Actor Simon Pegg may have thought he was making an original statement when he lamented to Radio Times that modern science fiction and comic books are “childish” and that we’re all on the way to becoming so infantilized and dumbed down we can’t think about anything serious, as reported by i09, but his statements are just the latest variation of cultural snobbery masquerading as concern for the impending downfall of society. (For a primer, see BookRiot’s translations of “Shit Book Snobs Say”).
Source: salon.com