Comments on: GEEK MADNESS: Final Battle! Whedon vs. Wheaton

By: Seraphim

Seraphim — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:22:14 +0000

Somebody needs to bump this to the top of paulandstorm.com, declare a winner, and send the results off to Wil…

By: Sophimus

Sophimus — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:09:00 +0000

FINISH HIM

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:14:50 +0000

The article author is obviously a Wil Wheaton fan! hence why he shut the voting down earlier.

By: Zach Totz

Zach Totz — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:40:55 +0000

A few people that should without a doubt make your masterlist of Geekdom celebrities (though I understand that starting with a list of 128 choices would’ve been totally unwieldly):

-Isaac Asimov (you included other dead folks)
-Mark Hamill
-Stephen Colbert
-Terry Gilliam
-Neil Gaiman
-Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick
-Vin Deisel (for his noted love of D&D)
-Ben Edlund

I voted Wil Wheaton. Wish JoCo had come up against him instead of Joss, but…

By: shiva7663

shiva7663 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:22:57 +0000

Was the voting shut down early? There appears to be no link to click to actually vote on this.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:06:18 +0000

Joss Whedon all the way!

By: morgan

morgan — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:01:11 +0000

Wills competition is farked again!

By: Matt G. Leger

Matt G. Leger — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:24:59 +0000

No contest what-so-frakking-ever. Dearly though I love Joss and his creations, Wil Wheaton gets my vote.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:01:13 +0000

Both were great choices, but I feel that TV needs Joss so much that we can’t afford to divide his attentions.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:54:46 +0000

PS-Wil FTW, indeed.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:54:22 +0000

Anyone still undecided can check out my blog about this on the SFX website. Might help. I’d post a link, but it appears not to be allowed (which is beyond ok). Oh, and #80, same thing happened when this went up at Whedonesque. Back and forth, to and fro, forward we look and forward we go.

By: Adam Rakunas

Adam Rakunas — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:51:12 +0000

Not even a challenge. Wheaton FTW.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:13:00 +0000

OMG! I can’t decide!

By: literatewench

literatewench — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:02:54 +0000

Joss is a reclusive genius, Will interacts with his fans. If Joss won he’d be the creepy unseen man-behind-the-throne in the oncoming dictatorship; if Will won we could all have more influence at the highest levels of our government, 2 steps away from the president himself.
Will Wheaton: +1 for transparency and democratic access in government;
Joss Whedon: +1 because that t-shirt where it says “Joss Whedon is my master now” would be accurate.

Wil Wheaton looks dorky. He’s a classic geek, only lacking the glasses. Joss Whedon looks crazy. He’s a classic mad scientist, only lacking a lab coat. (No offense to either, since it’s comforting to see real people in the plasticine pleasure palace of Hollywood.) We can be represented by someone who is a geek themselves or by someone who might cut our brains open to comprehend us better.
Will Wheaton: +1 for representation by the people;
Joss Whedon: +1 for the shivveringly cool scenario of Joss with a scalpel picking our brains.

If Joss Whedon gets it he might not have as much time to write screenplays. If Will Wheaton gets it he can blog funny things about meeting the president.
Will Wheton: +1 because the product he currently puts out aligns with the position of Head Geek;
Joss Whedon: -1 because it would be a huge loss to the geek community.

Wil Wheton wins! WIL WHEATON WINS!

By: Swampmaster

Swampmaster — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:21:30 +0000

Damn. Scalzi’s endorsement certainly tilted the balance…

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:53:37 +0000

For precisely the reasons #78 Scott outlined above, I would not vote for Joss, no offense. I’d want a SecGeek who was well-grounded in policy and extremely adaptable. Mr. Whedon, your admirable views on social issues tend to permeate a lot of your different ‘verses…which means I get a sense of deja vu when watching different shows.

Also, Whedon doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who could operate *under* a commander or within a command system. Wil Wheaton’s earned his wings there.

Whedon would be the Sam Archer of the Department of Geek Affairs, the one-man Swiss Army knife capable of creative endeavors wherever required. But for the Secretary of Geek Affairs, the man in charge of representing all geekdom to the President and United States, I vote Wil Wheaton.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:42:14 +0000

I voted for Joss. Will was a good actor and lives the life of an alpha geek.

Joss CREATES geekdoms. Joss is a geek god.

Big difference between the two. They are just in separate levels and Joss godhood trumps living the geek life any day.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:27:05 +0000

For anyone who thinks Wil isn’t the biggest geek, go to http://www.wizards.com/dnd and listen to the Dungeons & Dragons podcast he recorded with Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade.

The man busted out Elvish this week (technically Eladrin) for flip’s sake!

By: Fluxulous Abadeth Quantum

Fluxulous Abadeth Quantum — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:02:41 +0000

Joss Whedon pwns Wil Wheaton! I voted for him and all of you should too!

Flux out!

By: Thomas D

Thomas D — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:53:33 +0000

Wil Wheaton is the patron saint of the Internets.

By: cmwnyc

cmwnyc — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:45:56 +0000

I voted for Wil, because as much as I’ve liked Joss’s work, I think Wil is pure ubergeek. Also, I think Wil will think this is awesome and have a lot to say about it, while Joss may not even know/care that this is going on, and probably won’t have any kind of public reaction.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:13:40 +0000

I’ll be happy whoever wins. I love them both so much that I had to just close my eyes and point. After reading everybody’s comments, though, I have to agree that Wil would appreciate the honor more, and it’s best for everyone if Joss keeps churning out the entertainment for us to enjoy.

By: Michael Vezie

Michael Vezie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:23:51 +0000

Read this post from Wil’s blog: http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/03/this-isnt-a-book-its-a-time-machine.html

… and tell me he doesn’t belong as SoGA.

By: Erik @ RiffTrax

Erik @ RiffTrax — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:01:43 +0000

The choice is obvious: Wil, because he’s been around in the geek scene since he was a kid. I’ve only recently become a fan of Joss’s, with Firefly. But Wil still feels like part of the crowd when it comes to geeks, and for that I have to vote for him.

By: Dazed

Dazed — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:14:06 +0000

Wil wins because he is CleverNickName over at Slashdot (News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters).