Am I a Geek If I've Never Seen a Star Wars Movie???

[faither]

During the past nine years or so I've turned into a bit of a geek (computers). Does the fact I've never seen any of the Star Wars movies mean I have incorrectly associated myself with a group I do not have the qualifications to belong??? :confused: To be honest, I don't much like any of the SciFi stuff (although I saw and liked the Star Trek movie with Ricardo Montalban).

[attgig]

you're a newbie geek.

past 9 years, eh?

well....you may have started to develop like a geek over the past 9 years, but you are still not a mature geek as some of us are.

I have a suggestion, go to blockbuster (or netflix, if you're a G|A brand geek), and get the trilogy. Take a night and go through all of them (cause real geeks don't sleep an night). And if you don't like the trilogy, keep on watching and drinking your caffine until you do!

:P

[WhiskeyPapa]

Originally posted by faither
(although I saw and liked the Star Trek movie with Ricardo Montalban).

You don't have to be a geek or a SciFi fan to enjoy that movie. My wife even liked that one. It was just a great story, the fact that it was set in space was secondary. Well, you still had to see past William Shatner's bad acting.

[GusGus]

It's a really great Trilligy a must watch :) and your just in time for the new movies. Time to jump on the band wagon :)

[mojo]

i don't like star trek, although i like bill shatner. i used to as a kid tho...prolly until i saw star wars :P

seriously tho...what's the holdup? just see the trilogy, already!

and although there's a lot of phantom menace bashing, i really liked it :D

[Merlin]

So, what rock have you been living under?

[topane]

Depends on what you actually do with computers. If you tinker a bit, you're probably sorta normal not having seen Star Wars. Now, if you're a Linux kernel hacker, it's a general rule that you must be able to speak Klingon.

[DoPeY5007]

a non SciFi liking geek :eek:

[eSDee]

Originally posted by topane
Depends on what you actually do with computers. If you tinker a bit, you're probably sorta normal not having seen Star Wars. Now, if you're a Linux kernel hacker, it's a general rule that you must be able to speak Klingon.

:heh: Yep everyone knows that George Lucas plants Linux source code subliminally in his movies!

I think it's too easy just to watch the Star Wars movies. You have to watch all the Star Trek movies as well. Also to be an official geek, watch the movie Trekkies, and assume the indentities of one of those geeks.

[faither]

Originally posted by topane
Depends on what you actually do with computers. If you tinker a bit, you're probably sorta normal not having seen Star Wars. Now, if you're a Linux kernel hacker, it's a general rule that you must be able to speak Klingon.

I started by taking them apart and moved on to building them myself -- 16 to date. Linux does run on two of my boxes (its own partition -- multiple boot options) but I haven't hacked the kernel. I guess I'm more of a hardware geek.

[LPMiller]

there are classes of geekhood. You are a geek, just not a mouth breathing, acne suffering, can't get laid Star Wars frea...geek. Nothing wrong with that.

[Cantacuzene]

Originally posted by topane
Depends on what you actually do with computers. If you tinker a bit, you're probably sorta normal not having seen Star Wars. Now, if you're a Linux kernel hacker, it's a general rule that you must be able to speak Klingon.

...and wear suspenders.

[revil]

if you haven't seen star wars you are less of a geek.
but bonus points if you act like you have and can get away with it.

[whitak24]

i haven't ever seen starwars. but i'm not sure if i'm a geek.

i'm more of a dork than a geek, i suppose.

[gaemul]

You're not a geek, but you're definitely a dork. What the hell? haven't seen any of the star wars episodes yet??? You're as bad as my redneck coworker! :b

[The Continental]

Star Wars: Bored me to tears.......couldn't get through the first one much less the other 50 billion others(seems like)

[molecularfire]

The stuff chosen said

Nah... you're just like me. A wannabe geek. :heh:

[The Continental]

Originally posted by chosenfool
:shrug:
its odd for me - by ordinary standards, im a geek (knows starwars, startrek, watches twilight zone, reads comic books and sci-fi/fantasy stuff, always on a computer, etc), but to the hardcore geek community, im still an outsider. Or a geek wannabee, if you would - i still have a lot to learn as far as technical stuff is concerned. In other words, i know little about being a total geek (compared to a real geek). im not even a nerd (now THAT requires a certificate, a degree, and a doctorate).
ive been called a dork, but thats just a loving term by my former GF years ago.

i guess im a misfit.:hmm:

With age comes experience and knowledge.Before you know it ,you'll know more than you need to.

[Grimm]

Originally posted by The Continental
Star Wars: Bored me to tears.......couldn't get through the first one much less the other 50 billion others(seems like)

Heritic!!! Burn Him!!! Burn Him!!!:angry:

[Hoser]

I guess you'll never be an Ubergeek without being into Star Trek/Wars. I've noticed that there's a Geek - Monty Python connection. Does anyone else have any geek connections that they're aware of?

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[Ladogaboy]

So, can geeks play sports or be athletic in any way?

I might not qualify for geekhood... :(

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by cpugeek04

i do.....basketball

But does that exclude you from true geekhood?

Hmm, does that mean that you shouldn't be allowed to call yourself cpugeek04? :hmm: