12-05-2014, 05:55 AM
Looking over the promo photos for The Clean Room Infiltration I asked myself how in the hell a show goes from this...
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to this...
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A more drear assemblage I can scarcely imagine. The weird, stiff, grey-suited formality makes ME uncomfortable. I literally want to ring my finger around my neck and loosen the collar that strangles.
It's a terrifyingly banal tableau of Martha Stewart trees and frilled-up dining tables and piss-colored punch amongst which the gang have been unceremoniously plunked. And looking none too happy or joyful about it either. Oh Sheldumb's grinning, I know, but the poor sod's a goner at this point. Everyone else has a tight little smile plastered on, as if they're quietly wondering when the next hit to their characters is coming. And Leonecki is just out and out glowering. "What the hell happened? I'm the headliner, dammit."
Yes, I realize that ultimately this is just one screencap of one scene of one episode of one season, but it effectively underscores everything that's gone terribly wrong with the show. Everyone (except Raj) in their couple bubble, somewhat warily arranged around a supporting character who seems to call all the shots now. A character who openly despises everything we loved about these guys. Really, Mr. Lorre? Mr. Prady? This is what you envisioned The Big Bang Theory becoming?
to this...
A more drear assemblage I can scarcely imagine. The weird, stiff, grey-suited formality makes ME uncomfortable. I literally want to ring my finger around my neck and loosen the collar that strangles.
It's a terrifyingly banal tableau of Martha Stewart trees and frilled-up dining tables and piss-colored punch amongst which the gang have been unceremoniously plunked. And looking none too happy or joyful about it either. Oh Sheldumb's grinning, I know, but the poor sod's a goner at this point. Everyone else has a tight little smile plastered on, as if they're quietly wondering when the next hit to their characters is coming. And Leonecki is just out and out glowering. "What the hell happened? I'm the headliner, dammit."
Yes, I realize that ultimately this is just one screencap of one scene of one episode of one season, but it effectively underscores everything that's gone terribly wrong with the show. Everyone (except Raj) in their couple bubble, somewhat warily arranged around a supporting character who seems to call all the shots now. A character who openly despises everything we loved about these guys. Really, Mr. Lorre? Mr. Prady? This is what you envisioned The Big Bang Theory becoming?
OH PLEASE...