SPARTACUS Star Jai Courtney Lands DIE HARD 5 Lead as John McClane’s Son; Plus an Image of Courtney’s Screen Test with Bruce Willis
New Trailer for AMERICAN REUNION
New Posters for MEN IN BLACK 3 and BATTLESHIP with a New Mondo IMAX Poster for JOHN CARTER
Screenwriter Michael Bacall Gives Update on Les Grossman Movie; Says It’s “A Pretty Heartfelt Story” and it Was Written to Be Rated R
New Images from THE AVENGERS [Updated With High Resolution]SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Custom Nintendo-Inspired Blu-ray Case Insert
by Bill Graham Posted:November 9th, 2010 at 8:22 am
|
|
 |
|
This is exactly what you think it is. With Edgar Wright’s awesome Scott Pilgrim vs. The World hitting Blu-ray and DVD today, I figured you might want something to spice it up a bit. The film, an adaptation of the fantastic Bryan Lee O’Malley graphic novel series, was incredibly unique and seems destined to be one of those, “You haven’t seen it!? Oh, let’s watch it now,” type of movies. Now you can say the same about your Blu-ray case. Hit the jump to grab the exclusive printable NES-inspired Blu-ray insert by Adam Lowe, aka DudeImbibes, for Scott Pilgrim and what he had to say about creating it.
Edgar Wright blogged about this awesome case modification in late September and it gathered a lot of attention, but the insert itself was only shown in photos. You can see all the various versions that Lowe did at his Flickr account, including an NES cartridge mod that was cut to store a DVD and Blu-ray. The guy clearly has talent. Because the film is actually hitting today I felt you might want to be reminded and for those that hadn’t seen this before, it’s a great time to discover it. While the Blu-ray insert was only shown in the finished product online at various sites, below you can finally grab the full printable version for your own enjoyment.
This was something I worked out with the artist, so I asked if he had any comments about the creation and response so far.
“When I first saw the trailer for Scott Pilgrim, my reaction was somewhere in the ball park of “EEEEEEEEEE!” It wasn’t even out in theaters, and already I was counting down the days for the Blu-ray release. I’m a graphic designer and I spend a lot of my free time creating custom cases for my Blu-rays. I love movie case art and I just like to create (and see what others create) when licensing restrictions and all that legal crap isn’t getting in the way. After seeing the Scott Pilgrim trailer, I knew I had to design something that appeased my inner NES fanboy. I first created a Blu-ray case insert, but it wasn’t enough. Inspired by the wicked cool Megaman 9 presskit, and the pitch-game for Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game, which featured Pilgrim as a Megman-esque sprite, I knew what I had to do.
I figured I’d straight up mod a NES Cart into a disc case. Turns out, I didn’t pay attention: the press kit was a minidisc, not a standard sized disc, and standard sized discs don’t fit NES carts. Hence, my mods to the NES cart. I then had a custom NES box printed and voila. I did this project for the hell of it, just for fun. On a lark, I decided, “What the hell, I’ll send it to Edgar Wright.” I can’t describe the shock I experienced when I saw it pop up on the front of his blog, or how humbling it was to see so many people reacting positively to it.
I’ve received a lot of feedback like, “This should be the real case!” or, “You should sell it!” – I definitely will never sell this. I fully support buying licensed goods and I get what kind of hoops Universal would have had to jump through to put together a NES throwback case. So I’m psyched that this pet project took off the way it did. I respect Edgar Wright, Universal, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and NES, and I hope that when/if they see this work, they know it comes from a love and respect of their work, and not in defiance or my thinking I could do better than them.”
Oh, and the seal of approval says: “This Seal is Your Assurance that Scott Pilgrim vs The World is an Epic of Epic Epicness.” WIN! Also, check out what the finished product looks like from the side and more evidence that Lowe has a passion and gift for doing other custom Blu-ray inserts. That Casino Royale one is outstanding.
Please Like Collider on Facebook
|
|
|
|
Related Links
- SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Filmmakers and Cast to Appear at Special Events in Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, and New York for Upcoming DVD/Blu-ray
- Check out These Behind-the-Scenes Clips from SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Coming to DVD/Blu-ray November 9th
- SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Hits DVD and Blu-Ray on November 9th – UPDATED with High-Res Cover Art and Press Release
- Sneak Peek at SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD DVD/Blu-ray Special Feature
- GAME OF THRONES Season 1 Blu-ray 56% Off
Guys…I have huge respect for Collider. I really do. But…This movie bombed. Deal with it.
So a film is only good or worth talking about if it made money.
Did you enjoy Vampires Suck then?
You misunderstood me. I didn’t say that. What I meant was that the movie had its chance and lost it. Perhaps one day it will become a cult classic, like many other movies that bombed in theatres (Blade Runner, Highlander…). Perhaps.
But until then, lets focus on other movies.
im sorry but you make no sense……
So, let’s be quiet about a film that JUST hit DVD/Blu-ray for the first time? THAT makes no sense. You can’t have a film become a cult classic if people don’t talk about it.
So a film is only good or worth talking about if it made money.
Did you enjoy Vampires Suck then?
Because the movie wasn’t a tremendous box office success, that is EXACTLY why a movie blog like this NEEDS to report on films like it. Word of mouth and positive coverage of a fantastic film is deserved, whether it was a billion dollar grosser or not. If we only reported on the big films, what would be the point? We cover smaller films because we are film enthusiasts, not just mainstream, populist film goers.
Hmm.. The movie wasn’t that “fantastic”. Looks like you haven’t read the comic book (PS: I’m not saying you haven’t
Plus, I’m cool with Michael Cera, but he doesn’t fit the character, and it would have been a better idea to make it a franchise, not a single-cramped movie that didn’t work.
It’s my opinion, but the blog is cool.
Hmm.. The movie wasn’t that “fantastic”. Looks like you haven’t read the comic book (PS: I’m not saying you haven’t
Plus, I’m cool with Michael Cera, but he doesn’t fit the character, and it would have been a better idea to make it a franchise, not a single-cramped movie that didn’t work.
It’s my opinion, but the blog is cool.
I read the comic a while before seeing the film. I am not a Michael Cera hater, but there are a lot out there. I have a sneaking suspicion you are tired of his shtick, which is fine. I just have no problem when it works for me, and it worked for me.
I stand by my opinion that the film is fantastic. I love it to piece. Saw it four times in theaters, and just watched it twice today. It’s not for everyone, but I love it and known plenty of others that have the same opinion.
I read the comic a while before seeing the film. I am not a Michael Cera hater, but there are a lot out there. I have a sneaking suspicion you are tired of his shtick, which is fine. I just have no problem when it works for me, and it worked for me.
I stand by my opinion that the film is fantastic. I love it to piece. Saw it four times in theaters, and just watched it twice today. It’s not for everyone, but I love it and known plenty of others that have the same opinion.
Well, actually I like him; I just don’t think he was the best choice for the character, same with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ellen Wong–They have a different vibe from their comic book counterparts. The rest of the cast is great!
I think a live action Scott Pilgrim (the character) would have been pretty much like an alternate version of Marty McFly, but just a bit silly; instead of the shy guy we all know Cera plays the best. That’s my point about him.
About the movie, I think what went wrong was the adaptation, this is what I was trying to explain with “a single-cramped movie that didn’t work”. I’m not sure if someone who didn’t read the comics would understand the plot perfectly (I mean, I really don’t know-) Someone who didn’t read the comics? Please post a reply.
I don’t need my adaptations to be spot on. Just for them to work as a singular entity. I found Scott Pilgrim to work incredibly well as a film. I thought Ellen Wong fit incredibly well, and Cera stepped out of his shoes a bit and filled the role nicely. Winstead’s character arc was the lone misfire, specifically how quickly she falls for Pilgrim, but it’s the trade off that was made in compressing the film. I have no problem with that because I love the film as a whole.
I don’t see what’s so difficult about the plot though. He wants to date her. She has seven evil exes that he has to defeat. Add some craziness here and there, and it’s pretty simple. You don’t need to explain everything for it to work. I mean, the graphic novels never explain WHY Scott Pilgrim can fight like a bad ass or any of the other crazy stuff they do. It just IS.
I think the remarkable thing about the film, even in its sub 2-hour runtime, is that almost every character feels like a major part of the film. Each evil ex gets a significant amount of screen time, and even the other characters get large portions. For such a big cast, they all got some great roles.
Well, it’s easy for us (people like us) to say that the plot is simple & understandable, because 1) we know Scott Pilgrim, and/or 2) executives know what kind of movies we love watching. Unfortunately not all the people share these attributes, so if you are this other kind of people you leave the theater having that feeling of emptiness, while the average geek (us) stays amazed with the movie; and obviously, if you do some math, you’ll notice that ‘geeks’ (I’m using the word as an example) represent a minimal part of the audience, which means that most of the moviegoers won’t be enjoying the film (for any other reason). As a result, the movie performs poorly.
The thing regarding the plot is that it has to meet some ‘standards’ when the screenplay is written. Why? So that it doesn’t matter if you are a geek or the other kind of person, you always have to understand the plot and make it easy to get you involved in it. You give a brief explanation about it, by saying:
“I don’t see what’s so difficult about the plot though. He wants to date her. She has seven evil exes that he has to defeat. Add some craziness here and there, and it’s pretty simple. You don’t need to explain everything for it to work. I mean, the graphic novels never explain WHY Scott Pilgrim can fight like a bad ass or any of the other crazy stuff they do. It just IS.”
Now, suppose you are ‘the other kind’ of person. “He wants to date her” (ok), “She has seven evil exes that he has to defeat” (seven evil..?), “Some craziness here and there” (???). You also add: “You don’t need to explain everything for it to work”. Yes, you have to! Movies are not graphic novels. This is where any screenplay should meet ‘the standars’ of film industry. Even movies like The Matrix take their time to explain the situation. When you explain characters/situations in any movie/screenplay, you make it easy for the audience to understand the plot, so they can ‘buy it’. In comic books this is not that necesary, but even they do. In the specific case of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ you don’t need to explain things like that because that’s the main idea of the characters/story, everything is like unreal, something like being in front and behind the fourth wall at the same time (comic book readers know about the “fourth wall”, even if they haven’t heard that name). So it’s true, they don’t explain things.. but they let you know how do things work inside the pages (movies can’t do that).
And about Scott fighting like a badass, yes, they do not explain it in the comics, but you can actually see someone who says something like “didn’t you know Scott is a badass?”. Take a look again, I remember someone says something like that (not exactly that). Being said, you just had to add someone in the movie saying that, and that’s all. Explaining the situation doesn’t mean telling you a story. It just needs something to support the overall idea.
Finally, I agree with your last paragraph. It is nice how every single character feels important, and at the same time you never miss Scott as the protagonist.
I have very little problem with the screenplay writers not dumbing down the material just so every person can “get” it. INCEPTION can still be confusing for those not intelligent enough to follow it, but that doesn’t lessen the greatness of the film. I like having ambiguity; one of the most praised sci-fi films out there is 2001: A Space Odyssey. They do VERY little explaining, which leaves a lot up to interpretation. That’s exciting and fun. Each viewer can take something different away from the film.
In that regard, Scott Pilgrim never explains everything in graphic novel nor film. I’m fine with that. I don’t need to be spoon fed.
It’s fine. I’m just saying all that stuff because I love Collider, and since the blog is about journalism (because it is) I think, in my humble opinion, that you (the staff) should start/keep thinking more objectively. It’s awesome that you love any movie you are writing about, but it is important to not ‘cross the line’. Just read again the very first paragraph on this page, and I hope you notice what I am trying to tell you. (i.e. It sounds cheesy, like sticking bubble gum on someone.. or something like that). The reader gets tired when reading any text looking like that, and you loose objectiveness.
But don’t get me wrong, it is difficult to talk about things like this in the comments section. Maybe it sounds like I am being too rough, but I’m just trying to get to the point.
Also you sound like if you were hired by Universal to sell the DVD/Blu-ray (I’m kidding on this one).
Greetings, and keep up the good work.
This is an article about something for SCOTT PILGRIM fans. I’m not even pushing something you have to buy. There is very little objectivity needed for something geeky like this, IMO.
Why do you have to do that? Because, if you don’t speak about Scott Pilgrim it will be forever forgotten? Come on dude….good movies always find its way to the audiences, no matter how well (or bad) they performed in theatres.
We should do that to continue spreading word that this is a great film and that it’s out for mass consumption on DVD/Blu. Why are you complaining about us covering it though? Because it didn’t smash box office records? That’s the only reason you gave.
so im guessing ur a big transformers fan huh??? LMAO ur a retard
I didnt enjoy Scott Pilgrim but this blu-ray case rocks !
I tried to print this cover out a few days ago and realized it was way too big to fit inside the Blu-ray case. Am I missing something, or is the Blu-ray insert not available for print?
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!(well toy story 3 is the best in animation section XP) this movie its SO AWESOME! im from mexico and my poor and retarded country likes to see stupid movies so..no 1 care about scott pilgrim, i bought the movie for me and my friends, dont trol about this movie lucky bishas that where able to see it in theathers