Gamerforlife wrote:
And with all due respect, anyone who just views the characters as pseudo intellectuals who use fancy words is clearly just not educated enough to see otherwise. A lot of the stuff they talk about is based on real science, which makes sense because they are, you know, scientists. That's not to say that the show doesn't occasionally slip up with science stuff, but a lot of it is accurate.
The show is meant for mainstream audiences. While the terminology that they use is correct (and the script probably partially made by real scientists), that doesn't mean their conversations serve any purporse besides showing the audience how smart they are. I never said that the characters are pseudo intellectuals, what I was saying is that the way the script is written, the conversations can look out of place and like a showcase of their vocabulary.
They use a lot of fancy words in a small time frame, which leads to the fact that most people watching the show have no idea what they are talking about. That is the purporse of those conversations. Just because it is based on real science, doesnt mean that those conversations serve any meaningful purporse. Many scifi movies, shows and anime use the sort of lingo that might be technically correct, but doesn't ultimately have any meaning, in order to set the mood. The person watching the show doesn't know what those people are talking about, and is therefore convinced. Just think of the stuff the people working at the headquarters were saying in Neon Genesis Evangelion while the kids were fighting against Angels.
Gamerforlife wrote:
When Sheldon talks about Schrodinger's Cat he actually knows what the hell he's talking about.
Funny that you should pick Schr
ödinger's cat as an example, as it's one of the few examples of higher level of physics that the average person is aware of, like E=MC^2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6 ... ar_culture
But wait, how can the show be nothing more than "oh hey look we use complex scientific terminology in every day conversations, arent we nerdy!" if they do the video gaming, comic books and other stuff so well?
There are less factual errors and the views arent so antiquated as they are in other shows (10 meg pipe and high scores in MMORPGs), but just like with the science, the show never even tries to get in-depth with comic book culture or mmorpgs. It's not the main focus of the show, talking about physics or MMORPGs. Just like with "science lingo" they only scratch the surface so that the viewer knows that these guys play video games. If I recall right, Sheldon explained to Penny that Halo is a "combat simulation" when they were playing Halo. They never showed the screen. It's irrelevant to the show, because that is not what the show is about. All the "nerd stuff" is superficial because the focus of the show is in situational comedy and relationships. It only serves as a mean to bring more depth to the characters and helps to portray them as nerds. The actual subject matters are fairly irrelevant to to show. In short, this show is about the people buying comic books, not about comic books.
Gamerforlife wrote:
The only character who regularly gets drunk is Penny
Raj has to get drunk in order to speak to women and Howard and Leonard have visited a bar multiple times throughout the show. If I recall correctly, Amy Farrah Fowler was also drunk in a few episodes. Raj usually drinks alone and to be able to tolerate talking to women so he still fits the stereotype
Oh and there was also the episode were Raj and Howard dressed up as goths and went to a goth bar. I'm sure I could name more examples if I rewatched S3-S4, it's been awhile since I quit watching the show.
Gamerforlife wrote:
Raj can't get a girlfriend to save his life, and seems borderline gay.
He had sex with Penny and BBT wikia states the following
He has had a number of one-night-stands and brief dates
He is much more successful in casual sex than the more sexually aggressive Howard
Gamerforlife wrote:
Stewart from the comic book shop has no luck with women. The guy with the speech impediment is like vagina repellent
Those are side characters.
Gamerforlife wrote:So really, the show has had ONE real relationship so far
How do you define a "real" relationship? Why is the relationship between Leonard and Priya/Penny/Leslie inferioir and not worthy of the title "
REAL relationship"?
Gamerforlife wrote:
they are still playing the same, awkward, nerd stereotypes they were when the show started
But the characters engage in un-nerdy social activites more frequently and two of them have girlfriends. They are obivously trying to distance the show from what it was like in the beginning by turning two of the main characters more "normal". Even Sheldon has Amy (according to Wikipedia she will become his girlfriend in the fifth season) and Raj isnt as shy as he used to be (again, getting laid with Penny).
Then what when the basis for the show has been destroyed?
