Really?

In an unprecedented move I present a blog on my day off, written from the dubious comfort of my apartment. I know, all the novelty is gone with that curtain pulled aside.
I'm a nerd. I make no secret of this. I have d-20's tattooed on my arms for chrissakes. As part and parcel of this I do nerdy things. This includes following sci-fi and videogame blogs. As you all recoil in horror over that admission I'll make another: I don't know what the hell is going on with this interest in the Tron remake.
I grew up with videogames. I grew up with Star Wars and things like that, and I'll admit I have a dim memory of Tron. But what could I really tell you about it? Uh... some guys in glowy costumes playing snake? Yeah that pretty much sums up my vast store of knowledge on it. That pretty much covers the depth of knowledge that anyone needs to devote to Tron, and yet we see coverage on the remake. http://io9.com/search/tron/
Yes I know to certain people who've spent more than fifteen years in their mom's basement have devoted their life to nerd esoterica, but this one just seems unhealthy:
http://dailycostume.com/images/troncosplay.jpg
Yes, this is an easy internet punching bag. More so, this is what I can only imagine to be the ideal core sample of people actually interested in the remake of laughable 70's sci-fi. Yet there's hype. And for there to be hype there has to be an audience waiting with some degree of anticipation. This man doesn't necessarily make me ashamed to be a nerd so much as he makes me apprehensive that anyone I talk to about anything dorky is in fact hiding such a suit in their closet awaiting the day they can emerge as a glorious spandex and neon butterfly.