I smell a stereotype

[Twitch]

*Except for my Dad, he fucking hates Star Wars.

STAR WARS? MARTHA GET MY FUCKING BAT, NO SON OF MINE IS A PIECE OF SHIT NERD!

 

[ElJuski]

I can't believe I haven't made this joke yet, so...

That stereotype smell? Re-microwaved burritos and virgin sweat.

 

[Wasabi Poptart]

I can't believe I haven't made this joke yet, so...

That stereotype smell? Re-microwaved burritos and virgin sweat.

I always thought it was Cheetos, Mountain Dew, and b.o.

 

[Tinwhistler]

mostly BO

 

[Frank]

ohhhh this is gold. Where's Mav to confirm/deny?

lol

actually they are a bit incorrect, the stereotypical fat white male nerd is usually a fan of Star Wars too, yet all their SW costumes are skinny folk variety

*shrug* heh..[/quote]

For die-hard fans sure, but if we are talking overall fandom. I have met a lot more normal healthy people that like Star Wars compared to Star Trek. Honestly in person aside from 2-3 people the only Star Trek fans I know are ueber fucking nerds, where as everyone loves Star Wars*.




*Except for my Dad, he fucking hates Star Wars. Well he generally hates all like Sci-Fi and horror type things. I got my love of Sci-Fi and horror from my grandma on his side.[/QUOTE]

My dad's the opposite, he loves sci-fi. He adores it. Without my dad, I would never have been reading Isaac Assimov and Arthur C. Clarke when I was 10 years old.

He hates Star Wars too, thinks it's garbage sci-fi, lowest common denominator crap.

 

[Troll]

How's this for nerdy?

Star Wars isn't sci-fi. It's science-fantasy. Comparing it to Asimov and Clarke isn't a fair or accurate comparison. I think it sounds like some people mistake that difference for "lowest common denominator crap."

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

I prefer the term space-fantasy. It leaves out all chance that someone'll bitch about the (im)possibility of faster-than-light travel, time travel, and artificial gravity born of nothing.

 

[SeraRelm]

I prefer the term "f--ked up by it's own creator."

 

[chakz]

You know.

If I was horribly rich.

and had absolutly NOTHING else to do with my money.

and had gone through several lobotomies.

and had recently funded a successful jetpack development research program.

I might by a boba fett costume.

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I prefer the term space-fantasy. It leaves out all chance that someone'll bitch about the (im)possibility of faster-than-light travel, time travel, and artificial gravity born of nothing.

It really is a far more accurate term. I've always felt that science fiction should explore the relationship between humanity and scientific advancements. That is not really the focus of star wars.

 

[Troll]

I prefer the term space-fantasy. It leaves out all chance that someone'll bitch about the (im)possibility of faster-than-light travel, time travel, and artificial gravity born of nothing.

You're right. That's the term I meant to say.

 

[North_Ranger]

I simply can't get my parents to understand sci-fi. Or fantasy literature. They place both of them roughly in the same cast as fairy tales for children.