big bang rant

djflawless

after watching several episodes tonight ive just proven what i was thinking for a long time...........
the big bang theory (not the science fact obviously) is pure and utter televised sh!te.and apparently, im only one of my friends who thinks this.the only thing on the show that showed any interest to me was the penny girl.so am i the one who DOES NOT like it????

somefeen

There's not much depth to the characters beyond "We're nerds".
It also has that usual TV trope about the dateless character that still seems to be able to get women.

LizT

Nope. I hate it.

Max Power

Nope, I hate it too but not as much as I hate Two And A Half Men, that was/is brutal.

dodderangler

For Xmas ask for a sense of humour

It's a great show
Ur just old and don't get it

LizT

dodderangler wrote: »

For Xmas ask for a sense of humour

It's a great show
Ur just old and don't get it

Humour is subjective. I get the jokes, I just don't think they're funny.

Ehrmantraut

It's about as funny as this post.

Which is very unfunny indeed.

Hippies!

The same kind of people that like Mrs. Brown Boys probably like it.

youreadthat

It's terrible. A lot of shows these days seem to get an easy ride because they're American, and they had a period of about 10-15 years not so long go when they really did produce some gold. Shows like BBT and 'How I met your mother' have ridden that wave which has blinded people.

Agent Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdLvUkLW5Jk

:pac:

Barry Barry

Hippies! wrote: »

The same kind of people that like Mrs. Brown Boys probably like it.

How fécking dare you.

somefeen

American TV shows give me a headache anyway.
The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother have the same look to them as Friends did in the fecking 90's. That weird grainy, washed out look and it just pisses me off!

somefeen

Ehrmantraut wrote: »

It's about as funny as this post.

Which is very unfunny indeed.

But I found your post hilarious
Now I'm confused, what are you trying to say????

kev_Makaveli

Wow. I cant believe some people dont Like the Big Bang Theory.

Fantastic show. Simple comedy and Sheldon is Superb

RADIUS

It's unfunny junk tv. Almost as bad as two and a half men.

dodderangler

somefeen wrote: »

American TV shows give me a headache anyway.
The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother have the same look to them as Friends did in the fecking 90's. That weird grainy, washed out look and it just pisses me off!

You could always change station then?

Max Power

Friends, Married With Children, That 70's Show and The US Office are the only decent comedies to come out of America IMO. British comedy is better IMO, Inbetweeners, Peep Show, Only Fools and Horses, The Royle Family, Skins, Early Doors, etc.

RADIUS

kev_Makaveli wrote: »

Wow. I cant believe some people dont Like the Big Bang Theory.

Fantastic show. Simple comedy and Sheldon is Superb

I can't believe some people like it.

I love comedy, from Friends to Red Dwarf, From Only Fools to Blackadder.
Of the modern American comedies they only one that gets the odd laugh is King of Queens.

DonalN

'Penny'...knock knock....'Penny'...knock knock....'Penny'...knock knock....'Penny'

Gets me every time!

djflawless

couldnt be old age anyways..im only feckin 21
its just an unfunny programme.and before someone else suggests changing the channel, twas not me had it on.merely in the same room.and now that someones mentioned it, us tv shows have actually gone to the dogs.
big bang
how i met your mother
the middle
modern families
hmmmmm
irish tv now seems a lot better quality!

Max Power

RADIUS wrote: »

I can't believe some people like it.

I love comedy, from Friends to Red Dwarf, From Only Fools to Blackadder.
Of the modern American comedies they only one that gets the odd laugh is King of Queens.

Forgot to add King of Queens, love that show.

Ehrmantraut

There's a lot of great contemporary American comedy, you just have to look for the wheat among the chaff. Shows like Parks and Recreation, It's Always Sunny, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community and Louie. Lovely wheat.

donegal_man

One of the funniest shows on TV in my opinion but it's totally subjective. I think "The Office" is one of the least amusing things ever screened both the US and British versions leave me cold as does "The Thick Of It" which most of my friends howl at.

djflawless

how much cocaine did charlie sheene take?
enough to kill two and a half men.......



ill just be hittin the ooold dusty trail (",)

Arpa

I don't think it's the kind of show you sit down and watch. It's something you have in the background while cooking waiting for something decent to come on.

It's a good enough soundtrack with some witty nods to the world of science if you like science. However it's just another sitcom that hit a niche and they'll run it into the ground until a main character quits or does a Charlie Sheen.

Ihatecuddles-old

I watch it, I've always hated penny. Think she's useless as an actress. She annoys the hell out of me. I don't know why I watch it, I hate most of the characters.

Arrested development, now there's a show I could watch over and over!

Elfinknight

Hippies! wrote: »

The same kind of people that like Mrs. Brown Boys probably like it.

Nope.
dont like mrs brown
like the big bang

flutterflye

Oh god I hate it so much!
My husband insists on watching it. It couldn't be any more unfunny if it tried.
It's fcuking pseudo funny sh1t for pseudo intellectuals.
It acts as though it's intelligent, but it's just not.
Most of the 'intellectual' parts in it show that the writers mustn't actually understand the topic, and all they do is phrase basic concepts using elaborate wording.
And none of it is even remotely funny.
I understand humour is subjective - But it's about as funny as watching the kettle boil.

kowloon

I thought Arrested Development was good.

Recently I've leaned more towards animation. Archer and Venture Brothers mostly. Some people can't get their head around animation though. Growing up there was always an attitude that Sci-Fi and animation were children's programmes. Adults watched the stuff that Dave now shows the re-runs of.

I don't find a lot of what my folks' generation like(d) funny. I'll take what I hope is an educated guess and point out Mrs Browns Boys as an example. It was never aimed at me though, so I'm not too fussed about it. I enjoy a good rant though.

Hippies!

Elfinknight wrote: »

Nope.
dont like mrs brown
like the big bang

I was gonna post that someone will come along and say what you just said and I'll be all like....Don't care but thanks for sharing :rolleyes:

TaosHum

If you think the Big Bang Theory is bad then stay well clear of 2 Broke Girls.

Sparks43

djflawless wrote: »

after watching several episodes tonight ive just proven what i was thinking for a long time...........
the big bang theory (not the science fact obviously) is pure and utter televised sh!te.and apparently, im only one of my friends who thinks this.the only thing on the show that showed any interest to me was the penny girl.so am i the one who DOES NOT like it????

Bazinga

:pac:

J. Marston

dodderangler wrote: »

For Xmas ask for a sense of humour

It's a great show
Ur just old and don't get it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgRBq2jnz4

aaronjumper

I used to like it but it got stale quickly.

event

djflawless wrote: »

after watching several episodes tonight ive just proven what i was thinking for a long time...........
the big bang theory (not the science fact obviously) is pure and utter televised sh!te.and apparently, im only one of my friends who thinks this.the only thing on the show that showed any interest to me was the penny girl.so am i the one who DOES NOT like it????

how have you proven it?

Overheal

It's a different kind of program. You want a progressive story, go watch Weeds, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Walking Dead or some serialized shyte like that. Nobody sits through every episode of Seinfeld expecting meaningful character development. Sheesh.

flutterflye

Overheal wrote: »

It's a different kind of program. You want a progressive story, go watch Weeds, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Walking Dead or some serialized shyte like that. Nobody sits through every episode of Seinfeld expecting meaningful character development. Sheesh.

spitfireIRL

community is where it's at.

Never into it. It's kind of like a show some retards I used to know would watch and highlight a blatantly obvious (bad) joke and what it meant and then speak a laugh. You know the laughs where they're not actually laughs but people will say haha? them sort. Two and a half men retard audience kind.

kneemos

I still like it a lot,an original theme with likeable well developed charactors and slightly dark humour.Some people take one look at it and lump it in with all the other crap that's on I suspect.

D_D

Arrested Development is, and always will be, the greatest TV show ever to come out of America.

I've watched all three seasons about four times over already, and Is till find new jokes and laugh at the old ones.

Great TV show.

And the Big Bang Theory is utter tripe. It's pandering to a 'lost' demographic of so called 'nerds'... "They play XBox, I play XBox! I am just like them..." and then they laugh at terrible jokes because they can 'relate' to them.

squod

I'm not sure what I'm Meant to buy after watching it. A dell laptop, an x-box or a Chinese take-away?

optimistic_

I imagine the people who like the show also like the following anohhorent ****e -

Katherin Lynch
Maeve Higgins
Michael McYntire
Two and a Half Men
King of Queens
Everyone Loves Raymend
The one with the two obese people in it

For someone to like these, they have to have some really redeeming characteristics for me to be able for them. I know a few people who like some of them, and luckily they've a lot of positives to outweigh these negatives.

Anyway, no the show isn't funny. It's awful.


Edit - Just wanted to agree with someone above, Arrested Development is fantastic in terms of that category of sitcom - however the best comedy = Curb Your Enthusiasm, there's no denying it's the smartest, most well written comedy to come out of America.


Obviously this is all subjective, and your sense of humour doesn't really mean I would find you to be any less of a person, I've a lot of friends who like all of the above, we just don't talk about it because I'd have nothing to ad.

suicide_circus

In it's category of modern easy-watching US sitcoms, it's probably the best.

Tar.Aldarion

30 rock is the funniest thing around.

The best thing going for big bang theory is Sheldon

Gauss

optimistic_ wrote: »

I imagine the people who like the show also like the following anohhorent ****e -

Katherin Lynch
Maeve Higgins
Michael McYntire
Two and a Half Men
King of Queens
Everyone Loves Raymend
The one with the two obese people in it

For someone to like these, they have to have some really redeeming characteristics for me to be able for them. I know a few people who like some of them, and luckily they've a lot of positives to outweigh these negatives.

Anyway, no the show isn't funny. It's awful.


Edit - Just wanted to agree with someone above, Arrested Development is fantastic in terms of that category of sitcom - however the best comedy = Curb Your Enthusiasm, there's no denying it's the smartest, most well written comedy to come out of America.


Obviously this is all subjective, and your sense of humour doesn't really mean I would find you to be any less of a person, I've a lot of friends who like all of the above, we just don't talk about it because I'd have nothing to ad.

King of Queens is excellent, in fact my favourite sitcoms I can think of. The rest are sh1te.

Meesared

optimistic_ wrote: »

I imagine the people who like the show also like the following anohhorent ****e -

Katherin Lynch - Nope
Maeve Higgins - Nope
Michael McYntire - Nope
Two and a Half Men - Nope
King of Queens - Nope
Everyone Loves Raymond - Nope
The one with the two obese people in it - Mike and Molly, and nope

For someone to like these, they have to have some really redeeming characteristics for me to be able for them. I know a few people who like some of them, and luckily they've a lot of positives to outweigh these negatives.

Anyway, no the show isn't funny. It's awful.


Edit - Just wanted to agree with someone above, Arrested Development is fantastic in terms of that category of sitcom - however the best comedy = Curb Your Enthusiasm, there's no denying it's the smartest, most well written comedy to come out of America.


Obviously this is all subjective, and your sense of humour doesn't really mean I would find you to be any less of a person, I've a lot of friends who like all of the above, we just don't talk about it because I'd have nothing to ad.

Just to point out the generalizations in your post, I like The Big Bang, and not one of the other ones you mentioned.

suicide_circus

optimistic_ wrote: »

I imagine the people who like the show also like the following anohhorent ****e -

Katherin Lynch
Maeve Higgins
Michael McYntire
Two and a Half Men
King of Queens
Everyone Loves Raymend
The one with the two obese people in it

For someone to like these, they have to have some really redeeming characteristics for me to be able for them. I know a few people who like some of them, and luckily they've a lot of positives to outweigh these negatives.

Anyway, no the show isn't funny. It's awful.


Edit - Just wanted to agree with someone above, Arrested Development is fantastic in terms of that category of sitcom - however the best comedy = Curb Your Enthusiasm, there's no denying it's the smartest, most well written comedy to come out .

No, I dont like any of the shows in your list there but i do like TBBT.
Curb and Arrested Development are a different category to TBBT. They dont have canned laughter. Interestingly i dont like How I met your mother. Or 2 Broke Girls.

Do you like Fraiser?

upstairs for coffee

Big Bang Theory for me is somewhat amusing at times but for the most part, recycled jokes that wear thin quickly

wnolan1992

The only thing that annoys me about the show is Sheldon. I don't get why anyone likes him, given that his character has no redeeming characteristics whatsoever.

Other than that, the show is just white noise really. If there's absolutely nothing better on then I'll throw it on in the background while on the net, might get the odd chuckle out of it on rare occasions.

Each to their own I guess. It's ratings speak for themselves at the end of the day.

optimistic_

suicide_circus wrote: »

No, I dont like any of the shows in your list there but i do like TBBT.
Curb and Arrested Development are a different category to TBBT. They dont have canned laughter. Interestingly i dont like How I met your mother. Or 2 Broke Girls.

Do you like Fraiser?

sure if this will be a dig at me, but I can tolerate Frasier, even Friends I find can be quite funny - that may be because I grew up with it though.