There are very few things that are more shameful that being a Star Trek fan. Being a Star Wars fan occasionally falls into that category (though they keep switching levels back and forth). Babylon 5 fans are lower on the geek scale, though they would argue they’re smarter and cooler, which only makes them geekier. Battlestar Galactica fans, of course, are actually cool. Cough.
However, it takes a special kind of person to admit that they are a die-hard Stargate fan. Now, 100% honestly, and I know you guys won’t believe this, but I am NOT a die-hard Stargate fan. I know, it’s like the one thing I don’t geek out about, right?
That doesn’t mean I don’t like the movie, and its two spin-off television shows. They’ve been running for over ten years at this point, and are the height of comfort food. The movie itself was fine, but SG-1 is a totally solid, enjoyable Sci-Fi show, or at least it was before MacGyver left.
Anyway, Think Geek has just released a Stargate mirror. Because I’m NOT a super geek about the show, I’m totally NOT going to buy it IMMEDIATELY. But if you are a fan, how fun, right? You can either leave it as a regular mirror, or stick in an insert that has the ripply “water” effect that happens when the Stargate gets activated. Plus, it will send your face to brand new worlds and galaxies*!
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Okay, I swore to myself I wouldn’t tell you guys these two things, but in the interests of journalistic integrity:
- The other night, I flipped on the TV, and my S.O. said, “Hey what’s this show?” as there were no identifiable actors, and they were in some unidentifiable jungle. I had already identified it as Stargate: Atlantis the second we turned it on.
- There was a point several weeks ago when the Stargate title music was my ring tone.
But I promise I’m not a Stargate geek. I’m not! I'M NOT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
[$50, Think Geek]
*Not true.