It might not be the worst thing ever, but essentially, you have to write "anything even remotely nerdy" is the same as "spends 90% of day masturbating to porn of, well, topless robots" in order to appeal to a "mainstream audience".
Here's the first look I've seen at AMC and Kevin Smith's nerds-in-a-comic-store reality show, Comic Book Men. If you'll recall, I railed against this thing when it was first announced, but instead of being just a look at the few dysfunctional nerds who enter comic shops and give the rest of us a bad name, it's going to be a Pawn Stars-type show for the comic crowd. I can get behind that. I can't stand those other pawn reality shows, but I might be interested to see what kind of awesome comics and toys and shit people might bring into Smith's New Jersey comic store. I was worried that the show would solely focus on how fucked up/creepy nerds can be. While I'm sure there'll be more than a bit of that, I am relieved that there's at least more going on "HEY LOOK AT THE NERD HE STILL READS COMIC BOOKS DURRRR". The show begins in February after The Walking Dead season two part 2 premiere.(Via Nerd Bastards)
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Uh... I like Pawn Stars, and I am always pretty impressed with the knowledge the pawn guys have about antique items.
Let me assure all of you, that this is going to be a 'scripted reality' show. Everyone coming with will have been prepped (at the very least - it is possible most of the people coming in to sell something will be actors) about what to say and how to react.
It still could be fun from a history point of view. But 'real' geeks with 'real' items for sale. Not so much.
They were actually trying to solicit certain types of fan from the comic store I work at in North Jersey, so that's absolutely correct.
Looks interesting. Also looks about ten years too late given the seeming decline and death of comic shops in many areas (here in LA we've lost maybe 60-75% of comic shops in the past 10 years).
Let's see how long the original formula held up before the network executives decided to introduce the "Villain" type of characters into the midst to boost ratings. Just think, our very own nerdy Snooki and The Situation.
...ugh! I threw up in my mouth a little after saying those two names.
I'm ok with geeks telling tired jokes about geeks. I'm just excited to have geek-based programming that isn't of the Big Bang variety.
thank god, this is the first article about it that didn't complain about the lack of women and just admired that Smith's doing something that amuses him I'm curious to see how it turns out
I think the lack of women IS pretty authentic for a nerdy comic book store owner. LOL joke ba-dum TISH!
Listen nerdette sisters, before you pelt me with soggy banana peels and copies of Darkest Night, keep in mind that despite being catered to nerds, this is also a TV show and it's a given that the inhabitants of TV Land expects a certain norm thanks to years and years of indoctrination from what I'd like to call "old white-men TV". Look at every show on TV you can find, and you'll still find this disgusting piece of stereo-crap is still there: jocks get the girls, nerds don't. Failing that, it's the Badass Normal that gets all the luck: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmw...
Personally, I blame this to those old encrusted mummies of TV executives higher-ups. Like Dick Wolf.
This show MUST feature at least one call or visit from somebody looking to offload The Death of Superman every week.
I think he was more commenting on how that is basically the icon of the over-hyped comic collector's market of the 90's, rather than its quality as a story.
The foot traffic usually outweirds the geeks and nerds, at least when you're between a skate store tattoo parlor and head shop.
I'll be satisfied as long as we get at least one "Tell 'em, Steve-Dave!" in there.
Alternatively, a reference to "Naked Robber" being one of Gene Roddenberry's favorite party games.
/too obscure?
Hopefully he'll stand firm amidst the onslaught by crusty old Network TV executives to make his show represent some of their (bad) ideas.
If it does start mocking fans of comic books and the like, can we ban them from seeing Dark Knight Rises?
From the sounds of the TESD podcast, the show will be largely like Pawn Stars, with a bit of getting to know the people who work there (and a lot of ball-busting between them). I think it will be decent.
Oh whatever, Pawn Stars fucking rocks! You can't hate on that Chumley!
Regardless that's what I was hoping they were gonna do. I can't wait to see how many nerdos are pissed their 90s comics aren't worth shit now!
They're probably not real nerds if they thought 90's comic were worth anything....greedy fucks.
haha ok yeah ya got me there, but to be fair I did say nerdos. Not nerds. Slight, maybe imaginary except to me and my friends, difference.
I did go to the Secret Stash once myself though. They had a metric fuck ton of Kabuki wares. It's a cool shop and those guys that run it are super friendly & funny. They'll make it a great show I'm sure.
From listening to TESD, the dynamic between Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson is comedy gold. Bickering and verbal abuse is the norm... Should be good.
if they can recreate the some of that Walt/Bryan-TESD dynamic, this show will indeed be great.
