Michelle Meyrink: Geek Girl Pioneer

Oct 05

Michelle Meyrink: Geek Girl Pioneer

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One of the greatest nerd girls to ever grace cinema is without a doubt Michelle Meyrink. The name just echoes with stardom. Michelle Meyrink played hyperactive brainiac hottie Jordan in Real Genius… and less sexy head Omega Mu in Revenge of the Nerds. The top two geek girls of the 1980’s played by the very same girl. If you’re the type of girl who’s over-studied and under-sexed, Michelle is your girl to look up to. If you’re the type of girl who liked to strap on the accordion, but still gets frustrated by computers, Michelle’s for you.

For your pleasure… Michelle in a wetsuit!

Michelle Meyrink has done little beyond her groundbreaking geek roles. Her acting career ended for good in 1988, but she’ll forever be in our hearts. Maybe, not even for what she did, but more for what she still stirs in nerds everywhere.

Geek Girl Prototype for Natalie Portman

Ok, maybe, Michelle Meyrink isn’t in Natalie Portman’s league in terms of geek appeal, but there is a certain something. A fetish starts from some deep seed, some act from the formative years that has been transformed into something sexual. So, if you like a little S&M, well, you probably got a smacked bottom at a crucial point in your development. That’s what Michelle is, she’s our smacked bottom.

Michelle Meyrink—short dark haired sexy brain of our childhood. Natalie Portman—short dark haired sexy brain of our present. If there wasn’t a Michelle Meyrink would their be a Natalie Portman? Probably, but we desire her quite as much?

Other Pre-Portman’s

Boof (Teen Wolf)

Oh, Boof. Who cares about blonde prima donna’s when Boof is the girl next door? Susan Ursitti, like Michelle Meyrink, never went on to much else; an episode of Charles in Charge and an episode of 21 Jump Street.

Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice)

Before Winona Ryder went crazy, she was a crush waiting to happen. Still super cute though not the indie dream she once was.

Natalie Portman (The Professional)

Yes, that’s right Natalie Portman was the prototype for Natalie Portman. She was a great young geek crush and grew into an even better geek crush.

Who’s your favorite quirky brunette?

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4 comments

§ Barry said on : 10/06/09 @ 14:57
Oh yes, Michelle Meyrink. I still have a crush on her as Jordan in Real Genius even though she makes out with a boy who looks like Sarah Jessica Parker. I’m not sure what does it: the bowl cut, the overalls or watching her sand her dorm floor at night but she was hot in that movie. I think she was in Valley Girl as well.
§ Wolfie G. Nards® said on : 10/06/09 @ 15:58
That’s part of the reason I like her though. I mean if she went for Mitch, I would certainly be an improvement. And surely she would ride the Barry train.
§ Donald Hinthorne said on : 12/08/09 @ 18:00
Jordan represents a type of innocence, Virginal, willing, not so worldly. I adore the movie, watch it every time it comes around, witty good soundtrack,ect. I will always wonder how Jordan fared in the future.
§ Susan Ursitti fan said on : 01/17/10 @ 16:48
Susan Ursitti as Lisa ‘Boof’ Marconi; she has that attractive girl-next-door charm and isn’t a brain-dead user like her foil in Teen Wolf, Pamela (Lorie Griffin).