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- RealmDown, on 10/10/2007, -3/+73I'll be happy if they just take wrestling off Sci-Fi and put more *gasp* SCI-FI on it instead.
- JimXugle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+51"Geeks are the new cool" eh?
Will they be saying that when their entire fall lineup is on Bittorrent weeks before it's airtime? - usrlocalbin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+51Glad that I've always been a geek before it was 'cool'.
- sysoprock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+34Supermodel with fake glasses != Geek
- Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34Except the geeks in reality play WoW, don't know or talk to any hot women, watch Stargate, bought Firefly on DVD and run Linux.
- bbeahm, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31I watched the free pilot of Big Bang Theory from iTunes. That was a waste of 22 minutes.
That is why I hardly watch TV anymore. I'd give it a half season at best. - bjs3171, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27awesome. now fox can bring back Firefly.
i said now fox can bring back Firefly.
hello? - MattB123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Too bad network TV geeks aren't like any "real" geeks I know or it might be good press for us.
Most I've seen (which admittedly isn't much) just reinforces negative stereotypes. - Haroshia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21*****...
Now I'm going to be called a poser for being a geek. You'll have myspace full of ***** 15 year olds who are grasping to develop an identity posting that they are geeks. You'll have Hot Topic selling geek gear to make yourself look like a geek for a premium. Geek will become the new punk...
God help us all. - SPThom, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19If you want to make geeks happy, bring back Firefly! NBC/Universal already has the film rights... There's gotta be a way to wrestle the TV rights from Fox.
- thezettabytes, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20For most of digg The Big Bang Theory is too close too reality to be funny
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16As long as they dont replace it with Ow My Balls
- bogatash, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Cool is the new dorky.
- Armor1901, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I don't need the bird brains who fawn over celebs. to approve me as "cool". As a matter of fact, I'm somewhat offended that these idiots have decided to latch onto geeks as the new "cool" in their latest fad quest.
They can ***** off. - JiMiThInG, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Wow someone forgot to tell them that Chuck is a horrid car wreck of a TV show. Its like Jake 2.0 made into a not funny comedy.
- Dhalgren, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Sarah Connor Chronicles isn't on until 2008. I wouldn't exactly call that "fall"...
- Cyberen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Unfortunately, any show blanded and pre-approved enough to be on NBC will not be anything real geeks can laugh at or relate to. They probably make up language like "Crystal capacitor and Excelleron drive" instead of basic stuff like HTML tags or kernels.
- bjs3171, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9there was once this band called weezer...
- DuffyDirect, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Isn't that the same thing as a crusty athletic sock?
- DuffyDirect, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12"Brown is the new white!" said the crusty athletic sock
- Dalatejc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I stand corrected said the man in the orthopaedic shoes
- zymurgist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8This article discredits itself as being a viable place comment on "geek shows" as though it is written by a geek. The most glaring mistake is the reference to Freaks and Geeks. The article claims that the much beloved show ran for two seasons, it ran only a 13 episodes. Furthermore, it talks up Chuck. I know some people are somewhat enjoying it, but it is not quality tv. It is a bad gimmick. I won't say it is the worst "geek" show ever, but it is not good. The reason why shows like Firefly, Freaks and Geeks, Avatar, Battlestar, etc. are submerged into geek/nerd pantheon is because there were created and written by us. Not some body who thinks writing something cerebral for the sack sounding smart. Furthermore, just because some guy wears an imitation geeksquad uniform or superhero shirt does not mean I'm or all geeks/nerds will relate to the character. There is nothing new in tis falls line-up that is impressive. What's worst is that the "geek shows" are going to fail, and it is going to be "our" fault according to the TV Execs. Which means that some potential great shows will never get made. I hope my pessimistic predictions are not true, and we , finally, receive the quality programing that I create by pieceing together my DVD collection. We've lost some good shows that could have been better with a little time and money- Greg the Bunny jumps to mind. Whatever . . . crap with always be thrown at the tv, and enough of it will consist of a TV show, which inexplicably becomes a "hit". By the way, Extras does a decent job at poking this notion. Sorry about the rant, but I needed that off my chest or out my butt, which ever you feel it derives from.
- sigintop, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8"There's always a delay between what's really happening in the streets and what you see reflected in the movie theaters on Friday and on network television night-in, night-out," he said.
Wait. Why was I not informed that things "happen" in the "streets" with geeks? - DuffyDirect, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7But it doesn't capture secret agents who are rarely blonde, hot, young, or loving and cuddley
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7But he's saving the world at 11/hr YAY FUNNY!
- Technopope, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"The Big Bang Theory" looks like it has potential, but when I watched the pilot the two male leads seemed less like nerd characters and more like gay characters. The acting and casting is very wrong for what they are trying to portray.
The English program "The IT Crowd" does it better, and was slated for an American remake, but rumor has it that it has been axed. - Gir53457, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8>Perhaps the most hotly anticipated, new geek TV show is NBC's Chuck, a phish-out-of-water story about a computer nerd whose brain becomes the unwitting recipient of an encoded e-mail containing the government's darkest secrets.
Just as geeky as Hackers. - rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Suck is the new entertainment.
- evilregis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7That almost made me turn off ABP...
- griz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Don't you mean "...said the Zune"
- anteyekon4myst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Around the same time as hell froze over...
"The classic shape of the computer geek is over when Bill Gates became the (richest), most aspirational, coolest guy in the world," , money grew on trees, hot women walked around the street in thonged bikinis and intercourse was equivalent to a handshake....its bad enough that someone thinks this, but to express that in public takes balls or severe mental retardation. - mccarron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yet they decide to delay/cancel the US version of the IT Crowd show? They should launch with that show as well, if it's anywhere close to as good as the UK show is.
- Gongjimein, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Poser
- jigglebilly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Geeks love specific types of "geek" shows...however...NBC's pathetic attempt will do little...considering most of us geeks dont watch network television...
and geeks dont like being sold something that is such an obvious attempt to reach our demographic....leave geek shows to the geeks NBC - rarson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5These shows aren't FOR geeks, they're about geeks. The people who watch these shows are people like my mother-in-law, who laps up just about any mindless drivel that gets broadcast on TV. Therefore, accuracy isn't important because those people have no idea what real "geeks" are.
I use quotes because when I think of "geeks," I think of sideshow carnies. - Butros, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hey *****. Unplug your computer and turn in your cell phone. Give us the ipod too. Do you know how much math and science it took to get 30-80 gigs into a hard drive the size of your fallout boy wallet? We're pulling your card buddy. Go toss around the pig skin or shred some rails or some *****. Peace.
- StaticThunder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Hey everyone, African Americans, blondes, Jews and Stay-At-Home Dads are out of fashion, so lets subtly poke fun at bright but socially inept individuals this year, instead.
- xtrench, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I'd trade all of those shows for a single NEW Firefly episode...
Stupid ass fox, they've canceled Firefly, Drive and they'll probably cancel Sarah Connor Chronicles, which I just loved, but not sure if it was because of the show or Summer Glau.. I think it was because of Summer. - ZenMojo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Actually, Chuck does a very good job of capturing geek culture (as did Buffy the Vampire Slayer before it). If you find a nice, self-avowed geek to write then you don't have to worry about stereotypes.
- lowerlogic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4im pretty sure thats already on cartoon network anyway
- sabach, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Neither of those will work without the input of a flux capacitor
- MattH, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I hope that the Networks wont Mind US geeks torrenting OUR shows then
http://sharetv.org/ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Anyone else ***** sick of hearing: x is the new y ?
- masterdbugger, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I'm quite the geek, but I don't play WoW, I don't watch Stargate, would never buy Firefly on DVD (although it was a good show), I don't track any statistics for anything, don't even have a wordpress page, and I don't even know where that hunt for police brutality videos part came from. And I didn't buy Bioshock, and I know plenty of attractive women.
- fadetoone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Unfortunately not all of us live with, or even near, hot chicks.
- SPThom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3...BUT, there won't be any seeds, because geeks won't fall for their halfhearted attempts to capture our hearts.
- DuffyDirect, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7LEAVE BRITNEY ALOOONNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
All new episodes Wednesday night at 9 on the Capital Region's CW!!!!!!!!!!! - loconet, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Glad you were wrong. I just watched the whole season so far and I think it's great.
- mandarin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2lol
- Butros, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No obviously the gentlemen that posted this is not using firefox with adblock => he's an ie user and not a geek. So he gets dug down. No offense duffy...
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