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Discussion on TLC reality series Geek Love within the Entertainment and Movie Forum forum, part of the COMMUNITY category; Nerd dating reality show ordered by TLC | Inside TV
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11-18-2011, 09:50 PM
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11-18-2011, 10:07 PM
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I find this equal parts offensive ( not really LOL ) and adorable.
I think to the masses it's going to make us 'weird' people look even weirder and only encourage the stereotypes as opposed to saying 'hey look, this is a whole subculture that has people who can connect with their similar interests'. I'll watch it because it looks hilarious, however. And I'm only comfortable saying that it looks hilarious because for the most part, us geeks are intelligent enough to know if they're putting what we say on TV then we're comfortable enough with it being funny to anyone on the 'outside'. On a side note, last convention I went to, while I was in line for the masquerade, they had the door open for the speed dating room and while some people looked genuinely happy, I think 90% of the whole row I was observing were either TERRIFIED or TOTALLY UNINTERESTED in whoever they were talking to. The couple closest to the door at one point talked for maybe 30 seconds and then just sat in silence looking around. The poor guy looked SO so nervous and uncomfortable. The girl just looked stuck up and rude. BOO. |
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11-19-2011, 08:24 PM
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I think it depends on how the "geeks" are portrayed. A lot of people on here, including myself, you would never guess by looking at them on the street that they were into scifi or whatever. A lot of times when they do these shows, I think MTV did one, they just reach into the stereotypes file and pull out a bunch of a fat guys with glasses who had never had a girlfriend ever. I don't mean that to be insulting, but that's what people generally think of when they hear "geek".
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12-15-2011, 07:39 PM
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12-15-2011, 08:08 PM
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Wow I must be psychic!
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12-19-2011, 07:35 PM
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12-19-2011, 09:37 PM
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Re: TLC reality series Geek Love
Watched both shows and liked them because they really didn't pick on anyone for being a geek. They just let the story unfold and, yeah, there were some successes and some failures. While I've never done speed dating at a con, I've done it a few times before - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
All in all, I wish them luck. I actually know/have met a few of the people who run this and they're all decent folks. |
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12-19-2011, 09:53 PM
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I liked the girl in the black mandalorian gear. She seemed nice.
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12-19-2011, 11:21 PM
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I surprisingly liked it a lot. I found the "Geek Speak" bubbles quite funny since I already knew what everybody was talking about. I'm glad they didn't follow anybody that was extremely weird or a non-geek. I also enjoyed how they didn't judge anybody in the show. Hope they continue this series into CVI.
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12-20-2011, 07:50 PM
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12-20-2011, 07:58 PM
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sounds great
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12-23-2011, 01:16 AM
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Just watched the second ep today. I quite like it
 Not a fan of the "geek speak" parts and find them to be quite moronic but of course... Any everyday person might not have a clue what some of the things are but really... "Comicon- Geek speak for comic book convention". Seriously? |
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12-23-2011, 02:07 AM
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Hmm...Since a portion of those considered geeks and nerds fall into the general spectrum of autism, in greater percentages than in the so-called "normal" society, this could present some problems.
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12-23-2011, 02:18 AM
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Why?
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