Sheldor the Conqueror

[Wisp]

I think Vintage Sheldon became too hard to write for. They'd created someone vastly smarter than themselves so they had to dumb him down to their writing level.

That is exactly what I think, and that is the danger of creating a genius. How can you create a genius if you aren't one? It's clearer the creators of TBBT are NOT geniuses because they put their creation in a bog-standard sitcom, and after a 3 year lucky streak treated him like an "ordinary guy". If you've got a character like Sheldon you can't foist the typical sitcom tropes onto him, because they won't gel and you'll end up with a weirdo character that doesn't make sense in the universe of the show.

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It makes me wonder how they were able to create him in the first place. He was so brilliantly written that I can't imagine the current group of writers having done it. Have the original writers left the show?

That's what I wondered, but I think there are only a few writers that have left... I REALLY wish there was a clear explanation for the sudden plummet in quality. I could forgive the show if I found out that most of the creative team had fucked off onto another show, because it obviously wouldn't be the same after that, would it? But I think they've just completely lost their mojo, or changed their game after they saw how popular the show was with ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE.

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I would think that Tesla would be an inspiration for Sheldon - I can totally see him being into something like Wardenclyffe. Or the 'Peace Ray'.

The problem is, the majority of the audience don't know or care who Feynman was, but they can recognise Batman.

"Recognise" being the operative word. I'm not good on my scientists OR superheroes, but at least I don't pretend that I am. Unfortunately, TBBT has become an artificial "geek chic" beacon, for those hipstery types that have tons of Batman merchandise despite not really giving a shit about the guy at all... I watched the show for Sheldon, Jim Parsons and the intelligent writing. The whole "geek" thing was very heavy-handed to me. Superheroes and Sci-Fi are all well and good, but that's not all "geeks" obsess about. It's an outsider's perception of a "geek".