The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Chooses Between PS4 vs. Xbox One

[omega 616]

Holy cow, it's a record for the escapist! 7 posts before the arrogant pc gamer emerges and turns this from a TBBT, PS4 vs xbone thread into a PC vs console thread.

Anyway on topic. I figured somebody like Sheldon would get both, he has all these old consoles and games, has at least 1 alienware desktop and 1 alienware laptop ... so owning both consoles seems reasonable.

Also if you don't like the big bang, learn to laugh at yourself or take a page out of every bodies favorite villain, why so serious?

 

[erbkaiser]

BBT is painfully unfunny. You can find episodes with the canned laughter removed on Youtube, which showcase just how horrible the characters are.

As a self-professed geek working in IT and all, I have yet to see any humour in the series. The IT crowd, now /that/ show is (was?) funny.

 

[FEichinger]

BBT is painfully unfunny. You can find episodes with the canned laughter removed on Youtube, which showcase just how horrible the characters are.

As a self-professed geek working in IT and all, I have yet to see any humour in the series. The IT crowd, now /that/ show is (was?) funny.

To be fair, the laugh track is the least of the issues the show has. Of course delivery and pacing are shit when you have pauses for the laugh track in there.

 

[james.sponge]

BBT is painfully unfunny. You can find episodes with the canned laughter removed on Youtube, which showcase just how horrible the characters are.

As a self-professed geek working in IT and all, I have yet to see any humour in the series. The IT crowd, now /that/ show is (was?) funny.

I agree. This makes me wonder why is this show so popular, who watches it?

 

[Revolutionary]

Just fucking get both they seem to have unlimited money in that asinine show anyway.

 

[Saltyk]

Remind me again how that whole "PC Master Race" thing is intended as a joke. It always seems like someone forgot to tell the "PC Master Race" that it's a joke.

Anyway, I don't really care about this. Honestly, from what I watched of this show, it's FRIENDS, but the cast is "nerdy".

 

[Brian Tams]

A sony product and Microsoft product sharing screen time is almost as blasphemous as coke and pepsi sharing screen time.

But not nearly as blasphemous as the Psych series finale, which had a windows laptop and macbook sharing screen time (PSYCH! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO END?????)

 

[RonHiler]

Holy cow, it's a record for the escapist! 7 posts before the arrogant pc gamer emerges and turns this from a TBBT, PS4 vs xbone thread into a PC vs console thread.

Anyway on topic. I figured somebody like Sheldon would get both, he has all these old consoles and games, has at least 1 alienware desktop and 1 alienware laptop ... so owning both consoles seems reasonable.

Also if you don't like the big bang, learn to laugh at yourself or take a page out of every bodies favorite villain, why so serious?

Yeah, but only one post before the hipsters came out with "ohh, TBBT, I hate that show, its so popular therefore I must despise it, herp derp". It's a good show. And last night's episode was hilarious, especially the Amy/Sheldon story line.

 

[hooblabla6262]

"I don't really like the show, but I know all the mindless popculture sponges (brainless and absorbent) will come to its rescue saying I'm a hipster or offended by nerd herp derp derp.

I get it. You don't have good taste, but it isn't your fault. This is what happens when you let years of bad television and soulless music erode your brain."

/sarcasm (mostly)

Seriously, the show is not without its major flaws. Most of their characters, and the relationships they share, are just poorly written.
Yeah it has its funny moments, but any human being would be well within their rights to say that the show kinda sucks.
And they certainly shouldn't be dismissed just for disliking something you like (or vice versa).

Last nights episode, Sheldon would have bought both consoles. That is just the kind of guy he is.
If your own writers can realise that, then they probably aren't very good writers.

(disclaimer: I haven't watched the most recent episode, so maybe they gave a good reason. I still have a long list of complaints about the show, most involving Penny. I can't stand Penny)

 

[Something Amyss]

...when has a sitcom not been about mocking the people they are portraying? I always figured that was the point. To laugh at yourself.

It's different because it affects me. Me me me me meeeeeeeee!

See, this is why TBBT is so awesome. You can pretty much see the attitude shift on a site like this where wimminz and blacks and gheyz are told to settle down and take a joke by so many people who then turn around and get offended by "nerd blackface."

Oh, the show itself is mildly amusing, I guess.

It is. But in BBT case the jokes are more stereotypical and mean spirited.

They're not more stereotypical than any sitcom I've ever seen. As for mean-spirited, I highly doubt that. Especially given the "get laid" argument they make. Sheldon's the only main nerd not consistently getting laid, and that's specifically by choice (and you know what? Good for them for having a character who isn't completely sex-obsessed. Even if it's because he's an alien who hasn't finished the larval stage).

Then again, aren't they in a small appartment...do they even have room for the xbox one scanner thing?

If they can fit a time machine, they can handle Kinect.

Remind me again how that whole "PC Master Race" thing is intended as a joke. It always seems like someone forgot to tell the "PC Master Race" that it's a joke.

It's easier to say "it's a joke" than to actually deal with people.

A sony product and Microsoft product sharing screen time is almost as blasphemous as coke and pepsi sharing screen time.

Unless they duke it out. That's right, I want to see beverages fight!

 

[Something Amyss]

Most of their characters are just poorly written.

So basically, it's a sitcom.

I dunno, I honestly don't get the complaint. People seem to be going into it expecting Shakespeare or something. It's like going into pro wrestling for dissertations on the human condition.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Ten bucks says there's some kind of compromise.

 

[Atmos Duality]

It is. But in BBT case the jokes are more stereotypical and mean spirited. From what I've seen from passing glances the good jokes are actually the non nerd ones. Not the ones where the punchline is "hurr durr nerds getting laid, that never happens in real life" or "women in comic book stores? that's never happened in real life".

^This is part of the reason I don't care much for the show, though not quite for the exact reasons you specified.
I'm not offended so by the subject of comedy since nothing is sacred. Everything can be mocked, marginalized or otherwise reduced to a punchline; no matter how trivial, horrifying or cruel the actual subject matter.

My issue is that the Big Bang Theory's jokes are really, REALLY dated and predictable, because they rely on stereotypes.
Stereotypes that have already been mocked over and over and over...

"Oho! A nerd has no social skills and would rather play nerdy games than do anything else!" *laugh track*

"Watch as this poor nerd overthinks an otherwise trivial task! *laugh track* NOW watch the hilarity as his 'normal' non-nerdy friend gets the task done!" *double laugh track*

"OooohhhhhHH. A nerd just found some new TECH-NOL-O-GYYYY!!!! Watch the hijinks ensue!" *laugh track*

Etc, etc.
These kinds of jokes were the butt of punchlines themselves by the 1980s.

 

[hooblabla6262]

Most of their characters are just poorly written.

So basically, it's a sitcom.

I dunno, I honestly don't get the complaint. People seem to be going into it expecting Shakespeare or something. It's like going into pro wrestling for dissertations on the human condition.

The complaint is that it isn't that good. Even by sitcom standards, it isn't that good.
It's just the same old crap, and some people like that.
That's fine.
Great way to pass the time.

And I've seen every episode but the latest.
But that's only when I'm in the mood for "pro wrestling".

I just wish people would stop dismissing the opinion that it isn't good.
We live in an over-saturated pop media; most of it will probably be crap.
Even if we like it.

 

[gamegod25]

Kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel for news stories, aren't we?

Next up: cute kitten stuck up a tree...right after these commercials!

Perhaps they are getting paid by the show to get views. Only reason I can think of why they wouldn't just come out and say what he chose. Personally I haven't watched TV in years and only saw part of one episode once while at a friends house who happened to have it on at the time; it was your typical dumb sitcom stuff so who cares what some dumb character in a tv show picked. So yeah not news and pretty late even if it was.

 

[wooty]

Ohhhh dear. This is either going to end up with a "victory march/troll" through various comments sections for whichever system he chooses in the end. Or, end with him not choosing either system, followed by some ridiculous excuse and situation which is probably overly complicated and stereotypical, followed by some pop culture reference one liner, followed by gratuitous amounts of canned laughter.

Yeah, not a fan of this mess at all.

 

[RA92]

It is. But in BBT case the jokes are more stereotypical and mean spirited. From what I've seen from passing glances the good jokes are actually the non nerd ones. Not the ones where the punchline is "hurr durr nerds getting laid, that never happens in real life" or "women in comic book stores? that's never happened in real life".

^This is part of the reason I don't care much for the show, though not quite for the exact reasons you specified.
I'm not offended so by the subject of comedy since nothing is sacred. Everything can be mocked, marginalized or otherwise reduced to a punchline; no matter how trivial, horrifying or cruel the actual subject matter.

My issue is that the Big Bang Theory's jokes are really, REALLY dated and predictable, because they rely on stereotypes.
Stereotypes that have already been mocked over and over and over...

"Oho! A nerd has no social skills and would rather play nerdy games than do anything else!" *laugh track*

"Watch as this poor nerd overthinks an otherwise trivial task! *laugh track* NOW watch the hilarity as his 'normal' non-nerdy friend gets the task done!" *double laugh track*

"OooohhhhhHH. A nerd just found some new TECH-NOL-O-GYYYY!!!! Watch the hijinks ensue!" *laugh track*

Etc, etc.
These kinds of jokes were the butt of punchlines themselves by the 1980s.

You must remember that this is produced by the same guy (Chuck something) who's responsible for Two and a Half Men. That show is the other extreme - playing out douchebag dudebro stereotypes year after year after year...

Seriously people. Go watch something good, like Orange is the New Black.

 

[omega 616]

It is. But in BBT case the jokes are more stereotypical and mean spirited. From what I've seen from passing glances the good jokes are actually the non nerd ones. Not the ones where the punchline is "hurr durr nerds getting laid, that never happens in real life" or "women in comic book stores? that's never happened in real life".

^This is part of the reason I don't care much for the show, though not quite for the exact reasons you specified.
I'm not offended so by the subject of comedy since nothing is sacred. Everything can be mocked, marginalized or otherwise reduced to a punchline; no matter how trivial, horrifying or cruel the actual subject matter.

My issue is that the Big Bang Theory's jokes are really, REALLY dated and predictable, because they rely on stereotypes.
Stereotypes that have already been mocked over and over and over...

"Oho! A nerd has no social skills and would rather play nerdy games than do anything else!" *laugh track*

"Watch as this poor nerd overthinks an otherwise trivial task! *laugh track* NOW watch the hilarity as his 'normal' non-nerdy friend gets the task done!" *double laugh track*

"OooohhhhhHH. A nerd just found some new TECH-NOL-O-GYYYY!!!! Watch the hijinks ensue!" *laugh track*

Etc, etc.
These kinds of jokes were the butt of punchlines themselves by the 1980s.

Yeah, friends did these jokes on Ross but what you have to remember is what (I think) family guy did an episode on, somebody (Brain, I think) was tasked with making a new tv programme but was coming up with this original stuff and the show isn't doing great ... Peter says something like "people don't want new stuff and surprises. They want predictable" implements tired jokes and stereotypes and the show is a hit.

(was either family guy or the Simpsons)

The mindless masses like the same old stuff, something to turn your brain off and gawp at, then when the adverts start you realize you can't even remember what show you have just been watching. Fraiser, Dharma and Greg, Friends, TBBT and many more are all just the same ... stereotyping something and making jokes about it. Fraiser was mocking upper class, Dharma and Greg was hippies and middle class, friends was 30 somethings in America and TBBT is nerds.

 

[Elijin]

Sidebar here, aimed at this community.

Why is it on one hand its common to bag on the WiiU for not advertising enough, not marketing, not putting itself in the public eye. And then on the other hand, anytime Sony or MS does, they're cheap sellouts buying themselves public recognition?

Im honestly curious.