Evening Reading

by Jeff Mattas, Jan 20, 2011 5:00pm PST

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With the deluge of new hands-on preview coverage we've amassed for today, it officially feels like the wheels of 2011 are building up speed, at least as far as hyping new games is concerned.

We've got environmental destruction and repair, a kid with wings, blue anthropomorphic avocados, a six-way race-war, and a couple of 3D shooting galleries. Honestly, who could ask for more?

You want a chatty, you say? Fine then. Here you go. Some folks are hard to please.

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30 or so minutes into scott pilgrim... You guys are fucking retarded, and this movie blows.

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30 or so minutes into scott pilgrim... You guys are fucking retarded, and this movie blows. : dedgecko
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  What don't you like about it? To goofy, don't like the actors, plot sucks? : Nerdsbeware
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    all of the above? : sleepyvt
    - Just wondering. It's just not for you which is cool. : Nerdsbeware
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    1. All hipsters can DIAF 2. Michael Cera is the biggest faggot on the planet 3. The story blows 4. Wh... : dedgecko
- It was ok. I wouldn't stop on it if I was channel surfing, but I didn't hate it : Slowtreme
- I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you. : JynnanTonnyx
- Agreed. : watcherxp
- It really is terrible. : TylerJSmith
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  Yea, this movie wasn't that great. You know what's a good movie? Buried : deKaf
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    I feel like I was the only one who saw this in the theater. BURIED CHANGED MY LIFE : at0micgarden
    - I was meh on it until about 20 minutes in and then I was hooked. It builds and builds and builds till the... : Super Sparker
  - That films is the best! It even has an action sequence. : Chipwarrior
- /highfive that's what I'm talking about! : v1ctoly
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  The story sucks, but the music and visuals are both pretty awesome : ColoradoCNC
  - this is about scott pilgrim not Tron : cfalcon
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  I agree. I did not enjoy that movie. : roushimsx
  - oh, but the game is awesome...so...I guess it all evens out. I mean, other than the game not allowing ... : roushimsx
- Its not a good movie, but it is a fun movie. Probably better if you're early 30's, for a lot of the refer... : theamazingrand0
- I think the strength of the movie works better on people who have read the comic, because more than any c... : edge198
- I only made it about 45 minutes or so into it. I just couldn't bring myself to finish it :(. : Confrustrating
- I thought it was a fantastic movie. What do you usually like? : sgtsanity
- It was okay. : orgcaptainnemo
- I REALLY enjoyed it, The music alone was worth it. : greenbergMD
- I didn't think it blew, but it wasn't awesome. : rick
- The movie was and is amazing and you are broken! In half!! : HL3dsx
- So many broken people =( : lodit
- pretty much, yeah. : crypt420
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  Yeah I thought it was a bit too obnoxious for me. I felt over stimulated. : VegasX
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    and I mean this in the sense that there were pop-ups and video game noises and quick dialog every 3 secon... : VegasX
    - Agreed, some of the sound effects were way too distracting. Memories of the simpsons arcade game kept fl... : dedgecko
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  I had a good time watching it. I enjoyed it a lot. But then again, I like Michael Cera for his geekyness. : shack_me_to_hell
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    I only liked him in Superbad and Arrested Development. Otherwise he annoys me to no end. : Confrustrating
    - Did not expect it, but he was awesome in youth in revolt, enjoyable flick for the most part. : dedgecko
- Yeah it was just weird : bolneze
- My favorite movie of the year. : Thresher
- I liked it. : The Grolar Bear
- I love that movie. : Fish_Bulb
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  everyone's entitled to their opinion even if it's clearly wrong : halophoenix
  - Exactly : uglysad
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  The movie is too well made to blow. They just needed to cut the Scott Pilgrim character from it. : JarEme
  - He is one of the weaker parts of the movie. : dex.collins
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    So it's like Kick-Ass where you don't care about the Kick-Ass character at all but the movie still 0wns? : dognose
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      No, it's worse. If you're not careful, you spend the whole movie annoyed because nothing about his charac... : JarEme
      
      Actually that sounds exactly like Kick Ass. : dex.collins
- I watched it rather drunk and enjoyed the piss out of it (to my surprise). Watched it again sober, still ... : zakazi
- It's no Deer Hunter hunh? : Werkin
- It's easily my favorite from last year, you're nuts. : Vincent Grayson
- never even heard about the movie until I saw the XBLA game. Bought it a while ago but haven't really play... : humbleone
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  Its not for everybody but saying the movie blows is pretty stupid. The film is nothing short of a masterp : socksta
  - Yeeash, what a load of crap. : dedgecko
- Loved it. : shirif
- You sir are the retard. : voodooraze
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  it's bad. it's the new donnie darko. : Boxelder
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    please don't . : shirif
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      stupid fucking story wrapped up in a hip presentation X2. you don't own me. : Boxelder
      
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      AND SIN CIT(my keyboard won't capitalize y since I spilled beer on it) TOO : Boxelder
      
      Alright, you need to calm the fuck down. : Godhatesfatpeople
      
      What are you even on right now. : TheVietSpecial
      
      Yea, you're dead inside : dedgecko
      
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      Maybe we should meet and I will hand you to the proper authorities (the crazy house) : shirif
      
      I can respect different opinions, but comparing those two movies to DD :( : shirif
      
      let it all out Boxi! : devpaul
      
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      The best part of Sin City was Mickey Rourke's character and performance. Other than that, nothing too me... : Poor Yurik
      
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      Jessica Alba >:( : shirif
      
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      You mean the stripper that doesn't strip? : SpaecKow
      
      Still hot and disappointing. : shirif
      
      Clive Owen's Dwight storyline was my favorite. I really liked him, all the shit with Jackie Boy was pret... : Nerdsbeware
      
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      I think you mean Carla Gugino's breasts : greenbergMD
      
      ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ : Godhatesfatpeople
      
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      YOU DON'T OWN ME : halophoenix
      
      DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEM : VivaMachete
      
      cant you use capslock? : filthysock
      
      Sometimes the presentation is part of the message. : Lone Swordsman
  - lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  - Not even in the same league, you are way off : dedgecko
  - Haha no : sgtsanity
  - Donnie Darko was cool. Scott Pilgrim was for 12 year olds : bozer
  - fuck you right up the asshole donnie darko is good. : nwillard
- Didnt like it, didnt hate it, would not see it again, would not recommend it to my missus who is a Chines... : SigENeaT
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  You either love it or hate it. I feel like that is the case with Edgar Wright movies all the time. : TheVietSpecial
  - I disagree. I thought the movie was completely and thoroughly ok. : Tawler
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    Really? shaun of the dead and hot fuzz are both worlds away from scott pilgrim's crappiness. : dedgecko
    - Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion man. For me it goes Scott Pilgrim>Shaun of the Dead>Hot Fuzz ... : TheVietSpecial
  - I love Pilgrim, it was my movie of the year as well but Shaun and Fuzz are far and away so much better, h... : Nerdsbeware
  - Things by Edgar Wright I loved: Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz. Things by Edgar Wright I didn't l... : aethyr
- I loved it a lot. It actually made a love story interesting which is very hard to do for me, since they'... : jingletard
- I agree! : angrytaxman
- I thought it was "stupid" but entertaining, because it was basically really different then anything else.... : chilln
- You should have listened to me, you even posted in the thread! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24460... : aethyr
- I fear the shack hive mind. Front pagers I can deal with. : Dr_Cube
- I fell asleep during it. : Thisispol
- Yeah I get the appeal, but it wasn't for me. : red2lucas
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  GUYS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE SAME OPINION. : Senate5000
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    What's funny is that we've had exactly this thread so many times that it baffles me when someone say "I w... : Vincent Grayson
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      This happens for everything though. Someone comes in late to the game and then complains about how we mi... : TheVietSpecial
      
      Ya pretty much. We've probably had about 40 Scott Pilgrim threads and 3075 Inception threads since the m... : Senate5000
    - I'm in the middle ground, I didn't hate it but I don't love it. It's definitely one of the more visually ... : ColoradoCNC
  - wait, whats going on here. where are my pants : rmjackson
- You suck the joy out of life too I bet. :\ : Q-ball
- fuck off. : sKetchflow
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  What's funny is the 4th evil ex is played by the girl who played Ann]O on Arrested Development. Seeing h : grendel
  - Oh I thought she looked familiar, haha : ejectorpod
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    One of the vegan police is also on Arrested Development. Tom Jane I think. : dex.collins
    - Yup! I recognized him. :D : DM7
  - her? : sludge vohaul
- I read the first 30 characters of your post and you suck! : PuppyStomper
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  I hear sometimes people have different opinions, I think those people are stupid.
  
  Jan 20, 2011 11:52pm PST
  
  I hear sometimes people have different opinions, I think those people are stupid. : thedude
- I couldn't get into it either, watched it the other day. : moshman
- I respect your right to have a differing opinion than my own, but do not appreciate being called "fucking... : kallanta
- Yep, blew chucks. : themaestro2657
- As a man who almost walked out in the theater, stick with it. The first 30 minutes are fucking awful. N... : kingdepork
- I really enjoyed the film. But I couldn't even make it through the first book of the comic it was so awfu... : peanut-

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