12-16-2015, 01:02 PM
(12-16-2015, 10:55 AM)Gamma Wrote: Do you think giving away the whole plot is going to get people to tune in? Or is this really a public service warning so that we can be sure to avoid the whole maudlin mess.
And can I just say the whole virginal let's have the characters wear white thing, please. This is not a couple of teenagers. These are suppose to be characters in their 30's. It's just so unsubtle and stupid. But that's tptb for you. Why have an actual well written show when you can go on a marketing blitz and tell us how good it is and then beat us over the head with cliched symbolism just for good measure.
It's a public service warning, Gamma. The advance notice was for us to have enough time to book a cruise to the Arctic to see a solar eclipse, much like Sheldon did in S1E5 when Leonard had Leslie over to the apartment.
Speaking of which, if TPTB wanted to beat us over the head with symbolism, I wish they would have just chosen this...
![[Image: Tie-doorknob_Snapseed.jpg]](http://www.poormansfeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Tie-doorknob_Snapseed.jpg)
It would have been a hell of a lot more appropriate than the insipid, voyeuristic scenario that they came up with. At least it would have respected the history of the show, and the character of Sheldon in particular.
Then again, maybe it's better not to have the past tainted by current events. This show now fancies itself the new Boy Meets World - only twenty years too late! But instead of teenage storylines for teenage characters as told by teenage actors, we get teenage storylines for 30+ year-old characters as told by 40+ year-old actors, and TPTB then wonder why we don't find the whole thing "cute" (their word, not mine).
