They're all around us, be it any kind of science or engineering, they're what you call "experts" on the matter.Highly invested in their field of work, having achieved technical mastery, those characters are there to dazzle the world with their expertise, and maybe help move the plot along.
My personal favorite would be Harold [insert-bird-species-here] from Person of Interest. Completely paranoid (with good damn reason),genius computer scientist and hacker, while also being quite the bookworm. That dude created an AI that can watch you every hour of every day to act as a counterterrorism prevention measure, and then took all measures possible to prevent the misuse of such technology. His machine could detect all premeditated crimes, not just terrorism, so he decided to deal with crimes irrelevant to national security.
So who's your favorite on-screen geek and why?
My personal favorite would be Harold [insert-bird-species-here] from Person of Interest. Completely paranoid (with good damn reason),genius computer scientist and hacker, while also being quite the bookworm. That dude created an AI that can watch you every hour of every day to act as a counterterrorism prevention measure, and then took all measures possible to prevent the misuse of such technology. His machine could detect all premeditated crimes, not just terrorism, so he decided to deal with crimes irrelevant to national security.
So who's your favorite on-screen geek and why?
