The Big Bang Theory

[redmagerush]

I do like it, but the "geek bashing" does cross the line. Sheldon in particular is too over-the-top.

Is he? He functions better socially than a lot of people I see the FLGS.

 

[Darth Shoju]

I watch it. I find that Walowitz and Sheldon make it for me. Penny and Leonard are too cliche for my taste (well, all the characters are cliches, really -- but Wal and Shel are still the most interesting).

 

[Ranger REG]

Is he? He functions better socially than a lot of people I see the FLGS.

The people at your FLGS probably consider Sheldon a playah, a ladies' man, a casanova.

 

[Mark]

Just gets funnier and funnier . . .

 

[Protagonist]

I enjoyed the first season a lot and also liked the first few episodes of season 2, but right now it's getting a bit stale and the characters aren't really developing / getting a bit old (especially sheldon and howard)

 

[SolitonMan]

I started watching for Penny (the gorgeous Kaley Cuoco) and stayed for the geek fun. I was almost out of breath from laughing when they did the scene where the guys were playing WoW (or was it Everquest?) and Sheldon's character snagged the powerful sword then teleported away, leaving the rest of the guys in the lurch...then Sheldon puts the sword up for sale on Ebay and gets excited when someone uses Buy It Now, only to seconds later hear Wallowitz shouting in glee...

And yes, this explanation took longer and wasn't at all funny.

 

[Darth Shoju]

I've been finding it funny so far. I like Sheldon quite a bit, but the whole cast is good.

 

[Megaton]

I've seen an episode here and there. I like it and the humor I do find pretty funny as an admitted geek myself. However, some of the jokes are just tired, there is only so much you can make fun of people for being a geek, ya know? It's funny the first few times but it seems like episode after episode (at least based on what I see in the preview ads) they are just beating a dead horse.

 

[Silver Moon]

I do like it, but the "geek bashing" does cross the line. Sheldon in particular is too over-the-top.

You're missing a key point, the Sheldon character is what makes the show work. You need the one extreme-geek to contrast the three moderate-geeks. One reason that real-life moderate-geeks hate the Sheldon character is that we've spent our lives trying not to be him, but in truth he is the only one of the four who is comfortable with who he his, which make's the chemistry between him and Penny all the more realistic because they have that in common.

In truth, I wouldn't watch a show if it was just about a group of moderate-geeks trying to get the attention of the one hot chick who was moderately in their lives. Why would I? I lived it, it was called High School.

 

[Felon]

A witless, intelligence-denegrating show developed for an older teen audience, perhaps a notch or two above "Saved by the Bell". It repackages the same joke over and over--one which wasn't particularly great the first go round.

"Our children will be beautiful."

"Not to mention imaginary!"

(cue uproar of canned laughter)

It said all it had to say in the first ten minutes.

In truth, I wouldn't watch a show if it was just about a group of moderate-geeks trying to get the attention of the one hot chick who was superficially in their lives. Why would I? I've already lived it, it was called High School.

Well, for many people, that is exactly why they would watch it. To turn your question around: why wouldn't I watch a comedy if it attempted to effect humor wtih sincerity rather than fall back on over-the-top "whacky neighbor" types for cheap laughs? A show like this couldn't be funny if it wasn't excessively phony and farcical?