The Fall Geek TV Lineup 318
An anonymous reader writes "Wired has an article looking at this Fall's bumper crop of geek TV. McG, who directed the pilot for the show Chuck, opines that the appearance of nerd culture on network television is a long-overdue reflection of real life. From the article: 'Hollywood, he said, is playing catch-up with IT culture. "The classic shape of the computer geek is over when Bill Gates became the (richest), most aspirational, coolest guy in the world," he said. "He is the original thick-glasses, pocket-protector guy. Now who doesn't want to be like Bill Gates?"' They have reviews of the lengthy list of shows, for clues as to what to watch and what to miss."
I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:5, Funny)
Nostradamus says.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Who is Fall ? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:5, Funny)
Take inspirational. That means you inspire other people. But you can't aspire other people, so how can you be aspirational? It's unlogical.
Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:0, Funny)
A Show For Geeks (Score:1, Funny)
Why? For the quality science? No. I recommend it because it teaches one very important lesson, which is -
astronomy has, by far, a higher ratio of females to males than any other branch of science.
If you are a young, male slashdotter and you too have dreams of one day getting to have sex with a woman,
then astronomy is the only field of study to consider. FACT - people who have had sex with women often
report that co-workers are an excellent source of sexual partners. FACT - if you choose the field of
astronomy, you will have many more female co-workers than you would have in any other field of science
or engineering.
I mean, just watch the show! Half the astronomers they interview are women! Easily half, maybe more!
Re:The IT Crowd (Score:2, Funny)
Next... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Would be interesting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:There it goes! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hollywood Understands (Score:3, Funny)
Beauty and The Geek? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:3, Funny)
nerd culture? no thanks (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't want to be like BIll Gates (Score:2, Funny)