Scott Pilgrim: 7 Evil Exes = 7 Deadly Sins (?)

[madmanmoe64]

Haven't read the books but I just finished watching the film and this immediately occurred to me. Mainly because of the odd way Ramona stressed the line "Seven deadly exes"

Although I think you're stretching it a bit, trying to find a fit for all the exes. There are definite links between 7 deadly sins and the battles Scott faces

Here's how I put it together:

Wrath
Matthew Patel (lots of shouting and fire, nothing more really)

Pride
Lucas Lee (Defeated by challenging his pride 'I bet you can't grind that rail' etc)

Gluttony
Todd Ingram (again a bit of a stretch but overindulgence was his eventual downfall, gluttony is most commonly associated with food)

Lust
Roxie (Lesbian, he defeats her with an orgasm!)

Envy
Envy Adams (The characters freaking name is Envy, also wasn't interested in Scott until she hears he has a new girl)

Greed
Gideon Graves (wants Ramona all to himself, general wealth and extravagance etc)

Sloth
Scott (Scott doesn't make the most of his talents and doesn't go after what he wants, however he defeats this part of himself [Mega Scott] when he finally takes control and goes after what he wants)

Although it's not a massive theme and you can analyse these things too much there is definitely something there.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Sloth
Scott (Scott doesn't make the most of his talents and doesn't go after what he wants, however he defeats this part of himself [Nega Scott] when he finally takes control and goes after what he wants)

Actually, Nega Scott is his guilt of his selfish, destructive nature. It has little to do with Sloth, and he never defeats it... he accepts it.

Scott Pilgram is a fun series. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Lucas Vidal]

I totally agree! If you take a look at the movie closely, there are signs all over!
First, the fact that they're called SEVEN DEADLY EXES half the time is an obvious clue.
Second, I think your heart was in the right place, but I want to make a few adjustments.

1. Mathew Pattel is Lust, I agree. The Demonic Succubus are strong indication.
2. Lucas Lee is totally Pride, due to the whole I'm awesome, I have a skater company and stuff
3. Todd Ingram is Vanity, after all, he keeps fixing his hair and dissing Canada and stuff.
4. Roxy is Wrath. After all she says "I'm Bi-Furious" and she's so angry and unfocused all the time.
5 and 6. The Twins are Gluttony and Sloth. Theu barely move, they don't talk and they play instruments quietly.
7. Lastly, Gideon Graves is Greed. He wants to expand his business and he wants The Sex Bob Ombs and Ramona for himself. He always wants more and more.

It's impossible to overlook the signs, they're just too obvious.

 

[Launcelot111]

Scott=Sloth
Wallace=Gluttony
Knives=Envy
Envy=Greed
Kim=Wrath
Ramona=Pride
Gideon=Lust

Stephen Stills is perfect

 

[bobmus]

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[Hazy992]

Holy shit! This thread has been necroed not once, but twice!

 

[Wushu Panda]

blah blah blah...hot air

I think this is pretty lame and a far stretch. Did you see the South Park episode "Mr. McBoogerballs"? Quit reading into things that are not there.

You might as well look into the conspiracy of how there are 7 evil exes and 7 days of the week, or how they correspond to the 7 colors of the rainbow, or the 7 wonders of the world.

You weren't even able to fully compare both the sins and exes. So obviously, coincidence. 7 is a popular number for many weird reasons. You can find a connection in anything if you're willing to look hard enough, and in many instances people just see things because they WANT to see something.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Although, this has been double necro'd! This calls for another picture!

And as a special prize, here's a TV Tropes link to a page about thread necromancy [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThreadNecromancer] just so you can get stuck there for a while =D

 

[StBishop]

No, it's a movie. Don't try and turn it around to be controversial.

It's a series of comic books with a movie adaptation made about them actually.

Before anyone calls me out for this: if I said that Doom was a movie would you correct me? Thought so. [footnote]If you said no, I'm assuming that you're probably the kind of person who wasn't going to call me out on correcting someone. Now I think I've won.[/footnote]