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One of the really frustrating things about being a Big Flaming Geek like me is when you come upon something so brilliant, so hilarious, that you want to share it with the world... and then you realize that almost nobody will get it. Or at least, the bulk of it.
Take for example, this new amateur short (like, 5 min) film I found:
ULTIMATE EYE FOR THE VERTIGO GUY, wherein Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar give John Constantine a makeover.
See, that description alone? I've already lost, like, half of you. To get the full effect and all the references, you have to have some knowledge of Bendis, Millar, Constantine, Chuck Austen, PLANETARY, Yorick Brown from Y-THE LAST MAN, and Spider Jerusalem from TRANSMETROPOLITAIN. And that's just what I remember from the one time I watched it! So as much as I want others to see the fun of this movie (which is surprisingly higher in acting quality than most comic-related fan films... which might not be saying much), I really have to wonder who else would enjoy this?
It's one thing I do worry about for stuff like The Hefner Monologues... being too geeky so as to outright alienate whole groups of people. Can I make your average Joe appreciate things like my tendency to to curse Reed Richards? Will anyone care when I say that my girlfriend and I bonded over talking about what sex would be like between Two-Face and Typhoid Mary? Kevin Smith did a pretty admirable job making a pretty well plotless movie rife with geekery that made a mainstream impact, but then again, most people have seen STAR WARS even if they aren't obsessed. How much can someone get away with? Can it still be funny even if someone doesn't get the exact references?
In related fan-film geekery that only a handful of you will get, if this were real I would SO be a part of it:
MARVEL SECRET WARS RE-ENACTMENT SOCIETY.
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spacechild and kali921 especially, take note.
Take for example, this new amateur short (like, 5 min) film I found:
ULTIMATE EYE FOR THE VERTIGO GUY, wherein Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar give John Constantine a makeover.
See, that description alone? I've already lost, like, half of you. To get the full effect and all the references, you have to have some knowledge of Bendis, Millar, Constantine, Chuck Austen, PLANETARY, Yorick Brown from Y-THE LAST MAN, and Spider Jerusalem from TRANSMETROPOLITAIN. And that's just what I remember from the one time I watched it! So as much as I want others to see the fun of this movie (which is surprisingly higher in acting quality than most comic-related fan films... which might not be saying much), I really have to wonder who else would enjoy this?
It's one thing I do worry about for stuff like The Hefner Monologues... being too geeky so as to outright alienate whole groups of people. Can I make your average Joe appreciate things like my tendency to to curse Reed Richards? Will anyone care when I say that my girlfriend and I bonded over talking about what sex would be like between Two-Face and Typhoid Mary? Kevin Smith did a pretty admirable job making a pretty well plotless movie rife with geekery that made a mainstream impact, but then again, most people have seen STAR WARS even if they aren't obsessed. How much can someone get away with? Can it still be funny even if someone doesn't get the exact references?
In related fan-film geekery that only a handful of you will get, if this were real I would SO be a part of it:
MARVEL SECRET WARS RE-ENACTMENT SOCIETY.
spacechild and kali921 especially, take note.
