Comments on: Retro-Journal: Nerd Romance and a Nerd on Trial in Late 2003 http://toddseavey.com/2008/05/30/retro-journal-nerd-romance-and-a-nerd-on-trial-in-late-2003/ Conservatism for punks. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/05/30/retro-journal-nerd-romance-and-a-nerd-on-trial-in-late-2003/#comment-14733 Sat, 31 May 2008 05:28:18 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/05/30/retro-journal-nerd-romance-and-a-nerd-on-trial-in-late-2003/#comment-14733 Actually, there is an additional tie to the blog entry: I got in to see the Final Cut thanks to Kyle Smith and loved it, and you see how I repay him: by telling the story of Limelight dissing his outfit. Ah, well, off to sleep and rest up for the Ultimate Nerd Day, guilt on my conscience. Maybe I'll dream of androids in bad wool outfits. Actually, there is an additional tie to the blog entry: I got in to see the Final Cut thanks to Kyle Smith and loved it, and you see how I repay him: by telling the story of Limelight dissing his outfit. Ah, well, off to sleep and rest up for the Ultimate Nerd Day, guilt on my conscience. Maybe I’ll dream of androids in bad wool outfits.

]]> by: jenny http://toddseavey.com/2008/05/30/retro-journal-nerd-romance-and-a-nerd-on-trial-in-late-2003/#comment-14732 Sat, 31 May 2008 05:12:17 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/05/30/retro-journal-nerd-romance-and-a-nerd-on-trial-in-late-2003/#comment-14732 i just got back from <i>blade runner: the final cut</i> (a fitting end to month of the nerd, i think), which is well worth seeing in the theater (the remastered audio and print are amazing; some neat visual tricks were done with a deft hand and the age-old question of "is deckard a replicant?" unfortunately finally put to rest). the opening scenes were enough to take the taste of <i>indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull</i> right out of my mouth, and it's always nice to see the younger version of edward james olmos. this has absolutely nothing to do with the blog entry, other than you ended it by mentioning major nerd films - and if you were to screen the studio cut, the original director's cut, and the final cut of blade runner serially, you'd have the background for the ultimate nerd coffeehouse debate. i just got back from blade runner: the final cut (a fitting end to month of the nerd, i think), which is well worth seeing in the theater (the remastered audio and print are amazing; some neat visual tricks were done with a deft hand and the age-old question of “is deckard a replicant?” unfortunately finally put to rest).

the opening scenes were enough to take the taste of indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull right out of my mouth, and it’s always nice to see the younger version of edward james olmos.

this has absolutely nothing to do with the blog entry, other than you ended it by mentioning major nerd films - and if you were to screen the studio cut, the original director’s cut, and the final cut of blade runner serially, you’d have the background for the ultimate nerd coffeehouse debate.

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