as

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<v Speaker 2>Romona Flowers when I used to walk at the comic shop.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think this surpass is it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really really great.

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<v Speaker 2>Massively because it's so good, it's so surprising, it's so funny.

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<v Speaker 2>But then again, it doesn't work unless you have the

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<v Speaker 2>other pieces as companion work. So this, to me is

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<v Speaker 2>the perfect kind of adaptation. I think, if you're doing

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<v Speaker 2>the third, if you're doing the second or third reimagining

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<v Speaker 2>of a character, actually reimagine it. And this was done

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<v Speaker 2>with Brian Ley O'Malley, who is the creator who's been

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<v Speaker 2>listening to these conversations for twenty years, you know, since

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<v Speaker 2>the books came out, and I think him and Ben

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<v Speaker 2>David Garbinsky did such a good job making this accessible, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 2>really well made animated series that should have been released

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<v Speaker 2>weekly like X Men ninety seven. If that, even if

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<v Speaker 2>you just dropped the first episode and then had a break,

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<v Speaker 2>the conversation that would have happened around it.

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<v Speaker 4>Would have been so fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, what an achievement to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get all the cast back when that is just such

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<v Speaker 2>a massive, massive effort to get these huge Hollywood stars. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>another thing I love about it is that I love

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that they give Matthew Patel like this whole

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<v Speaker 2>character arc because he's the first person who gets killed.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a person of color, and in the movie it's

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<v Speaker 2>like he does have a great moment, a great musical sequence,

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<v Speaker 2>but he doesn't get much more than that, and I

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<v Speaker 2>love that they gave him this art care. But in

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<v Speaker 2>the end, he's like being a CEO is like really rough,

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<v Speaker 2>like I don't want a billion dollars, Like let me

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<v Speaker 2>just live my life as a working actor. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it's to me. I just think it's almost a perfect adaptation.

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<v Speaker 2>It was totally once.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really really great. And again, if you are a

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Pilgrim fan and you think I know this story,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know how they did it this time you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>And they did something super smart, which is make Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Pilgrim really like a side character in his own story

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<v Speaker 1>until basically the end, like he exits episode one, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the entire middle of the series is about in

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<v Speaker 1>air quotes, these side characters, their stories, the things that

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing. There's some shocking romance in here, shouts to

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<v Speaker 1>Wallace and Lucas, Lee Todd. And it's great. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>really fun. It's got the energy of the comic and

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<v Speaker 1>of the original. The music continues to be fantastic. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just wonderful. The action is so good. It's up next.

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<v Speaker 1>Rosie is going to take you even deeper into Scott

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<v Speaker 1>Pilgrim takes off and tell you why it's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best adaptations ever yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to another edition of the Omnibus where law, analysis

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<v Speaker 2>and understanding come together. Today, I'm going to take you

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<v Speaker 2>through why I think Scott Pilgrim takes off as one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best adaptations of all time. This is from

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<v Speaker 2>a piece that I wrote at IgM when the show debuted,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just absolutely was blown away by the way

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<v Speaker 2>that they chose to adapt this show. So adapting Brian

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<v Speaker 2>Ley O'Malley's beloved comic turned cult film for Netflix seems

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<v Speaker 2>like it would be an easy and relatively safe bet.

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pilgrim's a fun, dynamic story that plays with the

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<v Speaker 2>tropes and trappings of manga and fighting games and has

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<v Speaker 2>an immense imbolt nostalgia and fan base, not because it's

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<v Speaker 2>been you know, nineteen years since the comic debuted, but

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<v Speaker 2>also because of the twenty ten movie and the cast

0:23:30.720 --> 0:23:32.520
<v Speaker 2>who have gone on to become some of the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>stars in the world. In case you haven't seen Eggar

0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Wright's charmingly stylized film or read the vibrant source material,

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<v Speaker 2>the story centers around the titular slacker, Scott Pilgrim played

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<v Speaker 2>by Michael Sira, who finds a girl of his dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>Romona Flowers played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and has to

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<v Speaker 2>fight has several Evil x's before he can date her.

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<v Speaker 2>Since twenty ten, the love for the film and comic

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<v Speaker 2>has only grown. The movie was one of those classic

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<v Speaker 2>movies where it didn't really make much much money at

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<v Speaker 2>the box office, but the whole cult hit once it

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<v Speaker 2>hit home video, and it's kind of wild that the

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<v Speaker 2>whole cast decided to come back for the Netflix anime version,

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<v Speaker 2>which was animated by the legendary Science Through Studios. But

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<v Speaker 2>what the streamer and creators O'Malley and Ben David Gribinski

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<v Speaker 2>managed to keep under wraps is that this isn't a

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<v Speaker 2>remake or a sequel, it's something else Entirely. During the

0:24:19.880 --> 0:24:22.200
<v Speaker 2>opening twenty five minutes of the twenty eight ish minute

0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:24.960
<v Speaker 2>first episode, it's easy to believe, as we spoke about

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<v Speaker 2>that you're watching a pretty much shot for shot and

0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:30.480
<v Speaker 2>beautifully animated remake of the film and the comics. We

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<v Speaker 2>see Scott and his band sex per Bomb. They go

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<v Speaker 2>to the Rocket, a local Toronto dive. Bar Ramona's first

0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:37.960
<v Speaker 2>Evil X, Matthew to Tell played by Satya, saw our

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<v Speaker 2>barber attacks but in a moment that, as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>literally Mami Yell, Scott loses the fight. It's an astonishing

0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:46.560
<v Speaker 2>twist that immediately reveals the show isn't what we think

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be, and something that the title had

0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.119
<v Speaker 2>cleverly been hinting about all along. Scott Pilgrim is gone

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<v Speaker 2>and we're left to follow the fallout. It's a huge

0:24:54.880 --> 0:24:58.680
<v Speaker 2>swing that, after watching all eight episodes, absolutely pays off.

0:24:58.760 --> 0:25:01.840
<v Speaker 2>Scott's failure in subs quin disappearance allows the series to

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<v Speaker 2>spend time with its ridiculously stacked cast of characters. Highlight

0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:08.920
<v Speaker 2>include Scott's seventeen year old kind of girlfriend knives Chow

0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.720
<v Speaker 2>played by Ellen Wong, his call gay roommate Wallace Wells,

0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Kieran Culkin, and sexper Bomb's sarcastic drummer kim Pie Alison Pill,

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<v Speaker 2>along with all of Ramona's evil exes like the power

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<v Speaker 2>hungry Patel Vegan Clash, a demon head drummer bass player

0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:26.520
<v Speaker 2>todd ingram and the angsty lesbian hockey player Roxy Richtor.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, there's Ramona Flowers herself, who gets to be

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<v Speaker 2>the hero of her own story here, rather than a

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<v Speaker 2>trophy to be secured through a series of badass fights.

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<v Speaker 2>That change speaks to another of the most powerful and

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<v Speaker 2>likely divisive choices that the show makes. Grabinsky and O'Malley

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<v Speaker 2>are constantly in conversation with viewers and readers who love

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pilgrim in all of its forms. It almost feels

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<v Speaker 2>like an act of anti fan service that instead respects

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<v Speaker 2>the audience while challenging it to grow with the stories

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<v Speaker 2>and characters, rather than settling into familiarity. Of course, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a maturing of the story that makes sense O'Malley published

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<v Speaker 2>the first volume almost twenty years ago, and also makes

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<v Speaker 2>the series stand out from other adaptations. This is an

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<v Speaker 2>additive experience, one that weaves the characters in the world

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<v Speaker 2>that we know with extra context, clarity, and thought amid

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<v Speaker 2>the stunning animation and beautifully directed action that feels like

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<v Speaker 2>another game changing addition to the Netflix slate. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>focus on making amends and moving past the mistakes we've made.

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<v Speaker 2>Whereas the exes in the film will with dispatched post haste,

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<v Speaker 2>here they live on and Ramona realizes and often apologizes

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<v Speaker 2>for the impact she had on them. Knives gets to

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<v Speaker 2>exist out of Stockott's orbit, something that also happened in

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<v Speaker 2>the comics, but in an entirely new way. By realizing

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<v Speaker 2>she's a proficient musician, and with the help of Kim

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<v Speaker 2>joins Sex bebom herself. Other characters get expanded lives. Todd

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<v Speaker 2>falls in love, Lucas Lee finds his calling as a barista,

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<v Speaker 2>Julie reconnects with her old lover. As Scott for himself,

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<v Speaker 2>the show doesn't truly dispense with him, instead playing with

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<v Speaker 2>some delightfully fun comic book tropes to send him on

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<v Speaker 2>a journey to the future where he reconsiders and commits

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<v Speaker 2>to his relationship with Ramona. It brings a depth to

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<v Speaker 2>their romance that's always been a key part of the

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<v Speaker 2>draw of O'Malley's slice of life story. That's something that

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<v Speaker 2>the truncated timeline of the film only touched on, but

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<v Speaker 2>Scott Pilgrim takes off embraces it. Ana Manigucci, who also

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<v Speaker 2>scored the cult Scott Pilgrim versus the world video game

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<v Speaker 2>craft relaxing beats that create an enjoyably chill soundscape for

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<v Speaker 2>a quiet moment between the battles. While Hollywood is dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with what some would call comic book movie fatigue, Scott

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<v Speaker 2>Pilgrim takes off as a breath of fresh air. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a reminder of how vibrant and exciting an adaptation can

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<v Speaker 2>be when the people who love and know the source

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<v Speaker 2>material are willing to take risks. Pretty much every other

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<v Speaker 2>major studio could learn vital lessons from what Grabrinsky and

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<v Speaker 2>O'Malley have done here. Let's just hope that they heed them,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe then the future of comic book adaptations will

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<v Speaker 2>look bright again. And you can read that article. It

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<v Speaker 2>ign along with many of my other articles. And yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I do truly think this is one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>adaptations that we've ever had. But we've had a great

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<v Speaker 2>year for adaptations because we also got Shogun, we got

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<v Speaker 2>House of the Dragon, which I love. So yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a good year for adaptations. Thank you for listening, and

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<v Speaker 2>now let's do Who's Who.

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<v Speaker 1>We like to end every episode with a series of

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<v Speaker 1>fast moving segments. This week It's Who's Who, in which

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<v Speaker 1>we will name our favorite multiverse slash multiple versions of

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<v Speaker 1>the same person stories. Rosie, what's your no? I'll start that,

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<v Speaker 1>Lena start with what Listen. Some people say, oh, multiverse,

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<v Speaker 1>the multiverses, all these multiverse stories. Look at all these

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<v Speaker 1>multiverse stories are very, very old, and that brings me

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<v Speaker 1>to my selection, which I think might be the OG.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about eighteen forty three's banger Christmas Carol by

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<v Speaker 1>Charles Dickens. Oh shit, I think it might be the OG, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it might be the original multiple versions of

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<v Speaker 1>yourself branching timeline story in which my brain, your gude

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<v Speaker 1>Ebenezer Screwedge, is taken by various ghosts to see moments

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<v Speaker 1>from his life, and then he's taken into the future

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<v Speaker 1>to see what life could be like if he continues

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<v Speaker 1>on his path of being a rich, miserately dick. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a great one. It's a classic.

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<v Speaker 2>This is incredible. You blow in my mind because also,

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<v Speaker 2>I think in an incredibly meta take as well. It

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<v Speaker 2>is also probably one of the stories that has the

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<v Speaker 2>most adaptations, so each of them almost acts as its

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<v Speaker 2>own multiverse as well. I love that.

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<v Speaker 4>That is such a good call.

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<v Speaker 2>Ten out of ten. Also, mup at Christmas Carol. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I just need to say it's the best Christmas Carol,

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<v Speaker 2>but I love all Christmas Carols equally. That is a

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<v Speaker 2>very good story, and I absolutely love that pick. I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're right that probably is the OG. Okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go for Okay, it's more of like a scary one,

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna go for coral because I love Coraline,

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<v Speaker 2>I love the little I loved.

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<v Speaker 4>The stop motion.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Lika did an incredible job adapting it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I like that that is a kind of multiverse where

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<v Speaker 2>you go to a different world to come only to

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<v Speaker 2>basically realize we are in the right place, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that story, like your home, where you actually live,

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<v Speaker 2>is where you should be. So I think that is

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<v Speaker 2>a really good one. I also do think everything everywhere

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<v Speaker 2>all at once. Man is up there with best multiverses

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<v Speaker 2>of all time. I mean, I still remember the first

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<v Speaker 2>time I watched that movie. Okay, another one blast from

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<v Speaker 2>the past, but it is getting a re release currently,

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<v Speaker 2>which I cannot wait. Is a Run, Lola Run, which

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<v Speaker 2>we used to watch so much when I was a charasie.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and and that you kind of get these different

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<v Speaker 2>versions of what could happen. And I really that was

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<v Speaker 2>a that was a perennial blockbuster sleepover pick when I

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<v Speaker 2>was growing up.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I must have had housie friends.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, we are blessed with many multiverses, not just

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<v Speaker 2>in the Marvel and DC universe, guys, there's so many

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<v Speaker 2>multiverses all over the place they're living. They're living it

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<v Speaker 2>up everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a different in it. What what are the multi

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<v Speaker 3>versus and me and Jason, I don't know. We're probably

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<v Speaker 3>doing something else, probably just like watching some basketball or something,

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<v Speaker 3>just like a slightly different version of this universe. We're

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<v Speaker 3>just wearing a different colored T shirt. You don't know

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<v Speaker 3>how different the multiverses are. They don't all have to

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<v Speaker 3>be crazy, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think you're evil in any multiverse?

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<v Speaker 4>Cash multiverse?

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<v Speaker 2>Definitely? Come on, I would like to imagine. I would

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<v Speaker 2>like to imagine I'm not. But if there's really a multiverse,

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<v Speaker 2>if we're talking about like every timeline living alongside each

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<v Speaker 2>other like string theory style, I'm sure there is an

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<v Speaker 2>evil Rosie in one of those. Like as much as

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like it, there's probably an evil Rosie and

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<v Speaker 2>Jason and we probably do a really annoying podcast about

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<v Speaker 2>like I don't know, supplements or something.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, this has been an evil Jason and evil Rosie.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's it for this episode. Thanks for listening. Spoiler

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