Opinion of The Big Bang Theory

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

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Big Bang Theory is basically like a middle school bully's caricature of people who find science/math interesting.  I imagine it also appeals somewhat to the deep resentment of academia and intellectualism in certain conservative circles (several studies have shown self-described conservatives are significantly more likely to be fans of the show than self-described liberals).  I'd suspect it lets them feel superior in much the way I've seen some liberals regularly watch Fox News and smugly congratulate themselves for seeing through such obvious propaganda before flipping back to MSNBC.  The show is basically nerdface, completely relies on a de facto laugh track (like pretty much all of Chuck Lorre's shows), and the characters are pretty awful.  The Indian and the Jewish guy are one-note sexist losers who have literally no arc beyond "one/both says something objectifying women, tries to hump anything in sight, fails in a manner that emphasizes how pathetic he/they are."  Penny is a rather shallow and the writing for her character is too inconsistent for her to have much of an arc.  I'll admit Leonard didn't seem as horrible as the others in the episodes I've seen, but he's still pretty much "insert generic sitcom straight-man here."  Sheldon's character is something of a one-trick pony and from what people I know who still watch the show have said, it sounds like he becomes a worse and worse human being as the show progresses.  Granted, in the first season he was already pretty much a caricature who seemed like something you'd find in a post-college version of Dexter's Lab.  So yeah, horrible show.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

It's not a bad show like Community is.

wow

It's the show people watch to try and be "cool" or not fit in with the "mainstream idiots who watch the not funny BBT". So bascially a crappy, not funny hipster show.

Please go away.

Wouldn't it be better for us all if you go down to Venezuela and support your socialist workers in their glorious class revolution and help the facists keep power???

You seem pretty defensive about this   Not liking the show isn't a personal attack on you, life's too short to get bent out of shape over stuff like opinions of a sitcom.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

How does it have an 8.7 rating on IMDB

IMDB thinks that The Dark Knight is a significantly better film than Apocalypse Now is how.

Honestly, I'd argue The Dark Knight is a far better movie than Apocalypse Now (though both are really good).

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I'm not sure what Maxwell is talking about though since the only other good Batman movie is Batman Begins (Bane was awesome in The Dark Knight Rises, Michael Caine had a really good scene early on, and I enjoyed the Scarecrow cameo, but other than that it was "meh" at best and the ending sucked).  While Batman Begins is pretty good and is easily the best superhero origin story, it is merely a good movie.  As for everyone else, I stand by my opinion, however wrong you guys think it might be.