Updated: Avatar nerdgasms threatened by XX chromosome
I was going to mock this lament by SlashFilm’s Peter Sciretta about New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, ruining the much anticipated Avatar exhibition at the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego, but Movieline’s Kyle Buchanan already beat me to the punch and probably did a better job of it anyway.
The long and the short of it is that the New Moon exhibition is scheduled to begin 15 minutes after the Avatar exhibition wraps up in the same hall. For Twilight last year, the tween girl contingent out fanboyed the fanboy contingent by showing up ridiculously early to get a piece of yummy Robert Pattinson. Assuming the same pattern of behavior this year, that means they’ll be hogging the seats during Avatar to guarantee they get into New Moon. Et voila: widespread Fanboy Avatarus Interruptus for all of nerdkind who don’t show up early enough to get in.
The irony I don’t have to point out is that the same level of fanboy obsession and patterns of behavior (seriously…dressing up like wookies and waiting in line for Episode I for months is not ordinary) are not recognized or accepted because they happen to be engaged in by people with icky girl parts. Getting all hot and bothered about a few clips of Avatar 5 months before it’s supposed to hit theaters is considered unremarkable, but for girls it’s somehow excessive and abnormal.
Here’s my solution to Mr. Sciretta’s problem: Dress up like a wookie and show up a day before you expect the tweeners to arrive. Don’t be beaten at your own game, man!
Sarcasm aside, Sciretta’s broader point is that it’s probably not a good idea to schedule the two mostly highly anticipated exhibitions fifteen minutes apart in the same hall, particularly because they’re of interest to two totally different groups of people. We can’t argue with that.
UPDATE: Sciretta reports that Comic-Con organizers have switched the order so Avatar will play after New Moon. Nerd problem solved, but does this mean we can expect posts from angry girls that the Avatar weirdoes will interfere with their Pattinson fix?
Geeks are geeks, no matter what gender or species.
“…probably not a good idea to schedule the two mostly highly anticipated exhibitions fifteen minutes apart in the same hall, particularly because they’re of interest to two totally different groups of people.”
Sounds like the seeds of a diabolical breeding experiment, if you ask me.
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