Adults should grow up and stop watching superhero movies.

[OtherGene]

I find myself being able to be a friend as well as a parent to my son in particular as we have similar interests like the ones we discuss here. Truth be told, he's more sporty than I ever was or will be (star striker in his football/soccer team - I was always picked last. After the blind kid) but he also enjoys his Trek and Star Wars so we can chat about that like equals.

I will need to do a crash course about Taylor Swift to get so close to my daughters though! (JOKE!)

 

[TRON JA307020]

What a narrow minded view. My kids (10 and 14) attend the symphony regularly, enjoy haute cuisine dining and also enjoy video games and superhero movies. Just like dear old (48) dad. Who the hell is this person to dictate at what age one "ought" to do?

Symphony and haute cuisne at 10 an d14. Wow let the fun times roll.

 

[Spot261]

Of course the devils advocate in me here is objecting to the strawman nature of this thread. It's all well and good responding to this person's views but as he is unlikely to read these responses or become a member and reply then all we are doing is blowing steam.

Whilst absolutely I agree that such a narrow point of view is screaming out for a comeback, it's an exercise in futility on a board like this where its patently obvious how everyone's sympathies will lie. We are a room full of preachers all indignantly preaching to each other while the heretic wanders oblivious down the street.

 

[Trekkin]

Revelation: What we write has a very good chance of never reaching the people it's directed at...

Like nearly every piece of writing...

That has ever been published...

In any way...



Also, you're completely wrong about 'futility' - we have totally succeeded in our intended purpose of 'wasting time by posting on a Trek fan board.'

 

[JD]

I don't know about anyone else, but when I post in these kinds of threads I don't expect it to actually reach the person who wrote the article, I'm just discussing the article.

 

[Flogiston]

I find the compartmentalization of our lives into periods like "childhood" and "adulthood" to be something of an artificial construct. Sure there are turning points--leaving home, having children, &c., but on the whole there is something stodgily Victorian in the idea of "putting aside childish things" past a certain age. If I can appreciate both John Updike and The Avengers, then I would argue that my life is richer than those who would outright dismiss one or the other.

Also, I want to try the burger he proposes in that article!

 

[Trekkin]

Funny enough, I was introduced to Updike (via the 'Witches of Eastwick' and its sequel) at around 15 years old.

In other words, whilst I was still (legally) an actual child.