Comments on: Simon Pegg Worries That Adults Obsessed With Comics & Sci-Fi Have Become “Infantilized By Our Own Taste”

By: Vincnt

Vincnt — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

Forget the person making the comment. The comment in itself is the issue. What Mr Clegg says is correct. Adults of today (especially my generation known as Millenials) are increasingly infantilized by popular culture, social media, Hollywood, and feminism. Clegg is only speaking about one tip of a colossal iceberg. I was watching the film Michael Clayton and remember having the same sentiments that Clegg was sharing. It seems we\’ve become a dumbed down society and we can\’t seem to grow out of the childishness.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

Pretty rich from a guy whose entire career is based on slagging George Lucas and appearing as an annoying sidekick in studio crap.

By: Chebd

Chebd — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

Pretty pointless thing to say, just because there are a lot of dumb films out there doesn\’t mean that people watch only dumb films. I love marvel movies but I also enjoy art house stuff too. Stick to acting in terrible garbage like mission impossible and Star Trek, you\’re part of the problem.

By: Edgar wright

Edgar wright — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

Well, he has more money that you, you dufus.

By: GenialityOfEvil

GenialityOfEvil — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

The problem isn\’t so much that sci-fi and comic book movies have become mainstream. It\’s that they\’ve become standard action films, the "sci" part has been more or less removed.

By: Vincnt

Vincnt — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:53 +0000

By: Jordan Laesch

Jordan Laesch — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

sorry you pop cultured addicted peter pans, he is SOOO correct, we need grownup blockbusters again, even all it was a reboot at least Mad Max was a step in the right direction, but still we need the next one of these that starts an original franchise

By: Cate

Cate — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

#1 there have always been dumb films.
#2 it\’s not the genre that\’s dumbing everything down. if done well, comics, scifi, fantasy can have a LOT to say. I mean, look at the original Star Trek. Look at the things the various popular comic series touched upon.
If we\’re looking for things and people to blame… there\’s TPTB (of which he kinda is one – the writers. but also the directors and the studios) who think we\’re all stupid and that are afraid to take risks. and then there\’s us viewers and fans who don\’t demand more (and vote with our wallets if it comes to that).

The genre is what you make of it.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

@ROB be careful where you\’re going there, taking your point to it\’s conclusion, if it\’s returns we\’re talking about then I suggest we start broadcasting the torture of Islamic captives into cinemas, and if we could work out a way of anonymous purchasing the rape of female celebrities would probably find a wider return than we could stomach. The idea of the money being the only responsibility only works when you can count on the morality and intellect of human beings and we surely can\’t. The movies manipulate minds, that\’s the point and a HUGE responsibility beyond the green

By: bohmer

bohmer — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Yes, I liked superheroes, sci-fi and stuff but I still am a regular human being that have a life with a lot of struggles. In the last week I saw Avengers, Ex Machina, Mad Men, Nightcrawler and Calvary. I don\’t feel like a kid. But I get wath he\’s saying and it might be true to some extent for the "regular folks" out there, which wouldn\’t consider film as art anyway.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Well it\’s a chicken, egg thing. Are comic book movies to blame for the culture of simple minded thinking we\’re enduring or are they a consequence of the simple minded culture? I\’d probably go with the latter, I think it possibly more to do with years and years of black and white imperialist propaganda used to define and reduce toxic political & socio political scenarios down to easily digested we\’re great, they\’re evil narratives. While the entertainment industry as a whole is based on pumping out simple minded responses to life\’s complexities, most of the comic book genre does seem to come under the banner of barely disguised propaganda.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Fans of sci-fi and comics should be wary of Hollywood. They are making too many super hero movies. People will get sick of it, just like ever other fad. The movie will continue declining in quality until even the most die hard fans throw in the towel.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

He says that, but he\’s just talking. I wanna see him make Deer Hunter and expect a return.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Please, if you want to insult Pegg in a way that has some semblance of truth to it, you say his entire career is based on riding Edgar Wright\’s coattails.

By: PEGGED IT (NOT)

PEGGED IT (NOT) — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Maybe this means he will actually try hard to have a point in Star Trek 3. But honestly, the non-sci-fi schlock on TV is just as, if not moreso, juvenile. Good sci-fi asks the hard questions. Drama asks dumb questions nobody needs answered because they\’ve had that crap happen to them, anyway.

By: Kilyra

Kilyra — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

The dumbing down of society has been happening for a long time and the evidence of this in the movies is across all genres and started well before the super hero fad. Take a look at The Changeling with George C. Scott – it was a slow burn that didn\’t wrap up everything in a neat little bow for the audience. You had to give it some thought and were given the freedom to walk away with your own opinion. Now, most movies have the Hollywood happy ending, simplified plots, and lots more "stuff" happening to keep the audience from walking out. I definitely get what Simon\’s saying, but in no way is it limited to, or caused by, our obsession with sci fi or superheroes.

By: Xian

Xian — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Much of what passes for thoughtful, meaningful journeys about life and who we are had segued to television (save for fall Oscar season).

By: Nancy McGregor

Nancy McGregor — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Yes because money is everything.

By: George Koynov

George Koynov — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Wait… since when are superhero movies science fiction?

By: Leo

Leo — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

I completely agree with Simon pegg. Comic book movies are complete diaper audience trash. Ruining cinema.

By: Leo

Leo — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

I completely agree with Simon pegg. Comic book movies are complete diaper audience trash. Ruining cinema.

By: bradley

bradley — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Its an interesting thought but i think hes missing a larger thread that sci fi and fantasy have brought more serious character themes and integrated them into their film making and production.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

This is disappointing, coming from Pegg. He\’s entirely missing the point of the very genre he\’s both a fan of, and disparaging. Childish? Comic books are not \’childish\’, OR infantile. As a child, I did, of course, enjoy the fights and cool tech. As an adult, however, I see the deeper meaning of the stories; the personal journey of the characters as they develop from what they were to what they become. On the surface: Good vs. Evil. Deeper: Good can display evil, and evil can display Good. That\’s adult, Simon, not infantile, and I don\’t have to watch "Kramer vs. Kramer" to get that, bub. Perhaps it is YOU who needs to grow the hell up.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

It\’s an interesting point, but it also seems to ignore the fact that geekdom genre can also involve important and topical issues of our time. Think of Star Trek Into Darkness… A single man commits acts of terrorism, so militant higher-ups want to use it as an excuse to provoke a full-blown war, using "long-range" torpedoes, aka drones. Think of The Winter Soldier… Hydra obsessed with stopping wars before they happen using helicarriers and a computer algorithm… use of drone motif again. If these metaphors go unnoticed, its because people are not looking, not because they don\’t exist.

By: Even Lysen

Even Lysen — Mon, 23 May 2016 03:24:52 +0000

Cinemas are just adapting and finding its new place in our digital age. The stronger dramas aren\’t gone at all, in fact there are produced more well written "serious" dramas now than ever before. It\’s relocated to another medium called TV.