Product Details

• Region: All Regions
• Studio: CreateSpace
• DVD Release Date: September 13, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VZRO8U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #178,339 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

In November 2004, 260 computer geeks set sail on a cruise ship bound for the Caribbean. This was no ordinary cruise: this was a Geek Cruise.

Geeks On Board is a light-hearted exploration of an unlikely group of people in an unlikely setting. The film chronicles a week-long theme vacation, interspersing geek life aboard the cruise liner with excursions to exotic locales in the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and St. Maarten. Of equal interest to geeks and non-geeks, the film explores such subjects as the identity of a geek, the bond between computer geeks and their machines, as well as breaking down the common perception of a computer geek as an antisocial outcast. The colorful presence of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, widely considered the inventor of the personal computer, is a prime focus for the geek cruisers and for the film as well.

In addition to Wozniak, the Macintosh obsessed computer geeks on the cruise include Neil, the optimistic laid back founder of Geek Cruises; Neil's right-hand man Randal, a karaoke enthusiast and cybercrime felon; Kess, a fiery redheaded female gamer and geek; Bill, a kilt-wearing "Wizard of Technology"; and four young men from a software database company with a knack for having fun.

Come aboard a Geek Cruise and experience a unique journey, where you will meet many characters who are proud to call themselves Geeks On Board.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm On Board, February 25, 2009

By	J. Mayflyer (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Finally a movie about geek culture that celebrates its diversity rather than simply making fun of geek tendencies. As a big fan of Steve Wozniak, it's nice to see what a legend of the industry is like in real life. A perfect companion piece to his book, iWoz

2.0 out of 5 stars I was there, April 25, 2009

By	T. Schneider "A Mac Geek" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this video because I was on the cruise. Loved the cruise, the video was disappointing.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kinda boring, November 7, 2007

By	Tim E Robertson "Publisher MyMac.com" (Battle Creek, Mi United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I was really looking forward to this DVD. I wanted to see what it's really like to take a geek cruise. Instead, it plays more like a video by a passenger, his vacation video being sold on DVD. As a hard-core Mac guy, I really should have loved this, but I didn't. There was no real interviews, no depth, no reason to watch it really.