SPOILERS: What fresh hell is this? - S9

[Kimk26]

SEASON 9 COMETH...



Something is rather off in this photo...Sheldon looks half a mile wide...

More of the same old ambiguous Sheldon & Penny relationship, that the folk in charge of the photoshoots use over and over again. Sheldon & Penny, and Sheldon & Penny, and Sheldon & Penny...

BUT DON'T SHIP THEM!

So odd.

Anyroad I'm not complaining.

Sheldon & Penny are the heart of the show. We know it, the bulk of the audience knows it, in addition, anyone with any degree of artistic subtlety knows it...so it shouldn't be surprising that the photographers (or should I say photomanippers?) also know it.

What I AM going to kvetch about is the normal suit. Dear god, would it kill them to break out the plaid again?

At least put Sheldon in BLACK!

Okay, I've got access to an actual PC right now, so am flitting about, making commentary on things I've been observing and/or thinking about replying on, but is oftentimes too daunting a task for my smartphone. 

I've been reading everyone's take on this promo photo. And yes, to all of the above. Someone noted, though, the placement of that telescope in front of Raj. Yes, I noticed it as well. Along this same vein--yes..yes..I have the audacity to keep bringing in these puns--but take a look at the microscope in front of Bernadette. She's got the thing pointing up at her. And I don't think it would take much imagination to see the symbolism there. Stood out pretty strongly to me. Makes me wonder, just why they choose to do this stuff? And also, why the quality of these things has suffered so much. In earlier years, they seemed to take the time and effort (and expense, most likely) to create promo photos of quality. How hard can that be? How hard is it to assemble a group of seven people and pose them? On a realistic set, with real props, real heads on real bodies. Like, Amy, sitting on this couch. The couch does not look believable as the couch she's actually sitting on. They cut and pasted her onto a couch. In reality, she was probably sitting on some park bench they dragged in from the street. 

Yeah..with the deconstruction of Sheldon, all the way down to the ridiculousness of these photo shoots..it's like, they WANT the show and actors to be shown in the worst light. With the fact they're the top-rated comedy on television, and can now afford to pay these high salaries, I would think this show would be a top priority. From their best character on down to the photo shoots. It's like..they're purposely doing the least passable job they can in every respect, just to see how bad they can do things and still be on the air. Or something. Either way, it's disheartening, and a slap in the face to everyone. Yes, I feel slapped in the face. And not by a pair of white gloves, either. More like the Three Stooges, with Moe stooge-slapping the other two. But in this case, it's Chuck Lorre, with a hand that's just been scratching down his trousers, stooge-slapping everyone. Beginning with poor Jim Parsons, through the rest of the cast, down to the fans, with me at the end. We've been smelly stooge-slapped!