The big bang theory

[dr.giggles]

Is anybody here watching it.

[TF.]

I've watched the first 3 seasons, and it was fairly amusing. Not something I'll go back to now I'm finished but it was sort of nice while it lasted.

[Amlyn2003]

I love the show! I even got my husband watching it, which it is not the norm for him to watch lol my 2 year old loves it too

[TF.]

I've noticed that quite a few of the presumably 'funny' comments made by the nerdy protagonists aren't actually all that clever or funny. For instance, Sheldon points out at one stage that tomatos are a fruit not a vegetable. This is followed by the laugh track, just like every other reference to intelligence. Surely this is not comedy. I've also noticed that there aren't very many genuine 'nerds' that enjoy it. Quasi-nerds (anyone who stays in school past 16) laugh at all the relevant points but I suspect that it might only be out of relief for not being in such a situation. But mostly, it's just not much of a show.

[Sassy_Cat]

I love that series =).

[Tobias_Marco]

<I have been told that I 'have to watch it' and have even been called 'a Sheldon Cooper want to be' I had to laugh at that because I have been this way sense 1987 AT LEAST, long before the character of Sheldon Cooper existed (please note that yes the actor who plays him had been born by that point the character did not.).>

[Derin]

<I have been told that I 'have to watch it' and have even been called 'a Sheldon Cooper want to be' I had to laugh at that because I have been this way sense 1987 AT LEAST, long before the character of Sheldon Cooper existed (please note that yes the actor who plays him had been born by that point the character did not.).>

Sheldon Cooper is a by-now-extremely-Flanderised caricature of autism quirks for the audience to laugh at (but they make sure to point out he's "not crazy" on a regular basis, presumably to make laughing at him okay). You're not missing much; the show has very few jokes in it.

[Ramona]

Sheldon Cooper is a by-now-extremely-Flanderised caricature of autism quirks for the audience to laugh at (but they make sure to point out he's "not crazy" on a regular basis, presumably to make laughing at him okay). You're not missing much; the show has very few jokes in it.

I would like to to point out that all the main characters on the show by now are extremely-Flanderised caricature to whatever caricature they were first presented as for the audience to laugh at. It's not just Sheldon who got that treatment even though he's the only one you ever really hear about being flanderised in the latter scenes. And people wonder why the writers don't want to officially say Sheldon has asperger's. Sorry, Derin, you probably only mentioned Sheldon because of what Tobias_Marco said. I'm just tired of people acting like he's the only character to get flanderised in the later seasons.



Also, in comedy, all personality traits are exaggerated for comedic purposes. Whether the comedic purposes succeed is another thing entirely but most of the time, comedies have exaggerated characters. Frankly, I think the earlier seasons succeed in that enough for me to watch it as a go-to show I don't have to think and can just wind down about. I think the very last season I watch was 7 and that had some alright episodes in it but it has definitely passed it's prime.

[Tobias_Marco]

<When I was younger I was called 'a Steve Urkal want to be' and a 'Skreach Powers clone', so it is not too unreasonable a comparison to make. However haveing now seen the first 3 seasons, I see a key diffrence. The 2 characters I was compared to earlier in life both cared about their friends and loved a female their own age who would rather kiss a toad than to kiss him. Where Sheldon Cooper is 'one science accedent away from becoming a super villian.'>

[Ramona]

Curious questions you don't have to answer.

What do you think of the show in general? Do you think you would like it better/worse/same if people haven't compared you the Sheldon?