Who Would Hang Out With That Mop-Headed Kid? - Never Back Down (2008) Discussion

[–] archgaull 16 years ago

its pathetic that your shallow enough to label him like that.

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[–] Nyla_Hart 16 years ago

Ohhhh, go learn the difference between 'your' and 'you're'

And thank you for proving my point. It's nerds you and your friend over here that would think it's appropriate to stand there with a video camera while someone's fighting for his life. Don't like 'nerd'? Just delete it and interject 'dweeb, lame, or geek burger with cheese.' Everyone else does...

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[–] Nyla_Hart 15 years ago

LOL

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[–] BigJohn74 15 years ago

Hmmm...kid was more of a putz than a nerd or a geek, lol....no I wouldn't hang out with him. He had almost an obsession with Jake and Jake's fighting ability; maybe he should get a life of his own. Then again, he did have a car for when I'd need to bum a ride, if I was car-less like Jake ...

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[–] Nyla_Hart 15 years ago

I think he was a gunerk... or a pereek... we should make up a new word for people who go around with video cameras all day and film. It's not an isolated incident. Look at Cloverfield. Look at Quarantine. It's becoming an epidemic, and it's getting out of control...

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[–] RamonRazor 15 years ago

I hate to break it to you BUT that isnt so ordinary. People also carry cameras where ever they choose because its a hobby. I dont see why its a big deal for someone to carry a camera around with them. Capture the best moments if you have something with you.

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[–] Nyla_Hart 15 years ago

I never worried about capturing the best moments, I just cared about living them. That dude was a dork...

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[–] Z_daryang 13 years ago

People that point out grammar mistakes for an argument irritate me. NEWS FLASH NO ONE GIVES A FÜCK But no one did hang out with him, his only friend was the new kid. And also he was super rich so he had some friends.

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[–] David_Blue 15 years ago

I'd hang with him. He was a good, loyal friend. He had some quirks, but so does everyone.

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[–] Eleanor_1991 15 years ago

"He's a Dork"

And what, you're the popular kid?..behind a net...

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[–] Nyla_Hart 15 years ago

Never thought about it that way. Makes sense to me...

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[–] smoko 14 years ago

Never thought about it that way. Makes sense to me...

It's known as an audience surrogate. Mophead is like most of the movie's target demographic (whether they'd want to admit that is another matter). He's into MMA but isn't an expert, is nerdy enough to record a fight and post it on YouTube, and is decent enough to drop off the losing fighter home.

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[–] voodoochile009 15 years ago

The better question would be why would Jake continue to hang around with Max when Max gets Jake into the majority of his bad situations throughout the movie...?

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[–] Hythlodaeus 14 years ago

Your line made me laugh but c'mon, cut him a break, he's the new kid and Moppy's helped him out and doesn't everyone secretly want a groupie?

What hump?

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[–] Rics-EQ2 14 years ago

So being excited and into something makes one a nerd? In that case, there's not a single person on the planet that isn't a nerd. Everybody has a passion, hobby, or something they dig and talk about a lot. I'd call the diet/gymrat muscle-heads nerds too, because they are way more obsessed with working out and flexing than this kid was with filming fights.

Anyone else find it ironic that somebody hanging out on the internet and posting on movie forums is calling a kid with a video camera and promoting fighting a nerd? Let's poll 100 people and ask them which activity speaks mostly of nerdness. I'm betting "internet and posting on movie forums" will win. I'm just saying.

And no, I wouldn't hang out with the kid, but it has nothing to do with how nerdy or uncool he may or may not look. The fighting scene is simply not something I'd be involved in, thus, no common ground. No reason to hang out with him.

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[–] Misa_Malone 13 years ago

IMDb used to be a cool forum, until a bunch of nerds jumped on the bandwagon. And yeah, the guy in the film, mophead, he was a big fat nerd, because he was irrelevant and proud of it...

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[–] tenwhoweretaken 13 years ago

What a *beep* ridiculous thread.
I like the assumption that the dumb-ass main guy and the toss-pot bad guy were 'cool'. Haha, they're MMA obsessed retards too, guys like that in real life are painfully boring.
What the film didn't show you is that 10 years on they're living in the back room of a gym like that black guy was all because they treated their homoerotic little hobby like it was the be-all and end-all. Nerd guy's probably wondering what the *beep* he was thinking hanging around with people like that in school and awkwardly blanking them when he passes them in the street.

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[–] Misa_Malone 13 years ago

LMAO at a world where nerds are more interesting than men who fight MMA for a living. Men with a lot of females hanging around, lots of parties and few brain cells. Boring? Never!

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