Loving Miss Lara Croft

I'm a bit of a snob where several of my hobbies/interests are concerned (LK will enthusiastically attest to this). I once met a girl who claimed to be a fan of Lara Croft. I assumed she was referring to the computer version, the original and true Lara Croft. She meant the Angelina-Jolie-movie version. She'd never even played the computer game. Perhaps it was because she seemed all too ready to make known her martial arts knowledge and her penchant for dressing as Lara, that I rolled my eyes to heaven. Poser.

Geeks tend to be protective and perhaps a little territorial about their book or game heroes. You aren't considered a real fan unless you start from the very beginning. You can love the LOTR movies but you should also read the books, know the source. I'm a geek through and through. And the only Lara is the one from the game. Movie Lara - okay, fun to watch, but that's about it. If that girl really wants to emulate Lara Croft, she should play the game - off several baddies, find the treasure, know an Uzi from a Desert Eagle, and kill a tiger in five seconds. Now that's the way to really know and idolize Lara.

But then again, the latest Lara Croft installment isn't the best of games out there. I wish we had old-school Tomb Raider back on the radar.

Posted by Monoceros at April 14, 2005 10:29 AM