03-06-2015, 09:23 AM
If there is one thing I've taken away from this season is the feeling that somebody from the show is lurking on this Forum. If you take season 8 as a whole, I've seen a correlation between what is said here and what the show does.
Examples:
1. Leonard/Penny has no chemistry, do nothing together, and have absolutely nothing in common.
TPTB give us "The First Pitch Insufficiency" where they go into detail that even they know these two are completely crap as a couple, but they don't care. They also give us "The Prom Equivalency" where Leonard's motive of only "loving" Penny cause she's hot is brought into focus again as he tells Penny that he sent out pictures to all his high school friends of Penny in a bikini as a way of announcing his engagement. (But hey, at least he isn't showing the video of her naked in the shower again)
2. The loss of Sheldon and his brain since Amy came into the picture
TPTB give us "The Anxiety Optimization" a tale on first look should make us happy cause it has Sheldon, his whiteboards and his brain when he's stuck, but looking closer we see a completely different Sheldon then earlier episodes. This Sheldon wears a "helmet" until it stinks (so much for cleanliness issues), and is not only socially aware when his friends are trying to get a rise out of him, but badgers his friends and girlfriend to keep up being annoying (which according to Sheldon is natural for Amy). In fact, it's not until Sheldon starts hallucinating armadillos that we see the "stuck" Sheldon we loved. Plus just in case we didn't get the point that Amy makes Sheldon a better Scientist from that episode, they also give us "The Troll Manifestation" this gem is where we see Sheldon steal Leonard's idea for a paper and writes it himself, but hey it's O.K. since he gave Leonard joint credit.
3. Soft Kitty is extinct.
TPTB gives us a completely bastardized version in "The Anxiety Optimization" sung by Penny and Leonard as they use it to put Sheldon to sleep like a wayward two year old. (Which makes me wish it really was extinct) Gone is the beautiful running gag between Sheldon and Penny and instead we get the return almost word for word the joke (that wasn't funny in S3 "The Spaghetti Catalyst") of Leonard killing Sheldon in his sleep.
4. This show might as well be Shamy Fanfiction the way it’s written
TPTB literally gives us Shamy Fanfiction in “The Troll Manifestation” here we get to watch Penny and Bernie fan girl out over Amy reading Little House Fanfiction she wrote about herself and Sheldon including how in Amy’s world Sheldon (or Coop) will give up (going back to future) comic books, Doctor Who, Spock, Indiana Jones and apparently indoor plumbing because she is all he ever needs.
I’m sure there are other examples, but just writing about the stuff above has made me nauseated. Plus let’s not forget the very thinly veiled FU in the above episode of how “somebody” feels about people who doesn’t like his work.
It seems like Season 8 has become ”somebody’s” revenge against all that oppose him, the fact that it has harmed the show and chased away the demographic that they so desperately need, doesn’t seem to matter.
Examples:
1. Leonard/Penny has no chemistry, do nothing together, and have absolutely nothing in common.
TPTB give us "The First Pitch Insufficiency" where they go into detail that even they know these two are completely crap as a couple, but they don't care. They also give us "The Prom Equivalency" where Leonard's motive of only "loving" Penny cause she's hot is brought into focus again as he tells Penny that he sent out pictures to all his high school friends of Penny in a bikini as a way of announcing his engagement. (But hey, at least he isn't showing the video of her naked in the shower again)
2. The loss of Sheldon and his brain since Amy came into the picture
TPTB give us "The Anxiety Optimization" a tale on first look should make us happy cause it has Sheldon, his whiteboards and his brain when he's stuck, but looking closer we see a completely different Sheldon then earlier episodes. This Sheldon wears a "helmet" until it stinks (so much for cleanliness issues), and is not only socially aware when his friends are trying to get a rise out of him, but badgers his friends and girlfriend to keep up being annoying (which according to Sheldon is natural for Amy). In fact, it's not until Sheldon starts hallucinating armadillos that we see the "stuck" Sheldon we loved. Plus just in case we didn't get the point that Amy makes Sheldon a better Scientist from that episode, they also give us "The Troll Manifestation" this gem is where we see Sheldon steal Leonard's idea for a paper and writes it himself, but hey it's O.K. since he gave Leonard joint credit.
3. Soft Kitty is extinct.
TPTB gives us a completely bastardized version in "The Anxiety Optimization" sung by Penny and Leonard as they use it to put Sheldon to sleep like a wayward two year old. (Which makes me wish it really was extinct) Gone is the beautiful running gag between Sheldon and Penny and instead we get the return almost word for word the joke (that wasn't funny in S3 "The Spaghetti Catalyst") of Leonard killing Sheldon in his sleep.
4. This show might as well be Shamy Fanfiction the way it’s written
TPTB literally gives us Shamy Fanfiction in “The Troll Manifestation” here we get to watch Penny and Bernie fan girl out over Amy reading Little House Fanfiction she wrote about herself and Sheldon including how in Amy’s world Sheldon (or Coop) will give up (going back to future) comic books, Doctor Who, Spock, Indiana Jones and apparently indoor plumbing because she is all he ever needs.
I’m sure there are other examples, but just writing about the stuff above has made me nauseated. Plus let’s not forget the very thinly veiled FU in the above episode of how “somebody” feels about people who doesn’t like his work.
It seems like Season 8 has become ”somebody’s” revenge against all that oppose him, the fact that it has harmed the show and chased away the demographic that they so desperately need, doesn’t seem to matter.
“There are no scenes more fun to do, I feel like, than the ones between Sheldon and Penny. They are such a wonderful odd couple.” - Jim Parsons