I'm old enough to have seen the original Star Wars movie in the theater - yes, the version that isn't all fracked up with CGI characters.
I thought about nominating it, but I didn't have anything clever to say about it. Every guy wants an X-wing fighter if only to fly around in a ship that looks like a big dick. Plus the only love action that Luke Skywalker gets is with his sister. (eww!) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Favorite geek-fantasy movie? How old are you? Star Wars isn't in your list? :) On Apr 23, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Billy Cox wrote: > I've nominated a few. Feel free to vote or add your own. > > Nominees: > > 1. Swordfish - The main character can hack into the department of > defense in > a matter of minutes on a laptop he's never used before while having > a gun > pointed at his head and getting his knob polished by some nameless > hottie. > Oh yeah, and he's good with guns and hand-to-hand combat. > > 2. The Matrix - The main character is an over-employed uber hacker > who also > happens to be the savior of all humankind. He knows kung fu, goes > Rodney > King on Agent Smith and he gets the only eligible female character > in the > whole damn movie. > > 3. Lord of the Rings trilogy - The main character (Frodo) has the > physique > of a true geek, complete with a fat sidekick, seems to avoid killing > anything in three high-bodycount movies, is always getting *almost* > killed, > has to be carried by his friend, only finishes his 'project' because > of the > bad guy's stupidity, and still saves entire world. (this would be the > "do-nothing and still get employee of the year and a big bonus" geek > fantasy) > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258973 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
