Walking out of Phantom Menace I spent a few minutes talking with friends about how I enjoyed the movie. That's the last I spoke of it again until years later with Attack of the Clones coming out.

Here's the thing. I wasn't a big fan of La La Land. I thought that Gosling's character of Seb was a douche and even having seen the "redemption" ending doesn't make him any more likeable. I have had reasonable informed and intelligent conversations at parties about that movie.

But if anything is "Geek" I can't bloody talk about it without being shouted down. "No you didn't like that you're just apologizing for how bad it is"

The other day I was told it was "controversial" to like something because if a lot of loud fans said they hated it and they build their entire identities around that franchise then you the casual fan who just enjoyed a good movie isn't allowed to have an opinion that differs.

It's getting ridiculous. It's even infecting my everyday life. When I was a kid I was a "Geek" not really but that's what everyone saw me as because I liked scifi and fantasy. The thing is that I don't have any of the trappings of geekdom.

I'm more like Vin Diesel and other "geeks" like that in that my enjoyment of this stuff doesn't define who I am but I'll gladly discuss it with people.

I'm sick of this idea that you have to be part of a subculture to enjoy anything. No more just enjoying something and having a life outside of it. Frustrating.