09-04-2015, 03:48 AM
(09-03-2015, 11:39 AM)Idle Miscreant Wrote: I don't think current Sheldon even knows what "subtext" means. They've reduced his intelligence and sphere of interests so drastically.
He used to quote the Rubaiyat, Shakespeare, Nietzsche...
Taught himself Finnish, Tuvan Throat Singing, the Theremin...
He could shoot, and bake and weave goddamn ponchos...
We made a list once, and it turned out Vintage Sheldon was essentially a renaissance man, versus New!Sheldon who was essentially a teenybopper. He can't even get through a damn revolving door! His ONE new "skill" that he's demonstrated in 4 years? Kissing.
Who does he quote now? Bloody pop songs!
Yeah, because of that episode, Daron and I got interested in building our own Theremin. And all the others..inspired even more. We even bought a physics kit and got to do experiments! That's the thing..BBT at the time, became a catalyst for bringing science more into our lives. Particularly, among young people, deciding to go into the sciences. I believe that. What does it inspire now? I can't think of a notable thing.
"The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent." Norman Mailer