I just want to say, I did love this movie, however, I am not going to sit here and say you all suck
because you didn't completely care for this movie.
I have never read the comics, but I do know that you almost have to read ALL of them
to fully get the movie. They didn't make any compromise and there is very little
exposition in this movie to let in you in on the punchline.
Oh, BTW, Scott Pilgrim Isn't ever supposed to be a geek. He has his own band.
Why on earth does anybody think that he is supposed to be anything but this
regular guy in a band. look at his apt, there isn't any games or posters or comics,
nothing that spells geek. If someone told you that this was supposed to be a book
for geeks about a geek, they were wrong, and probably were just wishful thinking.
I will admit that Scott is an asshole sometimes but a geek that doesn't make.
and the whole video game thing, just because he is good at them, doesn't
make him a geek or mean that he ever played them except occasionally.

Just to wrap up:
To watch this movie is to have got one of those hard but really awesome video games
back in the day, only you have no instructions, and it is before the internet.
You either just play the game and try and figure it out, which you might not
ever do, or simply don't play it.  I never had a problem figuring out games
like this, or I just didn't care, I enjoyed them either way

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Kids would get beat up less if, instead of saying they were in the school band, they just went around saying they were "in a band".

Can there be a heavy metal piccolo?

Band Geek?? Really?? Oh, maybe this is sarcasm. but just in case its not, Um, someone who is
in a school band/marching band is a geek. If you play in a garage band with electric guitars,
you are bad ass and get hot girls, even if you are Michael Cera. I don't make the rules.

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And what if I told you... they could look exactly like normal people?

SPOILER Show

But no seriously, even people you know really well, could be a geek or a nerd... and you would never know They could be among us even now.

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hot what now?

I played electric guitar in a band that opened for Eve 6 in High School (They were called Yakoo back then).  Shockingly, I in fact received no pussy, and was still treated like a dork in high school.

I am a singer in a band with electric guitars!

We're all public servants, and we mostly play French and English pop songs from the 80s at work charity events.

But I'm in a band!

This is an issue with anime, actually, at least when it's licensed in the US, because a lot of shows are intended to be a supplement to or a lure for the source material. I remember being baffled by how many anime seemed to just end mid-story with character and plot threads left hanging. Then someone explained to me that there was probably an unlicensed manga out there with dozens of volumes if I was interested in finding out what happens next. With a lot of anime on television, you get what you get for the money that was available to produce it and if you want any more then go read the manga/book or play the video game. There's much less pressure for an anime to stand alone, because the audience already knows that they're only getting part of the story.

Now if this was the intention for Scott Pilgrim, which I doubt, then the problem is that US audiences aren't accustomed to this model. Instead of being one piece of the whole, Scott Pilgrim ends up feeling like a not so great adaptation.

And I understand the point about Scott not actually being a nerdy character, but if that's the case, Michael Cera was the wrong choice. Fine actor, but everything about him screams nerd.

hot *girls, lol

Well put. Though I am not a fan of anime in general, that is a trend I have noticed when I try to get in to a particular series. I am often left baffled or confused, and usually can't finish it due to frustration of unanswered questions.

I often get criticized for liking Star Trek Into Darkness, but knowing more outside material about Star Trek (in general and Into Darkness specifically)  can help with understanding the movie. But, if left on your own, with no knowledge of the material (or limited) the movie is found wanting (and yes, I know, it is still wanting even if you do know that. ).

SF Debris puts it quite well that he will do research to review a film but won't do research to just watch it. I am more inclined to do research prior to seeing a film and am willing to fill in gaps (bring in the concrete) but that doesn't mean it is a good movie. I can just be more forgiving than others.