Are You a Fan of The Big Bang Theory?
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Can't say I've ever seen the appeal to this show. The typical episode can be summarised thusly:
"We're nerds." (Ha Ha Ha)
"The blonde girl doesn't know what we're talking about." (Ah Ha Ha)
[Obscure sci-fi/comic reference] (Oh Ho Ho Ah Ha Ha)
And this is one of television's biggest shows?
"We're nerds." (Ha Ha Ha)
"The blonde girl doesn't know what we're talking about." (Ah Ha Ha)
[Obscure sci-fi/comic reference] (Oh Ho Ho Ah Ha Ha)
And this is one of television's biggest shows?
Everybody has different tastes in television.
I don't care for the show. Basically, it's a show written about somebody's idea of geeks rather than by actual geeks, so most of the humor is at the geeks' expense, using the same old tired stereotypes.
Oh hahaha, look at how goofy they all dress (None of them ever improves their fashion sense, even after they get into steady relationships? Really?). Oh, hahaha, look at how inept they are when talking to women! Oh hahaha, look at how all they talk about is their geek interests, even when the other person has no knowledge of or interest in, that topic! Why, aren't they just adorable? It's almost like they're people!
So yeah, not for me.
And can somebody tell their set dresser that actual comic shops file their comic books in alphabetical order?
Oh hahaha, look at how goofy they all dress (None of them ever improves their fashion sense, even after they get into steady relationships? Really?). Oh, hahaha, look at how inept they are when talking to women! Oh hahaha, look at how all they talk about is their geek interests, even when the other person has no knowledge of or interest in, that topic! Why, aren't they just adorable? It's almost like they're people!
So yeah, not for me.
And can somebody tell their set dresser that actual comic shops file their comic books in alphabetical order?
My only issue is that as soon as <some> people hear you are a Star Trek fan they automatically think of BBT and assume you must have got the idea from watching BBT... as if Trek didn't even exist until some modern sitcom thought it up... I've only ever watched an episode or two... always when I'm at someone's house and it's on in the background, as I don't own a TV. It's ok, and anything which puts Trek and Trek related stuff on a pedestal is ok with me.
When I first heard of the show, I completely hated and was offended by the concept as a geek and failed Physicist (only did two years of a my degree, many years ago now). However, a few years after it started, I gave it a shot, and will not consider scrapping it now. The characters do not really remind me of anyone I knew in the Physics department at my uni, but the characters do grow on you and it's done lovingly. I think the show does a good part for geek culture, to the degree that it's almost popular where I live 
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My local comic book shop doesn't do it that way. They're all grouped together according to publisher, and after that there's no real order. For example, back when IDW had the Doctor Who license their Star Trek and Doctor Who comics were always next to each other.
All the shops I bought at, including the ones I worked for, used alphabetical order for back issues. For new releases some segregated by publisher (usually DC, Marvel, other)
Ours tended to use Alphabetical for the older stuff, but any newer items were in publication order.
In another thread it was brought up that CBS might use TBBT to promote the new Star Trek series prior to it premiere.
Maybe not just in the commercial breaks, but have the characters talk it up on the show. I remember Sheldon mentioning the first Abrams movie. Also the new series could show either immediately before or after TBBT, use it as a lead in.
Maybe not just in the commercial breaks, but have the characters talk it up on the show. I remember Sheldon mentioning the first Abrams movie. Also the new series could show either immediately before or after TBBT, use it as a lead in.
Squiggy, you're sitting in Sheldon's spot! He's not going to be happy...
Not a bad idea. CBS got great ratings for SUPERGIRL by using BBT as a lead-in . . ..
To clarify, I was talking about the back issue bins that you see in the center of the comic shop set, where the comics they flip through are obviously in a random order. The only place I see that is in the discount bins, where it's not worth the store's while to keep them properly sorted.
Yeah, some comic stores sort their new comic shelves by publisher, but that's not what I was talking about.
Just contributing my RL experience.
Never noticed what order, if any, the books are in on the show. I assume they stand in more or less the same spot no matter what book they're looking for "in universe",because of RL blocking/lighting reasons. I don't recall them calling out titles when in the back issue bins, just saying "got it, got it, got it...". The signage does say "$1.00 Comics" so maybe it is the discount bin.
Ah, very good then. I've never really paid attention to the back issue bins, so there's the extent of my expertise on this matter.
Although, this could just be a case of the realities of TV production. EG, there's likely behind the scenes reasons for why we see the comics displayed in the order we see them in on screen and it has to be done that way even if it blatantly defies how actual comic shops usually operate. TV has all kinds of idiosyncratic ways of doing things. Kind of like how you can't show people wearing accurate military uniforms because then they're impersonating military personnel which is a federal felony.
Glad you guys wrote this so I didn't have to. It's a classic example of "laughing at" instead of "laughing with."
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