I used to love this show, but I think it has gotten too trope-y. I'll still watch it until it goes off the air, but they need to toss a wrench in the dynamic. The jokes are lazy of late.

I like Mom better.

(August 9, 2017 at 10:10 am)paulpablo Wrote: I know this is a fan thread but the show is terrible.

The jokes are nearly 100% based on predictable stereotypical characters, gimmicks and catchphrases. 

Sheldon has misread some social interaction leading to hilarious consequences for the 1000th time, the Indian has trouble talking to girls, the Jew has a loud annoying mother who has various nagging things to say to him, Penny is good looking and not as smart as the geeks.
They are all very smart but Sheldon is the smartest.

It's not the most horrible thing I've seen on TV but it's definitely over hyped in my opinion.

My theory is that it's very wisely marketed as a comedy for smart people.  And the masses replied "I'm a smart people! You like Big Bang because you is a smart people too!?"  "Yes, I too like Big Bang, as I is a smart people.  Science!"

Not that this is some universal thing.  Everybody has their own sense of humor, and I'm sure it'd have an audience to some degree at any time.  But adding the connotations of "You is a smart people for watching" is why I think it's having so much success.

I still find it odd I like the show with no one appearing in it I find attractive.

(August 9, 2017 at 10:31 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I used to love this show, but I think it has gotten too trope-y. I'll still watch it until it goes off the air, but they need to toss a wrench in the dynamic. The jokes are lazy of late.

I like Mom better.

Very few shows last more than 5 years. What year is TBBT in now? 

According to wiki, the show started in 2007 and the same article claims it is contracted through 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory

Shows always get old over time. I still don't understand why the Simpsons is still creating new episodes. I stopped watching it long ago. I did watch it for about 10 years but yea, as much as I loved it, it did get old after a while.

I am still interested today in TBBT, but sure, if the writers don't come up with new ideas for future episodes it will become repetitive. 

Same thing happened with Three's Company. There was an early episode where Jack and Janet and Crissy were trying to hide a puppy from Mr Roper. In the last seasons they rehashed that story with Jack and Janet and Terry under Mr Ferely(sp).

No show lasts forever, at least not prime time fictional shows sitcoms or dramas. Even Law And Order only continued as spin offs, the original that started the franchise ended long ago.

I will hate to see the end of TBBT, but it will end eventually. Not sure the contract mentioned is a guarantee it will make it to 2019, that depends on the fine print. Kinda like when sports stars get pro contracts, the money you always hear about isn't always what they end up with. But even if it ended today, 10 years is better than most shows.

(August 9, 2017 at 10:47 am)Brian37 Wrote:

(August 9, 2017 at 10:31 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I used to love this show, but I think it has gotten too trope-y. I'll still watch it until it goes off the air, but they need to toss a wrench in the dynamic. The jokes are lazy of late.

I like Mom better.

Very few shows last more than 5 years. What year is TBBT in now? 

According to wiki, the show started in 2007 and the same article claims it is contracted through 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory

Shows always get old over time. I still don't understand why the Simpsons is still creating new episodes. I stopped watching it long ago. I did watch it for about 10 years but yea, as much as I loved it, it did get old after a while.

I am still interested today in TBBT, but sure, if the writers don't come up with new ideas for future episodes it will become repetitive. 

Same thing happened with Three's Company. There was an early episode where Jack and Janet and Crissy were trying to hide a puppy from Mr Roper. In the last seasons they rehashed that story with Jack and Janet and Terry under Mr Ferely(sp).

No show lasts forever, at least not prime time fictional shows sitcoms or dramas. Even Law And Order only continued as spin offs, the original that started the franchise ended long ago.

I will hate to see the end of TBBT, but it will end eventually. Not sure the contract mentioned is a guarantee it will make it to 2019, that depends on the fine print. Kinda like when sports stars get pro contracts, the money you always hear about isn't always what they end up with. But even if it ended today, 10 years is better than most shows.

There's a pretty important difference, in that the Simpsons is nearly twice as many episodes per season run as TBBT, so as far as bulk, TBBT is far more manageable to get through if you're marathon-ing it. But I thought the Simpsons started out very slow, taking til about season 4 or 5 to get 'good', while TBBT started out very strong, while the Simpsons maintained that momentum far longer than TBBT which started to decline around season 7 or 8.

(August 9, 2017 at 10:43 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I still find it odd I like the show with no one appearing in it I find attractive.

WOW, um whaaaaaaa?

Penny certainly changed over the years, but I found Bernadette very attractive and Penny early on. I also thought Lenard's brief dating of Raj's sister. HOLY FUCK WAS SHE SMOKEN!

The actor who portrays Zach is in a commercial for Geico sporting a beard. It's at least a step in the right direction.

(August 9, 2017 at 1:34 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(August 9, 2017 at 10:43 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I still find it odd I like the show with no one appearing in it I find attractive.

WOW, um whaaaaaaa?

Penny certainly changed over the years, but I found Bernadette very attractive and Penny early on. I also thought Lenard's brief dating of Raj's sister. HOLY FUCK WAS SHE SMOKEN!

You do realize you're addressing Vorlon, right?

(August 9, 2017 at 1:44 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote:

(August 9, 2017 at 1:34 pm)Brian37 Wrote: WOW, um whaaaaaaa?

Penny certainly changed over the years, but I found Bernadette very attractive and Penny early on. I also thought Lenard's brief dating of Raj's sister. HOLY FUCK WAS SHE SMOKEN!

You do realize you're addressing Vorlon, right?

Yea, you don't have to be into the same sex to say someone is attractive. I can call a man attractive without being attracted to them. 

Raj's sister would be attractive to many hetorsexual men. I cant speak about the guys because I am not into guys. I can say even without being gay or hetro female, even from my point of view Raj while no Obama, would be someone I could get into if I were gay or female. I like his accent too.

Howard I could not be physically attracted to out of all of them.