Geek Dad's 10 Best Geek Characters From Mainstreem Movies

Wired's Geek Dad recently posted his list of 10 Best Geeks from Mainstream Movies.  While we geeks could probably spend all day discussing characters from our favorite sci-fi or fantasy movies, it's nice to see Wired give some props to geeks in "normal" society that aren't just comedic props.

 

2. "Doc" Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future movies - He's an exaggerated geek, of course, as only Christopher Lloyd could play. And he mispronounces "gigawatt," which geeks everywhere cringed at when the first movie came out. But his excitement about his inventions, his habit of naming his dogs after famous scientists, and the way he obsessively builds models in parts I and III, prove his geekiness even if no other evidence existed. He had to be on this list, especially since he ends up as a geek dad himself, even naming his sons "Jules" and "Verne." 

 

I'll admit that I haven't seen every movie listed here, but maybe Desk Set is one to add to the Netflix queue.