tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post6878899355473777034..comments2023-06-07T06:02:08.343-07:00Comments on One for the Ages: Television ThursdayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04973448750714819716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-12715979323661161532011-05-06T10:43:23.915-07:002011-05-06T10:43:23.915-07:00We are just catching up on Big Bang Theory as well...We are just catching up on Big Bang Theory as well and I am a FAN! It's not as consistent as I would like, but there are enough great episodes to keep me watching. I also agree that it is a smart show and reminds me frequently of some boys I know and one I live with :)Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857409238750349021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-4022930877762365792011-05-05T20:09:21.894-07:002011-05-05T20:09:21.894-07:00O.k. - I'm totally sold Marcy - I'm going ...O.k. - I'm totally sold Marcy - I'm going to check it out!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085323735053779987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-42378332167956722142011-05-05T19:16:59.117-07:002011-05-05T19:16:59.117-07:00Thank you so much for all the comments everybody. ...Thank you so much for all the comments everybody. I got more today then I have in a long time. I understand what you are saying Marcy and it is true that the nerd or geek aspects of the show are pretty spot on. But I just feel like some of the jokes are pretty stereotypical of sitcoms. They are not breaking any new ground. But I do agree that with the new dynamic of the girls it has changed the show for the better and as I watch season two and move into further seasons I will revisit my reviews. I think like Christopher I am just to close to the material. So everything seems familiar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04973448750714819716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-16863176054594728702011-05-05T16:19:46.165-07:002011-05-05T16:19:46.165-07:0030 Rock finale is on tonight. That's what Thur...30 Rock finale is on tonight. That's what Thursdays and TV are for.Carl Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09038684160362672630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-76791398735035385612011-05-05T14:50:55.954-07:002011-05-05T14:50:55.954-07:00I enjoy this show very much! I think the writers d...I enjoy this show very much! I think the writers do a great job and that it's very different from all the other shows on right now. It takes a lot to get me to like a show and stick with it, this one is a keeper. Start season 2... it gets better with age :)tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375279508378531686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-88949522492603928082011-05-05T14:31:28.452-07:002011-05-05T14:31:28.452-07:00I watched a few episodes, but it wasn't very f...I watched a few episodes, but it wasn't very funny to me, honestly. It takes a lot to make me laugh I guess but all of the jokes fall flat. Yes I recognize their geeknitude and that's well handled, but its not <i>funny</i> to me, just familiar.Christopher R Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104605722684911443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16809640.post-23441447748067658492011-05-05T14:11:07.457-07:002011-05-05T14:11:07.457-07:00Oh, Lance, you have pushed a major button with me ...Oh, Lance, you have pushed a major button with me here. Someone might find a bigger button to push, but I seriously doubt it.<br /><br />Big Bang Theory is currently my favorite show precisely because of how smart it is. I have watched it for its entire run (has it been five years already?), every single episode, and each season it gets better and better. I have stumbled across many stupid American sitcoms that have tried in a half-hearted way to portray true geek/nerd culture, but not until now have I found a show that actually got it right.<br /><br />I grew up with these people - the ones who played video games before it was cool and knew how to program in BASIC and loved math and bought fake swords and could quote hours of Star Trek and Lord of The Rings. I was never quite smart enough to be one of them, but I've spent most of my life living among them. And enjoying it.<br /><br />The writers of Big Bang put a lot of research into their material. They pay such careful attention to detail; they consult experts and scientists and their jokes make real engineers laugh (just ask my friend Sun). I'm sure you can enjoy the show without understanding the science behind it, but it's a lot more satisfying to me when I do. I'm sure you could enjoy the show without ever actually having known anyone like Sheldon or Raj or Leonard or Howard (or Amy or Bernadette or Leslie Winkel), but it's so much fun to see what I've already known in real life finally being portrayed on screen with some accuracy. Exaggerated, of course, because it's a sit-com, after all, but still completely recognizable. I laugh at these characters because I *know* they're real.<br /><br />Bit of supporting trivia: their latest character, Amy Farrah Fowler (Sheldon's 'love'interest) who is a nuerobiologist, is played by an actress with an actual doctorate in neuroscience. (She was Blossom back in the 90's.)<br /><br />What I've really loved about the show is that over the seasons it's expanded to be about much more than Penny and Leonard. They've got eight regular characters now, four guys and four girls, every one of them on a different point of the geek/notgeek scale. (I swear Sheldon could be diagnosed with Asbergers.) I also love the fact that just by hanging out with each other, the characters are rubbing off on each other and changing in subtle ways. <br /><br />I watch the show precisely because it feels so real to me, in a way that most television shows almost never do. For so many years I watched shows that portrayed these worlds that (I assumed) were what other people found to be normal; finally I found one that portrays MY world. Not everyone is going to find that interesting, of course, but I really take offense at the idea that the creators were lazy or were aiming for mediocrity, when I see so much evidence that the opposite is true.<br /><br />P.S. For the record, I find Two and a Half Men completely unappealing and didn't think much of Roseanne, either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487665799682033940noreply@blogger.com