Simon Pegg apologised recently for making geeky comments which I think are interesting. Oh well, I guess nobody's perfect. Whats the big deal anyway? He was only speaking his mind.
Despite his reputation as a poster boy for geeks, he told Radio Times magazine:
“Before Star Wars, the films that were box-office hits were The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Bonnie and Clyde and The French Connection – gritty, amoral art movies.
“Then suddenly the onus switched over to spectacle and
everything changed … I don’t know if that is a good
thing.”
Pegg, who played chief engineer Scotty in the recent
Star Trek films, added:
“Obviously I’m very much a
self-confessed fan of science fiction and genre cinema
but part of me looks at society as it is now and just
thinks we’ve been infantilised by our own taste.
“Now we’re essentially all consuming very childish
things – comic books, superheroes. Adults are watching
this stuff, and taking it seriously.
“It is a kind of dumbing down, in a way, because it’s
taking our focus away from real-world issues. Films used
to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral
questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate
how you felt about … whatever.
“Now we’re walking out of the cinema really not thinking
about anything, other than the fact that the Hulk just
had a fight with a robot.”
The Mission: Impossible star said he wanted to take on
more dramatic roles.
“Sometimes (I) feel like I miss grown-up things,” he
said. “And I honestly thought the other day that I’m
gonna retire from geekdom.
I see the need to analyse... MUST A-N-A-L-Y-S-E ,,,, error error!!!! does not compute... (Sparks flying) Please! someone feel free to interpret - So much meaningful geekspeak here to analyse.... HELP!
Geek long and Prosper, bloggies, geeksters, nerdlings and trekkers. I think thats eveyone, lol.
