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The character Abed Nadir from the TV show Community is almost the same character as Scotty Pelk from the movie Film Geek. They both have encyclopedic knowledge about film, but Abed is well liked while Scotty turns everybody off. I kept thinking "That's something Abed would do" the entire time I watched the film.
Abed's quirkiness isn't considered a problem because it's productive. He improves the lives of his friends through his insights and makes lots of student film shorts. Scotty forces his opinions about directors, widescreen vs. pan-and-scan, etc., on customers at his video store to the point that they complain to the manager. Abed goes on dates and actually talks about different subjects, while Scotty can only talk about how awesome a given director is, then mentions his essay "[director] Is Awesome! By Scotty Pelk" on his website.
I don't know how Abed ends up, but Scotty's life takes a turn by the end of the movie. I can't say any more without spoiling it, but if you wonder how Abed would fare in real life, watch this movie.
I can't believe no one else has made this connection (based on Internet searches, anyway).
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Abed Nadir = Scotty Pelk
3 comments:
I recently watched Film Geek and have been a fan of Community since episode 1. I still can't get over the similarities between the two characters and decided to google it to see if anyone else was thinking along the same lines. That is how I arrived at your post.
I recently watched Film Geek and have been a fan of Community since episode 1. I couldn't get on the similarities between the two characters either. I decided to do a Google search to see if anyone else was thinking along the same lines and that is how I arrived at your blog post.
I agree with everything you said! It's like they ripped off his character
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