I have to confess I am a nerd. I have been one for nearly all my life.
I loved Star Trek. I was devoted to all the series right up unitl "Voyager," when I found I could not get past 20 minutes until I hit what Harlan Ellison called "the argh factor" -- that point where you just have to scream in disgust. I tolerated the first couple seasons of "Enterprise," and then wept when it was canceled just as it was hitting its stride. I have a complete set of all the movies on DVD, and probably in exess of 200 Star Trek books -- including a 2' stack of non-fiction, reference works.
I also have complete sets of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer," "Firefly," "Babylon 5," and "Crusade" on DVD.
I was a huge comic book fan when I was younger, and recently reacquired my addiction. I collected "The Legion Of Super-Heroes" for about 15 years, and even then I was a latecomer -- the team got its start in the late 50's. I will go to my grave loathing John Byrne for his casual destruction of about 30 years of Legion history and continuity, a casualty of his ego-driven "re-invention" of Superman in the late 80's.
But I can say with pride that one thing I have managed to avoid doing is making others suffer for my obsessions. They're mine, and while I might try to "convert" others to them (Mary Katherine Ham, for example, gives me partial credit/blame for seeing and enjoying "Serenity"), I've never forced them on anyone.
That's one of many ways I'm different from people such as Nicholas Cage, who decided to punish his first-born son with a lifetime of ass-kickings by sticking him with the name "Kal-El Coppola Cage."
That's right. He gave his son Superman's Kryptonian name. As if the "Superman Curse" hasn't claimed enough victims -- it's killed two and sentenced a third to being known as "the guy who probably deflowered Brooke Shields."
As I said, I'm a nerd. But I'm not so much of a nerd that I am jealous that Cage beat me to it...
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Nah, they'll just call him ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | October 4, 2005 7:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Nah, they'll just call him Clark.
1. Posted by Jeff Medcalf | October 4, 2005 7:20 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 19:20
2. Posted by shark | October 4, 2005 8:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've always hated The Next Generation. The Federation seems like such genteel fascism, and the men always seemed like joyless, soulless automatons. Oooh, Riker was seen as such a rogue because he had a beard? What a load. On that entire series, not 1 real man among the bunch. The other thing that bothered me as that stupid engineer. You ever notice that everyone, including the doctor, seemed to be able to do his job at times??? And all he did was press buttons anyway. Did he even ever pick up a tool to fix something?
2. Posted by shark | October 4, 2005 8:13 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 20:13
3. Posted by Rightwingsparkle | October 4, 2005 8:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Which superman slept with Brooke shields?
3. Posted by Rightwingsparkle | October 4, 2005 8:14 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 20:14
4. Posted by The Smoke Eater | October 4, 2005 8:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yet ANOTHER reason to prove that CELEBRITIES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REPRODUCE, without first obtaining a certificate showing the KNOW HOW TO NAME HUMAN CHILDREN!
4. Posted by The Smoke Eater | October 4, 2005 8:55 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 20:55
5. Posted by The Smoke Eater | October 4, 2005 8:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Did anyone notice the comment on Willis' page where the guy said Nick should have named the kid "Deathmatch Inasteel Cage"? CLASSIC!
5. Posted by The Smoke Eater | October 4, 2005 8:57 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 20:57
6. Posted by kalel@inhell.com | October 4, 2005 8:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
being a nerd is something to be proud of. Remember what the movie told us about nerdism. "All we think about is Sex"
6. Posted by kalel@inhell.com | October 4, 2005 8:59 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 20:59
7. Posted by spurwing plover | October 4, 2005 9:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I saw the origional when it first came on back in 1966 but we saw it black and white we did get a color TV till 1969 0r 1970 i also saw tng and i saw all the movies except for 5 and final fronteer can you remember the tribbles? they,ll be no tribble at all and the one with JOHN FIDLER? and did you know the classic episode THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR was written by CHERY LEWIS(lambchop,charle horse,hush puppy)and horror writter ROBERT BLOTCH wrote some epidodes to
7. Posted by spurwing plover | October 4, 2005 9:00 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 21:00
8. Posted by Jay Tea | October 4, 2005 9:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sparkle, that would have been Dean Cain, of "Lois And Clark" fame.
J.
8. Posted by Jay Tea | October 4, 2005 9:07 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 21:07
9. Posted by Mary Katharine | October 4, 2005 9:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Whoa, I had no idea about Dean Cain and Brooke Shields either, Sparkle. And, damn you, Jay! Because of you I'm DVRing something on the Sci-Fi Channel for the first time in my life. "Firefly," Friday @ 7, and I can't wait. What have I gotten myself into?!?
9. Posted by Mary Katharine | October 4, 2005 9:39 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 21:39
10. Posted by Daniel | October 4, 2005 9:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
babylon 5 is, in my opinion, the greatest sci-fi series ever. i loved that show.
10. Posted by Daniel | October 4, 2005 9:52 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 21:52
11. Posted by guesswho | October 4, 2005 10:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
didn't Seah Young have her own protest about not being chosen as Catwoman for Batman Returns, Is this just a legacy way of saying how natural Cage would have been for the role of Jor-El
11. Posted by guesswho | October 4, 2005 10:45 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 22:45
12. Posted by Rightwingsparkle | October 4, 2005 11:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A friend sent me the firefly DVD series and I loved it. I can't wait to see the movie.
I am offically now a nerd I suppose.
12. Posted by Rightwingsparkle | October 4, 2005 11:12 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 23:12
13. Posted by Robert Modean | October 4, 2005 11:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Lord save me from the Straczynskites! *sigh* Babylon 5 was a very good SciFi show, the best? I'm not yet convinced. Space 1999 was pretty damn good for it's time, Firefly never got the chance to realize it's true potential thanks to FOX, and don't get me started on Space:Above and Beyond, the most underrated SciFi series of all time, also screwed over by FOX.
If there's one thing we should all know by now - don't trust FOX with a good show, if they can't turn it into something low rent they don't want it.
13. Posted by Robert Modean | October 4, 2005 11:13 PM |
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Posted on October 4, 2005 23:13
14. Posted by Cybrludite | October 5, 2005 2:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Space:Back & To The Left was clearly a conspiracy to kill off military sci-fi on tv.
14. Posted by Cybrludite | October 5, 2005 2:45 AM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 02:45
15. Posted by Jo | October 5, 2005 7:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Star Trek, check; Babylon 5, check; Firefly, check; Crusade, check; add Stargate ... and yup, guess I'm a nerd too. Ain't it great?
15. Posted by Jo | October 5, 2005 7:39 AM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 07:39
16. Posted by SilverBubble | October 5, 2005 11:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I guess I don't watch enough TV or something, but I've never seen any of these shows y'all are throwing out. Heard of, yes, but never watched.
16. Posted by SilverBubble | October 5, 2005 11:55 AM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 11:55
17. Posted by Phinn | October 5, 2005 11:56 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Federation seems like such genteel fascism, and the men always seemed like joyless, soulless automatons. Oooh, Riker was seen as such a rogue because he had a beard? What a load. On that entire series, not 1 real man among the bunch.
Remember, it was the late-80s, early 90s. Men were bad. Masculinity was bad. It was all about being sensitive, and getting in touch with your feminine side. Rockers wore make-up. Clinton was elected. People in theatres applauded when the guy on stage mentioned recycling.
That's what people meant when they said that 9/11 reminded them what real men were like. Manhood was treated as uncool by the TV and film media for about a decade before then.
17. Posted by Phinn | October 5, 2005 11:56 AM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 11:56
18. Posted by CraigC | October 5, 2005 12:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I don't think there's any argument against Babylon 5 being the best sci-fi show ever, but obviously that's just my opinion. I couldn't wait for each episode, and pored over the Lurker's Guide, and all of that.
18. Posted by CraigC | October 5, 2005 12:54 PM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 12:54
19. Posted by Ken | October 5, 2005 2:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Star Trek and B5 nerds - check this out. It's very well done ands quite a laugh.
http://www-fi.starwreck.com/
"The first Finnish full-length scifi parody is made from astounding special effects, action and loads of dark humour. It is the product of a core group of five Finns and many people who've helped us during the seven years it has been in the making. You can download the entire movie by clicking here. For free, of course."
19. Posted by Ken | October 5, 2005 2:32 PM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 14:32
20. Posted by spurwing plover | October 5, 2005 3:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LOST IN SPACE,STAR TREK,BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY,STAR TREK TNG,STAR TREK DS 9,STAR TREK VOYAGER,
20. Posted by spurwing plover | October 5, 2005 3:50 PM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 15:50
21. Posted by Jinx McHue | October 5, 2005 6:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What? No mention of Doctor Who? Geez! What kind of pathetic nerds are you? ;)
Seriously, though, "Enterprise" died a rightful, though ignoble, death. It's good that they've put the franchise on hiatus. Trying to pump out series after series after series obviously exhausted them of good ideas.
21. Posted by Jinx McHue | October 5, 2005 6:18 PM |
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Posted on October 5, 2005 18:18
22. Posted by Don Myers | October 6, 2005 4:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Quite right, Jinx. Anybody can get hooked on Star Trek or Star Wars. It takes a TRUE nerd to have a 20 minute discussion on the problems of the Sixth Doctor's regeneration into the Seventh!
22. Posted by Don Myers | October 6, 2005 4:42 PM |
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Posted on October 6, 2005 16:42