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2009/02/26 08:53 AM 

I have just finished watching the X-Men trilogy on DVD. Again. Its Sci-Fi, Fantasy, futuristic. It has cool graphics and special effects. As I was watching I was sitting there thinking to myself that this is such a “Geeky” thing to do. I was wondering how many geeks enjoyed X-Men or perhaps even own X-Men DVDs.

Traditionally geeks have always seemed to bee the timid, skinny guy with brains and nothing else. You can notice him (her) by his geeky glasses, drab clothes, lack of fashion, untidy hair style and always carrying some kind of gadget. They normally don’t play sport except for things like chess. A geek dual is the fastest to solve the Rubik's cube. You hardly see geeks with girlfriends, or many friends for that matter.

But with the spread of computers, internet, gadgets and technology in general, geeks come in all shapes and sizes now-a-days. Wikipedia explains geek such:

“The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc. This word comes from English dialect geek, geck: fool, freak; from Low German geck, from Middle Low German. The definition of geek has changed considerably over time, and there is no longer a definitive meaning. The terms nerd, dweeb and dork have similar meanings as geek, but many choose to identify different connotations amongst these terms, although the differences are disputed.A person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Geeks are adept with computers, and use the term hacker in a positive way, though not all are hackers themselves.”

The question is then, are you a geek, nerd, dweeb, dork or any other Sci-Fi, Technoboff, Intelli-jelly or any other so called term? How do you know? As I mentioned earlier, we geeks seem to have a few things in common. Besides computers, Internet, Facebook, Programming etc, a lot of geeks have this affinity towards everything Sci-Fi. So I was wondering, if you like movies or collect DVD’s which DVD’s would you own. I was wondering how many geeks own similar or the same DVD’s. Here is my list. Why don’t you make one yourself and post it here. IT would be interesting if nothing else.

Some of the DVD’s I have and like.

• X-Men I, II, III
• Starwars (All six)
• Stargate Season 1 – 5
• Stargate The Movie
• X-files, two seasons, three movies
• Startrek –5 movies
• Startrek Next Generation
• Startrek Voyager all seven seasons
• 5th Element
• 6th Day
• Stardust
• Minority report
• Mission Impossible
• I-Robot
• V
• Iron Man
• Spiderman all three
• Lord of the rings trilogy
• Event Horizon
• Fantastic four I, II
• Superman
• Hulk
• Terminator I,II,III
• Aliens
• Transformers

The list goes on and on. What about you? What are some of the DVD’s that you own the put you into the geek club? Share them with us.

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