After 12 years of watching this fantastic comedy sitcom it has come to heartfelt ending.
It is genuinely one of the funniest shows on TV with a fantastic cast and great chemistry. Sheldon Cooper maybe arrogant, self centered and in capable of emotions or empathy but you are rooting for him in the show and he quickly rises to be the star of a fantastic group. They really do come together as family and you want to hang out with these people, after 12 years of watching this show you think of Howard, Rajesh, Penny, Leonard, Bernadette, Sheldon, and Amy as friends that you really do know. They all have their stories to play out but you just don't know what to expect and when it does you love it.
They kept it relatable and especially to us nerds and that of the comic kidding, and now that Marvel is king it only made us even cooler. And seeing how nuts these guys are about Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek made them relatable to us and through everything they have been through we can relate to them.
The ending was genuinely perfect, the gang back together over a meal. We just haven't had enough of them.
It is not a show about “nerds” as much as it is NERD BLACKFACE. The characters themselves are incredibly sexist and maintain totally unrealistic standards for women at the same time the main, MOST POPULAR character is applauded for his open misogyny. Going beyond the concept that they are even supposed to be “smart,” they are, at best, a writers’ room versions of what is supposed to be stereotypical smart as it appeals to the lowest common denominator.
Another damning aspect, to me, of this ‘most popular’ piece of pop-culture treasure is the fact that during the majority of its run, it was THE most viewed program by traditional viewers. That means, more people watched a show making fun of a caricature of “nerds” as it aired ‘live’ on terrestrial TV during its regular time slot than any other show. By contrast, the most popular show that was viewed ‘time shifted’ was Community.
Think about that and you may infer that means the most popular show ‘about’ nerds was popular among the people who couldn’t even program their DVRs properly.
Meanwhile Community, a meta-sitcom that appealed to ‘real “nerds”’ wasn’t even counted by Nielsen’s ratings system because at the end of the last decade and the beginning of the 20-teens, the TV industry STILL wasn’t counting the viewership of ‘time-shifted’ DVR programming and internet-viewed programs in the Ratings system. I think that was due to the deal that was stuck with the writers’ union during the 2007/8 strike; by undercutting the viewership for many of the shows the networks didn’t own outright, the writers were still getting screwed.
To sum up, Big Bang Theory is the most offensive sitcom to me, for reasons both on the screen and off of the screen.
This is the #1 program in Canada (although American made), but has a tremendous international following. Who knew that a half hour show about a couple of socially awkward, yet off the scale brilliant, nerds would have garnered such success and such a faithful following. I think the appeal is that it resonates with everyone who has ever felt themselves to be an outsider (and haven't we all, at one time or another). Since the pilot, the regular cast has grown into a family of outcasts who's antics, interactions, romances and personal dilemmas never fail to draw us in. The writing is intelligent, ever creative (as demonstrated in their ability to keep it fresh for 10 seasons) and laugh out loud funny. The characters, always 3 dimensional, have grown into themselves, and have kept our attention, as we have cringed, laughed, cried and cheered them on. The actors, filling out their roles, are spot on! Between the 6th and 8th season I got sidetracked from keeping up with the show, and have this past week re-familiarized myself with the series and got caught up, and I must say its been a good week of viewing. I highly recommend this series, and give it a 9.5 (brilliant) maybe even 10 (classic) out of ten. Admittedly I'm a nerd, so I love the references and banter to all things SciFi, academic or nerd culture, and, yes, I've been known to pause the show to google people or references that I didn't quite get (so it's educational, too!) It's just a good time to which you should treat yourself. Dive in.
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
Getting this review in literally minutes after I finished watching, so everything is really fresh. It was a great concept, that remained really enjoyable throughout. I think it started at its best when all the jokes were fresh, characters were extra quirky, and the plot had a focus. While it never dipped to being completely average, I do think it lost what made it special by season 5. Most of the jokes were rehashed, the characters less quirky, but it was all still easy to watch and I enjoyed it all. From 5 thru 11 it all stays really consistent, and I can see it being a show that was more enjoyed week to week, than binged back to back. Fortunately, season 12 did wrap up in a good way, and I think I enjoyed it more than the previous seven seasons because the plot had a grander focus and all the characters had a bigger arc than they had up until that point. With all that being said, if you like CBS comedies, I do recommend at least checking it out...but make sure to start from the beginning to fully appreciate the characters.
Average Season Review: 7.88/10
Recommendation: At Least Give it a Whirl (For CBS Comedy Fans)
I've just started the sixth season, so my opinion only reflects on what I've seen so far, and that's a -for me- very disturbing mixture of enjoyment and annoyance.
Since everyone knows the show's strong points (and there are quite a lot of them!), I'm not going to talk about those. But there are things that are portrayed -and perceived- as good, new, fresh, etc. that are actually really disturbing elements.
There's the obvious "new": Nerds as main characters in a popular sitcom. But no matter what you think makes a person a "nerd" (history nerds, science nerds, pop culture nerds, gamer nerds, socially inept losers.. ._.) it is obvious that the show doesn't have the audience laugh with Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon. I'm too lazy to get into detail, but this is something that really bothers me.
Then, and I'm not sure what to call it (sexist?), we have Penny. Penny doesn't have a last name. She's mostly used as a writing device, as Leonard's love interest, as someone Sheldon can be arrogant at, etc. She's never really a person- And then there's her and Leonard's relationship, which is cringe-inducing. The narration is incredibly Nice Guy, with Leonard even saying things like "I was nice to you because sex", and everyone nodding along, because Leonard is such a sweet guy. Really? (Bechdel Test? Probably failed. So far, I'm not sure if there have been two women with full last names who talked about something OTHER than a guy. Might have missed it, though.)
Other issues I have are consistency (cat allergy? belts?), the constant not!progressive gay-baiting, and most importantly the way the show/characters treats Sheldon's autistic behaviour and asexuality.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching the show. I laugh, there are episodes that I've given 9+ stars, and episodes I've watched more than twice, but there is always a little voice in my head that points out all these things. And I can't help but think: The fact that those are "little" moments, moments that are easily missed, hurts even more.
Review by mrVazilBlockedParentSpoilers2014-09-27T22:55:09Z
I have been watching the big bang Theory ever since it first aired. Being an IT student at the time, the uncomfortable social situations and nerdy jokes spoke to me. However, much has changed throughout the seasons, more about that later.
We start out with our four nerdy main characters. There is the recognizable fact of the three people with higher degrees (PHD holding Sheldon, Leonard and Raj) who make fun and feel themselves better than "simple" engineer Howard. There is the desperate search for love coming from both Howard and Raj, and the differentiation between the confident yet single Howard and the timid, uncertain just-as-single Raj. Sheldon is the one who has no sense of what's going on around him, and is only interested in his own world. Leonard is the humble cute guy who manages to get a date from time to time, an inspiration to Howard and Raj, although his on/off fling with Leslie gives us the impression that he isn't really that successful after all.
Then we have the obvious babe, Penny, the complete opposite of our four nerds. She makes something stir in all three of them, but follows the cliché of going out with the "wrong" men, being dumb, and ignoring their advances.
Even though these are all cliche’s, the inside jokes and the disarming clumsiness of the four guys made the first seasons well worth watching. Gradually however, as the show became more popular, the writers started to abandon what once made it so.
With the introduction of Bernadette and Amy the female characters are drastically expanded, but they don't add any real value to the show. Bernadette is the caricature of Howards mother, where as Amy is an attempt to make Sheldon look more human. At the same time, we go from a show with it's own flair to a one-in-a-dozen sitcom. The laughing tape went from being an accessory to being the main engine of the show. The characters became aware they were going to make a pun and started smiling like idiots before they said it, and laughing like people high on weed after someone made it. The longer this series continues, the more painful it becomes to watch. The lines that are supposed to be jokes are simply not funny. The acting and stereotyping are more bearable in a highschool play. And, as stated in another review made before this one, the show changes from laughing with the characters to laughing at the characters. From a nerdy show to a show about nerds.
Conclusion: if you're looking for some nerdy fun, watch the first three or four seasons. After that, it gets the same illness so many American shows suffer from, namely that it becomes a cash cow for the producers and starts a long, painfully slow, continuously prolonged process of dying a silent dead.They never seem to know when to end something great instead of going on to make it something mediocre.