It's Time for Geeks to Grow Up

[explosivespam]

When it first started, it was all about the irony, the cuteness, and the nostalgia. People bought up 80’s Star Wars t-shirts from thrift stores until they started making fake ones. They bought up cult classics in the droves. The cornier, the better. There was a sudden revolution in celebrating simplicity.

Then it started affecting our media.

Comments

[denaturedlunacy]

I'll have my cake and eat it too!

[denaturedlunacy]

Why can't I be successful AND be and axe-swinging dwarf in my basement?

[lukalew]

Harry Potter is also a children's book that was written for a coming of age audience. Books one through three were written with a more "black and white" storyline because they were intended for children about the same age as Harry and his friends (11 to 13 - right on the cusp of the time when people are able to develop relativistic, instead of dualistic, thinking). As Harry grows up and comes of age, the books do as well. As Harry gains the ability to understand that people can't be compartmentalized, the books reflect his understanding. That's partly what's so great about them - they follow the development of a child age 11 to 17 very accurately. In the end, it's only Voldemort that is cast as purely "evil," and he becomes so by basically casting aside his humanity, literally. The books actually make a very profound statement about what it means to be human, and what ties us to the world. I could wax philosophical about Harry Potter for quite a while.

[explosivespam]

All good points and fair critiques. I felt a little guilty even putting in the reference.

[lukalew]

I agree with this blog, on the whole. I don't understand our generation's obsession with zombies. At all.