April 25 2013
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Latest episode of The Big Bang Theory is loaded with Whedon references.
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TenTonParasol | April 25, 17:40 CET
Nico-Angel | April 25, 17:44 CET
Angel&Faith | April 25, 17:49 CET
embers | April 25, 17:50 CET
symbiotics | April 25, 18:30 CET
I couldn't help but laugh when Sheldon mentioned Heroes too - 'cause that was my exact thought about it's ending! LOL
I really hope since the writers/producers are such Whedon fans they can write in more guest spots for whedonesque actors...
Mirage | April 26, 02:00 CET
Penny's reaction was actually really nice. I tend to get overexcited about the things I love and that does make people cautious. Maybe they think, they'll become crazy persons if they get into it, too (can't blame them. I'm just glad, I get to keep them as friends). And Penny honestly did try to understand, not in a "what IS he even talking about"-way.
[ edited by veraishq on 2013-04-26 12:03 ]
veraishq | April 26, 03:02 CET
I know that wasn't really the point of the episode. I'm just saying Leonard had unrealistic expectations.
[ edited by LadyJay on 2013-04-26 12:32 ]
LadyJay | April 26, 03:19 CET
I'm afraid I'm a little more Leonard.
redeem147 | April 26, 03:25 CET
lecter | April 26, 03:45 CET
GreatMuppetyOdin | April 26, 04:11 CET
[ edited by Dana5140 on 2013-04-26 16:05 ]
Dana5140 | April 26, 07:05 CET
Leonard's relationship with Penny is so odd. I can't think of a single thing they have in common. I would be so bored with a girl like her. You can't base an entire relationship around just the sex.
I like Sheldon's line about Heroes. I wrote the show off after the season 1 finale, which I thought was a huge let down after all the build up that season had. Everything I have heard from others about subsequent seasons makes me feel like I made the right choice
Sheldon's orgasmic reaction at the end of the episode was funny and I laughed out loud during the scene where Amy "wish blocked" Sheldon with the paper plate.
Angel&Faith | April 26, 07:46 CET
mutt999 | April 26, 08:00 CET
That's not to say there's not a lot about season one to love. But expectations are very different now and people expect greatness on every level right out of the gate.
sumogrip | April 26, 08:47 CET
All that being said, I love Willow, too. She's sweet.
[ edited by johanna on 2013-04-26 18:30 ]
johanna | April 26, 09:28 CET
Yoink | April 26, 09:50 CET
Yeah, me too. It's interesting; I can remember someone saying to me once--back around the time S4 or S5 was airing: "but, of course, we all agree who the most important character in the show is, don't we?" I knew that they couldn't mean Buffy (because, well, duh) but I didn't have a clue who they could mean if not Buffy. They, too, were "Willow" people--but when they said that I felt it to be no more inherently probable than any of the secondary characters. If anything, Zander had--in the early seasons--struck me as the secondary character with the most interesting arc; and Giles was probably the secondary character with the most interesting backstory and the most interestingly complex relationship to Buffy. But as for who the emotional center of the story was: well, for me it was never any contest--Buffy every time.
Not that I think anyone who holds a different opinion is wrong, of course. It's not the sort of thing one can be right or wrong about. It's just fascinating how two different people can both love a show and yet obviously be seeing in some ways very different stories unfolding.
Yoink | April 26, 09:57 CET
KingofCretins | April 26, 11:04 CET
Jaymii | April 26, 12:14 CET
Yes, exactly!
johanna | April 26, 22:35 CET
LAdyDay, Dana5140, johanna, Yoink: Mine was an odd situation. I like horror and fantasy, which was generally off-limts on the TV with my ex, so just to get my fix Istarted wathcing all sorts of stuff with my duaghter (Hercules, Xena, Gargoyles) once she got a TV. So when BtVS rpeiered I just figured I wouldn't be able to watch it but my "Kit-kat" discovered it and just got used to watching and enjoying it with her, and missed that as she lost interest late in S4 (plus I liked watching the groovy chicks, age differences be darned.) I only became a super-fanatic halfway thru S-5 after my marriage broke up which is a more complicated and emotional story
DaddyCatALSO | April 27, 09:02 CET
Anyway, her and Leonard have satisfactory conversations, but it's TV. I can't see two people like that in real life being able to enjoy a conversation for more than two minutes, which conveniently seems to be how long their scenes on the show actually last.
Just my opinion though, for what it's worth. I just feel like their relationship feels very forced. A more natural girlfriend for Leonard would be that comic book artist we saw in one episode, who Leonard turned down because he was still hung up on Priya, or Sheldon's assistant Alex. I find both of them far more interesting than Penny, but then again, I'm not Leonard. And he's just a sitcom character, so much of his actions aren't very realistic anyway. I can't imagine a real life guy like Leonard who has almost every single female who appears on the show attracted to him settling for a dumb girl with no future (Oh but wait, Penny is going to be a famous actress - riiiight, I really see that happening)
Angel&Faith | April 27, 12:02 CET
But I thought the ep. where she appeared in Streetcar.... was intended to show her acting ability was legit.
DaddyCatALSO | April 27, 12:14 CET
BTW, I'm crap in math. That's the way my brain is wired - I'm not stupid.
redeem147 | April 27, 13:39 CET
Angel&Faith | April 27, 21:01 CET
nyrk | April 27, 21:11 CET
Angel&Faith | April 28, 06:55 CET
Angel&Faith | April 28, 07:09 CET
Neither the Geek "Guartet" (except maybe Leonard) nor Penny give any indication that they'd get much out of a DVD of Casablance, Citizen Kane, etc. Amy and Bernadette probably would , given the very, very rare times they've mentioned the kinds of fiction they read.
DaddyCatALSO | April 30, 08:43 CET