Poll: Nerd-Cred Redemption

[Shoggoth2588]

My question is this: What is the one thing that you feel you should have done years ago but never got around to it, to the point that when you finally do you were (will be?) embarrassed to admit it to anyone?

I'm embarrassed to say that I tried watching 2001...but couldn't get into it and haven't tried to since. I'm a bit more embarrassed by this than my strong dislike of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I just beat Dragon Warrior yesterday. Original cart on the NES because I wanna be authentic dammit. It was a long, long grind and I beat the game at level 29. The ending felt kind of anti-climactic to me honestly. I loved the thing though, because of how straight-forward it is.

Speaking of straight-forward JRPGs, I just beat Final Fantasy Mystic Quest yesterday as well. That one however isn't nearly as loved as the numerical Final Fantasy games but it's not surprising. It had to compete with 4 and 6 after all!

 

[zelda2fanboy]

I pretty much have the word "nerd" stamped on my face, but I don't like Lord of the Rings at all. I'm not a huge fan of Star Trek either and I haven't watched Star Wars (original trilogy) in years and I don't own it on DVD or blu ray. I haven't seen Firefly or any iterations of Doctor Who. I also haven't seen any of the Marvel superhero movies that lead up to the Avengers. And I've never played a Final Fantasy game and I don't really want to.

Oh, and three months ago I actually had sex with another person. It was amazing.

Probably for all the above stated reasons!

True story: Not having seen Doctor Who has cock blocked me on two separate occasions. I need to watch that freaking show.

 

[Fbuh]

There's not really a level of nerd-dom I haven't visited, really. My problem is that I get bored easily and will wander off onto something new. I feel like I don't watch enough anime, though, and there are some classics I haven't ever really seen, like Tenchi Muyo. I would love to get into comics though, as there is a lot of hype concerning them now. I wa never really a big comics kind of kid.

 

[malestrithe]

I waited until last year to tell the Internet that if Firefly was nearly as polished as the Serenity movie, I would have enjoyed the series a lot more. The series was uneven, disjointed, very little character development and barely there. The universe from the movie was better put together simply because he did the ground work with the series. Groundwork, BTW, that should have been done before he pitched the show.

Spare me the correct order nonsense, the network's fault, or any of the standard excuses used to defend the series. Every single one of those excuses are only used by people that waited for the DVD to watch it. Fact of the matter is not enough people watched it when it was new and that makes it no different than any of the other brilliant but cancelled tv shows. Sorry, Firefly is not an exception because you willed it to be that way.

Queue whiny vitriolic responses in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

 

[William Dickbringer]

I watched the Ghost in the Shell movie. I thought it was terrible. The show is so much better in every way.

I didn't find it terrible just meh...might be a time thing
also never saw akira never saw or read lord of the rings never saw the star wars original trilogy (will get my chance seeing as how it'll end up on the big screen) never got into star trek and just started firefly

 

[Andy Shandy]

Haven't watched any of the Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings films. And I hadn't watched Arrested Development until recently (although that probably doesn't count as a nerd thing)

 

[Zen Toombs]

Just started playing Mass Effect. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME THIS EXISTED?

You obviously missed this website then. I hear Mass Effect has been a topic of interest here. ;p

 

[josemlopes]

Watched Fight Club, SE7EN and I did something else that I cant remember right now, cant tell if it was watching another movie or playing a certain game. These aren't exactly nerdy movies but they are good movies that I felt ashamed that I had never watched them.

 

[Zen Toombs]

Queue whiny vitriolic responses in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

U HAZ OPINION? EFIUHEWIUFHEIUHWEIUFHEWIURGFIUWCKJDFHKEHOEUHIWEFIUWRHFGIURGICDKJHWRH!

OT: Never got around to finishing Neon Genesis. I own it, and all of my friends are madly in love with it, but I just haven't gotten around to seeing it.

EDIT: Also, apparently The Big Lebowski is a thing.

 

[Vault101]

Ive only ever seen one anime movie...I dont really intend on looking into anymore.

never seen 2001:space odessy

never seen the evil dead

I read lord of the rings and HATED IT

only even seen the origianl starwars movie (it was awsome though)

I have been reading I.Robot..holy shit that Issac assimov was a freaking genius

 

[tobi the good boy]

Im a bit of an anime nerd and i still havent watched cowboy beebop, ghost in a shell ot full metal alchamist...

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Just started playing Mass Effect. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME THIS EXISTED?

You obviously missed this website then. I hear Mass Effect has been a topic of interest here. ;p

I've been VERY CAREFULLY avoiding ME topics on the Escapist for fear of spoilers. By which I mean BLAH BLAH BLAH I'M NOT LISTENING!

 

[McMullen]

I only watched Firefly this week.
Granted I was 9 when it first aired, but still...

It was awesome, by the way, one of the few things that lived up to the hype.

Is it better than Serenity?

I watched Serenity and really couldn't see what all the praise was for. It was sorta-kinda worth the time spent watching it but it didn't seem all that great.

Maybe the TV show was better.

OT: Haven't played Psychonauts yet.

 

[malestrithe]

Queue whiny vitriolic responses in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

U HAZ OPINION? EFIUHEWIUFHEIUHWEIUFHEWIURGFIUWCKJDFHKEHOEUHIWEFIUWRHFGIURGICDKJHWRH!

OT: Never got around to finishing Neon Genesis. I own it, and all of my friends are madly in love with it, but I just haven't gotten around to seeing it.

EDIT: Also, apparently The Big Lebowski is a thing.

I know I have an opinion, but to many people, it is the wrong opinion of the show. There are a lot of people who go all over the internet looking for anti Whedon speech and do their best to try and bully others into silence. I've seen it done in many places. At one site, if you posted a one sentence negative response about anything Whedon, expect to see about a hundred responses that were novel length saying why that sentence wounds them so.

Also, I've never seen FLCL. I tend not to look at things that you need a spotters guide to understand.

 

[neoontime]

Well if this thread is about redeeming nerd cred I just like to point out I'm sorry to everyone for thinking Miyazaki was an anime and not the famous guy who wrote all those awesome stories. It really haunts me to this day.

 

[bobmus]

I only watched Firefly this week.
Granted I was 9 when it first aired, but still...

It was awesome, by the way, one of the few things that lived up to the hype.

Is it better than Serenity?

I watched Serenity and really couldn't see what all the praise was for. It was sorta-kinda worth the time spent watching it but it didn't seem all that great.

Maybe the TV show was better.

Yeah it is, but I watched the movie just after the show, so I was still in fanboy mood when I watched it.

 

[theheroofaction]

It was only recently that I saw The Matrix.

 

[217not237]

I haven't read OR seen LotR. Yeah. I also thought Chrono Trigger was mediocre. And I liked Final Fantasy XIII.

 

[xshadowscreamx]

i have not played a Final Fantasy,only a demo of the 10th...have not played a devil may cry...have not finished metal gear 3 intend to do it in the hd collection...im a big resident evil fan but only played res 4 a bit at a friends house...now for movies-i thought most of blade runner was boring,maybe i watched the wrong cut.

 

[drudail]

I haven't read OR seen LotR. Yeah. I also thought Chrono Trigger was mediocre. And I liked Final Fantasy XIII.

Confessions are one thing, but Chrono Trigger is sacred!