There was something about it I found obnoxious. It was just kind of lazy and, although the cast did a decent job, the writing was meh.
Never seen it but parents did , it’s horrid !
The big bang theory killed my parents.
First season or two was alright. Not great, but alright. Early on, it felt more like a show made for nerds. There were lots of niche references to nerd culture that the casual viewer wouldn’t catch. They intentionally kept them niche and vague, because they knew that’s the kind of shit nerds love.
But as the series progressed and they began aiming at a wider audience, the references were aimed more at the casual viewer. It shifted to a show that was for nerds to a show that was making fun of nerds. The viewership shifted away from former nerds, and suddenly it was the former bullies watching it instead.
Usual Chuck Lorre series lifecycle. Many are pretty good, for their 1st, 2nd, seasons. Then they should die gracefully.
I didn’t like it.
I watched two episodes before bouncing off hard. No idea how it got as popular as it did, because the jokes were just low effort and lazy.
In my opinion, it’s not as bad as people claim it to be, but It’s far from being great as well.
I think it was easier to watch when it came out, but from memory I enjoyed it. I remember thinking the show was kinda accurate regarding nerdy references (compared to other movies and series of the time) and I thought it was cool.
It was fun for the first 4 to 5 seasons and after that I couldn’t stand it anymore.
I loved the nerdiness of the show but it was more like they were making fun of them instead of laughing with them.
I totally related to almost all of the culture since I’m a giant nerd
It’s for people who don’t know comedy
If a show requires a laugh track to tell its viewers when to laugh, then it lacks substance enough to cause it without.
I absolutely agree. You can find some parts of the show with the laugh track removed on YouTube, and it’s amazing to realise how unfunny the jokes really are.
I don’t agree in general - I like the trad sitcom “sort of live” approach, as in Cheers and early Red Dwarf, but it is definitely used as you say far too often. The fecking Flintstones used a laugh track - an animated show.
But search YouTube for “Big Bang Theory without Laugh Track” and you’ll see a dew examples of how shit most of the humour actually is
The autism representation is what happens when a writer has never met another person before.
Fairly accurate sociopath representation though.
I really like it. It has some nice jokes and I enjoy it quite a lot when I see it
I refer to it as geek culture black face.
As a nerd I loathe that show, it’s vapid. You nailed it.
I’m a Nerodivergent geek, I had lots of people tell me “you will love this show” so I watched some and now I wonder how those people really see me. So that’s kinda fun.
Yeah, that’s what I told my grandmother when she wanted me to watch it. It was like the show was portraying nerds as other people see them when we start gushing about a niche interest.
This is a great way to put it! Totally agree
Wow, that’s incredibly succinct and accurate.
“Nerdface” I have called it.
I love it. Watched it when it aired and catch reruns once in a while. I don’t watch a lot of the reruns but do watch them from time to time.
