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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: PetFish on October 13, 2010, 01:27:57 AM
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This has been my favourite show since it came out but, just like Season 3, I'm disappointed with the first few episodes.
Where are the recurring characters? Where are Stuart, Dr. Gabelhauser, Winkle, etc? They haven't even been to the comic book store. I also feel like they're moving more towards a standard sit-com forumula instead of doing quirky and unique science stuff like they did the first two seasons.
Anyway, I'm sure it'll pick up, the show is gold!
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I've only seen the first 2 series so far, but out of 39 episodes they've only been to the comic book store maybe 3 times, and Gabelhauser has only appeared in a handful of episodes. It's not like those are a major part of the show.
Looking forward to catching up though, should be borrowing season 3 off a friend later this week.
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One of the best shows on TV.
The episode this season with virtual Sheldon was amazing, the green Lantern Shirt was just perfect lol :lol
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I just started watching this show, it is pretty damn funny. One of the best on TV right now.
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Penny is pretty much the reason I watch it. Wolowitz can be kind of funny sometimes too.
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I :heart this show
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Penny is so sexy. :heart
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Penny is so sexy. :heart
I'd hit it.
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If given the opportunity, I'd hit it after everyone on DTF had already hit it. :lol
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The characters I mentioned don't necessarily have to be in the show. I guess I'm trying to suggest they meet people outside their circle more often. I think they're leaning on the Sheldon character way too much. A lot of the great stuff the show has comes from when they interract with new people.
I can't even remember the last time they played paintball or had any video/board game reference (ie. playing in the apartment when Penny walks in).
I'd also love to see Missy Cooper make a return visit, for obvious reasons. I miss Raj's parents. Will we ever see both Mom's in the same episode maybe going at it creation v. evolution-style? Seth Green would be a wicked guest star in some capacity.
Ah well, whatever they do, I'm just glad that an unconventional geek show is doing so well. I feel good knowing that there are jokes that myself and other nerds get that maybe 75% of other people don't. It's like being part of a geek chic club or something.
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Yeah definitely. I love The Big Bang Theory.
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I stopped watching somewhere near the end of season 2. I saw a few random episodes of the newer seasons but I just don't find it funny anymore. I downloaded the latest eps but stopped watching halfway because it just wasn't entertaining anymore.
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I don't really find the show that funny (though it's certainly not bad), but I'll watch it if it's on just because of Kaley Cuoco.
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THE HOT TROLL DEVIATION
This was a sweet episode as we finally get to see why Howard and Bernadette broke up but the coolest thing was Raj standing up to Sheldon. Penny's done it in the past but I'm sick of Sheldon getting his way in everything they do. I called it to my wife just before he walked into his office that I bet Raj bought a HUGE desk... and he did! Nice to see Bernadette again, I always thought she was cute. Good stuff this week.
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them tits are legendary, they need to be showcased in a tight shirt, too much CKF uniform.
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Speaking of legendary tits they need to bring back Dr. Stefanie Barnett (Sara Rue). Leonard is single for now and she should come back. I don't even know how they broke up in the first place.
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she couldn't fit through the door?
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Aw, man, low blow. She's on Jenny Craig now and is back to her skinny-ish self. I just love how she could handle Sheldon without him even realizing it.
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THE DESPERATION EMANATION
This was probably the worst episode ever. Nothing about it made me laugh or even smile. Leonard's blind date story was just stupid and this whole Sheldon-with-a-girlfriend thing is not working at all. At least they finally went to the comic book store... for 5 seconds. It was just so lame. There was one awesome part, however, and that was the preview for the new one next week.
I do love how they have so much Alienware product placement as they are great machines.
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THE DESPERATION EMANATION
This was probably the worst episode ever. Nothing about it made me laugh or even smile. Leonard's blind date story was just stupid and this whole Sheldon-with-a-girlfriend thing is not working at all. At least they finally went to the comic book store... for 5 seconds. It was just so lame. There was one awesome part, however, and that was the preview for the new one next week.
I do love how they have so much Alienware product placement as they are great machines.
I thought this was an average episode.
I didn't really like Leonard's storyline, but he hasn't had a strong story in a while. Howard and Raj weren't really around much.
I actually liked Sheldon's portion of the episode. This was the strongest Sheldon and Ami have played off of each other so far. I was very hesitant to subscribe to the notion of Sheldon having a girl-who-is-also-a-friend, but this episode crushed any qualms I had about that idea. They proved they could pull off some excellent comedy with those two.
And, yeah Leonard's blind date scene was really irritating.
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I'm fine with the whole Sheldon's girlfriend thing, but I really hope that it's not the central theme of the entire season. They need to focus more on the other characters.
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yea that was a shit episode. no funnah
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Starbuck !!! :heart :heart
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Haven't seen the latest episode yet, but The Hot Troll Deviation was hilarious. :tup
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THE IRISH PUB FORMULATION
I'll give this one a 3.5/5. It was funny when they started revealing secrets shotgun-style. The best part was Sheldon playing the text-based adventure game. Being a nerd myself I remember playing those on my Commodore 64. I had actually totally forgotten about that entire game genre until this episode. Ah, the memories.
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Sheldon had great lines in this episode.
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hahahah that was a good episode, i loved the emulator, i used to play those.
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Terrific episode. :lol
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THE APOLOGY INSUFFICIENCY
2.5/5
Another 'meh' episode. Nothing really happened in this one and even though I can accept Sheldon being a douche to the FBI and completely clueless that he shot his mouth off but not the other guys, especially Leanard pulling that crap in the interview. They knew how important this was to Howard and they completely blew it. None of them were good friends in this episode.
When did Penny start working at the bar? I know she was practicing drink mixing but that was like 2 years ago so when did she get this job?
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I thought tonight's episode was pretty good, nice to see Penny back after a bit of a hiatus. Also, with respect to recurring characters, it looks like Will Wheaton's coming back next week.
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That's what I was going to ask, but I've missed a couple of episodes this season.
I loved the bit with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. That's right, you apologize for Pluto you Pluto hating sonovabitch!
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Leonard was a bit annoying when he was trying to project confidence. I didn't really like his role for this episode.
Howard and Sheldon had some good moments, and a somewhat touching ending, too. Which, of course, gets instantly reverted once Sheldon returned to normal.
And Penny needs to exist more. I miss the Penny/Sheldon exchanges...
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I don't like that Sheldon now seems to be the main character rather then Leonard. Obviously Leonard pining over Penny couldn't last forever, but they need to find something new for him other than "I need a girlfriend." Sheldon is hilarious, but he shouldn't be the center of every episode.
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Sheldon was epic this episode, but the scene with Penny was only a :facepalm:
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hahahah Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome, great cameo.
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hahahah Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome, great cameo.
They've had a lot of cool cameos this season, come to think of it.
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none compared to the bug expert from last season though :metal
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hahahah Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome, great cameo.
I just started watching this show recently, I get the impression that people who watch it think they're really big geeks, but I bet very few people actually recognized him.
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hahahah Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome, great cameo.
I just started watching this show recently, I get the impression that people who watch it think they're really big geeks, but I bet very few people actually recognized him.
he is regularly on the daily show, so i'm sure a good amount of people recognize him.
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One of the best american sitcoms for me, it's great. :tup
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Its a quality show for sure..I liked as part of CBS Monday lineup..I like Rules of Engagement and and How I met your Mother a bit more..
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Its a quality show for sure..I liked as part of CBS Monday lineup..I like Rules of Engagement and and How I met your Mother a bit more..
I could never get into Rules of Engagement. The characters just really bother me and I never found it especially funny.
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Its a quality show for sure..I liked as part of CBS Monday lineup..I like Rules of Engagement and and How I met your Mother a bit more..
I could never get into Rules of Engagement. The characters just really bother me and I never found it especially funny.
I too had a hard time warming up to RoE, but now I really like it, but I understand your point. to me How I met your Mother is the best show on TV today.
But Big Bang was a good one that lineup..
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How i Met your Mother is good, but i've always thought it's a bit too "american"...
Some problems/things in that show is annoying because it's super-hysterical for no reason. :P
Overall my favorite comedy-show would be Coupling.
But now i wont go offtopic more. :biggrin:
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I really, really hate this show and I have no idea how it's gotten so big. Oh well.
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I really, really hate this show and I have no idea how it's gotten so big. Oh well.
Here is your answer:
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I enjoy the show but... am I the only one who thinks she is a pretty bad actress?
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I really, really hate this show and I have no idea how it's gotten so big. Oh well.
Here is your answer:
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/pogoowner/normal_ZZZ_11-22-09_Kaley_Cuoco_41.jpg)
Touché.
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THE 21-SECOND EXCITATION
3.5/5
"I informed you thusly!"
"I'm the petty functionary with a clipboard, bitch!"
Overall it was funny but Wil Wheaton was way underused. If he's in it they'd better damn well have Sheldon and him have an epic battle. This was almost a waste of time for Wil Wheaton. Also, Stuart should have been with him at the movie, not Lonely Larry and Captain Sweatpants.
Amy still bugs the f*ck out of me and I wish her character would go away. Bring back Missy Cooper or Stefanie Barnet or Lesley Winkle or some new hottie that likes Leonard so Penny gets jealous and they get back together again. Maybe if Amy were a hottie herself I could handle her but, sorry if you're a Blossom fan, she just isn't pretty at all.
I bet 5 years ago Penny never thought she'd be having a slumber party with nerds... she may have had nightmares about it but now she's in it. Too bad we didn't get Bernadette in a nighty.
I'd love to have a Sheldon commentary track option on some classic nerd movies.
No preview for next week even though it's new.
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I remember absolutely nothing from the beginning half of the episode, but I remember it being lol.
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Amy still bugs the f*ck out of me and I wish her character would go away. Bring back Missy Cooper or Stefanie Barnet or Lesley Winkle or some new hottie that likes Leonard so Penny gets jealous and they get back together again. Maybe if Amy were a hottie herself I could handle her but, sorry if you're a Blossom fan, she just isn't pretty at all.
Yeah, I'm really not a fan of Amy either. In this episode they seemed to be trying to work with her character a bit more, but it still didn't work.
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Yeah, I'm really not a fan of Amy either. In this episode they seemed to be trying to work with her character a bit more, but it still didn't work.
If anything she's taking AWAY from the Sheldon character... he's losing his uniqueness. He's no longer special. One Sheldon is brilliant, which is why maybe they thought "hey, if everyone loves Sheldon, they'll really love TWO Sheldons!" Stupid Hollywood executive thinking, of course. Plus, aren't there enough nerds on the show already? Penny should get a hottie roomate so she's not the odd man out.
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Yeah, I'm really not a fan of Amy either. In this episode they seemed to be trying to work with her character a bit more, but it still didn't work.
If anything she's taking AWAY from the Sheldon character... he's losing his uniqueness. He's no longer special. One Sheldon is brilliant, which is why maybe they thought "hey, if everyone loves Sheldon, they'll really love TWO Sheldons!" Stupid Hollywood executive thinking, of course. Plus, aren't there enough nerds on the show already? Penny should get a hottie roomate so she's not the odd man out.
The thing is, she isn't really a Sheldon. It sounds weird saying this, but the reason it's easy to like Sheldon is because his whole demeanour is cute. Amy just seems like a robot, completely unhuman and impossible to identify with. Sheldon at least has some human characteristics.
Penny getting a roommate of some sort sounds like a good idea though.
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How does Penny even afford that place (and buying shoes all day and clothes cuz she doesn't do laundry) working part-time as a waitress and it takes TWO physicists to afford their place? I even remember Sheldon saying something like, to Leonard, "Frankly if I could afford the rent I'd kick you out." I know, two bedrooms vs one, but you gotta think Leonard makes at least 5x what Penny would working full-time.
But, yeah, Amy is more robotic than Sheldon, and I never thought I'd be saying that about anyone. Really, though, if she was a drop-dead hottie then it would create some interesting competition with all the other guys and this might even have made Sheldon jealous. Yeah, she's Blossom, and really smart, but they shouldn't have solely based her casting on that criteria alone.
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I really like Amy, I think she's hilarious! And I agree with GL, she is quite different to Sheldon, so I don't think it's more of the same at all.
I loved the latest episode.
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Yeah, she's Blossom
This is the second time I've seen you say this...what exactly do you mean, she's Blossom?
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This is the second time I've seen you say this...what exactly do you mean, she's Blossom?
(https://cdn.sheknows.com/thebuzz/2008/02/blossom-mayim-bialik-then.jpg)
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Still clueless. :facepalm:
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Still clueless. :facepalm:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101050/
Big Bang Theory's Amy = Blossom's Blossom
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Sheldon was epic this episode, I love the WW fued. Amy... ugh, they could do the show without her.
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Still clueless. :facepalm:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101050/
Big Bang Theory's Amy = Blossom's Blossom
Ah. Guess I'm too young.
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Soft Metal Kitty
https://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/upload/video_player.php?vid=10635
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THE BOYFRIEND COMPLEXITY
4.5/5
Really a great episode overall. Everyone had something to do as it wasn't centred around one character.
I don't know what to make of Penny right now, though, as I feel she really isn't being very nice to Leonard. She walked out of their relationship, you know, for a fine reason (not rushing into saying "I love you") but there wasn't anything after that. There was no adult discussion between them about where their relationship is or where it's going, it was just over. Now she puts Leonard into a bad position by telling her Dad they're back together. Dad loves him. Even Penny knows what a great guy Leonard is. So what's the problem? Why is she being such a jerk?
I really hope Leonard gets a new girl so Penny feels awful about what she's given up. We all know it's Ross & Rachel all over again and they will get back together but in the meantime I want Penny to feel sooooo bad for the way she's treating Leonard.
Why does Raj have to get PLASTERED to talk to girls? It's been shown that he's fine after even one small sip so why can't he just hold it at that?
Anyway, great episode!
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Why does Raj have to get PLASTERED to talk to girls? It's been shown that he's fine after even one small sip so why can't he just hold it at that?
This has always bothered me. It always seems like a cop out, like when he ate that rum cake, for example.
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Why does Raj have to get PLASTERED to talk to girls? It's been shown that he's fine after even one small sip so why can't he just hold it at that?
This has always bothered me. It always seems like a cop out, like when he ate that rum cake, for example.
Pretty much all sitcoms have running gags, and if it changed people would complain that the series is inconsistent. With Raj, like you say he doesn't need to get plastered, but I think the whole joke is that once he's had a bit of booze, he gets carried away and ends up getting very drunk. I always find it quite entertaining.
I think someone (probably PetFish) mentioned Penny having a reduced role so far this series... just to make sure you're aware, she broke her leg horse-riding so was completely written out of 2 episodes (5 and 6), and her job since then as a bartender has been so that they can film her behind the bar so that the plaster cast on her leg can't be seen. The couple of scenes where she is seen walking normally have been a body double, although I think we've now reached the episodes where she's back to normal.
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Pretty much all sitcoms have running gags, and if it changed people would complain that the series is inconsistent. With Raj, like you say he doesn't need to get plastered, but I think the whole joke is that once he's had a bit of booze, he gets carried away and ends up getting very drunk. I always find it quite entertaining.
Well yeah, and I'm fine with that. And yeah, he often ends up getting plastered, which is funny. It just bothers me that sometimes his inhibitions disappear after a single sip (or bite, in that one case), which is obviously unrealistic. Just sayin'.
I think someone (probably PetFish) mentioned Penny having a reduced role so far this series... just to make sure you're aware, she broke her leg horse-riding so was completely written out of 2 episodes (5 and 6), and her job since then as a bartender has been so that they can film her behind the bar so that the plaster cast on her leg can't be seen. The couple of scenes where she is seen walking normally have been a body double, although I think we've now reached the episodes where she's back to normal.
Wow, I didn't know that, but there are a lot of scenes that make a lot more sense now that you mention that.
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"you didnt even call in the morning" :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
last episode was kind of amazing haha
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Pretty much all sitcoms have running gags, and if it changed people would complain that the series is inconsistent. With Raj, like you say he doesn't need to get plastered, but I think the whole joke is that once he's had a bit of booze, he gets carried away and ends up getting very drunk. I always find it quite entertaining.
Well yeah, and I'm fine with that. And yeah, he often ends up getting plastered, which is funny. It just bothers me that sometimes his inhibitions disappear after a single sip (or bite, in that one case), which is obviously unrealistic. Just sayin'.
Ah ok, yeah I agree about that. But then I guess you can just accept it on the basis that his inhibition in talking to women is psychological, so as long as he thinks he has had alcohol, the inhibition will go regardless of whether anything has time to get into his system. Which actually isn't unrealistic at all, a LOT of people will act drunk if they think they've had alcohol. :lol
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Yeah, I suppose that's true.
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It has been shown that Raj's selective mutism is purely psychological cuz it can be beaten with a placebo (ie non-alcoholic beer) and also by the fact that he merely has to take one small sip to overcome it. So there's absolutely no need for him to get hammered so I wonder why they always go so far with it.
I'm going to stop thinking about it cuz I'm sure they do it purely for the comic value and I'll just leave it at that... but I would prefer to think that for such a genius he'd know when to stop, like when he had that huge job interview and blew it and had to work for Sheldon, and when it was ok to let it go.
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Yeah but then the whole comedy of the show is that it's about geniuses who don't have a clue with social interaction. It's meant to be completely exaggerated, that's why it's funny. :lol
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You're absolutely right. It is all about genuises who don't have a clue how to behave in social situations and that's a major staple of what makes the show funny. I have to stop thinking so rationally about some stuff.
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THE ALIEN PARASITE HYPOTHESIS
1.5/5
After a long break it's back to new episodes again but this one was a total yawner. Sheldon and Amy did 90% of the talking in this one and it was more annoying than it would have been if the "Buehler. Buehler. Buehler." guy talked for half an hour if you can imagine that.
I hate Amy. I hate her. Sheldon's uniqueness is being eroded very rapidly by having a second robot character who's even more robotic than Sheldon ever was. I don't give a shit about her. If something happens to Sheldon and he's sick in bed or not acting like himself I feel empathy. If Amy got hit by a bus and was close to death I wouldn't even blink. I think the writers are forcing her in to the show and it's not working. You make Bernadette a full-time cast member and she had two lines in this one.
Raj and Howard's storyline had promise but didn't go anywhere at all.
What a crap way to come back from the break.
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THE JUSTICE LEAGUE RECOMBINATION
3.5/5*
* Extra 0.5 for Penny as Wonder Woman... sooooooo hot. But they could have really blown it out of the water if Bernadette was there as another scantily-clad female JLA member but there aren't too many to choose from.
This episode was decent and fun but nothing too special. I don't really have much to say but Raj saying "Aquaman suuuuuuuuucks" many times was funny. It's great to see Penny finally showing some regret for what she threw away with Leonard. The whole way she handled the "I love you" and walked out on him was just so brutal.
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I thought the most recent episode was the funniest in a while At least I found myself laughing outloud more than usual.
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THE BUS PANTS UTILIZATION
3/5*
Solid episode. I thought the concept for the app was cool and I'm actually shocked that nobody has already come up with the same app idea Penny had.
* I awarded an extra 0.5 cuz Amy was NOT in it but I had to take away 0.5 cuz Bernadette was also NOT in it.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one still watching this show.
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THE BUS PANTS UTILIZATION
3/5*
Solid episode. I thought the concept for the app was cool and I'm actually shocked that nobody has already come up with the same app idea Penny had.
* I awarded an extra 0.5 cuz Amy was NOT in it but I had to take away 0.5 cuz Bernadette was also NOT in it.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one still watching this show.
Apparently Apple has been working on this. I read something about this months ago. One of the problems Apple was having to work out with this app, is that people might be weirded out by somebody taking pictures of their feet. The closest thing is iShoes.
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I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one still watching this show.
No, I watch / DVR every episode. I just don't feel the need to comment on every episode at a music message board.
BTW, I agree with your taking 0.5 off for not having Bernadette in it.
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Watched it tonight, some real funny moments. That shoe app even struck me as a good idea, it's got augmented reality written all over it, I'm sure we'll have it soon.
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I still enjoy this show very much. Its nice seeing Sheldon change. Notice how he is slowly and slowly becoming more adept to society?
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I still enjoy this show very much. Its nice seeing Sheldon change. Notice how he is slowly and slowly becoming more adept to society?
To be honest, I hadn't noticed. Could it be that you only think so in contrast to Amy? Also, he was definitely more in tune with society in the first season as well before they retooled his character a bit.
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I still enjoy this show very much. Its nice seeing Sheldon change. Notice how he is slowly and slowly becoming more adept to society?
To be honest, I hadn't noticed. Could it be that you only think so in contrast to Amy? Also, he was definitely more in tune with society in the first season as well before they retooled his character a bit.
oh no way man. A good example is that he now recognizes sarcasm more; understands why its used; yet still not able to use it properly.
Go watch the episode with the flashback of how Leonard met Sheldon the first time and compare it to one of the episodes of this season; particularly the Justice League episode. Notice how much more open and social he is albeit, a complete condescending a-hole.
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Jim Parsons was on Leno tonight... if there were ever a blurry line between actor/character he's probably the ultimate example. He talks/moves/acts/twitches/etc exactly like Sheldon does.
I really don't feel comfortable with JP getting so much more attention than the other actors. A while ago I heard someone kidding around that they'll change the name to Sheldon's Big Bang Theory or something like that and even though I chuckled at first it somehow feels that it could come true now. They're paying Penny and Leonard the same phat lewt but you never see them on shows.
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terrible episode this past week, hope it recovers this week.
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I haven't watched the latest episodes or anything, but man this show is awesome, mostly because of Sheldon.
I can't recall the words exactly, but this scene always makes me laugh extremely:
Leonard: What Secret? Tell me the secret!
Sheldon: Mom smokes in the car, Jesus doesn't like it. We can't tell dad.
Leonard: Not that secret, the OTHER secret!
Sheldon: IM BATMAN!
:rollin
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This got renewed for three more seasons. Why?
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Because it's awesome.
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That does disturb me though. Sitcom background laughs. I hate it.
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This show uses more canned laughter than I use canned chick peas.
And I love falafel.
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Actually The Big Bang Theory is one of the few sitcoms today that's actually recorded live in front of a studio audience. The laughs may be irritating at times, but they're real.
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Actually The Big Bang Theory is one of the few sitcoms today that's actually recorded live in front of a studio audience. The laughs may be irritating at times, but they're real.
Are you 'avin a laff?
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Actually The Big Bang Theory is one of the few sitcoms today that's actually recorded live in front of a studio audience. The laughs may be irritating at times, but they're real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXp96Um-TAs&feature=related
Um...good point?
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Damnit. Couldn't edit quick enough.
But the point is, live studio audiences are nearly as artificial as actual canned laughter. It's the CBS trademark.
1. Less comedy
2. More laugh track
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit
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But the point is, live studio audiences are nearly as artificial as actual canned laughter. It's the CBS trademark.
1. Less comedy
2. More laugh track
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit
Well okay, yeah, I'll definitely agree with you there.
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THE LOVE CAR DISPLACEMENT
4/5
I'm a few days late on this one but I definitely liked it. I think this is the first time we've seen the entire cast together in the same episode. Although there was the slumber party episode but I think the boys and girls never actually got together.
There were many little laughs throughout and my favourite was when Howard was talking about "napping" and Raj, who can't talk in front of women, texts Leonard to call Bernadette and tell her that "napping" means "sex".
As soon as Rick Fox showed up and "Bernie" said he was her ex I knew Howard was going to be a douche. Just shut up and let it go, the past is the past, and it's not like he's in her life every day at work or anything. But then he always goes too far and does something even dumber like saying "I never thought a guy like me would have to worry about a girl like you getting a guy like him", or something along those lines. Bernadette is a great girl and he treats her like crap... just like Penny treats Leonard like crap.
Amy seemed a little more "human" in this episode but I still hate her. Also, with such a big cast, we're seeing less of Sheldon and the core group doing their thing. They've hardly done any science at all this season and it's becoming more formulaic every week.
Oh well, I still love this show, it'll take an utter disaster for me to feel otherwise.
PS - Penny was on Letterman the same night and she looked awful. She looked like a Twilight vampire drained all of her blood the way she was made up and dressed. Her scars were awesome, though, and I had no idea she actually almost lost her leg due to what happened.
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Also, with such a big cast, we're seeing less of Sheldon and the core group doing their thing.
Actually, I preferred having Leonard as the protagonist of this show and Sheldon being the funny side-kick, like Kramer on Seinfeld. CBS couldn't handle it and OH MY GOD, SHELDON IS THE FUNNY GUY, QUICK, LET'S JUST GIVE HIM TONS OF LINES AND FORGET ABOUT THE REST!
PS - Penny was on Letterman the same night and she looked awful. She looked like a Twilight vampire drained all of her blood the way she was made up and dressed. Her scars were awesome, though, and I had no idea she actually almost lost her leg due to what happened.
What happened to her?
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Penny on Letterman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo6WAn3_r5U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo6WAn3_r5U)
Too little science so far this season. And penny looked like crap in that letterman vid
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Actually, I preferred having Leonard as the protagonist of this show and Leonard being the funny side-kick, like Kramer on Seinfeld.
I'm assuming you mean Sheldon as the funny sidekick? If so, yeah, so did I.
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It seems like as a character Leonerd has changed quite a bit. He's more likable now. Sheldon is my favorite though.
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It seems like as a character Leonerd has changed quite a bit. He's more likable now. Sheldon is my favorite though.
Was he unlikable at first? I don't remember that.
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
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It seems like as a character Leonerd has changed quite a bit. He's more likable now. Sheldon is my favorite though.
Was he unlikable at first? I don't remember that.
Not really unlikable, but it seems like the character's tone and attitude has sort of changed, which makes me like him more. So I guess that's the qualifier for my previous post; he's become more likable for me.
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
Well yeah, if they were too hardcore you wouldn't be able to attract any significant viewership.
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Well if the show doesn't pander to nerds, then it's pandering to Jersey Shore fans.
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Well if the show doesn't pander to nerds, then it's pandering to Jersey Shore fans.
Yes, you're absolutely right. The Big Bang Theory and Jersey Shore are totally on the same level.
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Then I'm glad we are.
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
Hipster Kitty much?
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
Well yeah, if they were too hardcore you wouldn't be able to attract any significant viewership.
I think the point of the show is to cater to the nerd inside most people, the part of the general populace which finds robots and science and Star Wars and other stuff cool. If they delved too deeply, they would alienate that very part their trying to attract. So, they have to make broad base, surface level jokes.
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oh so broad
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
Hipster Kitty much?
buh?
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I've seen a few episodes, and these guys are the most surface-level geeks possible.
Hipster Kitty much?
buh?
Watch first season now. Epicness all over
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What why is everyone attacking sonata?
I agree with him. The show has some great jokes but I hate the fucking laughing track:
"I'm gonna play Xbox"
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA_*
"I'm Downloading an emulator"
*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHFAFGAHFAFBLAJK*
"Let's see Indiana Jones"
*HAHDHFAGFAHFGALJAJHFASJSGAHJSAHAHAHAFHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*
Those aren't jokes, they're mocking the "geek" commiunity, is like, if you play videogames you're funny and that's what sucks MAJOR COCK about the fucking show.
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The laughing track sux. I rarely laugh along it. I often laugh when they don't laugh.
Laughing tracks suck PERIOD. All shows. That's why scrubs was so insanely epic.
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I kinda agree.
I don't need directions to when i'm supposed to laugh.
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What's a surface-level geek?
Also, I don't think it's a laugh track cuz they film in front of an audience.
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What's a surface-level geek?
Also, I don't think it's a laugh track cuz they film in front of an audience.
Then they have the worst audience ever, laughing at the word emulator?(that's surface-level geek) Come on. :facepalm:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLQaTcViOA
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Aw, why have an audience if it's canned?
Also, I know what an emulator is but I don't know how "surface-level geek" applies to it cuz I don't know what "surface-level geek" even means. If I had to guess I'd say it's someone who looks and acts like a geek isn't actually a geek. If it's something else entirely please enlighten me.
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The laugh tracks are clearly fake. It's really the only thing that damages the show for me. I'm enjoying, then that damn fake laughter totally ruins it.
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Aw, why have an audience if it's canned?
Also, I know what an emulator is but I don't know how "surface-level geek" applies to it cuz I don't know what "surface-level geek" even means. If I had to guess I'd say it's someone who looks and acts like a geek isn't actually a geek. If it's something else entirely please enlighten me.
What I mean is that the humor doesn't even come from relevant geek humor. It comes from surface things like HA GEEKS LIKE VIDEOGAMES AND MATH
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Aw, why have an audience if it's canned?
Also, I know what an emulator is but I don't know how "surface-level geek" applies to it cuz I don't know what "surface-level geek" even means. If I had to guess I'd say it's someone who looks and acts like a geek isn't actually a geek. If it's something else entirely please enlighten me.
What I mean is that the humor doesn't even come from relevant geek humor. It comes from surface things like HA GEEKS LIKE VIDEOGAMES AND MATH
No, it's a little more than that. They get Star Trek and comic book references just right. Plus, they actually have an astrophysicist around to make sure they get all of the science stuff right.
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Aw, why have an audience if it's canned?
Also, I know what an emulator is but I don't know how "surface-level geek" applies to it cuz I don't know what "surface-level geek" even means. If I had to guess I'd say it's someone who looks and acts like a geek isn't actually a geek. If it's something else entirely please enlighten me.
What I mean is that the humor doesn't even come from relevant geek humor. It comes from surface things like HA GEEKS LIKE VIDEOGAMES AND MATH
No, it's a little more than that. They get Star Trek and comic book references just right. Plus, they actually have an astrophysicist around to make sure they get all of the science stuff right.
Well, a little more isn't enough, the *geek* jokes are obviously written by 40 year old people that think playing video games and watching TLOTR is in someway hilarious.
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"If you're having trouble deciding where to sit, may I suggest One Potato, Two Potato -- or as I call it, the Leslie Winkle experimental methodology."
Sheldon :heart
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Leslie: "Blah blah blah loop quantum gravity."
Sheldon: "Balderdash, matter clearly consists of tiny strings."
Leslie to Leonard: "Are you going to let him talk to me like that?!"
Leonard: "Sorry, I like my universe stringy, not loopy."
Leslie: "How will we raise the children?!"
Probably the best moment that shows there's a geek parallel to classic thinking with regards to relationships. They don't do stuff like this anymore, they are playing it safe, which doesn't make sense to me cuz now is the time that they should be pushing the envelope now that they are famous and not just trying to get the show picked up.
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THE THESPIAN CATALYST
2/5
I don't have much to say about this boring episode. The best part was the Bollywood ending except that Bernadette should have been dressed in a sexy traditional outfit.
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I'm changing my score to 1/5.
I just remembered that they ripped on TRON: Legacy so that gets an automatic -1 from me. People don't like it, fine, but they lumped it in with the Hindenberg, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl... implying that it was a disaster. Was it phenomenal? No. Was it a debacle? No. Bashing it that hard was just uncalled for as I'm sure the majority of nerds like the guys would have at least enjoyed the visuals of it all.
/Rage.
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I actually laughed for the first time in a long time to Big Bang Theory, but it was the bollywood scene that did it for me. Epic.
Sheldon's breakdown was just :facepalm:. He's not supposed to break down like that.
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Yeah, I feel like there was a lot of wasted potential in the main plot with Sheldon and Penny. Raj's subplot was pretty funny though.
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THE BENEFACTOR FACTOR
2/5
Nothing particularly memorable about this episode but had some nice one-liners and moments.
I just wish there was more going on between Penny and Leonard. Yeah, we all know they'll end up together like Ross and Rachel but at least in Friends there were always times when one wanted the other and vice versa but, right now, Penard/Lenny are just walking around ignoring each others' feelings. There really needs to be a new female for Leonard to be with so Penny gets jealous and realizes what she's missing cuz she's such a bitch.
I took off 0.5 cuz Boobadette wasn't in this episode.
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Yeh.. the episode wasn't that good.
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THE COHABITATION FORMULATION
4/5
Finally, a fun episode. Sheldon was particularly charming in this one.
Howard is a f*cking tool. He treats Boobadette like trash and she still stays with him. She deserves so much better.
I thought the best part was the "I forbid it" storyline, and Priya is also hot. There was a reference to Leonard's sister but we haven't seen her yet.
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It was a very good episode. It lacked one key component though, a good scientific joke. That's what was missing from a 5/5.
The hydrogen atom joke a couple of episodes ago... that kinda stuff. Just EPIC.
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THE PRESTIDIGITATION APPROXIMATION
4/5
Messing with Sheldon was GOLD! Everything about that worked. I didn't even realize until near the end that it was all being rigged cuz he never actually asked Sheldon to pick a card. Also, Sheldon's shirt was AWESOME! Astrosmash from Intellivision? What an obscure video game reference that only a small group of people would get but the ones who do, like me, go nuts!
Now, onto Penny/Leonard/Priya...
STUPID IDIOTIC DISAPPOINTING WASTE-OF-TIME GARBAGE STORYLINE
Last year when Priya visited Leonard he wanted more but she just wanted to use him. Now they're together and she's telling him to get rid of Penny even though Penny has shown NO INDICATION of any threatening behaviour which also means Penny won't see the rest of the guys.
So, that's bad enough and Leonard should have fought for his friend but he doesn't, and then when he tells Penny to take a hike she... DOES!? "Take care, Leonard" and walks away. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON with these idiot writers? I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT about Leonard and Penny right now and they are destroying what should be a lot of "when will they get back together" discussion about how every episode they hint about feelings but something always happens to get between them.
I'm so cheesed right now I feel like a little girl.
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This thread is funny. The geeks in this thread are hating on the fake geeks like the metal community hates Attack! Attack!
EDIT: Sorry, Petfish, that wasn't about you, I was referring to the argument further up in the thread.
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It's more that the show is pretty terrible.
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They've just "sold out" to formulaic situations and gotten away from their roots which is what made them different enough to get noticed but now they're just same-old and that's what's making me sad.
It's like in music where an artists gets noticed for being unique or at least different and honest, like a Nelly Furtado or even a Shakira. Then the "industry" gets a hold of them and makes them sound like every other dance/pop artist that's out there. After 10 years of making garbage and millions of $$$ they go back to their roots and do smaller shows and are "happy" again.
Even look at American Idol. These kids are there to show off their singing and when they win and get into the studio they're told to sing like this and that and change them into a generic overprocessed voice. It's sad.
Anyway, that's my lame analogy, I just hope BBT figures it out and stops sucking soon.
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It's more that the show is pretty terrible.
I have a hard time finding any show with a laugh track funny.
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I think the show is great, tbh. I could care less about laugh tracks. Plenty of great, funny shows use/d them. It seems like its really only been post-Curb and similar comedies that people consider them uncool.
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It's a way to get cheap laughs out of crappy jokes and non-jokes because "other people are laughing". Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZ8Hks4gko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSTQMx8vSs&feature=related
Forgive the shoddy editing but take out that laugh track and shows get infinitely more awkward.
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1. Less comedy
2. More laugh track
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit
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It's a way to get cheap laughs out of crappy jokes and non-jokes because "other people are laughing". Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZ8Hks4gko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSTQMx8vSs&feature=related
Forgive the shoddy editing but take out that laugh track and shows get infinitely more awkward.
Woah. It's so stale. Nothing happens.
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Yeah that was quite bad. Still, I found myself laughing at some parts. I don't think its an inherently bad thing to have a laugh track, its just a different style of comedy is all.
If I find something funny in the show, I'll laugh. Most of the time I'm not laughing along with the laugh track though, I'll be honest.
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I don't think it's a laugh track and don't know how you can even tell. I've witnessed many times where the actors can't say their next line cuz of audience reactions. I can forgive a laugh track for on-location scenes like paintballing and stuff but I really don't think they'd use one for the on-set stuff which is the university cafeteria, the apartments and elevator and hallway, or the comic book store. I don't know what else is in the studio, if anything.
I do know that they tape the show multiple times and bring in a new audience each time to get new reactions, especially if some lines are flubbed and by the time they get it right it's not funny anymore, but every live-taping show does this kind of thing... Friends, Seinfeld, etc.
It's impossible to film EVERYTHING in-studio so I can forgive laugh tracks for on-location stuff.
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I remember seeing a behind the scenes thing for Friends, and they had a live audience; but they would add laugh tracks anyway, depending on whether the audience laughed too little or too long. I'd imagine its the same for most shows with a laugh track.
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Laugh track, audience laughing, whatever, I've always felt it was the sitcom equivalent of Failblog putting FAIL on all their pictures: to tell me what is supposed to be funny. Shows should be able to make you laugh on its own merit
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It's a way to get cheap laughs out of crappy jokes and non-jokes because "other people are laughing". Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZ8Hks4gko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSTQMx8vSs&feature=related
Forgive the shoddy editing but take out that laugh track and shows get infinitely more awkward.
Case not in point.
Sure its awkward but its not exactly what the show would be without laughing audience/laugh tracks. By 'not exactly' I mean 'nothing like'.
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THE ZARNECKI INCURSION
4/5
Finally, an online gaming episode. I think rather than actually confronting the thief they should have done an insane counter-attack on him and counter-hacked and really messed him up then at the end they cut to a shot of him crying at his PC as Sheldon is laughing at him with a viral video message or something. I'm actually shocked that Sheldon allowed his account to be hacked in the first place.
I really don't like the "is Raj gay?" storyline. It's funny when it's Howard and Raj together but now he's talking about other guys and I think it's just another bad move for the show.
Priya and Amy suck. Boobadette rocks.
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I was really disappointed in this week's episode. I found it to be lame and predictable... :-\
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I spent the last week or so watching through all of the episodes. And I think its hilarious.
It's a way to get cheap laughs out of crappy jokes and non-jokes because "other people are laughing". Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZ8Hks4gko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzSTQMx8vSs&feature=related
Forgive the shoddy editing but take out that laugh track and shows get infinitely more awkward.
Well no shit. By adding a huge amount of incredibly awkward and out of places silences you can make anything unfunny. The dialogue and performances are based around a studio audience type comedy so by removing that element you are killing the timing, which comprises about 90% of comedy.
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Relying on a studio audience for your comedic timing is one step above slapstick and blatant referential humor in terms of how bad the writing really is. Those clips are meant to showcase how flat and unfunny the writing is on its own which, in comedy, I find the only true way to measure if it's any good.
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They aren't relying on for the timing, they have written and performed the show known that the existence of a studio audience affects the timing. If there was no audience, and therefore no interruptions, the performances would have been alot quicker and fluid, and none of the awkward silences that killed the humour in the above videos would exist.
In any case, the only measure of comedy is how much it makes you laugh. If it succeeds in that then anything else is secondary.
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Still, comedy without laughing tracks is better. Scrubs. The Office.
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Monty Python's flying circus had laugh tracks.
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Still, comedy without laughing tracks is better. Scrubs. The Office.
I don't think this is inherently true. I'm one who finds laugh tracks very grating, but a number of classic shows have been written with them. I think the issue is that they can become such a dominant part of a show's structure, it kills any sparks creativity or chemistry. So many sitcoms that utilize laugh tracks have thousands of copy/paste scenes as a result.
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Seinfeld used a laugh track. Case closed.
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And it happened to have good writing.
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Still, comedy without laughing tracks is better. Scrubs. The Office.
I don't think this is inherently true. I'm one who finds laugh tracks very grating, but a number of classic shows have been written with them. I think the issue is that they can become such a dominant part of a show's structure, it kills any sparks creativity or chemistry. So many sitcoms that utilize laugh tracks have thousands of copy/paste scenes as a result.
No. I'm saying from my own subjective point of view, I can appriciate better those without laugh tracks - they allow me to laugh when I want to.
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I don't even think the laugh track is as bad as the fact that it deliberately limits what the show can be. Watching The Big Bang Theory, with its repetitive scenes and stereotypical plots, seems positively archaic in this day and age, especially compared to the groundbreaking, inventive comedies it's unfortunately crushing in ratings.
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Laugh track, audience laughing, whatever, I've always felt it was the sitcom equivalent of Failblog putting FAIL on all their pictures: to tell me what is supposed to be funny. Shows should be able to make you laugh on its own merit
Pretty much this.
And I still think that this is one of the main reasons why I love Scrubs so much.
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THE HERB GARDEN GERMINATION
5/5
Science Talk. Check.
Lots of Big Words. Check.
Video Game (Wii Archery). Check.
Reference to Roomate Agreement. Check.
Reference to Sheldon's Anal Retentiveness (Bathroom). Check.
Someone's Parents (Raj). Check.
Science Experiment. Check.
Plot Twist: Check
This episode had just about everything. I even liked Amy this time. I absolutely loved the gossip experiment and the ending tag when Leonard bumps into Amy on the way up as she's on her way down was just gold. It really closed the entire show perfectly. The tension within the group where everyone knew what Boobadette wanted to do but Howard being clueless was awesome.
I was lol'ing pretty much the whole time with this one. Really great episode.
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Tried to get this thread back on-topic but failed.
So I guess laugh tracks suck.
Carry on.
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THE AGREEMENT DISSECTION
4/5
Another solid episode. Even though I loved how Priya refuted the roommate agreement (RA), I was also saddened that it might become null and void for the rest of the series. Right now, it's cute whenever something in the RA comes up and there's some fight about it and it's always tongue-in-cheek, but Priya shutting it down all of a sudden made it "real" and "serious" and absolutely not fun. But then Sheldon re-wrote it and did the Star Trek countdown and I thought that was absolutely brilliant.
Nothing else major stuck out to me but overall I enjoyed this one.
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THE WILDEBEEST IMPLEMENTATION
0.5/5
Nothing really to say about this massive disappointment. It was all bad.
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Must_make it_to_end_of_season_posting_summaries_here.
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THE HERB GARDEN GERMINATION
5/5
Science Talk. Check.
Lots of Big Words. Check.
Video Game (Wii Archery). Check.
Reference to Roomate Agreement. Check.
Reference to Sheldon's Anal Retentiveness (Bathroom). Check.
Someone's Parents (Raj). Check.
Science Experiment. Check.
Plot Twist: Check
This episode had just about everything. I even liked Amy this time. I absolutely loved the gossip experiment and the ending tag when Leonard bumps into Amy on the way up as she's on her way down was just gold. It really closed the entire show perfectly. The tension within the group where everyone knew what Boobadette wanted to do but Howard being clueless was awesome.
I was lol'ing pretty much the whole time with this one. Really great episode.
Last episode I've watched. The experiment was great :lol And Leonard's reaction was gold: YOU'RE PREGNANT???!!! >:(
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THE ROOMMATE TRANSMOGRIFICATION
5/5
Awesome season-ender! The whole show was back-to-back jokes/zingers/burns.
An overall weak season but I'm super happy with the finale. Sheldon was on fire with all his little forms and paperwork and I actually started thinking it's cool that he does all this neat stuff... the luminous paint was sweet. Everything flowed really well. Penny looked hot in this one. I especially loved when Leonard "hung up" on Priya's parents and buh-bye Priya and good riddance.
Penny: "You STILL can't talk to me?!" Gold.
Props to the title for referencing Calvin & Hobbes.
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Every second of this episode was gold.