itsallovernow | Bring on the geeks

Hee - I'd love to know at which point geek went from meaning "Eat anything Circus Freak" to person with excessive knowledge of things relating to a specific subject, often technology, science fiction or fantasy. I mean, maybe it's the whole consumption metaphor. Shrugs. Just glad I don't have to shave my head and tattoo a puzzle on my skull to be considered a geek.

However, with Serenity opening this weekend (M. and I have plans for Saturday. I buy the tickets, he'll buy the bourbon. He even made up a song about it, deciding it could be John Crichton's second greatest hit, after his #1 single, "I'm comin' home, you'd better hide keys, since no piece of chicken or girl's safe from me" Hee. Okay, so he was mildly chemically altered when he started making up the songs in the persona of a sci fi hero, but it amused the hell out of me).

I think we're gonna have to save MirrorMask for next weekend though as my cash will be gone since I'm also going to see The Frames tomorrow night with

sorlklewis, assuming Captain Trips doesn't have her laid up in bed.

Since it's premiere month, and well, since I have an edit to do on my article before I send it to the fabulous

lizlet, I'm stalling and looking for answers, pinpoints if you will.

sdwolfpup is currently running the

farscape_weekly community, and every week includes a round up of those discovering Farscape or rewatching it and discussing it. I like to skim through these posts, either grinning to myself or geeking out, unable to keep from commenting. What I find particularly fascinating is that moment where the show, or a particular character, clicked for people. When it went from "something to do at night" to, "must find out what happens next". In some cases, the moment is easy to pinpoint. "A Human Reaction" often snags those who are watching start to finish, and more often than not, people are intrigued by Aeryn straight off, and scared that D'Argo is gonna be a Klingon ripoff, and that John is just "Not Their Type". This often changes, and that change is what fascinates me.

So, tell me when, with your favorite shows - past and present - when did it click for you, storywise, characterwise, arc wise. What made you sit up and take notice, decide to devote the time and mental energy to this medium. What made you stick around? Actually, I'd be interested in knowing this about books as well, but I have a feeling this is more amorphous.