To Hollywood, With Love

J.J. Abrams is a big, old nerd.

Why do I say this? You probably liked LOST, and for that, I apologize. I can't return to you the days and days of your life that you lost watching that obtuse show. I just wish the guy would have at least stuck with somewhat original material. J.J. Abrams has recently decided that everyone under the age of 40 should be obsessed with the same things that he was as a nerdy kid in the 80's, and so the youth of the new millennium are being punished with thinly-veiled Godzilla remakes and another remake of arguably the nerdiest shit EVER in the history of man besides Renaissance Faires.
J.J. Abrams is the poster child for an interesting movement of older, middle-aged men who have maintained their youthful obsessions into adulthood. Instead of taking on new hobbies, or at least a desire for physical fitness, they cling to their old heroes and pastimes. Go into a comic book shop and ask them if any guys ever come in who play GURPS. They're all old, they're all weird, and they all can't let go.
Sorry J.J., but on behalf of every young person who is acting their age and not a grown man still playing with toys, I have to step in and be the voice of the younger generations. Stop trying to make your old nerdy obsessions cool. Just stop. It isn't going to work. Stop trying to legitimize your youthful nerdy obsessions to the world and just embrace them and move on. I used to play Dungeons & Dragons. I admit it. I enjoyed it. But I have grown up. I'm not going to drop millions and millions trying to make D&D into something it never was and never can be. I'm going to be happy for the rest of my life remembering how fun that shit was to play. Was my experience more fruitful than my ten year-old cousin playing his Wii for the first time? Maybe, maybe not. HALO 3 is more of a universe than Star Trek ever was and ever will be to the younger generations. Not because it's any better or worse, but because the experience isn't the same unless its approached with wonderment. As much as you may want a new generation to have that experience with Star Trek, it just doesn't work that way. My obsessions as a kid are my own, and my kids will have theirs. That doesn't mean I can't go to my closet, yank out the Return of the Jedi DVD, and remember when I felt the same way.