Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min · 14 segments
Summer ends and fall has not yet begun, and Brennan is joined by Brian and Caleb in a valiant attempt to find out if anything opening in September is going to be worth a damn. The answer turns out to…
Brennan KleinHost
Caleb WimblePanelistBrian FowlerPanelistI've actually in the last week or so, I reread all six volumes of Scott Pilgrim, re-watched Scott Pilgrim Vs.
And I know that I need to, it's just that whenever, like, a big sequelly spin-offey thing is announced and then it turns out it's animated, I kind of lose interest instantly.
Not because animation is a bad medium, but because I think that most, like, IP franchises, when they have an animated spin-off, it's almost always bad.
Well, for one thing, I think Scott Pilgrim as a property fits animation significantly better than it does live action.
'Cause I mean, it's based on a comic book that is heavily influenced by manga, by video games, by anime.
And the thing though about Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and it's two and a half years, more than two and a half years old, so I'm going to tread kind of lightly on spoilers, but not completely avoid them 'cause otherwise you can really only talk about the first episode.
I've actually in the last week or so, I reread all six volumes of Scott Pilgrim, re-watched Scott Pilgrim Vs.
And I know that I need to, it's just that whenever, like, a big sequelly spin-offey thing is announced and then it turns out it's animated, I kind of lose interest instantly.
Not because animation is a bad medium, but because I think that most, like, IP franchises, when they have an animated spin-off, it's almost always bad.
Well, for one thing, I think Scott Pilgrim as a property fits animation significantly better than it does live action.
'Cause I mean, it's based on a comic book that is heavily influenced by manga, by video games, by anime.
And the thing though about Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and it's two and a half years, more than two and a half years old, so I'm going to tread kind of lightly on spoilers, but not completely avoid them 'cause otherwise you can really only talk about the first episode.
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