Once Upon a Geek

Stop whatever the hell you are doing right now and go watch the movie, “Free Enterprise“.  At work right now?  Screw it. Tell them you’re violently ill and need to go home.  Already seen the movie?  Then you know what I’m talking about.  Go celebrate 10 years of this masterpiece!  Go watch it already!  Geez… Do I have to tell you everything multiple times?

If you haven’t seen the film, it stars Eric McCormack (Will from ‘Will & Grace’), Rafer Weigel (sadly who never really went on to do much else), and William Shatner (a little known actor, you’ve probably never heard of him).   Worth mentioning also was Phil LaMarr (a man with SERIOUS geek cred) in a supporting role.   It’s a comedy about two geeks, one of which is having trouble accepting that he’s about to turn 30 years old.  During the film, these two geeks get to meet their real-life idol, William ‘Bill’ Shatner.  Unfortunately, Bill is about 30 cards short of a full deck.  From there wacky hijinks ensue!

This movie is an affirmation of your geekdom!  More importantly, it was made years before Hollywood decided to capitalize on us geeks.  This film was released in 1998 and celebrates fanhood of things like ‘Logan’s Run’, Mego action figures, comic books, buying movies on disc (back then it was Laser Disc), ‘Star Wars’, and obviously ‘Star Trek’.  Also worth mentioning is that it treats geeks as people who can have successful lives/relationships.  The two main characters are scoring with chicks frequently (yes, there is a little nudity in the film), going to swank Martini bars, and are generally cool.  The dialogue in this movie stands out especially because these guys talk like us geeks, throwing obscure references left and right (i.e. “Bad call, Ripley”, “Stay on target”, etc).  Oh yeah, and they drop the F-bomb about as much as I do.  Some people describe this movie as “Swingers” for geeks.  I think that’s a fitting description.

Here is a trailer for the film…

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And here is one of the last scenes of the movie.  Sorry if it spoils it for you.  This is ‘Bill’ performing his version of Julius Caesar.  It’s so crazy campy, it’s brilliant!

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Fanboys the movie looks as if it could be the quintessential geek movie of all time.  Production has been delayed a whole bunch, but the trailer makes it look to be worth the wait. 

It’s got a great bunch of supporting actors, including Kristen Bell, Ray Park, William Shatner, Billy Dee Williams, and Jaime King.

I can’t wait!

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