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Big Bang Theory Season 7 US pace
Rodney McKay
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I thought the first episode was a little weak, except for the Sheldon/Penny scenes which were great as usual.
The second episode was a lot better and some good out laughs (Howard and Raj and the man boobs).
I'd say the first two episodes though were stronger than the garbage that was season 6.
The second episode was a lot better and some good out laughs (Howard and Raj and the man boobs).
I'd say the first two episodes though were stronger than the garbage that was season 6.
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The man boobs stuff in episode 2 was a bit of a cliche. Lazy and unoriginal.
The Penny and Sheldon stuff was very funny in 1 but I thought the episode didn't really go anywhere after Leonard appeared.
I quite like them getting back to the old Raj and Howard man love stuff, less of Amy and Bernadette as well which was good.
Is the show not scripted?
I don't really see how you can blame an actor in a comedy show for reading the script in an amusing way.
She's often had problems not laughing when she's not supposed to, in the earlier series you can often see her starting to crack, especially in scenes with Parsons.
You only have to look at the outtakes to see the reasons why!
I'm sure most people in her situation would do the same, Parsons does seem to be very funny. And it makes all the Penny and Sheldon scenes some of the best in the show - they were certainly the best parts of episode 1!
I thought the Howard and Raj sub-plot in episode 2 was clichéd, but worth it for Bernadette's reaction to the man-boobs examination, and Penny handing over the cream in the very last scene.
Other than that I thought the 2nd episode was ok - the Leonard and Penny reunion fell flat and the argument between Sheldon and Leonard was resolved far too quickly, but the bits between Sheldon and Amy were good.
Well I have no idea if there's any ad-libbing or not, but I doubt JP would get into trouble if the lines were funny, given it's the highest rated series on US TV, and they couldn't do it without him.
I dunno, maybe it's always been there and I've just not noticed, but it was a bit distracting this time I thought, although I largely enjoyed the show.
Friend spots two glasses of wine and suspects girlfriend is cheating....
If this show wasn't Friends 2.0 before, it is now. Even Howard's burst of femininity was a story Chandler had.
The actors generally say in interviews that there's no ad-libbing, but the writers do rewrite things during the taping if it doesn't go down well with the studio audience.
I didn't really notice it much this time, but maybe I'm just being lenient on Kaley Cuoco because I know I'd struggle to keep a straight face if it were me!
I think she's looked like she was one step away from cracking up quite a lot. in the situation where her character is meant to find something funny it looks genuine. otherwise it can look a bit unprofessional. happen now she's making so much money she don't care.
i just meant really that in the situation where one actor is making the other laugh by being funny in a comedy show it's difficult to level any accusation at the one who is being funny.
Although she delivers her lines well, she often seems to stop "acting" between her lines, both in her expression and her body language. It could be due to having a live audience. The cast often have to wait for the audience to stop laughing before they can say their next line. The guys just seem to handle that (staying in character) better than Cuoco does.
Didn't make any sense and little humour.
They went to the bowling alley because of the coordinates under the Rolling Stone's Poster.
I think they were in different places because they might have had different clues at the bowling alley.
Yes but what was the point of the bowling alley?
To prove that Sheldon was more far-sighted than the others in having brought his own bowling ball, I presume?
It was great to have so many classic Sheldon and Penny comedy moments though, and Amy and Howard singing Neil Diamond was hilarious
I noticed this too on 8 Simple Rules. She's only matured slightly with age.
I know what you mean and I've noticed it too. Sometimes it looks like she's struggling not to laugh at a line.
Then again, it can look more natural. If someone is wisecracking around you'd be liable to laugh rather than throw an equally good zinger straight back as everyone does in sitcomland.
And I suppose she's not just in the cast because of her acting abilities...
Because it's needless exposition? The clue was hidden under a rock, not a literal rock that you would assume but the rock band poster. Most viewers would have gotten that.
But, yes, Howard and Amy in the car was the best part of the episodes. Strangely amusing.
It's always great when they pair off characters who don't interact much and get an unexpected gem.