Wargames - geek hooks up with Ally Sheedy, save the world. (Of course, he then hooks up with the Square Pegs girl in real life, so he gets all props ever)
Hackers - geek hooks up with also-geeky Angelina Jolie (not my cup of tea, but lots apparently like her) Tommy - pinball wizard with severe Aspergers gets whole cult? The Last Starfighter - arcade nerd gets girl, saves the UNIVERSE. Die Hard - computer geek breaks into bank vault, gets arrested, goes on to become Dallas Cowboy and Texas Ranger (Clarence Gilyard Jr.<http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319739/> ) Some Kind of Wonderful - nerd turns down Lea Thompson for Cinderella (Mary Stuart Masterson) On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:258977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
