It’s tough for us nerdly dudes, being so marginalised by popular culture. I mean, sure, we can console ourselves our six feature-length J R R Tolkien adaptations, staggeringly popular revivals of numerous old school sci-fi properties, multiple critically acclaimed TV shows about cerebral weirdos saving the day with erudition and cleverness, and decade-long dominance of superhero films at the box office, but all that only goes so far, you know?