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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 29, 2015 11:08:31 GMT -5
In the first episode Penny and Leonard got married. The second episode is about them fighting over a kiss Leonard had with a co worker before he was married. Marriage is usually the death blow to TV shows.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 29, 2015 11:29:38 GMT -5
Is it still on?
It lost what little charm it had at least three seasons ago.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 29, 2015 12:37:48 GMT -5
My wife still really enjoys it, so I watched it with her last week, but I'm with Slam here. It's definitely exceeded its shelf life, although I would watch a spin-off if it was just Bernadette, Amy, and Raj, as those are the only characters I can stand on the show at this point; the rest of them deserve bullets to the back of the head, especially Sheldon.
Of course, how I feel about BBT is how she feels about my devotion to Supernatural, so to each his/her own, I suppose.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 29, 2015 12:55:46 GMT -5
There have been characters in TV series over the years that have been so annoying that it made me not want to watch the show. Sheldon is among them. Dr. Smith in Lost in Space comes to mind as another that made me sick.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2015 14:31:23 GMT -5
Like Slam I lost interest a few seasons back. My wife still watches though, but I think it's more habit for her now than real interest.
-M
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2015 15:22:28 GMT -5
This has never been a show that I could sit down and binge watch. The episodes I've seen were amusing enough, but entirely forgettable in hindsight. Silly archtypes and geek in-jokes -- that's really all the show seems to have going for it. In order for me to stick with a show, I have to truly care about what happens to the characters. The Office, Community, Parks and Recreation -- these have been my TV obsessions over the past few years. BBT just isn't on that level.
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 29, 2015 20:38:11 GMT -5
I still love BBT but I'm kind of with 'bone: resolving the romantic tension between leads is often the death knell of a series. I have hopes we'll see some real growth for Sheldon's character this year but we'll see.
Cei-U!
But I'm out the minute one of the couples announce they're pregnant!
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 30, 2015 0:20:59 GMT -5
I'll never understand why people lose interest after the couple gets together.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2015 0:23:34 GMT -5
I'll never understand why people lose interest after the couple gets together. Usually because story is based on conflict, when the conflict is resolved and the couple gets together, the story is over. New stories may start, but they may or may not be as compelling as the previous story. Not just specific to this show, but that's essentially why-if the story conflict is the romantic tension the story ends when the conflict is resolved. -M |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 30, 2015 4:36:54 GMT -5
I'll never understand why people lose interest after the couple gets together. If the only force driving the characters was their wanting to get together, then the characters have no character after that point, or that characterization changes dramatically. The Office is a great example. Once Pam and Jim got together, they stopped being the deflated everyman and everywoman of the office and became...well...arrogant and obnoxious. Was it Plato who noted that whether a story was a comedy or a tragedy depended upon whether the character was at a higher or lower station in life than the audience? Our entire relationship with the characters changes if they go from being in a situation we understand well (unrequited love) to a situation that puts them in a better place than us (ideal love). |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 30, 2015 5:26:19 GMT -5
I felt the same way about Lois and Clark and Peter and MJ getting married. It took the life out of the lead characters.
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 30, 2015 7:11:52 GMT -5
I'll never understand why people lose interest after the couple gets together. Usually because story is based on conflict, when the conflict is resolved and the couple gets together, the story is over. New stories may start, but they may or may not be as compelling as the previous story. Not just specific to this show, but that's essentially why-if the story conflict is the romantic tension the story ends when the conflict is resolved. -M But that's never really been the central theme of TBBB. I don't really see why it should happen in this case. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 30, 2015 7:13:28 GMT -5
I'll never understand why people lose interest after the couple gets together. If the only force driving the characters was their wanting to get together, then the characters have no character after that point, or that characterization changes dramatically. The Office is a great example. Once Pam and Jim got together, they stopped being the deflated everyman and everywoman of the office and became...well...arrogant and obnoxious. I don't recall characters called Pam and Jim inThe Office.  |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 30, 2015 10:14:26 GMT -5
If the only force driving the characters was their wanting to get together, then the characters have no character after that point, or that characterization changes dramatically. The Office is a great example. Once Pam and Jim got together, they stopped being the deflated everyman and everywoman of the office and became...well...arrogant and obnoxious. I don't recall characters called Pam and Jim inThe Office. Sorry. American version. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 30, 2015 10:39:40 GMT -5
I don't recall characters called Pam and Jim inThe Office. Sorry. American version. Ah. I've never seen it, I think I'd just assumed it followed the scripts of the original version. |
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