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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfen Priest" data-source="post: 270325" data-attributes="member: 3909">You're right.&nbsp; I misspoke.&nbsp; I meant to say he is the biggest nerd in Hollywood right now (&quot;big&quot; being in terms of popularity/name-recognition).Woody Allen might be more famous overall, but he was probably less of a geek as well, even in his prime.&nbsp; I mean, the guy was into baseball, jazz, and young chinese women(!)... plus, his movies usually had a point or revolved around some kind of real-life theme/issue, rather than simply being a parody of something that was stupid anyway (Austin Powers).I'm not saying Mike Meyers is in no way cool.&nbsp; But, when I was last at the theatre (to see Attack of the Yawns), and the ad for Austin Powers 3 came up, at the very end of the trailer it was a closeup of Austin Power's face smirking, saying his usual &quot;oh behave&quot; the theatre literally fell dead silent.&nbsp; One guy could be heard saying sarcastically, &quot;oh yeah, that looks really great.&quot;&nbsp; I had to agree.&nbsp; I think Mike Meyers is funny, but he's not really clever funny.&nbsp; He just makes an ass of himself and expects us to laugh at him; but that formula can get old fast.&nbsp; MM, much like Adam Sandler, is just exploiting an idea over and over again to make a buck (IMO).&nbsp; Woody Allen didn't really do that.&nbsp; We could simpathize with him (a.k.a. a geek, but in a good way), but MM just pushes the limit of his idiocy until we laugh at the absurdity.&nbsp; There might be bigger nerds in the world, sure.&nbsp; But there aren't any BIGGER nerds in the world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolfen Priest, post: 270325, member: 3909"] You're right. I misspoke. I meant to say he is the [i][b]biggest[/b][/i][b][/b] nerd in Hollywood right now ("big" being in terms of popularity/name-recognition). Woody Allen might be more famous overall, but he was probably less of a geek as well, even in his prime. I mean, the guy was into baseball, jazz, and young chinese women(!)... plus, his movies usually had a point or revolved around some kind of real-life theme/issue, rather than simply being a parody of something that was stupid anyway (Austin Powers). I'm not saying Mike Meyers is in no way cool. But, when I was last at the theatre (to see Attack of the Yawns), and the ad for Austin Powers 3 came up, at the very end of the trailer it was a closeup of Austin Power's face smirking, saying his usual "oh be[i]have[/i]" the theatre literally fell dead silent. One guy could be heard saying sarcastically, "oh yeah, that looks really [i]great[/i]." I had to agree. I think Mike Meyers is funny, but he's not really clever funny. He just makes an ass of himself and expects us to laugh at him; but that formula can get old fast. MM, much like Adam Sandler, is just exploiting an idea over and over again to make a buck (IMO). Woody Allen didn't really do that. We could simpathize with him (a.k.a. a geek, but in a good way), but MM just pushes the limit of his idiocy until we laugh at the absurdity. There might be bigger nerds in the world, sure. But there aren't any [i][b]BIGGER[/b][/i][b][/b] nerds in the world. [/QUOTE]

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