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| Lus | Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:19 am Post #281 |
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Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN
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I love bloopers!
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| ReedEnterprise | Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:41 pm Post #282 |
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Did you see the new commercial Kaley is in with Shatner? |
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| wissaboo | Fri Feb 1, 2013 4:25 pm Post #283 |
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I have to say this season they have had a couple great scenes where Sheldon is a relatable human beings. Adds a whole level of pathos to his character that is usually lacking. |
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| Lus | Sat Feb 2, 2013 3:46 am Post #284 |
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Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN
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Amy is changing him ![]() We're on a break here, not sure when it starts again. |
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| Mojochi | Sat Feb 2, 2013 8:42 am Post #285 |
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If you watch the pilot, it's the intention to have him be relatable, it's only shortly thereafter that he is trumped up into the far fetched caricature that we now expect I compare it to Cosmo Kramer, who was also made more extreme after the pilot. It's a well defined phenomena in situation comedy that people are most amused by things that are extremist. In the past it was often done with simpleton characters, & accentuating their stupidity to absurd & even unrealistic levels for laughs, Woody Boyd, Ernie (Coach) Pantuso, Joey Tribbiani, Kelso, Tony Banta, Rose Nylund, Chrissy Snow, Ed Norton. There's hundreds of examples of a sit-com having one character that is the "Dumb one". In fact, you can chart the ratings of "The Simpsons" & you'll notice that the seasons with the highest viewership were seasons that Homer is the most dimwitted. Early on he wasn't so at all, & later on he wasn't as much. Mostly it was during the years Conan O'Brien was the producer & "D'oh" became a catch phrase And there's no diminishing returns either. A show that puts in multiple extremist characters, even of the same kind, like the dumb ones, can actually do even better. Look at Married With Children. It ran for like a decade, & pretty much every character was an idiot. The same holds true for my favorite show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Those people take the cake on extremism A show is really creative when they can use some other trait as the extreme gag, & in Big Bang's case, they struck gold with an uber Nerd. The sitcom nerd or dork being a time tested archetype as well, with such examples as Gilligan & Urkel, but they really had something when they could put a nerd in that outdid an entire cast of nerds & then set it to an actual nerd reality like science That takes talent & intellegence, & though it's nice on occasion to intersperse some normalcy into the characters, it's probably not wise to stray too far from the formula that made them successful |
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| Mojochi | Sat Feb 2, 2013 8:44 am Post #286 |
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Amy stared out as an extreme as well, & since she is not the extremist main focal that Sheldon is, they were able to change her to a more relatable character. I don't see them being successful if they try that with Sheldon too much |
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| wissaboo | Sat Feb 2, 2013 8:50 am Post #287 |
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excellent analysis as usual mojo I'm always amazed at the pilot when I rewatch it. Can you imagine Sheldon at a sperm bank? |
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| Mojochi | Sat Feb 2, 2013 9:16 am Post #288 |
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It's been a while since I saw the pilot, but what I remember finding odd was the almost normal rapport between Leonard & Sheldon |
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| wissaboo | Sat Feb 2, 2013 9:49 pm Post #289 |
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and leonard came accross as just as smart if not smarter than sheldon. |
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| Mojochi | Mon Feb 4, 2013 4:09 am Post #290 |
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& less neurotic/whiny |
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| Lus | Mon Feb 4, 2013 6:41 am Post #291 |
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Sherlock... I mean... KHANNNNNNN
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| ReedEnterprise | Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:47 pm Post #292 |
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^^^^^ BAA HAA HAA |
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| DATAWORF | Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:49 pm Post #293 |
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I am not a pony
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OK! I ADMIT IT!!! JUST TAKE MY MONEY AND LEAVE ME BE!
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| wissaboo | Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:57 am Post #294 |
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I loved the Walkind Dead reference last week. Shows they are paying attention. It would be better if they mentioned it in reference to Sheldon's old roommate though |
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| wissaboo | Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:53 pm Post #295 |
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you've got to see this |
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| Mojochi | Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:25 pm Post #296 |
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I posted that back in november (on page 13) & nobody even noticed
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| wissaboo | Thu Feb 14, 2013 3:41 pm Post #297 |
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oops
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| Mojochi | Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:44 pm Post #298 |
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Leonard & Sheldon did not participate
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| ReedEnterprise | Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:41 pm Post #299 |
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Too uncool to be cool uncool? |
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| AWOLangel | Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:28 pm Post #300 |
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more info & participating theaters |
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I posted that back in november (on page 13) & nobody even noticed

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