What are your unpopular geek opinions?

[Sacrosanct]

I don't think The Big Lebowski is a good movie. And I say this as a guy whose favorite drink is a white Russian, who hates the Eagles, and wears a bathrobe every day (since COVID at least lol)*

Terry Brooks is probably my favorite author

Not a big fan of Studio Ghibli. Some of the movies are alright I guess, I'm just not a huge fan

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Jack Vance had just as much influence on D&D as Tolkien, only way more people are familiar with Tolkien than Vance

The current popular topic, Don't Look Up, is a bad movie. Yeah, I get how it's supposed to be hammering home how the culture in the US turns its nose at scientists and experts while leaders ignore deadly scenarios for ratings. I got that in the first 5 minutes. I didn't need it browbeated into me for the next 2 and a half hours. It was more depressing than funny.


*as an anecdote, it took me 5 years before I even saw that movie after it came out, and wondered why my fiends kept calling me "the dude".

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I don't think The Big Lebowski is a good movie. And I say this as a guy whose favorite drink is a white Russian, who hates the Eagles, and wears a bathrobe every day (since COVID at least lol)*

This brings up an interesting question- does this actually constitute an unpopular geek opinion?

I recently lost an Iron DM round in part because I suck, and in part because the adventure I designed was a loving homage to the Coen Brothers and Blood Simple (and other films) which the judge did not recognize.

So what constitutes geek culture now? Star Wars and Star Trek and superhero stuff, for sure. But do the Coen Brothers count? Wes Anderson movies? P. T. Anderson?

Is there even a line?

 

[payn]

This brings up an interesting question- does this actually constitute an unpopular geek opinion?

I recently lost an Iron DM round in part because I suck, and in part because the adventure I designed was a loving homage to the Coen Brothers and Blood Simple (and other films) which the judge did not recognize.

So what constitutes geek culture now? Star Wars and Star Trek and superhero stuff, for sure. But do the Coen Brothers count? Wes Anderson movies? P. T. Anderson?

Is there even a line?

Geeks culture can cover any subject.

What is the difference between geek and nerd?




A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.

It just seems concentrated on a few subjects here at ENworld because its a particular geek culture site.

 

[Deset Gled]

Terry Pratchett is overrated.

Starship Troopers was a great movie.

Super Nintendo is overrated, both when it was new and by retro game enthusiasts.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is the best incarnation of Jonny Quest.

New York style pizza is a miserable acceptance of mediocrity.

EMCCD cameras will always have niche applications where they with outperform sCMOS sensors.

The Jedi were the bad guys of the Star Wars galaxy. The Rebels were terrorists.

The live action Speed Racer is a great movie, possibly the best live action remake of a cartoon ever made. Masters of the Universe also fits into this category.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Geeks culture can cover any subject.
…. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
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It’s an idea, but I think it’s … retconning popular usage.

People can be obsessed about particular areas and. It be geeks. For example, someone obsessed about improving their acting is rarely called an acting geek (but someone interested in film studies might be called a film geek). A person who obsessed over the Kardashians is rarely said to be part of geek culture.

It tends to have a much more specific connotation, IMO.

 

[MarkB]

The current popular topic, Don't Look Up, is a bad movie. Yeah, I get how it's supposed to be hammering home how the culture in the US turns its nose at scientists and experts while leaders ignore deadly scenarios for ratings. I got that in the first 5 minutes. I didn't need it browbeated into me for the next 2 and a half hours. It was more depressing than funny.

That's a relief. I bailed on that movie after about 5-10 minutes (the White House scene) because it was far more depressing than amusing to me. Glad to know I wasn't missing anything.

 

[payn]

It’s an idea, but I think it’s … retconning popular usage.

People can be obsessed about particular areas and. It be geeks. For example, someone obsessed about improving their acting is rarely called an acting geek (but someone interested in film studies might be called a film geek). A person who obsessed over the Kardashians is rarely said to be part of geek culture.

It tends to have a much more specific connotation, IMO.

Im not following. I have always heard people use geek as an obsessed and intelligent pursuit. Also, heard it used as a pejorative but I think thats mostly in the past. I've not heard it used as an actual mass culture until here and now. Typically, nerd gets used in a pop culture sense. Nerd is encompassing, but geek is particular. IME.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The Jedi were the bad guys of the Star Wars galaxy. The Rebels were terrorists.

This is really the only one I object to, especially the second part. I have a hard time believing that any decent person can watch the OT and see the Rebel Alliance as terrorists.

Fighting against an oppressive totalitarian regime isn’t terrorism.

 

[Cadence]

New York style pizza is a miserable acceptance of mediocrity.

Amen!

 

[Deset Gled]

This is really the only one I object to, especially the second part. I have a hard time believing that any decent person can watch the OT and see the Rebel Alliance as terrorists.

Fighting against an oppressive totalitarian regime isn’t terrorism.

There is zero on screen evidence in the original Star Wars trilogy that the Empire is an oppressive totalitarian regime.

The entire plot of prequel trilogy is based on the fact the Jedi and the Old Republic are a corrupt theocracy.