11-05-2015, 05:29 PM
Lorre's not on the latest script cover. Rats. I hope the chap comes BACK. He had an essential level of "piss and vinegar" about him. He also had a VISION once, for Sheldon. God knows what happened to that eh? Lorre dear fellow why have you forsaken your greatest marvel!
The show needs to return to its old wit and philosophy. Prady and Lorre drove the show wonderfully for the first 4 years, they should never have given up the reins. NEVER!
It's almost a completely different show now, EXCEPT for the Raj/Howard scenes. They're all classic.
But Sheldon's unrecognisable, and Sheldon & Penny, the comedic duo that SET THE SHOW UP, have no scenes together anymore, which is baffling.
And it's not just because there's too many characters (although there are). Raj/Howard have scenes together, Sheldon/Leonard have scenes (and of course the couples have scenes), but the ONE pairing whose episodes tops all the polls, and whose scenes are even on the bloody merchandise, are completely neglected. It's bizarre!
This change in the show has also engendered a change in the fandom. The split began in Season 5, but now it's a yawning chasm! Apparently with Leonard and Amy fans and "shippers" on one side, and Sheldon and Penny and nostalgic fans on the other.
I think it's quite telling that most folk who identify with Sheldon DON'T LIKE AMY. Hint, she is not the droid we are looking for...
The only thing I can liken it to is if the "Back to the Future" fandom had a split between those who wanted the show to be about Doc Brown and Time Travel, and those who want it to be about Marty and Jennifer buying a house and having babies. And who think the Doc is irrelevant and irritating, and should stop interfering in Marty and Jennifer's marriage, and maybe the Doc should stop messing around with Time Travel, and learn to be a proper boyfriend. And get a goddamn haircut, and stop wearing ridiculous clothes, and "man-up", and change utterly for a woman who evidently didn't like who he was in the first place.
Growth!
Personally I'll stick to my preposterous preference for Back to the Future to be about the extraordinary adventures of a brilliant and eccentric scientist, as he travels through time with his Everyman pal, beholden to no-one.
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The show needs to return to its old wit and philosophy. Prady and Lorre drove the show wonderfully for the first 4 years, they should never have given up the reins. NEVER!
It's almost a completely different show now, EXCEPT for the Raj/Howard scenes. They're all classic.
But Sheldon's unrecognisable, and Sheldon & Penny, the comedic duo that SET THE SHOW UP, have no scenes together anymore, which is baffling.And it's not just because there's too many characters (although there are). Raj/Howard have scenes together, Sheldon/Leonard have scenes (and of course the couples have scenes), but the ONE pairing whose episodes tops all the polls, and whose scenes are even on the bloody merchandise, are completely neglected. It's bizarre!
This change in the show has also engendered a change in the fandom. The split began in Season 5, but now it's a yawning chasm! Apparently with Leonard and Amy fans and "shippers" on one side, and Sheldon and Penny and nostalgic fans on the other.
I think it's quite telling that most folk who identify with Sheldon DON'T LIKE AMY. Hint, she is not the droid we are looking for...
The only thing I can liken it to is if the "Back to the Future" fandom had a split between those who wanted the show to be about Doc Brown and Time Travel, and those who want it to be about Marty and Jennifer buying a house and having babies. And who think the Doc is irrelevant and irritating, and should stop interfering in Marty and Jennifer's marriage, and maybe the Doc should stop messing around with Time Travel, and learn to be a proper boyfriend. And get a goddamn haircut, and stop wearing ridiculous clothes, and "man-up", and change utterly for a woman who evidently didn't like who he was in the first place.
Growth!
Personally I'll stick to my preposterous preference for Back to the Future to be about the extraordinary adventures of a brilliant and eccentric scientist, as he travels through time with his Everyman pal, beholden to no-one.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"