01-23-2019, 04:37 AM
(01-22-2019, 11:27 AM)Nostalgia Wrote: I'm just so glad that Parsons recognized that they're /all/ getting older and that "TV Magic" and makeup can only go so far before they look really out of place. And that he finally realized they were more or less treading water episode/material wise. That said, I also wish he'd realized this a /lot/ earlier, because it could've saved us from all the Shamy and some of the later Lenny b.s. that kept occuring. It's a shame the show never went anywhere other than peddling Lenny over and over because it had potential, even IF Shenny was never a thing. It's died years ago in my heart, but at the same time, I will mourn all the same when it's done. Because, it really /really/ could've been great.
Such a great post. I mourn the show already. Never been affected by a show as I was by early BBT. Sheldon just woke something in me, the attraction to intellect without guile. Leonard never had a thing I wanted. But they threw it away for money and longevity. As artists, they have to know it was a commercial decision. Jim Parsons/Kaley Cuoco combo were pure magic and may not happen on TV again for a very long time, they could have been a real modern classic. They kind of were, before they hung Sheldon out to dry. I'll never forget that it was Moralo, the absolute Leonardite who took the biggest stab at Sheldon with Monopolar and then led to the years of mocking, sometimes subtly but always with a view to keep the character away from Lenny. Sheldon was supposed to make Leonard look good but nothing could really do that once Sheldon was in frame. Not trying to win Penny, yet being the only one to treat her with honestly. Stuff them I say.