This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Dreadfully Boring

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I don't know what the first reviewer was expecting, but if you're a nerd, you should be well-acquainted with "lowered" (i.e. realistic) expectations. True, nerds come in many flavors, so a reality-show competition is going to be putting up apples against oranges, but so what? What are you going to do, have them all sitting around the campfire, singing Kumbaya and giving speeches about why they're nerds? Look, it's all in fun, rather tongue-in-cheek overall (losers are "destroyed" by special effects as they leave), although it's serious enough for the contestants, apparently. And really, is it any surprise that someone whose only claim to being a nerd is being a cosplayer can't compete with rocket scientists, chemists, or even dedicated/pro gamers who are also up on all the sci-fi shows and fantasy books? It is unfortunate, sad, and ironic that there is a "popularity contest" aspect to it, even if it is popularity among fellow nerds, but then, it is entitled "The King of the Nerds," not, "The Nerdiest of Nerds." The final decision comes down to a head-to-head contest. SO, if you're nerdy, like or are interested in sci-fi, fantasy, science, video games, LARPing, cosplay, musicals, logic puzzles, math, tinkering, robotics, horror movies, superhero comics and movies... I call this a "must see" show! Imagine you are one of the competitors -- match your knowledge to theirs -- cheer on the one most like you, or that you like for some other reason. Just don't get too emotionally attached or take anything too seriously. Enjoy being a nerd!

The show is nothing special, i mean we have shows about cooks, shows about hunters, shows about people who buy storage buildings, shows about truck drivers, so a show about who is the "best" nerd is nothing special. The problem with the show is two-fold. First and foremost as they recognize there are many types of nerds yet the goal of the show is to sit atop the "Throne of Games", a twist on the popular "Game of Thrones" which is a much better show to watch than this one, but I digress. The show tries to cover a lot of types of nerds as as such most contestants are at a disadvantage most of the time since the challenges cover a diverse range of skills. On a cooking show you might be asked to make desserts one week and Italian food the next but you still use the same tools and the same skills. Creating a cos-play costume is NOTHING like piloting a drone, winning at chess, or answering obscure trivia. The second problem is how the winner is actually chosen. The whole concept is to focus on nerds, people who are perceived as social misfits, the kids never chosen for sports or to be prom queen, yet in the end the winners chosen BY A POPULARITY CONTEST! Epic Fail.

Honestly, the outcome of this show is so stupid and it definitely defeats the purpose of the show. The point of the show was to show someone who was worthy to be king of the nerds. Celeste won, but she was definitely not worthy. Her area of expertise is supposed to be gaming, but she failed at that area when that was in the competition. People want to say that Celeste won because she has grown a lot as a person throughout the show because she grew confidence, but she was actually rather cocky from the very beginning. I guess everyone just forgot from the very first episode that she thinks she is the most valuable player and was shocked as time went on when people do not find her as a threat at all. Just because she started to have more interactions with the players as the episodes go on, does not mean she gained more confidence. She was very cocky, but she just kept it to herself rather than saying it out loud to everyone else.And it was rather stupid because she was a guest on Conan a few weeks before the out come of the game. That pretty much gave away the fact that she's going to win.In the beginning I enjoyed the concept of the show, but as I watched more, I realized the show is stupid. We all know the only reason Celeste was there until the very end is because no one looked at her as a threat, and the blue team kept her because they looked at her as a valuable asset as a gamer. Then in the very end, she just had to pull the sympathy crap to make sure she wins. Does she represent the nerd community? I don't think so. She didn't do anything to win. They just want someone who is a little better looking to represent the nerds.

By many respects I would be considered a "nerd". I game, I read fantasy novels and I prefer fantasy characters to real humans. The creators of this show are furthering the idea that if you wear glasses, you are a nerd. Are the people on this show legitimate "nerds"? Yes they probably are. That is not the problem with this show. The problem with this show is that it shows decent looking people who are not socially awkward and parades them around in the absolute worst way possible. The people that should be on this show are the 300 pound acne ridden basement dwellers. If this show recruited from 4chan then I would probably watch it.Lastly, the girl with the pink hair should be banished from our planet.