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We've all heard it. Only Geeks and Nerds like Science Fiction. Well, I'm here to say that we may be Geeks, but Geeks are smart. Geeks rule the world. Who'd the biggest Geek there is? Bill Gates. Who has more money than Bill Gates? Not me.
Who's another big Geek? Well, it must be George Lucas, and who has more money than George Lucas? Not me, and I bet not any of you either.
I was at a small comic con recently, and I heard all sorts of comments that made me bristle. (I also saw things I'd rather forget, but that's another story.)
A sarcastic twenty-something: "Oooh, they're talking Star Wars in there, whoopee!" Yeah, well I look better in my Jedi costume than you do in your underwear-based anime getup. {snark}
And then there's those fans that can't even agree on 'Star Wars'! "Jedi suck. 'Galaxies' sucks. The prequels suck." For cryin' out loud, it's all Star Wars.
Not everyone likes everything about Star Wars.
While I was disappointed with the storyline of the prequels, I still enjoyed them for what they were. And some of the EU in the prequel era is great.
I was bored with the NJO, but I followed the story to see where it led.
"Ewoks suck." Well, 'what would you like?' Taller monsters? Someone had to help the fight, and just adding more troopers would have been predictable. Besides, as someone at the con pointed out, Ewoks will eat you.
Personally, I hate Mandalorians, and like some other people I think they're the most overrated and useless piece of trash in the Star Wars universe. But I'd never say they 'suck' in public. Oh wait, I just did. Well, not in public where people can hear me.
So, next time someone calls you a Geek, and asks if you live in your mother's basement, tell them they suck (in public). But you don't care!
PS - Spell Check thinks "ewok" should be "wok". Hmmm, stir fried Ewok.
Who's another big Geek? Well, it must be George Lucas, and who has more money than George Lucas? Not me, and I bet not any of you either.
I was at a small comic con recently, and I heard all sorts of comments that made me bristle. (I also saw things I'd rather forget, but that's another story.)
A sarcastic twenty-something: "Oooh, they're talking Star Wars in there, whoopee!" Yeah, well I look better in my Jedi costume than you do in your underwear-based anime getup. {snark}
And then there's those fans that can't even agree on 'Star Wars'! "Jedi suck. 'Galaxies' sucks. The prequels suck." For cryin' out loud, it's all Star Wars.
Not everyone likes everything about Star Wars.
While I was disappointed with the storyline of the prequels, I still enjoyed them for what they were. And some of the EU in the prequel era is great.
I was bored with the NJO, but I followed the story to see where it led.
"Ewoks suck." Well, 'what would you like?' Taller monsters? Someone had to help the fight, and just adding more troopers would have been predictable. Besides, as someone at the con pointed out, Ewoks will eat you.
Personally, I hate Mandalorians, and like some other people I think they're the most overrated and useless piece of trash in the Star Wars universe. But I'd never say they 'suck' in public. Oh wait, I just did. Well, not in public where people can hear me.
So, next time someone calls you a Geek, and asks if you live in your mother's basement, tell them they suck (in public). But you don't care!
PS - Spell Check thinks "ewok" should be "wok". Hmmm, stir fried Ewok.
3 comments:
nob01
Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Jan 26, 2009 11:57 AM
Ewoks suck... the flesh off your bones - BOOYAH!
jediprincess77
I Know...
date Posted: Jan 26, 2009 8:15 PM
Ewoks will eat you.
Hahaha! I like that line! ;)
We will always disagree about something SW...the question is: do we let it overrule our love of the saga and tear our fandom apart?
No way, Weequay! ;) :^O
The Viridian Saber
Virtual Unrealities (A victim of Order 66.)
date Posted: Jan 26, 2009 9:34 PM
Well, I'm here to say that we may be Geeks, but Geeks are smart.
The geeks shall inherit the galaxy!! Really, who's gonna come out on top in the end? The popular chics with clothes that would make a Twi'lek blush and less brains than a Gamorrean, or the geeks in Jedi robes who pour over volumes of sci-fi stuff and make their own RPGs?
It's elementary, dear Giddy. B-)
Bill Gates. Who has more money than Bill Gates? Not me.
Ooh! Ooh! I know this one! It's Ziro, isn't it? :p
Seriously, Giddy, you have a great point. See where his nerddom got him? All because he wore it as a badge of the utmost of merit, with the highest of pride, and used his intelligence to get ahead of all those jerks who called him a dork when he was younger. :D
Yeah, well I look better in my Jedi costume than you do in your underwear-based anime getup. {snark}
Anime? Oh, Force help us...
Not everyone likes everything about Star Wars.
No, and that's partly where its beauty lies. It has a little everything for everyone, and a little of everyone in everything.
It's all about balance. The PT balances the OT, the NJO balances LOTF, The Clone Wars balances The Ewok Adventures, Anakin balances Obi-Wan...everything complements everything else, and all benefit from that.
Oh wait, I just did.
*gasp!*
But you don't care!
Jedi have no use for anger. If they want to make dumb decisions and put people down because of their inferiority complex, it's their life.
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