L. Marcus Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I like deflector shields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Yup. There's no more effective a bunneh repellant than televised sports. When The Fluffy Apocalypse comes' date=' you can keep me out of your house just by turning on the football game. OTOH, that's no defense against indirect-fire weapons. [/quote'] Nuke Fox Sports From Orbit, it's the only way to be sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I don't know if this is geek cred or anti-geek cred (or neutral)' date=' but I hate televised sports. Just hate them. The surest way to drive me out of a room is to turn on "the game." Funny thing is, I don't mind attending sporting events -- I actually like going to them. But turn them on TV and it's Goodbye Bunneh.[/quote'] I understand playing sports. I do not understand watching sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Watching sports has all to do with Tribalism. To enjoy it, you must be able to identify with one of the competing teams as your tribe. This is why people shout "We won!" even if they just watched. They may have been mere spectators, but they were part of the victors tribe, and so they won too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Watching sports has all to do with Tribalism. To enjoy it' date=' you must be able to identify with one of the competing teams as your tribe. This is why people shout "We won!" even if they just watched. They may have been mere spectators, but they were part of the victors tribe, and so they won too.[/quote'] Which, being an anti-social loner who prefers to engage in solo rather than team sports, I don't get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Yup. There's no more effective a bunneh repellant than televised sports. When The Fluffy Apocalypse comes' date=' you can keep me out of your house just by turning on the football game. OTOH, that's no defense against indirect-fire weapons. [/quote'] Jumbotrons and drive-in theaters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I don't know if this is geek cred or anti-geek cred (or neutral)' date=' but I hate televised sports. Just hate them. The surest way to drive me out of a room is to turn on "the game." Funny thing is, I don't mind attending sporting events -- I actually like going to them. But turn them on TV and it's Goodbye Bunneh.[/quote'] I'm that way with certain sports. I can't stand televised Baseball but attending a Rays game several years ago was fun if only for the novelty. The few football games I've attended in person (Bucs preseason when they still wore popsicle orange & USFL Bandits coached by Steve Spurrier in the 80's) were not nearly as enjoyable as the televised experience (except for flirting with cheerleeders). Maybe this because I usually only watch/attend games involving a team I care about and like paying attention to the game. Football fans at live games are just a little crazier than those of baseball it seems. It doesn't help that I am way out of my comfort zone in such large crowds. Fan identification is definitely a tribal thing. I've hardly watched any football (college or professional) this season because I haven't found a team that I feel comfortable rooting for and calling my own as in years past. But I grew up with the Bucs going from a perfect goose egg (0-14 in one season) to 1 game away from the Superbowl (they lost to the Rams who then lost to the Steelers) in a matter of just 3 or 4 years. Suffering through their years of losing to finally win the Superbowl vs. the Raiders was a wonderful experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I think that The Postman is a better post-apocalyptic film than any of the Mad Max franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! My first paid writing gig was Romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! My favorite James Bond movie is Casino Royale. The one with David Niven and Woody Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Watching sports has all to do with Tribalism. To enjoy it' date=' you must be able to identify with one of the competing teams as your tribe. This is why people shout "We won!" even if they just watched. They may have been mere spectators, but they were part of the victors tribe, and so they won too.[/quote'] That's not necessarily true. I have no geographically assigned professional sports loyalties, but despite that, I like watching games just to see how the stories play out. (Fantasy football is the reason I started following football in the first place, but once you start watching you kind of want to see how the story ends.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I think that The Postman is a better post-apocalyptic film than any of the Mad Max franchise. The movie wasn't bad. I loved the book - one of my favorites, but there was no way that could make it to film. The story they created using that background worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! That's not necessarily true. I have no geographically assigned professional sports loyalties' date=' but despite that, I like watching games just to see how the stories play out. [/quote'] Seconded. I especially get a kick out of "bad" (meaning poorly-played) games, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I can't watch certain sports live or televised. I don't have to play a certain sport in order to appreciate it; I don't play tennis, but I enjoy watching it. I'm usually impartial, although last night I got worked up watching the Djokovic-Hewitt match for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I think that The Postman is a better post-apocalyptic film than any of the Mad Max franchise. Its a trick - get an Ax! The novel The Postman was great. The movie was a Kevin Costner snore-fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I'm that way with certain sports. I can't stand televised Baseball but attending a Rays game several years ago was fun if only for the novelty. The few football games I've attended in person (Bucs preseason when they still wore popsicle orange & USFL Bandits coached by Steve Spurrier in the 80's) were not nearly as enjoyable as the televised experience (except for flirting with cheerleeders). Maybe this because I usually only watch/attend games involving a team I care about and like paying attention to the game. Football fans at live games are just a little crazier than those of baseball it seems. It doesn't help that I am way out of my comfort zone in such large crowds. Fan identification is definitely a tribal thing. I've hardly watched any football (college or professional) this season because I haven't found a team that I feel comfortable rooting for and calling my own as in years past. But I grew up with the Bucs going from a perfect goose egg (0-14 in one season) to 1 game away from the Superbowl (they lost to the Rams who then lost to the Steelers) in a matter of just 3 or 4 years. Suffering through their years of losing to finally win the Superbowl vs. the Raiders was a wonderful experience. Same experiences here(those Bandit games were fun). I prefer going to baseball(even in the dome) and hockey and watching football and other sports on tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I think the reason I kind of like attending live games is because when I was a kid, my dad would take me to Astros baseball games (and later to Nuggets and Rockies games after we moved to Colorado). I don't really care about the games so much, but there's maybe a touch of nostalgia and a little bit of the excitement of "being there." But sports on TV don't have any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! "Bonding with Dad when I was a kid" is not an insignificant factor in the popuarity of sports. Disliking sports hardly damages one's geek cred, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Its a trick - get an Ax! Army of Darkness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Army of Darkness. No, no, the purpose of the thread is to destroy your geek cred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Army of Darkness. No' date=' no, the purpose of the thread is to [i']destroy[/i] your geek cred. I missed that reference entirely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Never seen the new Star Wars movies. Disdain all Star Trek without William Shatner. Never seen a Terminator film. Never seen Avatar. Never seen Robocop. Never seen Doctor Who. Disdain all Batman without Adam West. If Dirk Benedict isn't in it, it's not Battlestar Galactica. Never seen Babylon 5. No interest in Japanese cartoons or comic books. No fetish for Asian girls. Don't believe Frank Miller's Daredevil or Batman were any good. Never liked the X-men comic book. Note sure whether I actually qualify as a geek, though. --Kap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I thought 2001: A Space Odyssey was the most boring movie I've ever seen. There, I said it. I thought it was the 2nd most boring movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! Disdain all Batman without Adam West. Then you might like Batman: The Brave & The Bold cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Re: Destroy Your Geek Cred!! I thought it was the 2nd most boring movie... OK, I have to ask. To me it was the most boring waste of celluloid on TV. It might have been better in the theatre, and with proper chemical stimulation, but it was nothing but a pretty light show, to me. What was worse? If Dirk Benedict isn't in it, it's not Battlestar Galactica. I liked Stardoe, but not to the Howard Wolowitz extreme. But, It's really not fair to compare the two shows. They were so different that it is like comparing The Andy Griffith Show to Deliverance. I had nightmares for years after that. Barney Fife was terrifying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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