Is the Big Bang theory the worst programme on tv?

Lagamorph wrote:Not while we have gooseberry fool like Coronation Street and Emmerdale 7 or 8 times a day.

you forgot Eastenders and Doctors

I probably would still watch Eastenders were it not on 4 nights a week. Twice a week is more than enough.

Eastenders is funnier than The Big Bang Theory.

Mafro wrote:
bear wrote:It's muck but it's not as bad as the other shite on E4 like Mindy Project and New Girl.

Or anything involving Jason Byrne.

New Girl has gotten progressively worse since the first season. I really like the Mindy Project though.

In comparison to New Girl, Mindy Project has been continually improving.

It's getting syndicated to hell and back. Channel 4 has it on a lot.

It is the new Friends but not as shite.

Big bang is great, it has had a few of series but the latest one is good.

SquintyMcSquint wrote:It's getting syndicated to hell and back. Channel 4 has it on a lot.

It is the new Friends but not as shite.

Friends was way better than Big Bang Theory.

SquintyMcSquint wrote:It's getting syndicated to hell and back. Channel 4 has it on a lot.

It is the new Friends but not as shite.

I thought that was How i Met Your Mother until it finally ended

floydfreak wrote:
SquintyMcSquint wrote:It's getting syndicated to hell and back. Channel 4 has it on a lot.

It is the new Friends but not as shite.

I thought that was How i Met Your Mother until it finally ended

It's funny because the wanted it to be that so badly but it absolutely, completely failed. Awful show full of some of the most unlikeable characters I've ever seen in a popular sitcom.

NickSCFC wrote:Not while Modern Family exists.

If it wasn't for that show then we would have nothing to post when semi-famous people die.

NickSCFC wrote:Not while Modern Family exists.

Oh dear.

Cuban Pete wrote:And Friends is and always will be brilliant.

I absolutely hate this show. It was on channel 4 endlessly back when they had the rights to it.

From what I've seen of HIMYM, it is not particularly good either. I didn't find it funny at all.

I would take Big Bang over both of those. Not a brilliant show, but at least it pokes fun at some geek conventions. And it has Bernadette. I just don't listen to her voice :wub:

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Over about a month or two I watched until the first character got married and stopped. 5 seasons, I think?

It's garbage. The writing is awful and some of the character traits are just terrible jokes that far outstay their welcome. Raj can't talk to women without alcohol, guys! Side-splitting.

I stopped because I realised I was only really in it for moments when Howard screamed at his mother or the rare occasions something niche I like got exposure to such a huge audience.

Seasons 1-4 of Friends are God-tier TV, though. Lightning in a bottle

Big Bang doesnt laugh with scientists or 'geeks' or anyone. It laughs at them. It obfuscates interesting and fairly simple to grasp theorems and concepts in order to mock and deride them and anyone who appreciates them.

Thats why its a gooseberry fool program. People watch it and they hide the interesting science so that it seems impassible or impossible to learn to the layman. Its regressive, offensive and devoid of any talent.

jiggles wrote:Over about a month or two I watched until the first character got married and stopped. 5 seasons, I think?

It's garbage. The writing is awful and some of the character traits are just terrible jokes that far outstay their welcome. Raj can't talk to women without alcohol, guys! Side-splitting.

I stopped because I realised I was only really in it for moments when Howard screamed at his mother or the rare occasions something niche I like got exposure to such a huge audience.

Seasons 1-4 of Friends are God-tier TV, though. Lightning in a bottle

Zimbabwe.

Mafro wrote:
jiggles wrote:Over about a month or two I watched until the first character got married and stopped. 5 seasons, I think?

It's garbage. The writing is awful and some of the character traits are just terrible jokes that far outstay their welcome. Raj can't talk to women without alcohol, guys! Side-splitting.

I stopped because I realised I was only really in it for moments when Howard screamed at his mother or the rare occasions something niche I like got exposure to such a huge audience.

Seasons 1-4 of Friends are God-tier TV, though. Lightning in a bottle

Zimbabwe.

Best thing to come out of the whole show. :lol:

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Falsey wrote:Big Bang doesnt laugh with scientists or 'geeks' or anyone. It laughs at them. It obfuscates interesting and fairly simple to grasp theorems and concepts in order to mock and deride them and anyone who appreciates them.

Thats why its a gooseberry fool program. People watch it and they hide the interesting science so that it seems impassible or impossible to learn to the layman. Its regressive, offensive and devoid of any talent.

I was gonna just say "Yes" and be done with it but Sir False has summed it up perfectly.

Falsey wrote:Big Bang doesnt laugh with scientists or 'geeks' or anyone. It laughs at them. It obfuscates interesting and fairly simple to grasp theorems and concepts in order to mock and deride them and anyone who appreciates them.

And? I don't get why it has to be this show that 'celebrates' geekdom. Its just a buddy comedy of someone stuck with someone he hates.

It makes science and maths and whatever else seem much more difficult then they are. It hides genuinely very interesting theory and ideas because herp derp muh shelder.

Then it does try and sell itself as a celebration, when its clear to anybody who has even a hint of a clue that its needlessly cruel and snide.

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Falsey wrote:It makes science and maths and whatever else seem much more difficult then they are. It hides genuinely very interesting theory and ideas because herp derp muh shelder.

Then it does try and sell itself as a celebration, when its clear to anybody who has even a hint of a clue that its needlessly cruel and snide.

This, essentially. I watched an episode of TBBT which pretty nastily mocked players of Guitar Hero/Rock Band and came across as a pretty snide and cruel caricature. In contrast even South Park managed to parody that particular craze both well and quite affectionately.

False has put it better than I can, but as someone who identifies pretty strongly with nerd/geek culture I find TBBT to fall pretty far short of its claim to be a celebration of it.

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