I've just watched the scenes on youtube. And I have to say I can see what you all mean. It wasn't excitingly passionate, it was subtle. They kept Sheldon more or less in character but it was all about Amy's experience. Her expectation, her nervousness, her crazy grin at the end which was the 'comedy' moment. The new Amy show is Big-Bang-Lite. It didn't make me feel anything and I can't imagine what lies ahead now except a lot of very standard stuff. The Shamy wedding, pregnancy, etc.
I stilll know in my heart that Shenny would have been funnier, more creative, deeper, it could have gone to a lot more 'places' if you know what I mean but there you have it.
One saving grace is they didn't turn Sheldon into this horndog that some fans wanted, which I think would have been awful.
(12-19-2015, 10:40 PM)Tuesday Pajamas Wrote: [ -> ]I've just watched the scenes on youtube. And I have to say I can see what you all mean. It wasn't excitingly passionate, it was subtle. They kept Sheldon more or less in character but it was all about Amy's experience. Her expectation, her nervousness, her crazy grin at the end which was the 'comedy' moment. The new Amy show is Big-Bang-Lite. It didn't make me feel anything and I can't imagine what lies ahead now except a lot of very standard stuff. The Shamy wedding, pregnancy, etc.
I stilll know in my heart that Shenny would have been funnier, more creative, deeper, it could have gone to a lot more 'places' if you know what I mean but there you have it.
One saving grace is they didn't turn Sheldon into this horndog that some fans wanted, which I think would have been awful.
I haven't watched anything from this episode, but I've been looking at comments on facebook, and 90% of the positive comments are all about how "wonderful" it is that Amy finally got what she wanted. It's so absolutely infuriating. What about what Sheldon wants? He clearly didn't WANT to do the deed, but he felt obligated to do it in order to keep his "twu wuv" from dumping him again. How is that romantic? How is that healthy? And how can so many people not see how absolutely disgusting and sexually abusive this relationship is?
(12-19-2015, 11:45 PM)CassandraElise Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't watched anything from this episode, but I've been looking at comments on facebook, and 90% of the positive comments are all about how "wonderful" it is that Amy finally got what she wanted. It's so absolutely infuriating. What about what Sheldon wants? He clearly didn't WANT to do the deed, but he felt obligated to do it in order to keep his "twu wuv" from dumping him again. How is that romantic? How is that healthy? And how can so many people not see how absolutely disgusting and sexually abusive this relationship is?
They see only Amy, not him. The show is written from her standpoint and has been for a long time. The audience sees Sheldon through her eyes and how it effects her is how he is measured and how people 'feel' about it. Sheldon is NOW a half-man. He's telling the story of a sad unpopular girl who found a hard to match guy and moulded him to be her own. Sheldon is a vehicle for Amy, we are not meant to consider what he feels because he's seen as this awkward unreal character who only Amy knows whats good for.
No one remembers the Sheldon we loved. The mad, arrogant, head over heart genius is no more. I loved the way he mocked the world, how he mocked Leonard, even how he mocked Penny and this overtly sexual world. Sheldon was funny because he was so different to everything else around us.
Sheldon 'weeping' for humanity.
This image is from the moment when Amy walks into the bedroom in her nightgown. The Shamys sees a nervous man looking at the woman he loves. Now I know we see different things due to what we perceive. But this expression is amazingly intricate and well acted.
When I look at this image I see sadness and fear, especially if you ignore his eyes and look at the mouth. Now I think the writers have (surprisingly) done a really good job. Lorre admitted he thought Sheldon was asexual recently in an interview and Sheldon's feelings at this moment are captured in that one look.
He's trying to be normal. He really wants to keep Amy in his life and he knows he must do this for her. He's resigned himself to it. But he's not doing it for himself. This is Sheldon's great act of love towards Amy (and I still think she's the wrong person).
"He looks like a dog at the vets" - quote by...
someone.
(12-20-2015, 07:43 PM)Tuesday Pajamas Wrote: [ -> ]This image is from the moment when Amy walks into the bedroom in her nightgown.
I see reluctance. Like he's thinking if this was actually a good idea.
And disgust. And possibly cringing on the inside.
Haven't seen this entire ep yet so I won't be casting my vote but poll is up.