EPTThey have a very similar feel, the only big difference is setting. Do you fly dragons or in space fighters?
[P] What Is Nerdier? - Page 5
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TaP.Nuada
United States428 Posts
They have a very similar feel, the only big difference is setting. Do you fly dragons or in space fighters? | ||
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never_jiggy
Australia25 Posts
fantasy sci fi is gay | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
as is Batman they were both pretty mainstream | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On December 21 2008 11:37 never_jiggy wrote: fantasy is girlier, sci-fi is manly fantasy sci fi is gay rofl, that sums up my thoughts pretty well. | ||
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
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geometryb
United States1249 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
On December 20 2008 10:31 HnR)hT wrote: sci-fi is nerdier/better How is laserweapons 'n stuff nerdier than fucking dancing elfs? T_T | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32159 Posts
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SoleSteeler
Canada5472 Posts
On December 22 2008 04:00 Hawk wrote: You're a nerd if you like either of them, where's the argument? True. But I think fantasy is overall much nerdier. Yes, Star Wars/Trek has some pretty hardcore nerd fans, but Star Trek has been a fairly "mainstream" TV show for many...decades! And there's countless other movies you could talk about that are "Sci fi" that you wouldn't consider nerdy, like anything set in the future (I'm thinking of a movie like Minority Report, or A.I.), killer robot types (Robocop omg?), killer monsters (Cloverfield, although I haven't seen it, etc. Godzilla) The only two truly accepted fantasy tv/movies have been Harry Potter and LOTR. And I wouldn't even say those are fully accepted. I know a few people that would never watch a LOTR movie for it being too nerdy. And the vast majority of guys I'd say over 20ish wouldn't read/want to watch Harry Potter. I know TL is probably an exception since I and a lot of others have read and enjoyed the books, but we are definitely not a balanced representation of the male population (most of whom don't read) :/ | ||
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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Night[Mare
Mexico4793 Posts
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rekluce
United States51 Posts
Also note: harry potter and LOTR are a very unique form of fantasy and i really woulden't use them as the main example of the genre since there are much better pieces of literature and film. | ||
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HeadBangaa
United States6512 Posts
Fantasy is unrealistic and doesn't try to be realistic at all, so that's OK. Sci-Fi sometimes tries to make unrealistic shit sound plausible. For example, any movie involving "hacking" erks the shit out of me. I was watching Swordfish last night, and Hugh Jackman's character is presented with a 512-bit encrypted authentication that he has to break in 60 seconds. It shows his character trying to brute force the password, "anon, anonymous, admin, administrator, pass, ..." and then he nails it. Might as well be Fantasy because it would take the age of the universe to brute force a password that way. 60 seconds, pshhhh. | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
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Vharox
United States1037 Posts
On December 22 2008 04:49 rekluce wrote: o.o i voted for both cause i want to be wisked away to a magical world handed a guass machine gun and ordered to start blowing apart hightemplars and zerglings alike Also note: harry potter and LOTR are a very unique form of fantasy and i really woulden't use them as the main example of the genre since there are much better pieces of literature and film. Oh gawdd. You did not just compare Harry Potter to LOTR =[ | ||
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RamenStyle
United States1929 Posts
Edit: btw, I think Narutards and the likes own every other nerd group. | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
On December 22 2008 07:15 Vharox wrote: Oh gawdd. You did not just compare Harry Potter to LOTR =[ You're right, I'm pretty sure he didn't. If anything, he conflated them. Comparing usually involves a value judgement, and I didn't hear him say one was better than the other. | ||
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AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
vs star trek I think people will find lord of the rings less geeky | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17850 Posts
Star Trek vs Bladerunner = ST is noobish nerd shit while Bladerunner is all around awesome movie that's intelligent entertainment Willow vs Xena: The Warrior Princess = I don't really have to explain this, do I? Most things considered nerdy are usually poor quality, pulled out of the ass, dumb, low budget etc. etc. stuff (low budget not being a major factor here but still). Most things that SHOULD be nerdy are usually based on the literary classics within the Fantasy/Sci-Fi genre, have deep plot, are written by the people who actually know what they're doing (Arthur C. Clarke anyone?) and not only nerds like them. Examples of good fantasy/sci-fi: (only movies) Sci-Fi: 2001 the Space Oddysey Bladerunner Clockwork Orange Gattaca Dune (only version directed by Lynch) Experiments Lain (anime) Donnie Darko Fantasy: Lord of the Rings trilogy Willow Pan's Labyrinth Spirited Away (anime) Mononoke Hime (anime) The Neverending Story So to classify nerdy: Movies/books that fall into fantasy/sci-fi category, are usually supported by large amounts of franchise (action figures, comics, various items) (LotR might be an exception here, but popularity made it so), they're much lower quality than works that have 'defined' the genre etc. etc. (and notice that usually things that are nerdy have their TV series - Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Xena and Hercules and stuff like that). | ||
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