So I had a blog that was halfway written about World Wrestling Entertainment and their recent PG-13 movement and if you thought that it was the path to success that Vince seems to think it is. Yep, I was taking a week off from talking about super-heroes and moving on to other forms of geekiness.
BUT THEN!
Along comes Phoenix Jones, Guardian of Seattle! This masked crime fighter seems to have jumped directly from the pages of a comic, or perhaps a new movie based on a comic, and into the pages of real-life. He even made the front page of msn.com.
Doing a little research (which involved some surfing on the ol' Information Super Highway), I discovered 1) He has superhero buddies (the Rain City Superhero Movement) with equally dramatic names like No-Name, Buster Doe, and Thorn 2) Taylor Swift may be dating Jake Whatshisname and 3) there is an entire underground super-hero movement and Seattle seems to be right in the middle of it.
My biggest question is what to make of this guy and of this movement? On one hand, he is living EVERY nerd's fantasy, but on the other, he is putting his life in danger. What is the real trade-off? Is he doing this simply for his 15 minutes of fame? If so, that's a hell of a way to do it.
Just a few months ago, Jones received a broken nose while trying to break up an altercation between 2 people and learned a painful lesson, that this is the real world and bad shit happens to good people.
As a nerd I love the notion that real-life super-heroes are out there righting wrongs and suchlike, but truthfully I don't want anyone to get hurt which is what will happen eventually.
Jones, himself, says he doesn't condone others dressing up and fighting crime, but he is the leader of a group that does just that. Double talk?
In the end, as long as he's not breaking any laws, he is free to do as he pleases, even playing dress-up crime fighter.
And he does have a positive message after all and isn't that what we really need from our heroes?
BUT THEN!
Along comes Phoenix Jones, Guardian of Seattle! This masked crime fighter seems to have jumped directly from the pages of a comic, or perhaps a new movie based on a comic, and into the pages of real-life. He even made the front page of msn.com.
Doing a little research (which involved some surfing on the ol' Information Super Highway), I discovered 1) He has superhero buddies (the Rain City Superhero Movement) with equally dramatic names like No-Name, Buster Doe, and Thorn 2) Taylor Swift may be dating Jake Whatshisname and 3) there is an entire underground super-hero movement and Seattle seems to be right in the middle of it.
My biggest question is what to make of this guy and of this movement? On one hand, he is living EVERY nerd's fantasy, but on the other, he is putting his life in danger. What is the real trade-off? Is he doing this simply for his 15 minutes of fame? If so, that's a hell of a way to do it.
Just a few months ago, Jones received a broken nose while trying to break up an altercation between 2 people and learned a painful lesson, that this is the real world and bad shit happens to good people.
As a nerd I love the notion that real-life super-heroes are out there righting wrongs and suchlike, but truthfully I don't want anyone to get hurt which is what will happen eventually.
Jones, himself, says he doesn't condone others dressing up and fighting crime, but he is the leader of a group that does just that. Double talk?
In the end, as long as he's not breaking any laws, he is free to do as he pleases, even playing dress-up crime fighter.
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