BriarMonkey
First Post
I tried watching Big Bang Theory once - and only got about 5 minutes into the episode before I gave up on the whole thing. It was pathetic. It was like they were trying too hard to be geeky/nerdy/sciency and thus everything felt forced. The humor was lame and the attempts to endear you to the characters really just made me question why the show had such a following. I may be a bit of a geek or nerd myself, but I found nothing redeeming or with which I could connect in their portrayal.
There was another show, a game type show, King of Nerds I think? They had a couple teams of geeks and nerds that partook in challenges such as trivia, costume design, etc. Anyway, I saw a couple of those episodes. Again, it was pathetic. Part of the challenges were designed, at least in my opinion, to exploit the stereo-typical pigeon holes that geeks and nerds are placed into - meaning, they were designed so others could laugh at them. Sure, there were challenges that they were good at, but those were actually set up to be quite boring and still, they managed to turn some of those into events for mockery. Another two thumbs down.
While I haven't seen the other shows which have been mentioned here, I can sympathize. I can laugh at myself, and do so often, but I don't need to be told by mainstream media that everyone else needs to laugh at me too. That is reserved for my friends.
There was another show, a game type show, King of Nerds I think? They had a couple teams of geeks and nerds that partook in challenges such as trivia, costume design, etc. Anyway, I saw a couple of those episodes. Again, it was pathetic. Part of the challenges were designed, at least in my opinion, to exploit the stereo-typical pigeon holes that geeks and nerds are placed into - meaning, they were designed so others could laugh at them. Sure, there were challenges that they were good at, but those were actually set up to be quite boring and still, they managed to turn some of those into events for mockery. Another two thumbs down.
While I haven't seen the other shows which have been mentioned here, I can sympathize. I can laugh at myself, and do so often, but I don't need to be told by mainstream media that everyone else needs to laugh at me too. That is reserved for my friends.