Geeks Bearing Gifts

Allow me to share something that my wife stumbled on while checking her students' papers on classical literature.

On the one hand, consider the movie Helen of Troy, an Emmy-nominated television series with surprisingly good reviews.

On the other, consider the movie Troy, which was nominated for The Teen Choice Awards, and is burdened by, charitably, mixed reviews.

Now let us consider the efforts of forum users Cup of Jabba, Mithrandir, crevette, and MetalMan713, where they discuss, in true geek fashion, the merits of one over the other. To wit:


Troy had good parts.... Those being all the men wearing short skirts, leather and a fine layer of sweat and grime.

May angels sing Wolfgang Peterson to his sleep every night for keeping the women clothed and having the men strip at a moment's notice. Praise be to whatever closeted homo-erotic urges he was losing the fight with on this movie. Hosannah in the highest to whomever he hired to keep the men oiled and shiny. They did a bang up job.

It's worth wasting time on. Trust me. Always make time for forums with a plethora of user names inspired by Star Wars, Tolkien, or anime.