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Top Characters Geeks Like To Identify With

post #1 of 43
10/26/04 at 8:16pm
Thread Starter 
No order

1. Brodie Bruce, Mallrats
2. William Miller, Almost Famous/Untitled
3. Rob Gordon, High Fidelity
4. Max Fisher, Rushmore
5. George McFly, Back to the Future
6. Randy Meeks, Scream
7. Alvy Singer, Annie Hall
8. Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything...
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post #2 of 43
10/26/04 at 8:31pm
As long as you there is who geeks like to identify with, and there are no accuracy stipulations, you have to put Ash at the top of the list.
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post #3 of 43
10/26/04 at 8:50pm
Thread Starter 
Ash, Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Aragon--these are all wish fufillment heroes. I'm taking about the geeks of cinema.
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post #4 of 43
10/26/04 at 8:57pm
Joel Barrish - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Barry - High Fidelity
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post #5 of 43
10/26/04 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte
Barry - High Fidelity
Good call.

Danny Emblyn - THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE/FLIRTING
Gene Loomis - MATINEE
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post #6 of 43
10/26/04 at 9:07pm
Geeky Livejournal girls practically base their whole persona off of Charlotte from "Lost in Translation."
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post #7 of 43
10/26/04 at 9:16pm
Thread Starter 
Gene Loomis, shit yes. Definitly a top five choice for me.
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post #8 of 43
10/26/04 at 10:19pm
Harvey Pekar - American Splendor
Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation
Ducky - Pretty in Pink
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post #9 of 43
10/26/04 at 11:15pm

Hellooo! Think!

I can't imagine that anyone would like to identify with George McFly. Except for the screwing Lea Thompson part.
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post #10 of 43
10/27/04 at 12:05pm
probably Evil Ed from Fright Night.
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post #11 of 43
10/27/04 at 12:15pm
Barton Fink.



Well, he's my hero at least.
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post #12 of 43
10/27/04 at 12:29pm
The Dude
Narrator from Fight Club
Neo
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post #13 of 43
10/27/04 at 1:10pm
Hard Harry
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post #14 of 43
10/27/04 at 1:21pm
Geeks love to be:

The Crow
Tyler Durden
Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in Heathers
Neo

Of course, we usually are:
Farmer Ted from Sixteen Candles
Comic Book Guy
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post #15 of 43
10/27/04 at 1:22pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte
Barry - High Fidelity
Is that Jack Black? If so, I second that "good call".
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post #16 of 43
10/27/04 at 4:38pm
Ducky speaks for all of us!

I never watched it, but I know a lot of people who thought it was cool to be like the geek squad in X-Files.
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post #17 of 43
10/27/04 at 9:11pm
Teddy Duchamp from Stand By Me
Edward Scissorhands
Eli from The Girl Next Door
Gary Oldman from State Of Grace
John Favreau from Swingers
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post #18 of 43
10/27/04 at 10:18pm
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Originally Posted by Rath/Brendan
No order

6. Randy Meeks, Scream
Geeks like to identify with this guy?? what???
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post #19 of 43
10/28/04 at 12:18am
Justin from Dodgeball always beeing beaten up but somehow gets the girl
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post #20 of 43
10/28/04 at 2:00am
Mark Hunter - Pump up the Volume
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post #21 of 43
10/28/04 at 3:47am
FRY - futurama - not exactly a movie..
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post #22 of 43
10/28/04 at 7:51am
I second Fry and also add Peter Griffin, although i expect we all want to be Stewie.

I also suggest Peter Venikman (sp) - well i always wanted to be him anyway
There are thousands of wannabie Spike and Angels out there
Wolverine
Spiderman/Peter Parker

to name a few
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post #23 of 43
10/28/04 at 9:37am
Jason Schwartzman's character from "I <3 Huckabees" will probably achieve cult geek love shortly.
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post #24 of 43
10/28/04 at 9:53am
That annoying girl from Ghost World,
King Kong,
Sam Gamgee,
anyone wearing a long coat and either shooting two guns at the same time or doing wire-fu. In slo-mo.
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post #25 of 43
10/28/04 at 10:24pm
Larry David
The entire cast of Freaks & Geeks
Shaun and Ed
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post #26 of 43
10/28/04 at 11:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Sizzle
Larry David
The entire cast of Freaks & Geeks
Shaun and Ed
Good call on Shaun and Ed.

Other notables:
Steve-Dave and Walter, View Askew-verse
Many wish their girlfriends were Willow (including the whole bisexual thing)
Clark Kent
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post #27 of 43
10/29/04 at 1:36am
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Originally Posted by Spacktard
I also suggest Peter Venikman (sp) - well i always wanted to be him anyway
I think Egon is the more identifiable geek.
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post #28 of 43
10/29/04 at 2:06am
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Originally Posted by g-dude
I think Egon is the more identifiable geek.
Yeah, Ray Stantz too.
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post #29 of 43
10/29/04 at 4:16am
Mine were always Gordie from Stand By Me and Ben from Explorers. Oddly enough, both films had a young River Phoenix in them and yet I never identified with him. But his Carl from Sneakers, definantly.

Did anybody else feel love for Ack Ack on One Crazy Summer but me?
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post #30 of 43
10/29/04 at 4:18am
Long Duck Dong

Dante

Banky
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post #31 of 43
10/29/04 at 4:21am
the whole tri lams

I would be Booger
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post #32 of 43
10/29/04 at 4:46am
Thread Starter 
You guys are kind of missing the point of the thread. I'm not talking about the geek wish fufillment or power fantasies, I'm talking about the whole kind of "if you go to the movies long enough, you will see your story on screen." kind of identification.

The Stand By Me and Carl from Sneakers are both great choices, though.
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post #33 of 43
10/29/04 at 4:51am
I think Luke is a good one. Bored teenager, looking for excitement and adventure, unhappy with parental situation. Totally not a wish-fulfillment thing (I hate that phrase, such a media phrase).
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post #34 of 43
10/29/04 at 5:18am
Thread Starter 
Luke, conceded. Neo, Ash, Oldman in State of Grace, even the Dude....not so much.
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post #35 of 43
10/29/04 at 8:32am
I've lived out Say Anything, minus the nursing home audit.
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post #36 of 43
10/29/04 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte
Joel Barrish - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Yes.
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post #37 of 43
10/29/04 at 9:29pm
1. Anyone from Star Wars

2. Ash

3. Tyler Durden

4. Anyone from Star Trek

5. The Dude
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post #38 of 43
10/29/04 at 11:12pm
Wesley Wyndam-Price is the ultimate geek empowerment character arc. Lowly geek becomes valuable team member. Valuable Team Member becomes Go-To Guy, Go-To Guy becomes De Facto Leader, and earns Old Leaders respect by being willing to make The Hard Decisions. Loses the girl of his dreams to his best friend, and becomes Stoic as Fuck. Follows his gut, trying to the right thing to tragic ends. Is ostracized, Goes It Alone, and frighteningly becomes the uncompromising Bad Ass he he posed as when we re-met him. Under goes the classic Whedon Remdeption arc, and finally Gets the Girl, only to lose her to death. He eventually takes one for the team in one last act of heroism and is mourned by all.
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post #39 of 43
10/29/04 at 11:20pm
I said Oldman from State of Grace because he's the crazy-ass grungy guy who always starts fights, always ends up in trouble that he needs people to help him out of, and is blindly loyal to friends.
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post #40 of 43
10/30/04 at 12:07am
Brodie Bruce and Shaun.
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post #41 of 43
10/30/04 at 9:59am
Robert Downey Jr.'s character in Back to School.
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post #42 of 43
10/30/04 at 2:17pm
1) Ash
2) Neo
3) Kyle from terminator
4) John McClane
5) James Bond
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post #43 of 43
10/30/04 at 2:49pm
Is anyone reading this thread before posting? It's geeks portrayed in films, not film characters that geeks wish they could be.


Someone mentioned Barton Fink. That's got to be number one. I think a lot of the characters played by Paul Giamatti would qualify in this category, especially Pekar, possibly his character from Sideways, which I haven't seen yet.

As far as The Big Lebowski goes, Donny is the biggest dork in that movie.
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