I am a big fan of Bukowski, but "Californication, which is on Showtime, not HBO as stated on this thread, is actually the reason I gave up Showtime. Please don't try and pretend reading Bukowski will lead to a greater understanding of the show. It would only lead to an understanding, by comparison, of how wretchedly and aggressively terrible the show is.
I do not watch "Biog Bang Theory" but I have seen the endless promos, and I've seen the blonde female lead on talk shows and honestly, I thought she was the only reason anyone would watch the show.
Someone on this thread said the show was not intended for general audiences but was meant for unusually intelligent needs.
Seriously, do you think CBS, one of the major networks, would operate that way?
even though this thread is new, the link is indicated as old for me, cause I saw this video awhile back... watching it again actually makes me laugh out of mockery, because the show is clearly crafted and timed for a dumb audience laugh track--the ridiculousness of the entire thing is rather funny.
also, around that time, I found some funny laughtrack experiments: Goodfellas with laugh track, Fox News O'Reilly factor with laugh track. Black humour for sure.
Whats the deal with the chubby blonde, why do people act like she is a 10 when she is a 6 at best?
I don't think people think she's a 10. But 10s aren't on sitcoms.
Penny is hot!
Penny? wrote:
Whats the deal with the chubby blonde, why do people act like she is a 10 when she is a 6 at best?
DSL?
The Flintstones had a laugh track.
Big Bang Theory is a sitcom not a Shakespearean masterpiece.
Secondhand Underpants wrote:
Super Jay Five wrote:That is why I said the show is not for the "average" person. The "average" person does not do research so does not get all the benefits out of watching TV. For example ther HBO show "Californication" is based a lot on the life of Charles Bukowski one of the best writers EVER. Read his books and you will get a better perspective of what the show is about. The fact is a lot of TV is far, far better written than most movies nowadays. Most movies are written for the international market so many people who see it cannot even understand english. This fact makes the BBT look like Shakespeare by comparison.
I've read and enjoyed Bukowski. Californincation still sucks. Stop liking things that suck.
OK Californication sucks(and apparently the BBT sucks too)but even these shows are STILL far better written than almost ANY movie nowadays. As Bukowski said "bad writing is like bad woman, there is not much you can do about it." These shows and others like "Elementary" and "The Good Wife" and "Boardwalk Empire" have a beginning, middle and an end and have a SCRIPT. Most movies are just a big pile of special effects that mean NOTHING! You are FAR better off sitting at home with a remote and watching 2 or 3 shows that makes sense for "free" then blowing $20 on meaningless over priced junk. People have even called this the "Golden Age of Television" and I agree.
Penny? wrote:
Whats the deal with the chubby blonde, why do people act like she is a 10 when she is a 6 at best?
Because she will pay attention to socially awkward geeks, that's why.
Super Jay Five wrote:
OK Californication sucks(and apparently the BBT sucks too)but even these shows are STILL far better written than almost ANY movie nowadays. As Bukowski said "bad writing is like bad woman, there is not much you can do about it." These shows and others like "Elementary" and "The Good Wife" and "Boardwalk Empire" have a beginning, middle and an end and have a SCRIPT. Most movies are just a big pile of special effects that mean NOTHING! You are FAR better off sitting at home with a remote and watching 2 or 3 shows that makes sense for "free" then blowing $20 on meaningless over priced junk. People have even called this the "Golden Age of Television" and I agree.
I agree with you about movies. I am absolutely astonished that people think it is worth their time and $ to go out and see 99.9% of the movies in theaters, that they consider this entertainment and sometimes even art (!). All of the superhero movies from the last decade??? You couldn't pay me to go out and see 1 of them (and I am sure there were a couple okay ones).
Sure, every once in awhile there is something worth seeing (but I still don't go out and do so. I may stream one or 2 or catch something on cable). But these are so incredibly few and far between that it boggles the mind almost considering the volume of movies put out each year.