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We Are All Nerds Now

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-get-beat-up-after-school dept.

Anonymous Slob Nerd. writes "The Guardian has a good review of something close to all of our hearts. We are all nerds now discusses how the popularity of the internet, video gaming, comic-book movies (Spider-Man, Hulk), the sci-fi epics (The Matrix, Star Wars) and the wizard fantasy (Harry Potter), not to mention The Lord of the Rings has made nerds, and nerdish behaviour, cool."

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  1. Re:So Gandalf was a nerd ? by iainl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Are my wife and I the only people who think that
    the Lord of the Rings is the most boring movie
    of all time???"

    $920M worldwide boxoffice kind of points to the answer "yes, you are". On the other hand, I suppose Titanic managed double that, and had its fair share of people bored by it too.

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  2. No, you are not alone. by simetra · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    LOTR blew dogs. And, in all likelyhood, so do many of the cast. Just because something is hyped, doesn't mean it's good. Just because something makes a lot of money, doesn't mean it's good. This happens to be a geek/nerd forum, hence the enthousiasm.

    Quite frankly, I'm surprised Muppets didn't make it into LOTR. But then again, there's still The Hobbit.

    Why do geeky/nerdy types enjoy that crap? Escapism maybe? Cute, Boo-Boo type pathetic characters they can identify with? Who cares. It makes them happy, much like a balloon makes my 3-year-old happy.

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  3. Re:Rise up, my brethren! by dasmegabyte · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's because UNIX is a tool of DORKS.

    Even nerds have standards, man.

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