Dangerboat is not just the headquarters to the Tick's nemesis, Overkill, but also has a sentient artificial intelligence all its own (on the show he's
played by geek icon Alan Tudyk).
Not exact matches
In theory, the one about the
geek picked on
by jocks appeals to boys, the expectant - father anxiety
plays to adults, and the tale of how Fiona and the princesses (Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel) foil a coup in Shrek's absence intrigues girls.
Directed
by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (who
played Sam, Lindsay Weir's nerdy little brother in Judd Apatow's small - but - perfectly - formed TV series Freaks and
Geeks), this surprisingly zingy, throwback studio comedy is witty and observant on the dynamics between couples.
He
plays Josh, an underachieving
geek who finally beats the difficult video game Biotic Wars and then celebrates
by masturbating to an image of the game's sexy female heroine, Tiger.
If you enjoyed Starr's work on screen in anything from Freaks and
Geeks to Silicon Valley, then do yourself a favor and show your support as Starr directs this
play written
by Elena Pavli.
When John gets older and is
played by Wahlberg, the story's potential is fully realized because as Ted grows up to be a crude, profane man - child who likes getting high and
geeking out about Flash Gordon, so does his teddy bear.
The OASIS, created
by the ultimate techie -
geek James Halliday (
played convincingly
by Mark Rylance) is an incredible, fantastic universe, where everyone, or at least their avatars, go to
play games, hang with their friends, and do pretty much everything they can't do in the real world.
He once was a
geek who would gladly LARP — go ahead and look that up, it's SFW — with his then best friend Ed,
played by Christopher Mint - Plasse.
Nothing in the movie embodies this uneasy tension more than Gosling, whose performance as the formidably intimacy - averse Lars (who literally screams when touched
by the supremely patient physician / psychologist
played by Patricia Clarkson) is one - half thrift - shop
geek joke and one - half twitchy study in terrified child - man.
Ronan is a fitting Gerwig proxy, whether she's downing Communion wafers like Triscuits with her best friend (Beanie Feldstein), pushing her way into the school
play, or exploring young lust with sweet drama
geek Danny (Manchester
by the Sea's Lucas Hedges) and clove - smoking bad boy Kyle (Timothée Chalamet).
She sets her sights on an exquisitely unselfconscious goober: a wealthy substitute teacher,
played by Justin Timberlake with just the right note of utterly unearned
geek bravado.
You'll note that one of the OASIS cofounders is
played by Simon Pegg, king of the retro
geeks, who turns up to give the whole thing his solemn benediction, as befits the star and cowriter of Hot Fuzz and other odes to»80s pop.
Jim also tries his way with a foreign exchange student (
played by Shannon Elizabeth, who posed for «Playboy») as well as with an annoying band
geek.
By way of introduction to this
geek article, I should admit that I am not really a
geek in the «Big Bang Theory» sense: I don't read comics,
play computer games, have any Doctor Who models, or like Star Trek / Wars.
I'm a techno
geek and wanted the iPad to
play with, but couldn't justify it as a unique device that isn't already served
by my eReader or netbook.
Mike enjoys indulging his inner «
geek»
by playing video games, reading comic books, and spending quality time with his husband, their dog, two cats, and various foster animals.
Heavy stuff, but it all
plays out like an action movie written
by a
geek, and its appeal can not be understated.
The IGF Awards take place on March 21, 2018 during the Game Developers Conference, and will be hosted
by Trent Kusters, co-founder of League of
Geeks, the Melbourne - based development team behind Armello, a captivating digital role -
playing strategy board game that has garnered much critical and fan acclaim.