11-14-2014, 12:26 PM
All my "worst of" moments are related to the dismantling, dumbing-down, and diminishing of Howard's character. (and the Howard/Raj friendship.) I could maybe live without the flirty/sexual stuff, but this portrayal of him as a lazy and irresponsible man-child who lives off Bernadette is really the last straw. That's in direct contradiction to the resourceful, problem-solving, practical guy he was before.
Oh, and that Letter ep: I've mostly tried to wipe it from memory, but even the visual presentation is *so* soap opera-ish: the lighting is dim and the colors are over-saturated. It gives a claustrophobic, enclosed, airless feel. It looks so '80s. It's very theatrical, like you *know* you're looking at a TV stage. SH looks like he's about to deliver Hamlet's soliloquy, or something. The whole thing is just a steaming heap.
But Stag Night is my personal "white whale", as everyone already knows....
Oh, and that Letter ep: I've mostly tried to wipe it from memory, but even the visual presentation is *so* soap opera-ish: the lighting is dim and the colors are over-saturated. It gives a claustrophobic, enclosed, airless feel. It looks so '80s. It's very theatrical, like you *know* you're looking at a TV stage. SH looks like he's about to deliver Hamlet's soliloquy, or something. The whole thing is just a steaming heap.
But Stag Night is my personal "white whale", as everyone already knows....