With Lord of the Rings you need to understand something: There is no quick version. JRR Tolkien’s work is a saga of epic scale and proportion, making it the original realm of modern geekdom. Nevertheless I’m going to try. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
The Lord of the Rings
The quick version
With Lord of the Rings you need to understand something: There is no quick version. JRR Tolkien’s work is a saga of epic scale and proportion, making it the original realm of modern geekdom. Nevertheless I’m going to try. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...
With Lord of the Rings you need to understand something: There is no quick version. JRR Tolkien’s work is a saga of epic scale and proportion, making it the original realm of modern geekdom. Nevertheless I’m going to try. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...
Star Trek
The quick version
In the 23rd century a Federation of 150 planets, human and non-human, exists in a state of liberal democracy. Starfleet, the organisation in charge of peace-keeping and exploration in space, regularly sends its starships on missions of discovery. The USS Enterprise is one of these. She looks a bit like a massive rocket-powered frisbee.
Star Wars
The quick version
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... the tyrannical Empire has most of the planets in the galaxy under it's control. A small group of under-resourced rebels are battling to end this reign of fear and dictatorship while the Empire attempts to wipe them out in return. In particular we focus on three of them; Princess Leia Organa, whose family has a long involvement in the Rebellion, Han Solo, a mercenary who gets involved by accident, and Luke Skywalker, an eager and talented young pilot from a backwater planet.
As well as fighting for the Rebllion, Luke learns from an enigmatic old man that he, like the fabled Jedi, has the ability to connect with and use the Force. This is a mystical energy or life force that permeates the fabric of the universe and ties everything in it together. Certain people are hyper-sensitive to this energy and can tap into the Force and use it to give them almost supernatural awareness and abilities, including Luke, the Emporer himself, and his sinister lacky Darth Vader. We follow Luke and the others on their adventures as they fight to restore freedom to the galaxy.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... the tyrannical Empire has most of the planets in the galaxy under it's control. A small group of under-resourced rebels are battling to end this reign of fear and dictatorship while the Empire attempts to wipe them out in return. In particular we focus on three of them; Princess Leia Organa, whose family has a long involvement in the Rebellion, Han Solo, a mercenary who gets involved by accident, and Luke Skywalker, an eager and talented young pilot from a backwater planet. As well as fighting for the Rebllion, Luke learns from an enigmatic old man that he, like the fabled Jedi, has the ability to connect with and use the Force. This is a mystical energy or life force that permeates the fabric of the universe and ties everything in it together. Certain people are hyper-sensitive to this energy and can tap into the Force and use it to give them almost supernatural awareness and abilities, including Luke, the Emporer himself, and his sinister lacky Darth Vader. We follow Luke and the others on their adventures as they fight to restore freedom to the galaxy.
Geeks. What are they and why are they so weird?
The word 'geek' can be a positive or negative term depending on who's using it and why, but basically geekery is a subculture. Geeks are unusual in that they are extremely enthusiastic about something that mainstream culture suggests isn't 'cool' or a worthwhile pursuit. Their ability to immerse themselves in a subject that most people consider inconsequential or silly and take it completely seriously is what makes them a geek. You can be geeky about almost anything, but the usual areas you see this in are popular culture and technology (although techno-geeks often evolve into nerds due to the amount of time this pursuit demands from them. Let me explain...)
Monday, 20 August 2012
Hi Katie
After a very Lord of the Rings-y weekend when the Tolkien Society came to our town for their convention, my friend Katie has said that she would like to know more about the world of Geek. Great! I'm totally up for that (and having made a blog for it, I'm clearly taking this waaaaay too seriously), but ...where on earth do you start?
| Trekkies (Star Trek geeks) give the Vulcan salute at the 2012 Star Trek Convention |
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