Ok I'm drawing a line in the sand, enjoying Game of Thrones does not make you a nerd, period. It's one of the most popular shows on TV right now, it is not nerdy, get the fuck over it. Leave the nerding to people that have spent their lives liking things that make them social outcasts and go back to your fun lives with your money and your beautiful women, wannabes.
Any show/movie/game that has wizards, and other imaginary monsters and is based in medieval times is a nerd show unquestionably. Just because a lot of people watch it doesn't make it not nerdy. Sounds like you may be a hipster nerd.
WHAT wizard does Game Of Thrones have, exactly? Watch the show and tell me. The ComicCon Fat Fucking Fanboys are what make a show nerdy. They attached themselves to it just like Star Trek and turned into something that it isn't, or something it didn't deserve to become. All fantasy shows have, in one way or another, sucked entirely until GoT because it actually has three dimensional characters and stories. All other fantasy shows pale to it in every conceivable way. You can CALL it a nerd show, but it doesn't deserve such ugly slander. Nerd shows are shitty eye candy or cheap pandering. Like Big Big Theory. Because the only people who could watch that show are the socially retarded people who think that knock-knock jokes are the pinnacle of knee-slapping humour.
I'm sorry for saying the show has wizards when it doesn't, but it does have other imaginary creatures and people dressed up as knights fighting with swords. I don't know why nerds get caught up thinking thats cool and fun. If they lived back then they'd still be a pansy and not want to fight. Don't get me wrong, I'll watch the show, but only if a female friend wants to and I'm with her.
Are you not suppose to like a show or movie if you wouldn't be a badass in the setting? Should I not watch horror movies since I'd shit my pants if those things happened to me in real life?
I guess I don't get caught up in the whole Fantasy thing. I don't like to think well if I was a knight back then I'd be super badass and like stab and slash people with my bigass sword then fuck a princess. Those thoughts don't come to my mind.
Umm the warlocks? Milesandra? The faceless assassins? These wargs seem to have magical abilities..... The show has a lot of hardcore fantasy elements but the main focus is on characters and the other stuff is pushed to the back. Honestly the story lines (outside maybe Deanrsy) are pretty standard, power plays, political intrigue, etc aren't pushing the envelope but the characters kill it. The show does have it's hardcore Comicon nerds fans.
It's a nerd show. I'd say the Walking Dead is as close to the line as programming is going to get right now. There is enough fantasy aspect to push the nerd envelope and its sourced from a comic book...er... graphic novel*. However, the plot line is pretty basic and it's zombies and killing things. *It's still a fucking comic book, nerds.
I think Game of Thrones gets "nerdy" when people have read the books and compare and contrast with nuances, etc... As for the show? Its a fairly big budget HBO show. I'd say in the show form, its more like historical dramas like the Borgias or the Tudors than it is Lord of the Rings.
I think people are idiots when they haven't read the books. "Ermagerd they're too big I can't read anything longer than a tweet!" Also, all of these "Way To Let People Know Exactly How Miserable You Are On Mondays" My personal favorite.
There is no way that anything this man has written or to which he is even tangentially related can be considered anything but nerdy. He sells swords from his books on his website. It's nerdy. It's good nerdy stuff, but still nerdy. Get over it.
Except it's on HBO not showtime so it doesn't fucking suck. I don't think it's nerdy to compare the different nuances from books to show, it's when people extend the fantasy into role playing games and play dress up. Sure nerds can bitch and complain about the show not sticking 100% to the books cannon but since the show nails the strongest parts of the books you really don't have anything to complain about.
Apparently, arguing is what we do now. Get with the program. Actually, its more like lovers' spats. We disagree, call each other names, shout our points of views irrationally, get our feelings hurt - but everyone comes slinking right back to the board after things blow over. I'm still waiting for the awesome makeup sex. Anyone?
That's only when he gets paid for it, which is always. He doesn't even use pick-up lines in bars. He snaps his fingers, says "Yo....here." And six choice bitches simply materialize in front of him. They are each assigned a specific task, are forbidden from direct eye contact with their master and only say "thank you" to whatever they are told.