10-07-2014, 11:11 AM
(10-07-2014, 10:39 AM)Louise Wrote: Exactly. This is why I like S1 so much. It feels sort of leisurely and relaxed and unhurried. It's sort of loose and open, for lack of a better description. As you said, anything could happen, and does.
The guys have some mishaps but it's nothing super-upsetting or game-changing; the problems and conflicts are kind of low-grade.
I enjoy things that are low-key, like that. I don't need "story arcs" or big dramatic events. I like that feeling of being a fly on the wall and getting a glimpse of what the characters are up to. The early seasons provide that.
To me, in S1 & s2, the Lenny stuff feels like an interruption and a distraction from the other fun stuff that's going on. It's like you're watching two different shows, almost. This is why I say that the best parts of this show were unrelated to the ostensible premise, and S1/S2 were good almost by accident.
Then S3/S4 rolls around, and it's like TPTB woke up one morning and went "Oh, shit, we forgot to make things *happen*!" So, you start getting these attempts at a more formal, traditional style of storytelling.
I guess what I meant, in my previous post, is that there's just *no* internal consistency anymore, especially with characterization. I don't mind things that are sort of plotless and directionless; but I mind them f*cking around with the characters...
The Lenny dynamic has really hurt this show IMO and has been horrible for the Penny character. The Leonard character has also never recovered once the Lenny was given serious attention. You really sense a pattern with characters really suffering with this Ships. Sheldon, Howard, and even Raj now. There has not been one character that has benefited from these Ships.