{"id":153,"date":"2008-09-15T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2008-09-14T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T02:18:56","slug":"go-watch-free-enterprise-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/15\/go-watch-free-enterprise-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Watch “Free Enterprise” Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Free<\/a>Stop whatever the hell you are doing right now and go watch the movie, “Free Enterprise<\/a>“.\u00a0 At work right now?\u00a0 Screw it. Tell them you’re violently ill and need to go home.\u00a0 Already seen the movie?\u00a0 Then you know what I’m talking about.\u00a0 Go celebrate 10 years of this masterpiece!\u00a0 Go watch it already!\u00a0 Geez… Do I have to tell you everything multiple times?<\/p>\n

If you haven’t seen the film, it stars Eric McCormack<\/a> (Will from ‘Will & Grace’),\u00a0Rafer Weigel<\/a> (sadly who never really went on to do much else), and William Shatner<\/a> (a little known actor, you’ve probably never heard of him).\u00a0\u00a0 Worth mentioning also was Phil LaMarr<\/a> (a man with SERIOUS geek cred) in a supporting role.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a comedy about two geeks, one of which is having trouble accepting that he’s about to turn 30 years old.\u00a0 During the film, these two geeks get to meet their real-life idol, William ‘Bill’ Shatner.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Bill is about 30 cards short of a full deck.\u00a0 From there wacky hijinks ensue!<\/p>\n

This movie is an affirmation of your geekdom!\u00a0 More importantly, it was made years before Hollywood decided to capitalize on us geeks.\u00a0 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’.\u00a0 Also worth mentioning is that it treats geeks as people who can have successful lives\/relationships.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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).\u00a0 Oh yeah, and they drop the F-bomb about as much as I do.\u00a0 Some people describe this movie as “Swingers” for geeks.\u00a0 I think that’s a fitting description.<\/p>\n

Here is a trailer for the film…<\/p>\n

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If you can’t view the trailer with the embedded player, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here is one of the last scenes of the movie.\u00a0 Sorry if it spoils it for you.\u00a0 This is ‘Bill’ performing his version of Julius Caesar.\u00a0 It’s so crazy campy, it’s brilliant!<\/p>\n

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If you can’t view the video with the embedded player, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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