your geek is showing-things that proove you're uncool

Popsicleman · Post by **Popsicleman** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:32 am

Kat North wrote:
Glarryg wrote:I got mad when they released "The Simpsons" season 6 in a package that looks like Homer's head, because it doesn't match the boxes for the other seasons. I still haven't bought it yet.
Me too! They have to look alike or else it's just WRONG!!!

Thought of something else. I have three different erasers that I use while drawing. I've named them all.

Actually, my fiance bought the head-box anyway, and inside there's a little form where you can send away for a box to match the other boxes. The form also includes a checklist where you can mark why you want the matching box, and the options include something like "I'm really anal" or "I'm a nerd" or something similar.

Popsicleman · Post by **Popsicleman** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:36 am

jesusabdullah wrote: Honestly, I don't know anything about it, nor did I make the claim that I did. I just say that stuff to irritate my friend. Also, the name of the movie suggests it to me.

It's good to know, though, that my friend is sane--or at least as sane as people on the CG forum.

Ah, I see

Yeah, it's a title that would lend itself well to some Rainbow Bright-ish made-for-tv merchandise-tie-in movie. Especially when you see the ghastly cover for the DVD release. The marketers were definitely trying to aim for a 6-year-old girl market

Popsicleman · Post by **Popsicleman** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:40 am

Mercury Hat wrote:
jesusabdullah wrote:
Mercury Hat wrote:Thinking about dark children's movies reminded me of The Neverending Story. Artax, fight the darkness of the swamp .
Just so you know, the book is a million times better. I totally 100% recommend it. Also good are other translations of stuff Michael Ende wrote (and I would assume the original German versions too).
Already own it, got it for a dollar at a flea market. I never actually saw the second or third movie, so all I know of the story is what's in the book.

And the horse still dies!

Just as a warning...don't bother with Neverending Story 2 or 3. 2 makes a half-hearted attempt to deal with elements from the second half of the book (the first movie only covers really the first half of the book), but is just bad overall. Neither sequels are worth it.

Col · Post by **Col** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:57 am

Tynan wrote:Am I the only one that cried at the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie?

Nope. Though I was a little more disturbed than sad when I saw that at the tender age of five.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:14 am

I think I was older, but the impact did not lessen.

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:22 am

popsicleman wrote:
Mercury Hat wrote:
jesusabdullah wrote: Just so you know, the book is a million times better. I totally 100% recommend it. Also good are other translations of stuff Michael Ende wrote (and I would assume the original German versions too).
Already own it, got it for a dollar at a flea market. I never actually saw the second or third movie, so all I know of the story is what's in the book.

And the horse still dies!
Just as a warning...don't bother with Neverending Story 2 or 3. 2 makes a half-hearted attempt to deal with elements from the second half of the book (the first movie only covers really the first half of the book), but is just bad overall. Neither sequels are worth it.

Damn straight.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:06 pm

speaking of books usually better than the movie... I found a movie better than a book. I recently read the bourne idenity and would be one to say the movie was actually better than the book.

Col · Post by **Col** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:12 pm

phactorri wrote:speaking of books usually better than the movie... I found a movie better than a book. I recently read the bourne idenity and would be one to say the movie was actually better than the book.

I would put Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch, & Wardrobe in the same vein. Lots more characterization in the movie than in the book.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:19 pm

My geek just shows, always. I'll always do something to show the world what a geek I am.

-I have video game posters in my room.
-I'm always explaining the world to my friends ("Why is this like that?" "Well blabalablablablabalabla" "nerd!")
-I have a command and conquer T-shirt... >.<
-I love, and will always love, Tazmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Ren and Stimpy, Freakazoid, and other such cartoon classics of my youth.
-I've done more than one all nighter watching shitty movies and playing games.
-I've brought a sketchpad (very very small, mind) and pencil out drinking once. Some interesting doodles on that thing.
-I make nerd puns (How much does a neutron cost? Nothing, its free of charge!)
-I taught myself to play the keyboard.
-I can't resist singing along to ska-punk
-Or dancing
-The dancing is really something you should see
-Now, back on topic
-I have a picture of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" in my room
-My calendar has important geek dates on it, like the release date for the PS3
-There are more cables on my desk than papers
-I read STEPHEN KING

And I know alot of useless trivia about random crap. Which makes me an ideal Trivial Pursuit player. I amazed friends one time with
"What element makes superman weak?"
"Kryptonite"
<looks of shock and awe>

But being a know it all doesnt make me a nerd. Nerds get good grades.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:06 pm

OBS wrote:
K-Dawg wrote:Being able to name all of the original 150 pokemon.

I WAS YOUNG DAMMIT!
Prove it.

Without cheating using the internet, what was the 95th pokemon of the orginal 150?

I used to know the names of the original 150 too. But not in order. I could identify them by picture.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:09 pm

Killbert-Robby wrote:
OBS wrote:
K-Dawg wrote:Being able to name all of the original 150 pokemon.

I WAS YOUNG DAMMIT!
Prove it.

Without cheating using the internet, what was the 95th pokemon of the orginal 150?
I used to know the names of the original 150 too. But not in order. I could identify them by picture.

One word: Pokerap.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:10 pm

Black Sparrow wrote:
Killbert-Robby wrote:
OBS wrote: Prove it.

Without cheating using the internet, what was the 95th pokemon of the orginal 150?
I used to know the names of the original 150 too. But not in order. I could identify them by picture.
One word: Pokerap.

There was a rap? oh sweet martha's cookies!

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:41 pm

Killbert-Robby wrote: -I've brought a sketchpad (very very small, mind) and pencil out drinking once.

I brought a notebook and pencil for sketching to my senior prom.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:34 pm

popsicleman wrote:Actually, my fiance bought the head-box anyway, and inside there's a little form where you can send away for a box to match the other boxes. The form also includes a checklist where you can mark why you want the matching box, and the options include something like "I'm really anal" or "I'm a nerd" or something similar.

Yay! *Makes plans to buy it if I ever get any money*

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:26 pm

ManyWorlds wrote: Anyone remember when movies were actually cast based on talent, rather than on name?

No.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:54 pm

Black Sparrow wrote:
Killbert-Robby wrote:
OBS wrote: Prove it.

Without cheating using the internet, what was the 95th pokemon of the orginal 150?
I used to know the names of the original 150 too. But not in order. I could identify them by picture.
One word: Pokerap.

Sparrow...if you knew the whole pokerap like I did, make sweet love to me right now, cause we now share the same soul.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:24 pm

Tynan wrote:Am I the only one that cried at the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie?

Am I the only one here who hasn't seen the Transformers movie, and just had the ending totally ruined?

Post by **Kisai** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:26 pm

popsicleman wrote: Just as a warning...don't bother with Neverending Story 2 or 3. 2 makes a half-hearted attempt to deal with elements from the second half of the book (the first movie only covers really the first half of the book), but is just bad overall. Neither sequels are worth it.

The second movie wasn't that bad, but it delved into "wtf?"

The third movie... WTF?

Seriously... why are the characters from the book now on earth? It came off as a bad excuse to make a third movie.

I remember the first movie as "I like the flying wiener dog"

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:45 pm

Toxic wrote:
Tynan wrote:Am I the only one that cried at the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie?

Am I the only one here who hasn't seen the Transformers movie, and just had the ending totally ruined?

Don't worry, he came back, like, five episodes later.

ManyWorlds · Post by **ManyWorlds** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:47 pm

yeahduff wrote:
Toxic wrote:
Tynan wrote:Am I the only one that cried at the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie?

Am I the only one here who hasn't seen the Transformers movie, and just had the ending totally ruined?
Don't worry, he came back, like, five episodes later.

I haven't seen the movie either, but I'd already heard about Prime's death. Doesn't it happen kind of early-on, though?