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samnsara

(17,622 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 06:47 PM Mar 2019

so will people hate me if i confess i didnt like The Big Bang Theory?

..other than they made Science cool for kids i couldnt manage thru 10 minutes of it..ever...total... (sorry!)


Anyone else realllllllly hate a show that was popular... or the other way around?

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so will people hate me if i confess i didnt like The Big Bang Theory? (Original Post) samnsara Mar 2019 OP
One joke show Loki Liesmith Mar 2019 #1
They ran out of material after a couple of seasons, but I liked it at first. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #2
+1 rampartc Mar 2019 #5
I won't... I never watched more than a preview for it. I just didn't have the "urge" to watch it... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #3
I like the show, but cannot stand the number of commercials Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #4
i didnt understand why it was so popular Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #6
Why would you say that? Just because it is predictable and unfunny? JDC Mar 2019 #7
I hated hearing it when a family member was watching. Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #8
I could see hating it but I enjoyed it ... it wasn't BRILLIANT or anything mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #9
I never could get into it. Staph Mar 2019 #10
Yep. Never liked Rebl2 Mar 2019 #11
Being a real-life scientist, my kids thought I'd love it. GeorgeGist Mar 2019 #12
Never into 'Friends' shenmue Mar 2019 #13
It's not for everyone... Phentex Mar 2019 #14
Never sparked my interest at all Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #15
Nope never thought it was that funny, a kennedy Apr 2019 #16

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
5. +1
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 06:54 PM
Mar 2019

ftiends, seinfeld, and "how i met your mother."

probably a generational thing. i'm obviously not the target demographic.

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)
3. I won't... I never watched more than a preview for it. I just didn't have the "urge" to watch it...
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 06:49 PM
Mar 2019

Then again, there have been a LOT of sitcoms that I never watched. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe I'll get bored one day and binge watch the entire series, but so far, no...

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
4. I like the show, but cannot stand the number of commercials
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 06:53 PM
Mar 2019

to which I am subjected during it and pretty much every other program. I haven't watched much of it this year as I simply have given up on the fight to enjoy television without the numerous ads. I will wait until it comes out on Dvd and watch it at my leisure.

If you don't enjoy the show, everyone's tastes are different and you should watch what you want, just like the rest of us.

JDC

(10,127 posts)
7. Why would you say that? Just because it is predictable and unfunny?
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 07:11 PM
Mar 2019

Who doesn't love lay up jokes and recycled storylines.

That show is what is wrong with network sitcoms.

Grasswire2

(13,570 posts)
8. I hated hearing it when a family member was watching.
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 07:24 PM
Mar 2019

Just hated Sheldon Cooper's whining and knocking on the neighbor's door. But then I watched it for a few times and it grew on me. There are some excellent comedy bits worthy of American humor.

I wouldn't turn it on for myself, but certain bits make me laugh if I see it. It's just an ensemble sitcom of characters, the way Friends was, and How I Met Your Mother, but with the side of science.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
9. I could see hating it but I enjoyed it ... it wasn't BRILLIANT or anything
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 08:08 PM
Mar 2019

But it was often good for at least a few laughs, and the characters were amiable (except Sheldon I suppose ... well he is but in an odd way let's say).

I'm def. the target audience though being a computer and science nerd, in the right age demo.

Also, I saw almost all of them in interviews over the years, and everyone on it seemed cool IRL. Guessing everyone is liberal. Jim Parsons is so stunningly different it's a trip. Very cool, very out gay man, and quite humble-seeming. His transformation into the character is really pretty impressive and part of why he won a lot of awards. JP is literally like the anti-Sheldon.

Staph

(6,251 posts)
10. I never could get into it.
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 08:13 PM
Mar 2019

I find most sitcoms unfunny. The only current ones that I watch are The Good Place and Murphy Brown, and I recently started catching up with Brooklyn 99 on Hulu.


Rebl2

(13,507 posts)
11. Yep. Never liked
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:00 PM
Mar 2019

The Office, How I met your mother, liked Modern family for a while, but it should have been over years ago, and anything with Tim Allen in it.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
14. It's not for everyone...
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 12:58 PM
Mar 2019

I think I've seen a dozen episodes or so. Sometimes I think it's funny. Other times I cringe. It must have been on originally at a time when I watched something else because I don't really remember much about how it started.

It's just the way tv works.

a kennedy

(29,662 posts)
16. Nope never thought it was that funny,
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 03:03 PM
Apr 2019

didn't like friends either, but I still love and enjoy Seinfeld......know almost all the episodes by heart. Despise Tim Allen shows as well.......

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