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Old 02-15-2015, 05:45 AM   #8181 (permalink)
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Old 02-15-2015, 05:55 AM   #8182 (permalink)
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Why are people practising nerd elitism? And what's the point of trying to prove one's nerdiness? I thought watching Star Trek was just about enjoying Star Trek.
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Old 02-15-2015, 06:10 AM   #8183 (permalink)
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Why are people practising nerd elitism? And what's the point of trying to prove one's nerdiness? I thought watching Star Trek was just about enjoying Star Trek.
It's not about being a nerd. It's about being the Alpha Nerd--the most coveted of all nerd titles.
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Old 02-15-2015, 06:30 AM   #8184 (permalink)
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It's not about being a nerd. It's about being the Alpha Nerd--the most coveted of all nerd titles.
But doth it increase one's chance of satisfactory human contact?
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Old 02-15-2015, 06:42 AM   #8185 (permalink)
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Touché, that's what you do to us on a daily basis.
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Why are people practising nerd elitism? And what's the point of trying to prove one's nerdiness? I thought watching Star Trek was just about enjoying Star Trek.
Nerd.

Also, Vanilla, is that your new kitty kat in the knitting picture?
Also also, you shouldn't feel you have to prove yourself to anyone over anything. You've been here long enough, and people know you well enough to know that you don't bull**** over stuff that isn't true, or important.

Also also also: oh no! Voyager! Say it isn't so! You can still be saved!
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Old 02-15-2015, 06:42 AM   #8186 (permalink)
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If you're in the running for Alpha Nerd, then you've already given up hope of that.
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Old 02-15-2015, 07:34 AM   #8188 (permalink)
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i loved blue velvet but never could sit through eraserhead. boring f@ggot art film imo
There's nothing wrong with disliking a movie, and you shouldn't feel the need to insult it to try to justify your dislike of it. You didn't take to it, and that's fine. Now, prepare for a long winded defense of Eraserhead, because I've got nothing better to do right now, and maybe I can help you to understand why people like it so much...

When you say that Eraserhead is boring I have to agree, because in my opinion, that's kind of the entire point of Eraserhead. Horror movies try to shock us by tapping into the things that scare us, things like violence, submission, pain and suspense. Eraserhead is a horror movie that ignores all of those topics, and focuses purely on the things that scare us most; loneliness and boredom. While other movies are certainly more shocking at first, the fact that they have drama, heroes, and villains excites us by playing off of our social construction, as well as our need to have structure (i.e. good versus evil) and meaning in our lives. Eraserhead reminds us that no horror movie can be as frightening as what happens when the movie ends, and we have to go back to marching on towards our inevitable and probably meaningless deaths. Because when we think that there really aren't any villains and heroes in life, that there isn't any grand plan or deeper meaning, the implications in our imagination are more unsettling than any horror villain could ever be.

Most of us will never know what it's like to have a slasher stalking them, and most of us will never experience the clarity of morality that comes from defeating some ancient evil, but we all know what it's like to wake up alone in the morning and to simply stare at the room around us. We've all thought about whether our lives are anything more than our bodies trying as hard as they can to reproduce and keep the species alive. The horror of having to go back to a job that you hate, of having to keep living the same routine every day, of constantly wondering if anyone else in the world feels as alone and meaningless as you do, and living through all of this while knowing fully well that it doesn't really matter because you're going to die soon enough anyway.

Also, Eraserhead is incredibly open to interpretation. It's one of the few movies that doesn't force a clear-cut conflict on the viewer. You get to decide what it's about, and in the end you decide what to take from it. Is it about the difficulty of becoming an adult, and a parent? Is it about a man who longs to return to his youth, and is jealous of his infant child to the point of hate? Is it about shame and social conventions forcing humans to hide away what they really want? Is it about how everything we do is an attempt to stay alive and comfortable for as long as possible, to seek whatever warmth we can find in our cold lives? You decide.

Basically, I think you should give it another shot sometime. The lack of a clear narrative seems very pretentious at first, but it's actually the opposite, as David Lynch is essentially entrusting the entire point of his movie to you. He's not insulting your intelligence by forcing specific morals on you, or trying to talk down to you from a point of moral superiority, and that alone makes me respect him and Eraserhead.
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I disagree with you both. I adore Eraserhead, but can't possibly see how it is boring. I know that's there thematically, but it's so twisted and horrifying I don't understand how somebody could find it dull.
Great writeup though Ori.
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Why are people practising nerd elitism? And what's the point of trying to prove one's nerdiness? I thought watching Star Trek was just about enjoying Star Trek.
Ahh Im so glad you ask these questions my cherub.
This is what is called a pissing contest. "I'M NERDEIR THEN YOU"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!","YES I AM!"
When in all actuality ppl like what they like .But every crowd of ppl has it's hierarchy. Even the nerds.And from my nerdy chick board member postion Vanilla is making a convincing case.
I think the elephant in the room that needs to be adressed is this,
THIS IS AN ENTIRE FORUM FILLED WITH NERDS. WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL MUSIC NERDS
,AND INTERNET NERDS. THE ONLY DIVIDER IS SOME OF US GET LAID AND SOME OF US READ HAWKEYE.()
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