# The underlying evil behind "Revenge of the Nerds" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685 "2011-07-03T04:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/41 "2011-07-04T05:09:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > When it was on the other night, we missed the rape scene but did catch it when all the brothers came on strong and proud against whitey, complete with menacing ghetto stances and funk music in the background. > > Was John Goodman the only one in this movie who had a noteworthy acting career afterwards? Anthony Edwards had a long run on “E.R.” Tim “Poindexter” Busfield has worked steadily, on “thirtysomething” and “West Wing.” James Cromwell has been successful, even getting an Oscar nomination for “Babe.” ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/42 "2011-07-04T05:41:04Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Anthony Edwards had a long run on “E.R.” Tim “Poindexter” Busfield has worked steadily, on “thirtysomething” and “West Wing.” James Cromwell has been successful, even getting an Oscar nomination for “Babe.” Bernie Casey has also had a fairly successful career. And Ted McGinley as worked steadily, albeit frequently showing up on shows right before they get cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/43 "2011-07-04T05:59:58Z")
Curtis “booger” Armstrong went on to do the voice of Steve’s friend “snot” on American Dad. What a typecast–unclean nose kid! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/44 "2011-07-04T06:03:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > When someone is paying you to develop a weapon, _but not telling you that you’re developing a weapon_, it’s a pretty safe bet that they don’t have the best of intentions for its use. Hey, it’s not like they briefed every single person who worked on every stage of the Manhattan Project on what they were helping with. (Albeit more for security reasons than “get my students to do it with school equipment so I don’t have to pay them” reasons, in that case.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/45 "2011-07-04T06:36:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Anthony Edwards had a long run on “E.R.” Tim “Poindexter” Busfield has worked steadily, on “thirtysomething” and “West Wing.” James Cromwell has been successful, even getting an Oscar nomination for “Babe.” Yeah, not big fans of their work. Of the three TV shows, I’ve seen 4-5 episodes of ER and none of the other two. I saw Cromwell listed, but couldn’t believe it was _that_ James Cromwell. Like I implied, we started watching it near the end, from where the nerds dorm gets trashed (aren’t there some laws broken there as well? And did I see a scene where a policeman says he doesn’t have jurisdiction, whereas the Greek Council does?). ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/46 "2011-07-04T08:05:35Z")
“Mopery? What the hell is mopery?” “NERDS!!!” “I’ve been trolling the local high schools all day.” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/47 "2011-07-04T10:52:20Z")
“Did you get in her pants?” - “She’s not htat kind of girl, Booger.”\* “Why? Does she have a penis?” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/48 "2011-07-04T11:02:28Z")
Heh, [there is a Japanese rock band named **Ogre You Asshole**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_You_Asshole). From the link: > [@Wikipedia](#): > > The name originated when original drummer Arata Nishi saw Modest Mouse bassist Eric Judy on the street near the Hot Lab live house after a gig in Matsumoto during their Japan tour in May 2001. He asked Judy, who was drunk, to name their band. He replied ‘I can’t’ before writing ‘Ogre You Asshole’ on Nishi’s arm. > > They were unaware of the exact meaning until American Analog Set told them that the name is actually from a line in the movie Revenge of the Nerds. This resulted in the group setting out to watch the 1984 American comedy and its three sequels, who then paid homage to it with their second album ‘AlphaBeta vs. Lambda’. > > They shared the tale with Judy in April 2008 when they opened Modest Mouse’s show at Tokyo’s Duo Music Exchange, but he had no recollection of the encounter. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/49 "2011-07-04T12:24:26Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > We had a lot of that stuff at my college too, but if you were on campus most of it took place behind closed doors, and you had to keep it kind of quiet, lest some straight arrow RA come poking around. There’s a big difference between that and throwing a big ass kegger in the middle of campus in broad daylight with games and the higher ups in attendance. And I went to a college that had a reputation in my state of being a party school. > > Off campus, though, I’d say my school (or rather least its student body) earned its reputation. 😉 Of course! But we really didn’t have RAs after freshman year because almost no one lived in the dorms after freshman year. Typically one lived in a freshman-only dorm their first year, and after than joined one of the 35 fraternities, each with their own Animal House mansion-style house (although some looked more like a Motel 6) or they moved off campus with 5 of their friends. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/50 "2011-07-04T14:17:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Anthony Edwards had a long run on “E.R.” Not to mention Top Gun! ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685/51 "2011-07-04T15:10:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > When someone is paying you to develop a weapon, _but not telling you that you’re developing a weapon_, it’s a pretty safe bet that they don’t have the best of intentions for its use. Not to mention that the CIA guys at the beginning of **Real Genius:** [ul] [li]Laughed about the project being both “immoral and unethical,”[/li][li]Admitted the President _wasn’t_ aware of the project,[/li][li]And _killed_ the one guy who objected to the above,[/li][/ul] I’d say the nefariousness of the project is pretty definitive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-underlying-evil-behind-revenge-of-the-nerds/587685.md?page=2)