Of all you scadians, trekkies, troopers, civil war re-enactors, gun-show nuts, church freaks, furries, larpers, fan-fictioneers, movie-campers, flash mobs, dave-festians, browncoats... anyone with enough conviction and confidence to stand up for what you enjoy and seek out others to participate in the same strain. Dive in far enough to become an avid, an expert, a collector, reknown. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people dig in to someting 'nerdy' or 'dorky' and see it pay off, or even how happy they are just living in that world. Something prevents me from doing the same. Innate fear of following the crowd, even if the crowd is like-minded. Lack of commitment to anything, real or fiction far enough to be anything but mediocre... I dunno.
For all you ready to accept what you love and live in the now. I salute you.
Except for the furries. I was just kidding about them.
Fuck the furries, that shit's just wrong.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Uspent Youth
Cool sunny August morning reminds me of summer in Montana. The adolescent melancholy I thought for being in love.
Now I think that it was the first signs of chronic depression.
Now I think that it was the first signs of chronic depression.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Thank you Netflix
For allowing me to pay a fraction of the price to watch a boatload of mediocre movies in the comfort of my own living room on a better screen and with pauses for pee breaks vs the theaters.
Watered Down
Why is everyone (read: the news media and/or the general public who pay attention to news media) so obsessed with the Hollywood Blockbuster?(This could also be any form of, fiction, tvshow etc)? They bemoan when movie X doesn't make a bigger opening weekend than movie Y. Or wonder why move X didn't do as well as expected in the long run.
It seems to me that anything created to try and capture the largest audience possible could not possibly be interesting enough to have the depth it needs to appeal to true fans of any fiction or genre. We've reached a point where maybe people are ready to handle that. The internet is helping that. It's much easier to deliver a niche-based fiction to its target audience with the web than the multiplex. We as consumers seek out the stories and characters that interest us most.
It's better to have 100 different Dr Horribles, or The Guilds than one giant Batman in my books. Much more room for creativity if you're not trying to scoop up the hugest amount of $$ you can. It's silly to trust that the same idea that really hits your core will do so for enough people that Michael Bay can make a movie out of it.
It seems to me that anything created to try and capture the largest audience possible could not possibly be interesting enough to have the depth it needs to appeal to true fans of any fiction or genre. We've reached a point where maybe people are ready to handle that. The internet is helping that. It's much easier to deliver a niche-based fiction to its target audience with the web than the multiplex. We as consumers seek out the stories and characters that interest us most.
It's better to have 100 different Dr Horribles, or The Guilds than one giant Batman in my books. Much more room for creativity if you're not trying to scoop up the hugest amount of $$ you can. It's silly to trust that the same idea that really hits your core will do so for enough people that Michael Bay can make a movie out of it.
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