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General and Gaming => Off Topic => Topic started by: bloodybaron on January 17, 2015, 06:51:04 pm
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Hey I was recently talking to some people about what shows we really like to watch right now and I brought up Big Bang Theory since it's probably my favorite tv show of all time, but everyone I was talking to hates it. So what are some of your guys' opinions on the show? I obviously love it, but apparently I might be the weird one for liking it when I thought most people did :p
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I like it too. It's the only comedy I watch right now.
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I watch the show from time to time... I got tired of watching the Leonard and Penny relationship since I felt it too pushed, but I definitely enjoy Howard, Raj, and Stuart.
Props to Jim Parsons for nailing all those lines. Rest in peace, Carol Ann Susi.
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Always liked the show from its humble beginnings. I am however starting to notice the beginnings of shark jumping and it may not be long before the show has run its natural course.
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Take the laugh track out of the show and it becomes alot different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs
The show is universally hated on most of the internet for it's attempts to capitalize on 'geek culture' with little to no understanding of it.
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Take the laugh track out of the show and it becomes alot different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs
That would probably be true for a majority of traditional sitcoms.
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This show is awesome... why do people love to hate on thing's that are popular.... I'm a picky fuck when it comes to TV shows.. and I can watch old re-runs a million times and they still make me laugh. ;D
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So I guess I'll be the odd one out, cause I personally hate it. I'm not a big fan of sitcoms to begin with, for me the jokes fall extremely flat, and the fact people I know love it and try to convince me it's great and try to make me watch doesn't help my opinion in any way.
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I am personally not a fan.
I feel like the show is at the forefront of making "nerdy" a trend, which it is not. People who are nerds (including myself and I'd guess most of the users on this site) do not use slang, interests, clothes or anything else as an accessory to fit in; it is who we are through and through. I hate how society is trying to capitalize on the cool to be a nerd trend, creating a bunch of people that love to explain how nerdy they are because they wear thick framed glasses, play warcraft or have a N64. I'm probably overreacting but I hate people trying to turn my identity into a trend. I feel like The Big Bang Theory has contributed heavily to this, and makes me dislike the show quite a bit. For the record I have watched about 10 episodes and was never that interested or entertained. My problem is less with the show and more of what it represents at the moment.
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I don't care for the show either. It just really isn't that funny, and I find laugh tracks super annoying. Good comedy shouldn't need to give you directions on when you're supposed to laugh.
These two posts also sum up my feelings about the show pretty well:
I am personally not a fan.
I feel like the show is at the forefront of making "nerdy" a trend, which it is not. People who are nerds (including myself and I'd guess most of the users on this site) do not use slang, interests, clothes or anything else as an accessory to fit in; it is who we are through and through. I hate how society is trying to capitalize on the cool to be a nerd trend, creating a bunch of people that love to explain how nerdy they are because they wear thick framed glasses, play warcraft or have a N64. I'm probably overreacting but I hate people trying to turn my identity into a trend. I feel like The Big Bang Theory has contributed heavily to this, and makes me dislike the show quite a bit. For the record I have watched about 10 episodes and was never that interested or entertained. My problem is less with the show and more of what it represents at the moment.
Take the laugh track out of the show and it becomes alot different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs
The show is universally hated on most of the internet for it's attempts to capitalize on 'geek culture' with little to no understanding of it.
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I watch the show and I'm personally a bit conflicted about it.
On one hand, I like that when they mention a scientific theory or concept, it's actually relevant and generally correct. Science generally isn't a topic that's spoken of in TV. Also, you get guest appearances from awesome people like Neil Degrasse Tyson (astrophsistist and director of the Hayden Planetarium) or Mike Massamino (Astronaut) which is awesome. I listen to the podcast "Star Talk Radio" that Neil hosts and Mike is on there quite frequently. It's always nice to see them getting more love.
On the other hand, sometimes it feels like a satire about nerd culture. Sometimes it can insulting when it handles some aspects.
Either way, I still watch it but I don't necessarily love it.
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I used to really love the show. But when it started, I felt like I was laughing with the guys in the show and now I'm supposed to be laughing at them, which is not my cup of tea.
I work in a department of fairly "normal" people (I honestly think no one is normal, but they think they are) and I am one of just a few nerds. We'll start talking about the latest Doctor Who or something and inevitably there will be some "normal" person comment that we sounds like characters from the show. That gets on my nerves.
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I actually like the show. And that all it is, a show.
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It's ok. Some of the episodes are pretty funny, some I don't care for.
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My 17 / 11 year old nieces call me Sheldon.
I saw the show. I can relate to the guy in a lot of ways. Including the fact that everyone laughs at him.
I'm not a fan.
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I thought it was quite hilarious up until they started shifting the focus of the show more towards relationship humor and less of the general goofiness. The Howard / Penny relationship humor was tolerable for a bit, then they started pushing the Bernadette and Amy characters and it started to become less funny and more predictable from there.
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I used to really love the show. But when it started, I felt like I was laughing with the guys in the show and now I'm supposed to be laughing at them, which is not my cup of tea.
This is my thoughts exactly. I watched it all at once from season 1 until some time in season 7. I think it was a slow slide downhill. The humor started off as intelligent and nerd related and I think as the show grew in popularity it turned into laugh at the nerds and the nerdy things they do. The comic book shop owner is a great example of this. At the start of the show no one would have laughed at him but now he is just picked on.
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I'm usually late to the party when it comes to TV shows. I started watching all the reruns of this when it was already on season 7. I saw my first episode of Seinfeld after the series ended :P.
My wife actually understands a little more of my gaming/collecting habits from watching The Big Bang Theory. They've strayed from the games and comics, but it's still enjoyable to watch. The show is a mix of everything now. I gotta read what Chuck Lorre has to say at the end of every episode as well (use to wait for it on Dharma & Greg too :D).
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Not a fan of the show, just doesn't interest or humor me at all.
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Where I live they show reruns maybe 3 times a day, and that in itself will make you tired of a show, especially one that's only originally on once a week. People will also say they hate it because their mom or dad like it or because of hype.
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I could never get into The Big Bang Theory.
(http://i.imgur.com/7Er4Y3s.png)
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I used to like the show but now it's all about relationships and not about the culture surrounding videogames, comics, movies .etc. It's really deviated from the original formula which is a shame.
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I need to catch up, my friend has most of the seasons on DVD, I just need to get in the mood so I can binge watch them all.