I am a nerd. I openly and proudly admit that. But I pride myself on not appearing as a stereotype. I work out, have healthy social relationships and I read things besides comics. This is my **** you to all those people who criticize the movie because the main characters do not look like the comic book guy from The Simpsons. Thanks for your time.
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I don't see how anyone could say that the movie was unrealistic. I know lots of people who are nerds and don't look like the comic book guy. The only thing that I didn't exactly find realistic was some of the dialogue because sometimes it felt a little scripted and overly elaborate. But other then that it was a great movie.
shareWhere did all this nerd talk come from. I saw this movie about 100 times when my old room mate got it in 99. He and were both in our late 20s, big film fans and yes, former comix guys. We were also good looking, well dressed, work out fiends, and very sociall (sexually) active with numerous young ladies throughout the years. If anything, it was the realism of the interaction between the guys in FE that made it hit home with me.
I was recently describing this film to friends and I told them that it "made me realize that my witty repartee wasn't nearly as original as I thought."
This thing made Swingers look like Star Wars as far as realism goes.
You know it's just entertainment, and it doesn't have to mimic reality or be realistic anyway. Do you think that Shakespeare's characters talk like the way they did in the early 17th century!? Of course not...I really can't stand the new voyeurism of entertainment these days, as if everything has to be as it would be in "real" life to be believable and enjoyable.
shareHi just a quick line to say I totally agree with you here. Entertainment is supposed to entertain as well as enlighten, inform, advise, educate and more 'lofty' aims. We all live through real life anyway, we know what it is like. Entertainment most certainly doesn't have to mimic real life to be believable and enjoyable. It also exists to entertain and make us forget about 'real' life for a couple of hours. I also happen to think the characters were believable in any case. Time we done away with the perception that all sci-fi fans are geeky, unattached males, this is especially true if you happen to be a fan of Star Trek in all its incarnations.
I am female, married with kids and intelligent but no way could I ever be called geeky! But I digress. I thought this film was hilarious and kudos to Bill Shatner for never shying away from mocking his own reputation.
I'll say no more on the message board, as I just realised this is turning into a review of the movie!
I have also noted that some people on these boards think that Matt Groening of Simpons fame is taking the mickey out of sci-fi fans with comic book guy. Matt is a big fan of Star Trek and comic book guy is based on him. There are loads of references to Trek throughout the Simpsons. He has also done an episode of Futurama called "Where no man has gone before" which features almost the whole of the Original cast and some actors from Next Gen. Absolutely hilarious and well worth catching.
Anyone who has ever been to a *real* convention can tell you that there are PLENTY of sci-fi dorks (male and female) who are sexually active and physically attractive.
In fact, as a man speaking on the topic of "dorky" women, there are some flat-out gorgeous women out there on the geek side. One of the main differences, though: most of them have MORE than just the amazing body going on. Who knew?
And yeah, this film paints a much more accurate picture of geek social culture than stereotypes like "comic book guy."
I so totally agree with you Slicr. I've met some truly beautiful girls at conventions. And several guys who were completely against the basement living stereotypes.
Where there's life there's hope and where there's hope there's crosby
My initial reaction to this film was that someone had made a movie out of my life. This film is to film lovers what High Fidelity is to music lovers.
shareYeah here here, this movie makes "geek" culture more like the cool culture that it is. I've never been so proud to love the sci-fi genre then after watching this movie, which I watch at least once a year cause' it's pure gold. Top notch dialogue; few films can compare to it. It definitely does help however to be able to identify with at least some of the references....thankfully the creators were thoughtful enough to include an E-Bionics Glossary with the dvd haha! It's a sweet touch. Only one classic reference is missing that I can see, I don't think there's any Dune analogy. Mind you with all the quotes zipping by it'd be easy to miss.
shareI think the characters weren't believable back then when the movie was made and and released. Now its a different story because it has become more acceptable with the general public. The superheroes movies being made in the early 2000s really did help break the stereotype what or who a fan is.
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