The Business of Geekdom
First of all I want to grovel at your feet a bit. I have been utterly unreliable for pretty much anything except getting to work on time lately, and even that has been a bit shady. Even things like housework have been getting seriously neglected- a sad state of affairs here at Chez Spwug. Why all the neglect of responsibilities? It’s been mostly because I have had to put so much energy into the business of keeping this business going at all. Fortunately I think I’ve filled out the last of the paperwork and things seem to be coming unstuck again. Hurrah!
Which brings me to the thing I wanted to rant on about. In pursuit of some Things Geeky (and also maybe in a serious bout of procrastination,) I did get out to see the Iron Man movie (twice.) I’m not going to review it here, since that’s been covered by many folks who are better at that than I am, I did want to point out a cameo that I thought was interesting. It was not a cameo by a Famous Movie Star, nor one by a Crossover Character (although if you didn’t stay through the credits you’ve missed a good thing,) but one by Jim Cramer. A stock investment show host. Yes, I realize he was discussing the merits of stock in Stark Enterprises, but still. Did they just get some Wall Street in my Geekdom?!
Of course they did. I have recently noticed more and more financial anylists discussing things more commonly discussed in comic book shops. From pundits frothing at the mouth about Grand Theft Moneymaker, to those who are gleefully watching their Take Two stocks take off, to CNBC spending an entire half hour segment discussing the Vivendi/Activision merger, to stock tip stars making cameos in summer comic book blockbusters- the economic power of The Geek is being recognized for the juggernaut it truly is.
don’t get me wrong, now. I don’t think that all this Wall Street attention is sullying the geek cred of our video games and comic books and whatnot. I just think it’s interesting that sometimes money does buy respect.
Also- Iron Man really does kick serious Hollywood ass.
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