The Big Bang Theory?

[TheScientificIssole]

Why this happened? Because Chuck Lorre. The master of making stupid comedy for stupid people. The scary thing is half the time the shows are actually pretty decent...

Anyway, it didn't really drop off the face of the Earth for me. Its one of those shows that have been running on German TV in the early mornings for ages now. Just something you watch and smile when you are still to sleepy to really think and grasp how stupid the whole show is.

Somewhat agreed. The show is terrible, watch something else. Watch community or Parks and Rec. Heck, Breaking Bad is a better comedy. Smart people like laugh tracks and sitcomy characters(Sarcasm). Some shows I like have this stuff, like Father Ted and IT Crowd, but there more to those shows than "aren't nerd stereotypes funny?".

 

[Bomberman4000]

What happened is, it got syndicated. More people got a chance to see it on more networks, and then it began to blow up. I personally like the show, but I can tell when the writing is pandering to people who know less about nerd-culture than me. I find myself wondering sometimes "do 'normal' people really not know about this stuff?"

I find the show funny because I know someone like Sheldon. I see my friend in that character and it makes the show instantly more relatable. I can however, see why a lot of people don't like the show. To each their own I guess.

 

[sky14kemea]

I do watch it, mostly to see how blown out of proportion they can make geek culture, and partly because there are a few funny bits.

and Raj is adorable. :V Poor guy.

Not sure how it got this popular though, it was probably sometime after they started introducing catchphrases, like "Bazinga".

 

[Rblade]

What do people expect, it's a sitcom, it's supposed to portray arche types. And it's not supposed to have a deep involving storyline it's supposed to bring us everyday life jokes, in a geeky setting.

I think it's refreshing to see a show in which "nerds" and "geeks" have normal lives and still do the geeky things they enjoy doing. And most of the time it's regularly funny.

People how say "the facts are wrong" and "the jokes are dumb" should get the stick out of their arse and appreciate it for what it is, a sitcom. If you want exact science you go to an educational institute. If you want to smirk at people dressing as flash, while eating in front of the TV you watch a sitcom.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I don't dislike it, I just find it so boring myself, but I think that may be partly because I don't usually like American comedies. There are a few good ones though.

I do hear lots of good feedback for the show, but it's not for me either.

 

[Artina89]

I don't really like it, but my brother loves it, and it gets repeated a lot on E4 in the UK. Mind you, as far as I know The big bang theory doesn't get repeated nearly as much as Friends did when that was on E4, but I am guessing that it will only be a matter of time. Then I think The big bang theory will go from "barely tolerable" to "absolutely insufferable" in my book.

 

[Ickorus]

I'm amazed at how many people here don't like it, go anywhere else on the internet and you can't click more than 5 pages without a reference and some fans happily discussing the events of the latest episode.

I personally don't like the show but not to the degree that I'll complain when someone sticks it on. (Unlike Family Guy/American Dad/etc., I'll complain like fuck if those come on because they're just awful)

 

[Thaliur]

I adore the IT Crowd. I particularly adore Moss (who doesn't?!). But... 'credible'? Really? Do you actually know people who'd do this?

OK, Moss tends to go over the top a bit. Only a bit though. I do know people that come very close for all of the main characters.

 

[TheLizardKing]

I HATE The Big Bang Theory. It is the worst sitcom i have ever seen and stereotypes nerds/geeks/whatever you want to call them to the extreme.

Its nerd humour for people who find nerds funny. Every "nerdy" joke is completely on the nose and always cringe worthy, pretty muich all of them can be summed up with
*Sheldon says something complex and scientific*
*everyone laughs*
*other characters fail to understand*
*everyone laughs*

What I hate is that now people think of themselves as nerdy for watching the show and then take quotes from Star Wars which they got from the show and dont even understand. I cant tell you how many times I've said "Its a trap" and someone gone "ohho, I love the Big Bang theory"

Fucking hate that show.

This sums up my feelings.
Anything with a laugh track needs to FUCKING DIE.

 

[DSK-]

I've watched bits and pieces. To tell you the truth I didn't find any of it funny in the slightest :/

Kudos to those that do though.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

It paints a picture of nerds using stereotypes. There's not anything wrong with that at heart, but I'd say it's very un-creative and uninspiring. It's not well done humor, I can understand why people would laugh at it though....Unfortunately.

It's not retarded, otherwise it wouldn't be popular.

Oh man, I tried reading that with a straight face. You were kidding right?

 

[blackrave]

TBBT is watchable, but I hate shows with background laughter
What's up with that in sitcoms?
If I wanted to hear people laughing I would download some comedy (screened in filled theater)
I want to hear the show itself, not some generic crowd laughing.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

But if they put no effort into it at all and simply smashed their hands on a computer to make the script, would it still be popular?

I think you'd be surprised at what passes for humor these days. To put it frankly, yes I do think there are some people who would be entertained by a jumble of words.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

Yes, some people. But not most fans of tv series. What many in this thread seem to say.

No way to be sure. My sole point is, popularity does not mean something is good. It means gathers attention and gets widespread appeal maybe. It's like the old saying: "If everyone jumped off the Brooklyn bridge would you?"

 

[Bitcoon]

We earned the right to be nerdy. We fought for that. Now hipsters are taking it away while at the same time failing to relate to us. Many people blame shows like Big Bang for this.

Now that's just silly.
We "earned" the "right" to be nerdy by BEING NERDY. We learned the shows, we know the references and how accurate they are because we delve deep into what we love and we embrace it. You can't just fake being nerdy. You can adopt it and become a nerd yourself, but you can't just dress up in glasses and suddenly BE a nerd. You don't have the passion or the knowledge. It can't work.

Nobody should be MAD that people are trying to fit into their group. In fact, those who ARE are pure and simple, HIPSTERS. That is the hipster way, after all. They complain because what they love is now being "taken over" and they see themselves as better, as TRUE fans or whatever they are. They might have devoted more to it, they might have had to work harder to gain their position, the ones "taking over" might have it super easy compared to them, but being angry that more people are taking interest in your group just seems silly.

"Hey you like Pokemon, too? Cool, which Pokemon is your favorite?"
"Mudkipz!"
"*shunshunshun* GEN 1 IS THE BEST *shunshunshun* I BET YOU CAN'T NAME WHICH EPISODE STARTED THAT MEME *shun*"

 

[Lovely Mixture]

Popularity does not mean something is great, you mean.

That's awfully particular

It HAS to be good to be popular. People do not like bad things.

Good and Bad are subjective, even ignoring that, history would disagree with you many times. VHS vs Beta Max, Beta Max was far superior but VHS won out cause it was advertised better and the public ate it up. I don't even need to touch the third Reich on this one.

It's all how people see things.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

So because some things can be better, other things cannot be good?

I'm not arguing good and bad. I'm arguing that the public can be wrong.

But the definition "wrong" is of course subjective.
If people like TBBT and reciprocally enjoy it. I can't really question that. But I'm allowed to refute the idea that its popularity means it is "good." Because to me it is not.

 

[loudmadman]

I wanted to like BBT, I really did, but I couldn't due to most of the characters in the show being so unlikeable and forgettable. It's a show that I personally cannot understand how it can be popular (then again, that question can be asked about any series Chuck Lorre makes). It had potential for me to like it and it just failed to deliver.

 

[ChildishLegacy]

The thing that annoys me about it most is that they misrepresent "nerd culture", and don't even bother to ask somebody who's actually played any type of video game about how video games work before writing a massive chunk of their script about a video game, that honest to god makes me feel... patronised? when I hear it.

Then again I feel the same about every TV show that attempts to talk about video games that hasn't done the tiniest bit of "research" on them, it just makes the whole episode so cringeworthy that I just lose all interest and turn it off.
Eurughgg... *shudders*

 

[wizzy555]

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I don't know how people can do that. 90% of the time the stuff Sheldon says makes perfect sense from the point of view of an arrogant autistic scientistic theorist, which is of course his character. It's not completely perfect but you can't expect too much from a sit com writer, frankly I'm amazed how much they get right.