You people have forced me to like that show more out of spite.
Just because I dislike this show doesn't mean you're not allowed to like it. Hell, you can think it's bad and still like it. I like plenty of things that aren't exactly perfect.
Funny, I just had a discussion with my brother about my unsure feelings about it. The show is legitimately funny but the problem with it is that it's too much of a wonderland for stereotypes for me to handle, and I always feel a little uncomfortable as a result.
Funny, I just had a discussion with my brother about my unsure feelings about it. The show is legitimately funny but the problem with it is that it's too much of a wonderland for stereotypes for me to handle, and I always feel a little uncomfortable as a result.
I dunno. I don't necessarily like stereotypes but I appreciate that the show treats them with some degree of respect. They're never depicted as maladjusted manchildren just because they play video games, for example.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I always got the impression that TBBT has only one joke--"It's funny because Sheldon's an asshole, but he's autistic so that makes it okay!"--that it just tries to tell over and over and it gets grating pretty fast
I kinda want to make a thing where it's the antithesis of that, and the autistic (or maybe just socially inept) guy gets called out on it and actually has to deal with the consequences thereof.
I'd like to deconstruct nerd stereotypes in general but I feel like stuff like the IT Crowd already did.
I always got the impression that TBBT has only one joke--"It's funny because Sheldon's an asshole, but he's autistic so that makes it okay!"--that it just tries to tell over and over and it gets grating pretty fast
Not really. Later on most scenes with Sheldon do lean that way, but early on he's more an egotistical asshole that happens to be (most likely) autistic.
Of course, at some point the show's resident straight man turned into someone more obnoxious than Sheldon, at which point the show became intolerable...
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I think RT should have a different rating for movies that scored between 50 and 59. Calling it "rotten" doesn't really make sense when over half of the critics liked it.
Rotten Tomatoes will never be good until every critic does a standardized rating system.
Which is to say, never?
If nothing else I find it a better measure of critical quality for movies than Metacritic, which is limited by its lack of the broad range of possible opinions than RT has.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Genesis busily tells me about the origins (genesis?) of "Hamburger Lady" - "We tried to simulate the position of a woman who'd been burnt from the waist up and in this terminal burns unit in Portland, Oregon. They keep her alive and they called her the Hamburger Lady because she looked like a hamburger. So we all combined to simulate a delirious state and also the ominous evil malignancy of when you choose to keep a body alive.
"...By far the worst is the hamburger lady, and because of shortage right now of 'qualified technicians', e.g. technicians who can work with her and keep their last meal down, Screwloose Lauritzen and I have been alternating nights with her, unrelievedly. If you put a 250-lb meatloaf in the oven and then burned it and then followed that by propping it up on a potty-chair to greet you at 11pm each night, you would have some description of these past two weeks. Which is to say the worst I seen since viet napalms. When somebody tells you that there is a level of pain beyond which the human mind cannot retain consciousness, please tell them to write me. In point of fact this lady has not slept more than 3-5 minutes at a stretch since she came to us - that was over two weeks ago and, thanks to medical advances, there is no end in sight; from the waist (waste?) up everything is burned off, ears, nose etc - lower half is untouched and that, I guess, is what keeps her alive. I took one guy in to help me change tubes and he did alright, that is alright till he came out, then he spotted one of the burn nurses (pleasant smiling zombies) eating a can of chile-mac at the desk, and that did it: he flashed on the carpet. It is fucking insane is what it is."
-part of a letter sent by Al Ackerman from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1978
Genesis busily tells me about the origins (genesis?) of "Hamburger Lady" - "We tried to simulate the position of a woman who'd been burnt from the waist up and in this terminal burns unit in Portland, Oregon. They keep her alive and they called her the Hamburger Lady because she looked like a hamburger. So we all combined to simulate a delirious state and also the ominous evil malignancy of when you choose to keep a body alive.
"...By far the worst is the hamburger lady, and because of shortage right now of 'qualified technicians', e.g. technicians who can work with her and keep their last meal down, Screwloose Lauritzen and I have been alternating nights with her, unrelievedly. If you put a 250-lb meatloaf in the oven and then burned it and then followed that by propping it up on a potty-chair to greet you at 11pm each night, you would have some description of these past two weeks. Which is to say the worst I seen since viet napalms. When somebody tells you that there is a level of pain beyond which the human mind cannot retain consciousness, please tell them to write me. In point of fact this lady has not slept more than 3-5 minutes at a stretch since she came to us - that was over two weeks ago and, thanks to medical advances, there is no end in sight; from the waist (waste?) up everything is burned off, ears, nose etc - lower half is untouched and that, I guess, is what keeps her alive. I took one guy in to help me change tubes and he did alright, that is alright till he came out, then he spotted one of the burn nurses (pleasant smiling zombies) eating a can of chile-mac at the desk, and that did it: he flashed on the carpet. It is fucking insane is what it is."
-part of a letter sent by Al Ackerman from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1978
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I should have known it would be too much for you. When I was a certain age, I used to really love this kind of stuff. Maybe because it made me feel less insecure about myself and was fascinating. I still find Throbbing Gristle delightful. :) And I like guro!
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And the confusing-ass comment system but that's a different issue.
Funny, I just had a discussion with my brother about my unsure feelings about it. The show is legitimately funny but the problem with it is that it's too much of a wonderland for stereotypes for me to handle, and I always feel a little uncomfortable as a result.
the Knights Hospitaller are already on their way.
anyway, I'm gonna hop over to twitch now (twitch.tv/mojavemusic, as if you needed more reminding) for my stream. I'll see y'all later.
I can't log in to my own twitch account, it just keeps sending me to the homepage.
I'd like to deconstruct nerd stereotypes in general but I feel like stuff like the IT Crowd already did.
Happy Endings also isn't bad but I don't watch it regularly. I'm not familiar with Modern Family beyond its concept, however.
it feels so alien to me now
OK finally fucking fixed that.
so I'm going to go stream now. later.
If nothing else I find it a better measure of critical quality for movies than Metacritic, which is limited by its lack of the broad range of possible opinions than RT has.