Generation shock
I mentioned to my gaming group last night that I was thinking of joining the Scott Pilgrim backlash movement. It's a logical fit -- for those who don't know, Scott Pilgrim, the graphic novel, is the current darling of the indy-comics set, those who believe that comics are an art form that can tell more stories than just guys in tights punching each other. Which is perfectly fine and good, but as I happen to like superhero comics as well, that automatically positions me as "part of the problem" to the latte-sipping, black-turtleneck-wearing indy comics snobs who believe that superheroes are holding the industry back from achieving true greatness. I haven't actually read the book; although I'm perfectly willing to read it, I haven't gotten around to it, and I'll admit the snobbery was part of what kept me away from it. So I felt it was my duty to stand on the side of fans of cheap actiony comics everywhere. However, I was informed that the movie made about $48.67 over the weekend, which takes a lot of the lash out of the backlash.
I loved this comment that I found on the io9 review of the movie, though: "It's a Generation Y film. Hence the angst, the deliberately over-the-top "epic of epic epicness" vibe, the constant pop culture references, the spastic nature of the plot, and so much more. I'm not at all surprised that people from Generation X don't get it."
Wow...Generation X "doesn't get it." I think that's the first time I've been told that. I knew we'd lost our "disaffected slackers" title to Gen Y (although I don't know what role that leaves us with...are we dedicated hard workers now?), but I didn't realize that we'd actually become The Man. Because I'm pretty sure that the previous The Man isn't done with the role yet.
I loved this comment that I found on the io9 review of the movie, though: "It's a Generation Y film. Hence the angst, the deliberately over-the-top "epic of epic epicness" vibe, the constant pop culture references, the spastic nature of the plot, and so much more. I'm not at all surprised that people from Generation X don't get it."
Wow...Generation X "doesn't get it." I think that's the first time I've been told that. I knew we'd lost our "disaffected slackers" title to Gen Y (although I don't know what role that leaves us with...are we dedicated hard workers now?), but I didn't realize that we'd actually become The Man. Because I'm pretty sure that the previous The Man isn't done with the role yet.