Must (see || read || play || do || hear) checklist

[kowgod]

Over the past couple months, I've had four rather shocking awakenings in terms of what I consider to be "musts" which friends have never experienced. To me, there are certain things which define what it is to be a geek/nerd/whatever, and when I find out that my friends have not experienced these things, it rocks the very foundations of my life!

The four I am thinking of are:
1) A couple months ago I found out about a friend who has -- prepare yourself, get a drink, sit down -- never seen any of Star Wars!

To me, this is just anathema to... I dunno... LIFE! I didn't know such people over the age of, say, 8, existed! This was actually the first eye opener which actually got me talking to my friends about this "must" list concept, which led to the following three, more recently, but equally depressing revelations:

2) A friend who has never seen any of the Back to the Futures!
3) A friend who has never seen any Indiana Jones!!! (Almost as bad as Star Wars!)
4) And, not quite as bad, but if you knew him, you'd be surprised as well -- a friend who has never read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! (But they saw the most recent movie.)

I actually found that last one out just over the weekend, which is what has finally prompted me to post this.

We need to convene a council, and come up with a definitive list of Musts! Must see movies; must play games; must read books; must do activities (?); must hear music (?).

I do not claim to be perfect in this regard, either (Just nearly perfect. Asymptotically close to perfect, even). I am sure I will be exposed as a fraud, here, myself. But it's ok! I'm prepared to make sacrifices! For the good of humanity!

[wideawakewesley]

The rites of passage to geekdom.



Talking of Hitchhikers, I only read the book once I knew the movie was coming out, sad I know.

[trsjeff]

Originally Posted by wideawakewesley

The rites of passage to geekdom.



Talking of Hitchhikers, I only read the book once I knew the movie was coming out, sad I know.

I HIGHLY recommend the Hitchhikers audio books. Listening to DA read his own work is bliss. He's a genius.

-Jeff

[calvinslug]

I disagree with you completely, kowgod. But I must pay attention aat work, so I shall retrun to this anon.

[tokenuser]

Originally Posted by TRSJeff

I HIGHLY recommend the Hitchhikers audio books. Listening to DA read his own work is bliss. He's a genius.

-Jeff

I'd also recommend the original BBC radio plays as well. If you think H2G2 is represented by the movie, you are sadly missing out ... and don't just stop at the first book, you need to read the whole trilogy in four parts.

[casework]

I pretty much fit all of those...

I've only seen one entire Star Wars - though I've watched others in the past and just didn't like it. Ironically enough, when the last one came out, I got a free ticket, and did enjoy it. I still haven't re-watched any of the others since.

I've only seen one entire Indiana Jones. Cause it was on TV. I actually did like it though, not sure which one it was. I'll probably see the 4th one whenever it happens to come out.

As for the other two... nope.

I'm big into movies, there are just some things I'm weird about/never see/don't like.

In fact, as a current film studies minor... I have yet to see more than 5-10 minutes of a Tarantino movie. Plus the other things on my list. Even though I recently did a presentation and quoted Tarantino as saying he was greatly influenced by the director(s) I was covering.

I actually hated Lord of the Rings until I was bored one day and decided to pick up the 2nd one on sale for cheap at Blockbuster. Has been easily my favorite trilogy since. This was a little bit before the 3rd was released to theatres.

...sorry...

[satori]

Originally Posted by TRSJeff

I HIGHLY recommend the Hitchhikers audio books. Listening to DA read his own work is bliss. He's a genius.

-Jeff

The original Radio play that the books are based on are largely thought of as the best version. Still I have to agree that the books are great as well.

[wideawakewesley]

I've had them for years in mp3 format, just never found the time to listen to them. I love the idea of audiobooks and I've collected a few, but unfortunately I can't seem to fit listening to them into my life.

[rabidbadger]

Movie wise, if you never saw Tron then turn in your geekbadge now...

Games, on the other hand, do not equal geekness, they equal gamer...

Now, if you're talking about absolute geekcred here, anyone who has never at least tried coding anything by hand, even HTML, then they are not even close to geekness, just geek observers, hangers-on, wanna-bes...

[rabidbadger]

Also, don't get why back to the future equals geekdom? Just a time travel movie...