Why should I watch Gotham?

Hello Nerds!

                Today I’d like to talk about why you should watch GOTHAM, Fox’s newest superhero show.

Gotham is (as some of us know) a big part of not only Batman mythos, but many other characters as well. We get to see some of the most influential people in Gotham before they’ve ever tangled with Batman (like Riddler, Penguin, Gordon, Bullock, and new characters like Mooney), and this provides great potential in my opinion for the show- writers. When you put so many raw characters with no pre-conceptions about them into a side of the city we’ve never really seen before, with an era of peace on the verge of war- that is the kind of show that just pulls me in.

                As nerds, we have so many obsessions (or in some cases, only one) that we love, as Mark Hamill’s Joker put it “you’ve experienced the ups, the downs” and all of us know how the routine goes; this time, however we can have those ups and downs without Batman or Robin, instead we get an entirely Batman- Free show, that follows Bruce Wayne, James Gordon, and many others.

                Everyone should go out and watch at least the first episode, even if you’re not a Batman nerd, or fanatic. There aren’t any insufferable nerdy type things like the cheesy Bat-copter, or the near insufferable labels that West’s cave had, no, this is just like another crime based show, just without the five billion main character cast with whiter than white lab coats, and one guy in a suit. I’d bet, if half of you give it a try, you will like at least one aspect of the show.

                 

Resistance is Futile

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Leif's Top Ten (sadly no Dave to read them, though)

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                I’ve always liked Marching band, and I’m sad to see it go, but in my misery you should find joy. Why you might ask? Is because now that Marching band is over, my Saturdays are now open for more writing time, also Thursdays and Fridays, but anyways…

                When you first become a teenager, I’m sure you were always busy doing XYZ, and I’m no exception, in fact I often have to short change you, and many other things in my life. For this I am sorry, but I’m also excited to start new topics for this week (as I have run out of things to talk about with Gotham, though in the future there may be more things to come) starting with………… How to watch an entire series in only a couple of weeks!

                I’ve done this many times; in fact, I’m currently listening to Enterprise, the prequel to The Original Series of Star Trek. This blog will touch on some of my biggest tips for accomplishing this:

10. Don’t let unimportant things get in the way of watching what you want, especially work

9. Listening is just as good as watching, if you’ve seen it before your brain already remembers it, so just listen instead of watch so you can do other things whilst you complete your quest

8. Find the time to sit down and listen, don’t overwork yourself to the point where efficiency is lost

7. Make yourself comfortable, you need a relaxed body in order for your brain to catch everything

6. Beverages and snacks are lifesavers

5. Reading is hard to do while listening to background noise, avoid unless the background noise is music

3. There is no four, it is lost when you don’t pay attention to both things you’re doing, if you can’t do both, than only do one

3. There is a second three because this would be quite a rubbish top ten if there were only nine; this is not Pirates of the Caribbean, here

2. Try to keep track of time; don’t be locked in your basement for months on end

And the Number one tip for marathons is…………………………..

NEVER STOP HAVING MARATHONS, FOR ANY REASON!!!!!!

Our brains atrophy when not properly dulled by the television

These tips are here to help you for when that favorite show of yours shows up on Netflix, or HBO GO, or whatever you please. Just remember, you didn’t hear them from me.

Resistance is Futile – don’t atrophy, kids

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Why Nerds should roam free ( in the real world)

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                Why do nerds have to work in the real world? More aptly, why do we have to conform to the work area, when it would be much simpler to work from home, doing what we want?

                The answer is simple in theory, I believe, Nerds should be kept happy, and to do this we should get what we want, and for those who don’t fit into a normal work environment, they should have the right to work from home, doing what they want.

                Hundreds of years ago, the average student would focus on what they wanted to do, farmers would send their child or children to learn the trade of farming, not farming, biology, algebra, history, sport, and how to make cakes, they simply went to learn how to farm. I understand that being exposed to many things helps us to know what we want to do, but we should at least have the right to deny some things with our education (I mean, who liked Phy. Ed.? Seriously?)

                If a nerd wants do specialize in string theory, or math, or science, and they know for a fact and can prove it on paper, they should be allowed to do whatever they please. Don’t waste money and effort trying to teach a mathematical constant to a person whose favorite subject is history, they don’t mix in application.

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It's a hard nerd life, for us

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                Sometimes it’s hard to be a nerd; sometimes you’re shunned by society, branded as an outcast, a non- intellectual, and the list goes on; I’ve never liked being an outcast, but have faced it on many occasions.

                The most common place: the lunch room at my high school…….*Breaks out laughing* just kidding I don’t eat that crappy food!!!!! More seriously though, the hardest place is generally in the classroom, where the nonintellectuals, and even sometimes football players and athletes will try to act like your friend, and act like they’re interested in you and your nerd life. Like Holden Caulfield said (quite often, too) “they’re a bunch of Phonies”, which they are.

                They don’t understand that what they do is not only a waste of their effort, but of ours as well and mildly insulting at times. When you start a conversation with a nerd, don’t think of it as starting a conversation with a nerd, thing about just talking to the person, not their obsession. I mean, no-one ever went up to Bruce Wayne and asked him about his dead parents, but I can assure you both Bruce and the nerd would take it the same way: very insulting and mildly agitating… the only difference being that Bruce would probably send you through a wall, where as I would send you through the door with my gripping of your shirt and escorting you out of my sight.

                Nothing can be more upsetting to me when Phonies try to be my friend, when all they want is your attention, when they do this I try to find a phrase to shut them down without angering them, just stopping them right in their tracks.

                So the next time you try to talk to someone’s passion or obsession, just don’t, ok? And if you’re the one being bullied by them, just don’t even acknowledge their existence and see how better your life is.

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E = MacCheese (and how the world is fueled by Nerds)

Hello Nerds!

            I love you, you people are the best! You are in no way in short supply, and you always come up with the best ideas, do the most dangerous things in the name of science (or just to have fun getting hurt). Some of the greatest minds in History were nerds, George Washington went to Army Play as a child, where he learned how to military and such (M & S…google it… are you done yet… good…I said that on purpose… now laugh!!! *evil laugh*> I’m so alone *sniffle*). Now…what was I talking about, OH Yes! Nerds of history, another was Albert Einstein, who was a famous Physicist, who was famous for his E=Mc Squared theory, which to me looks like Everyday = McDonalds, and I’d bet he would eat there if there was on in Germany or even the United States, but they weren’t that popular back then. Nerds are everywhere in every time, just look at the Doctor: He’s the most nerd you will ever find, nine hundred years wrapped up in a nice bow(tie).

            The nerd is as you may know a hard worker, for instance to maintain a good standing in my education I am currently writing these at 11:15 Sunday night, and after I’m done have a book to finish, do a report on, history work, and then go to bed. Now you may be saying to yourself  “hmm, this person is clearly a procrastinator who should have done things Friday or Saturday so that he wouldn’t be in such a rush” and one (me) might retort: A. You’re damn right that I’m a procrastinator, it’s just how I am, and I work much more efficiently against a clock.  B. I was gone all of Saturday at a Marching Band event, and Friday is my day off, everybody needs one, (if you’re religious then I’ll pull this one card on you: GOD NEEDED A DAY OFF). C. I like being a good student so no I will not simply go to bed as if I had given up, since sixth grade I’ve stayed up as long as I’ve needed to get my work done, and it’s worked pretty well so far.  

            So what’s my point to all of this: Nerd’s, keep being awesome the way you are, keep working hard, and never stop working or giving in, because when you do, the Borg win.

            Resistance = Mc futile

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Be Loving and Open-hearted With My Emotions ( ya know........)

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            Nerds lead a pretty tough life, and I don’t mean with the ridicule that sometimes plagues our existence, rather I refer to our intense emotions, and yes I will talk about my feelings for once for the world to see.

            Hi, my name is Leif, and emotions get the best of me, and they may get the best of you, too. What does he mean “his emotions get the best of him”? Well, what I mean is that when I’m taken with someone, when they’re sad I’m devastated. I cried for a solid ten or twenty minutes when David Tennant’s Doctor died… it still is sad to this day. I cried when Harry from Spider-Man 3 died. I cried when Data died in Star Trek: Nemesis. All of these examples are times I’ve been emotionally hijacked.

            When I fail in life, or when I need to purge built up stress accumulated over months of life I watch sad YouTube deaths (my favorite and most effective is Cmdr. Spock’s death in Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn) or sad Hymns. This occurs around once every two, or three months, but that’s just me. What I would give to be a Vulcan, seriously.

            My emotions are lost on girls completely, too. I’ve fallen head over heels for girls who (while I am still good friends with) never thought of me that way, and it took months to get right again. My emotions guide me; they envelop me, and consume me. They get attached to people, and get so rooted in them that change leaves me devastated entirely. This first happened with Avatar: The last Airbender when the show ended with the kiss, and the pan out, as my mom says it was “the worst I’d ever seen you” and took “hours of comedy to calm me down”. When Lennie died in Of mice and Men I went into my room (this was several paragraphs before the death, actually) and read myself with a pillow handy to cry into; the pillow is a great tool for crying, another tip of mine. This hasn’t happened in a while, but it’s also the reason why I haven’t watched the last four episodes of Doctor Who on Netflix yet. I may relapse into a state in which would top the first crush of my life catastrophe by thousands. Emotions are a hassle, and they barely give enough to want to keep them, but I guess they’re necessary to be Human.

            Resistance is futile
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GOTHAM!!!! (your liberation is here)

Hello Nerds!

I’ve been procrastinating again with my blogs, so to make it up to you all who have so patiently waited for them; I will be doing an analysis and thoughts of the new DC (Detective Comics) series entitled GOTHAM!!!!! So I think if you haven’t seen it already, you should watch this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1zpt6k5OI. Yes, the show that follows Jim Gordon, a new detective in the Gotham City Police Department, which is as you might have guessed, takes place in Gotham City before Batman. The show takes place roughly twenty or so years before Bruce Wayne comes back to Gotham after his life changing quest to become a master of…well…everything. I mean, is there anything that Bruce Wayne can’t do with all of the money, resources (both from Wayne Enterprise), and training that he went through studying under masters around the world (and no, R’as Al Guhl did not originally train Batman)!!!??? Batman studied around the world under countless mentors for years before he deemed himself ready for fighting crime in Gotham, and as the Nolan films (my favorite Batman movies… even though they changed lots of things that I didn’t particularly like, but they were still better than other movies) showed, he failed brutally in fighting Scarecrow at their first encounter. I think first I should reference you to Jim Gordon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx8VMIYi78M) if you don’t know much about him, or if you just wanted to know more about him.

I’m very excited to start watching Gotham myself, although so far my studies have kept me from starting the new series. Once I catch myself up on school work (about six weeks of it), only then shall I find peace enough in my heart to watch a television show that would invoke my close attention. Many have recommended me to watch the show, and Arrow along with it, perhaps now I shall take them up on their offers.

I’m also excited to see where the show will take some of the pre-Origins villains we so love, such as Catwoman, The Riddler, Scarecrow (hopefully) and many more. There is also another character that we should all be excited to see: Jim Gordon. His early career was pretty exciting, and we’ll actually get to see him do some actual police work instead of trying to keep up with Batman. Come on man! Gordon gets paid to do this and you just gotta cop-block him! Sincerely, Leif Albertson. Well I think that pretty much wraps this one up.

Resistance is futile- oh and if you have no idea what that’s been about so far, here’s a video to explain it:

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSCe40HMv1c 
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