The Big Bang Theory

 ---I Like things brief and to the point-----

  I wouldn't exactly say I hate The Big Bang Theory, but if I had to choose between eating worms or watching The Big Bang Theory just hand me the hot sauce while I swallow a few squiggly ones down. If anyone is curious it's like swallowing sandpaper.

     

    I like to think of myself as an educated nerd. I grew up on Star Trek, Ms. Frizzle was my favorite teacher, and watching anime was my way of rebelling as a kid. With a science degree and years of immersing myself in books, TV, and movies I think I'm smart enough to get the jokes. 

        The problem is that there are no jokes. Big Bang has quite a following and for the life of me I cannot figure out why. Before anyone comments yes I know who Wil Wheaton is. I don't mind laugh tracks. The majority of the time I can simply ignore them, but with the audience's cued laughter at forced pop culture references it's hard too ignore.

 (Even Janeway is tired of your foolishness)

      

         The idea of having a show geared toward nerds and their interests excited me. I had such high hopes. Finally a show where instead of being the clowns that were poked and laughed at for our interests we were going to be viewed as smart and funny, but did Big Bang Theory deliver? No.

     

  Watching Big Bang Theory just made me feel uncomfortable. I understood the references, but a reference is not a joke. I felt like I was the popular girl or the jock looking in. Instead of providing humor for nerds Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady just made us the butt of the joke again and I wasn't laughing.

        The characters seem forced and more like over stated caricatures. The women in the show seem more like a passing thought. There is no point to Penny other than someone for viewers to poke fun at. The other characters are given names and treated as equals, but Penny is the dumb blonde whose full name isn't important enough to even put on Imdb. Bernadette is for lack of a better term a bully, but because she was bullied she's seen as the victim. The saving grace for the women is Amy Fowler played by Mayim Bialik, but even with her intelligence (Mayim Bialik is a neuroscientist) she falls into a mother role handling the others' immature behavior.

       I'm not even going to worry about spoilers. The show is too predictable and they keep regurgitating the same jokes. Pretty ditzy girl marries one of the nerdy guys, but not the leader of the group because that will be too obvious and....

 (Called it)

     I want to like the show. There are some great moments, but they're quickly ruined by an unneeded pop culture reference and the laughing at the wrong time. If I were to suggest anything is this; lose the laughing (it becomes annoying)and tone down the references(it gets boring).

     

    Now I know a lot of people love Big Bang Theory. It's a pretty popular show. I know different strokes for different folks. This show is simply just not my cup of tea.

                              -Mouse