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WOF: What's your favorite 'geek' movie of all time?
Our question for you today is simple: What's your favorite geek movie of all time? It doesn't need to be strictly related to computers -- fans of science fiction, comedy, fantasy, superhero, documentary or whatever genres are welcome. A few examples to get you started: Sneakers, Pirates of Silicon Valley, and Office Space.
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Darkshadoe said:
Real Genius
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I have few on my list
"HACKERS"
both "TOMB RAIDER MOVIES"
"sky captain and the world of tomorrow"
ok there is a couple of running themes in these choices I made
there about computers have computer characters or the whole movie is made by computers. and there is one last theme
ya ya I know but she is a goddess
"Angelina Jolie"
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Darkshadoe said:
Real Genius
+1, I loved Real Genius!
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It is surprisingly accurate, for me at least he he
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Hmmm hard to tell, I liked Pirates of Silicon Valley quite a bit but it's not one of my favorite movies. Sci-fi movies in general usually don't make it into my all time favorites, but memorable films that fall into the geeky category include Hackers, Star Wars, Bladerunner and The Matrix (only the first one).
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Wargames, FTW. It's all about WOPR and Global Thermonuclear Warfare...
TRON, lame.
Revenge of the nerds, blah.
Hackers is on the list.. Yes, hacking is EXACTLY like that movie
Plus, its just funny to see all those actors now.. Angelina Jolie, Johnny Lee Miller, Fisher Stevens, and Matthew Lillard. -
hello ...
i don't have any fav of the genre, but just looking at the presentation & seeing it so often in movies, it made me LOL.
cheers!
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Timonius said:
gadzooks64 said:Darkshadoe said:Real Genius
+1, I loved Real Genius!
Me too! And Star Wars!
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Terrific weekly topic - props to whoever came up with this.
BUT obviously, it's a tie between two movies - Blade Runner and Tron.
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Terrific weekly topic - props to whoever came up with this.
BUT obviously, it's a tie between two movies - Blade Runner and Tron.
...Blade runner was not a geek movie Tom! :p
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...Blade runner was not a geek movie Tom! :p
True, and also...
Brazil > Dark City> Blade Runner.
Otaku No Video is a geek movie.
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Die hard iv
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...Blade runner was not a geek movie Tom! :p
I think someone just doesnt want to have the geek factor.
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American Pie....Great film
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I think we've somehow confused "geek movies" with "movies with a geek audience".
With that concept stated and in force, then "Avatar" would have to be the biggest "geek movie" of all time. (In addition to being the biggest grossing movie of all time). Universal appeal doesn't necessarily disqualify it, does it?
The truest verbatim definition of a "geek movie" would go to "Real Genius", which I think contains a tiny grain of truth regarding the sophisticated, intellectual practical jokes being played at those schools.
Anyway, I don't really believe that liking "Star Trek" automatically qualifies you as a "geek". However, going to the conventions, and believing that s*** is possible, does.
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Leeky said:
Its not geek as such, but definitely an "outsider" movie...
Its one of my all time favourite films for many reasons.
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I think we've somehow confused "geek movies" with "movies with a geek audience".
With that concept stated and in force, then "Avatar" would have to be the biggest "geek movie" of all time. (In addition to being the biggest grossing movie of all time). Universal appeal doesn't necessarily disqualify it, does it?
The truest verbatim definition of a "geek movie" would go to "Real Genius", which I think contains a tiny grain of truth regarding the sophisticated, intellectual practical jokes being played at those schools.
Anyway, I don't really believe that liking "Star Trek" automatically qualifies you as a "geek". However, going to the conventions, and believing that s*** is possible, does.
Well there are stun guns. Don't see any phaser guns yet.
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"Oh Brave New World"
Well there are stun guns. Don't see any phaser guns yet.Meh, phasers maybe.But, when I can say, "beam me up", without having my eyeball looking out of my a** when it's over, then I'll believe it.
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the first and the second matrix. Maybe Eagle Eye... its good one too.
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Transformers or Stargate yet (or maybe they have and I just missed it. Sneakers is one of my all time favorite geek movies.
@grvalderrama - Eagle Eye wasn't a geek movie.
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Gotta go with Office Space.
"PCLOADLETTER! WTF does that mean?!"
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War Games and of course 2001: a Space Odyssey
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Anyone seen "Primer?" Probably the most confusing movie ever written, but it was pretty good, once you understand it, and definitely a geek movie.
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I still think that everybody's confusing movies that are popular with geeks, and geek movies.
As I said before, using the current criterion in applying the term "geek movie", "Avatar" would have to be the biggest geek movie of all time. I mean really, boys and girls, it's almost frame for frame ripped from "Fern Gully", an animated feature with ecology as a central theme. Oh, and there's also the little thing about displacing the native population. Social conscience raised to an interplanetary scale, that's geeky, no doubt about it.
You'll have to excuse me now, I have to go hug a tree three solar systems away.
Oh, there's also the comic book fantasy of assuming a much more powerful alter ego, when confronted with a personal feeling of inadequacy. That's textbook geek.
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Dark City, Tron, Real Genius, 2001: A Space Oddysey & its low-budget sequel, Hackers, The Matrix series, Ghost In The Shell, Pi, eXistenZ, Minority Report, Appleseed, Cypher, A Scanner Darkly & Akira are a few that come to mind.
I don't quite consider Star Wars being a geek movie. Sure, it'd fit the Star Wars universe as a whole, but not the movies per se.
Anyone seen "Primer?" Probably the most confusing movie ever written, but it was pretty good, once you understand it, and definitely a geek movie.Primer was amazing! The shoestring budget isn't that evident, and the story and direction are astounding, to say the least. I needed to watch it at least 3 times before I started understanding what was going on.
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