End of another Era

The Duff has closed another chapter in his life this week.

He is leaving some of his nerdiness behind, to be left forgotten in his youth. For this week, 2 events had come to pass. Firstly was the last episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He watched it, the final. The finale. Its all over. No more Star Trek in the forseeable future. While some may find this franchise utterly boring, The Duff secretly yearns for such a future to be made possible, simply because the simple worries of humanity are but a thing of the past in the stories. Humanity has moved on to much better things. Exploration, and knowing that there is a great unknown attracted The Duff immensely. He had found our current situation boring instead. The entire globe has been mapped to death, and governments stumble into space at a snail's pace.

The other event was Episode III of the Star Wars franchise. The story is complete. Anakin falls, to be redeemed by his son years later. The circle started 28 years ago is final done. This simple story, adapted from many sources into a space opera, has withstood the test of time, and patience of many, to present a story not fully fresh, but in a well presented package. The expert marketing done by Lucasfilms are second to none. The Duff applauds their efforts, and thanks them for such an overwhelming experience dragged over 2 plus decades. The Duff wonders what the nerds will do now.

And thus, The Duff ends his sci-fi nerddom. The genre is dead.

A long weekend is almost over. Mostly preoccupied by The Duff's parents. Which means a lot of eating, and The Duff will be putting on some extra pounds as usual. Sit-ups to ensue asap.

The Duff's favourite comic book author, Warren Ellis, has released a new series. Titled Desolation Jones, its about an ex-spy, who had an issue with alcohol, was thrown out of his agency, but enrolled into an experiment that made his impervious to pain, sleep and many other talents yet to be revealed. The setting is in Los Angeles, where all ex-spy personnel in the world retire in. Cool.

Many good comics coming over the next few months. Guess The Duff will never outgrow his comic nerddom.

That's the truth. What are your truths?