07-12-2014, 08:34 AM
The 'comedic firecracker romance' is about as exciting as burning your toast, and the 'slow burn' is burning with so little heat and energy, inspiration, purpose, passion etc, that it's not so much a 'slow burn' as a damn squib.
I feel my heart going grey with boredom whenever either 'couple' are on screen.
At least Howard and Bernadette are realistic, and seem to genuinely care about each other...Watching Penny endlessly scanning the horizon for something, ANYTHING better to be doing with her life other than marrying Leonard at the low point in her career, and Sheldon either sulking or playing with his goddamn phone when he's around the woman he's supposed to "get" and "respect" etc, whilst his whole purpose and self-sufficiency goes down the toilet, is incredibly depressing.
Am I going to watch this show for the next three years? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....No.
I know the writers are very sharp, and one in particular is bloody brilliant (and shouldn't be working on this bloody show) - this cannot be their fault. There must be some malign, suffocating cloud of conformity that it strangling the life out of these episodes...It probably has a CBS logo stamped on it somewhere...
It's easy to fix this, and clear the air of this stifling, dirty-laundry-airing "cosiness" of the coupledom this show has staggered into - Break them up! Let poor bloody Leonard realise he doesn't need a woman to verify his existence, so Penny's released of that emotional burden.
Let bloody Amy find a bloke willing to lavish her with the affection she evidently desires beyond all things, and STOP warping Sheldon's character to fit in with Amy's self-pitying requirements. She's a secondary character who's been pushed too far into prominence, and she's thrown the balance of the whole show out of whack. STOP making Sheldon the villain of the piece by turning his asexuality into 'egotism', or suggesting there's something WRONG with him because he's not leaping into bed with Fowler.
This has infuriated me all over again just contemplating it. To hell with this show. I have a bloody novel to finish.
I feel my heart going grey with boredom whenever either 'couple' are on screen.
At least Howard and Bernadette are realistic, and seem to genuinely care about each other...Watching Penny endlessly scanning the horizon for something, ANYTHING better to be doing with her life other than marrying Leonard at the low point in her career, and Sheldon either sulking or playing with his goddamn phone when he's around the woman he's supposed to "get" and "respect" etc, whilst his whole purpose and self-sufficiency goes down the toilet, is incredibly depressing.
Am I going to watch this show for the next three years? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.....No.
I know the writers are very sharp, and one in particular is bloody brilliant (and shouldn't be working on this bloody show) - this cannot be their fault. There must be some malign, suffocating cloud of conformity that it strangling the life out of these episodes...It probably has a CBS logo stamped on it somewhere...
It's easy to fix this, and clear the air of this stifling, dirty-laundry-airing "cosiness" of the coupledom this show has staggered into - Break them up! Let poor bloody Leonard realise he doesn't need a woman to verify his existence, so Penny's released of that emotional burden.
Let bloody Amy find a bloke willing to lavish her with the affection she evidently desires beyond all things, and STOP warping Sheldon's character to fit in with Amy's self-pitying requirements. She's a secondary character who's been pushed too far into prominence, and she's thrown the balance of the whole show out of whack. STOP making Sheldon the villain of the piece by turning his asexuality into 'egotism', or suggesting there's something WRONG with him because he's not leaping into bed with Fowler.
This has infuriated me all over again just contemplating it. To hell with this show. I have a bloody novel to finish.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"