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RE: Wishful Thinking... - Wisp - 01-11-2014 (01-10-2014, 03:51 AM)FlyingMonkey Wrote:(01-10-2014, 02:45 AM)SpaceAnJL Wrote:(01-10-2014, 01:12 AM)WITCHDOCTOR FANTASTIC Wrote: Amen to that. It's always bothered me that the writers, though presumably well-meaning, seem to lack the knowledge (beyond guesswork) of intelligent, talented people. They come in all shapes and forms. All of the supposedly "geeky" women (Bernadette, Amy, Leslie) are, for lack of a better word, a bit plain. Dressing Amy in her grandmother's cast-offs was depressing to me. Yes, I've always said this! I liked the idea of Amy when she and Sheldon were just friends whose relationship worked for them. They hovered on the outside and the writers had, looking back, stumbledon onto an agreeable "finding a girl for Sheldon" formula. Because apparently it is mandatory to find EVERYONE an opposite-sex coun terpart in this show. If they had stayed with the occasional "Amy the acquaintance" moments scattered a few times per season I would've been completely fine with Amy still being around. And it would not have got boring. I am so sick of people on the TBBT Site saying this. You'd think the way some of them carry on that every relationship has to get to the sex sooner or later to "develop", or feed their voracious fantasies. Often TV (and indeed "real life" - whatever that is) sex has the opposite effect of overcomplicating an enjoyable, close intellectual relationship. I get the impression that Amy will start to resent Sheldon purely because he does not wish to give her what she is determined to rip out of him, and that's not fair. RE: Wishful Thinking... - FlyingMonkey - 01-11-2014 [/quote] Yes, I've always said this! I liked the idea of Amy when she and Sheldon were just friends whose relationship worked for them. They hovered on the outside and the writers had, looking back, stumbledon onto an agreeable "finding a girl for Sheldon" formula. Because apparently it is mandatory to find EVERYONE an opposite-sex coun terpart in this show. If they had stayed with the occasional "Amy the acquaintance" moments scattered a few times per season I would've been completely fine with Amy still being around. And it would not have got boring. I am so sick of people on the TBBT Site saying this. You'd think the way some of them carry on that every relationship has to get to the sex sooner or later to "develop", or feed their voracious fantasies. Often TV (and indeed "real life" - whatever that is) sex has the opposite effect of overcomplicating an enjoyable, close intellectual relationship. I get the impression that Amy will start to resent Sheldon purely because he does not wish to give her what she is determined to rip out of him, and that's not fair. [/quote] But say that on the other site and the response you get is "You just want Sheldon and Amy to die old and lonely in their empty apartments." There really is a disconnect between reality and fiction. RE: Wishful Thinking... - Wisp - 01-11-2014 Yes, I've always said this! I liked the idea of Amy when she and Sheldon were just friends whose relationship worked for them. They hovered on the outside and the writers had, looking back, stumbledon onto an agreeable "finding a girl for Sheldon" formula. Because apparently it is mandatory to find EVERYONE an opposite-sex coun terpart in this show. If they had stayed with the occasional "Amy the acquaintance" moments scattered a few times per season I would've been completely fine with Amy still being around. And it would not have got boring. I am so sick of people on the TBBT Site saying this. You'd think the way some of them carry on that every relationship has to get to the sex sooner or later to "develop", or feed their voracious fantasies. Often TV (and indeed "real life" - whatever that is) sex has the opposite effect of overcomplicating an enjoyable, close intellectual relationship. I get the impression that Amy will start to resent Sheldon purely because he does not wish to give her what she is determined to rip out of him, and that's not fair. [/quote] But say that on the other site and the response you get is "You just want Sheldon and Amy to die old and lonely in their empty apartments." There really is a disconnect between reality and fiction. [/quote] Hm, yes. It's all or nothing for them. They are completely shut out to alternative ideas. Isn't that what forums are for? Apparently not... RE: Wishful Thinking... - FranEssi - 01-11-2014 (01-11-2014, 07:49 PM)SpaceAnJL Wrote: I can see a genuinely dystopian finale for the show wherein Sheldon is a lifesize toy, broken of all will or higher thought process,I'm afraid I think this has already happened to an extent. RE: Wishful Thinking... - Moonbase - 01-12-2014 I just wished they'd stayed friends. Amy would have made a much better addition to the show as a nerdy friend rather than this awful match-up with Sheldon. Not just because he was/is quite asexual but because the vibe between is unbalanced. There's something lacking in their chemistry. It's like being the only science fiction fan in your office and a colleague says "that girl over there likes sci-fi too, so she must be the one." It doesn't work that way. I have no idea where the writers are going with it now. And I don't think they do either. RE: Wishful Thinking... - FlyingMonkey - 01-12-2014 (01-12-2014, 02:35 AM)Moonbase Wrote: I just wished they'd stayed friends. Amy would have made a much better addition to the show as a nerdy friend rather than this awful match-up with Sheldon. You just want Sheldon and Amy to die old and lonely in their empty apartments. RE: Wishful Thinking... - wellplayedpenny - 01-12-2014 I think what frustrates me about how they portray Amy now is that old Amy HAD Sheldon's attention. When she proposed the meme-theory schtick on the group Sheldon's eyes lit right up and you could just tell that she'd engaged his brain and he found that intriguing. He was intellectually stimulated and intrigued. That's why I thought it incredibly sad when later Amy asks if they're ever going to be intimate and Shelly says that he thought what they had was intimate. That moment in the kitchen with Sheldon calling her a vixen for utilizing the softer sciences WAS intimate. ...Sometimes it just feels to me that Sheldon Cooper just fell from the sky with how little tptb seem to know about him.... RE: Wishful Thinking... - Berliner - 01-12-2014 Amy is Sheldon's surrogate mother who wants to have sex with him. Sounds perverted, but unfortunately it is true. RE: Wishful Thinking... - wellplayedpenny - 01-12-2014 (01-12-2014, 09:17 AM)Berliner Wrote: Amy is Sheldon's surrogate mother who wants to have sex with him. Sounds perverted, but unfortunately it is true. My dear, that's as good an explanation of modern Amy as any I've heard. I really have few words to describe her current condition and its effect on plot, character interactions and in particular poor Shelly. More than one person has pointed out that her character's continually in flux so I practically need a score card to keep track of where she's at. RE: Wishful Thinking... - Moonbase - 01-13-2014 (01-12-2014, 05:08 AM)FlyingMonkey Wrote:(01-12-2014, 02:35 AM)Moonbase Wrote: I just wished they'd stayed friends. Amy would have made a much better addition to the show as a nerdy friend rather than this awful match-up with Sheldon. Oh, how I miss those arguments |