The Big Bang Theory

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The 13,186 users who count themselves as The Big Bang Theory fans have written a total of 149 reviews.

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Created by writer/producers Chuck Lorre (of Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (of Gilmore Girls) comes The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom that shows what happens when hyperintelligent roommates/physicists Sheldon and Leonard meet Penny, a beautiful woman moving in next door--and realize they know...  more

Created by writer/producers Chuck Lorre (of Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (of Gilmore Girls) comes The Big Bang Theory, a sitcom that shows what happens when hyperintelligent roommates/physicists Sheldon and Leonard meet Penny, a beautiful woman moving in next door--and realize they know next to nothing about life outside of the lab. Rounding out the crew are the smarmy Wolowitz, who thinks he's as sexy as he is brainy, and Koothrappali, who suffers from an inability to speak in the presence of a woman.
The show distinguishes itself by being unafraid to toss scientific references and technobabble into an otherwise standard sitcom, even employing a physicist to keep things accurate. In doing so, it allows Sheldon and Leonard to do for science what Frasier's Crane brothers did for fine dining, art, and opera.
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  Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock!

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  8.5 Great

  Not my favourite but still a very cute show hide show

  Not my favourite but still a very cute show, it's a citch sit-com but when i need something to watch where i don't have to think and can just have a few laughs this is the first place i turn ( if it's on tv that night). while the characters are more then a little bit stereo typical and the jokes for a show about two brilliant phsicists aren't that smart but watch any way you will be zoned out by the end of it.
  Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists, the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door.

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  bellagirl_008 Added 3 days ago All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Hilarious! Not usually into comedies but... hide show

  This show delivers. Awhile back several friends said I HAD to watch this show. I rolled my eyes and said 'sounds stupid' and proceeded back to my drama/action series shows (I'm a drama queen...go figure). This show was then forced upon me by an upset friend who insisted on watching the entire first season on DVD...and for that may I say-YAY to depressed friends (ok so not really, but it brought this show to my attention). I spent every episode laughing hysterically or giggling like an idiot. My sides heart. Half of the smart comments I can't understand and the other half are REALLY funny. Comedies usually bore me because its so poorly acted. These guys do a great job. And I have to admit...the whole nerd thing is kind of appealing to me (I like a smart guy...so what?) I've only seen it through the end of the first season but I have to say I'm now a dedicated fan-I'm going to catch up and watch this religiously. Maybe I'm branching out....(OR maybe this is a diamond in the rough...thats more likely)

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  mySOURskittles Added Oct 2, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  I've got alot of shows I follow, but this is THE show I really look forward to every single week. It's the best show airing these days, and by far the best new sitcom for ages.
  A truly must see show that will make you laugh alot! hide show

  It's only about a month since I reviewed this show, but now I feel I didn't really do it justice in my last review. Back then it was 4 days until the beginning of season 3, and I was excited to catch up with our favourite geeks.
  
  After watching the 5th episode of season 3 I realised this is by far my favourite show at the moment, so the past two days I've reseen all episodes again. Just finnished my reruns after laughing two days straight, so now I take the time to give it the review I feel it truly deserves.
  
  First of all. This just is a must see show. If you haven't watched it at all, give it a chance. I know tv-shows ,like almost everything else, is a matter of taste, but if you don't like this I just feel sorry for you. This show is awesome, and those who doesn't enjoy it really miss out in so many ways.
  
  There's a forum thread asking "Why do you like this show?" I was considering answering there, but I realised my answer would be so long I might as well give this show a 2nd review.
  
  Plot:
  Sitcom about the hyperintelligent roommates and physicists Leonard and Sheldon, their simmilar geeky friends Howard and Rajesh and the influence the normal and hot girl Penny has on their lifes when she moves in across the hall of Sheldon and Leonard's.
  
  The show is filled with technobabble and both scientific and pop-cultural references, and manage to pull it off in every way. That's actually one of the biggest strenghts of the show. They are not afraid to have their main geeks discussing everything from scientific research through comic book characters and Sci-Fi tv-show characters in the dialogue, throwing in humour difficult to understand without the inside knowledge, and still manage to keep the show balanced with alot of well known sitcom receipe winners in oneliners and funny situations everyone catch immediatly.
  
  I don't read comic books, I've never been into Sci-Fi shows or movies and I haven't got an acedemic education or workplace. I still love this show and I find it hilarious. That's how well they balance the show, and still they reward their audience with so much allusions and spesific humour related to these geeks' interests. It still makes you laugh the 2nd and 3rd time you watch the episodes, as you pick up new jokes or funny facial expressions.
  
  Characters:
  Sheldon is probably the best sitcom character since Cosmo Kramer. Getting to know him is highly rewarding, and he's funny on so many levels. The way the rest of them try to educate this hyperinteligent guy on everything from proper responses in everyday conversations to how friends interact socially, is just priceless.
  Leonard ,as the most normal of the geeky foursome, is the main link to normal people. His big heart and even bigger crush on Penny, is their main roadmap to their everyday-lifes newfound interaction with their nabour.
  Howard and Rajesh is inestimable for the show, with Howard's thoughts about himself as a ladies man and Rajesh' foreign cultural background and his problem not being able to speak to girls without being drunk.
  And then there's Penny. The really hot next door nabour with her dates, waitress job and no interest in comic books, science or anything else the geeky foursome usually spend time on.
  
  These five characters and the way they rub off on eachother and develope through their interaction, is the show.
  
  Cast:
  Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco is the hard core, and I can't imagine a better casting for the roles. Their acting is pure gold, and I think they're spot on for appearance as well. I'll easily admit with Cuoco moving in next door, I'd be as easily enchanted as Leonard. She's really really hot. Helberg and Nayyar haven't equally huge characters, but both are superb casting as well as they truly capture their characters.
  
  A cast like this reminds me again, like the charcters of Sheldon vs Kramer, of Seinfeld. Without such a talented cast, they couldn't have pulled of this kind of show.
  
  And finally. The one thing I come back to again and again when I review my favourite shows. The Big Bang Theory has alot of heart, and heart is for me what makes or breaks a show.
  
  They portray the geeky foursome without ever losing grip with the characters essence. They never sell them short because they are geeks and they never pull the foursome so far out of their terrain they lose touch with their reality. And we early realise Penny has got a huge heart to go with her beauty. She's a character they so easily could have taken a wrong turn with, but between the show keeping her real and Cuoco's acting, they've managed to keep the magic.
  
  The way these five interacts, developes and rubs off on eachother is the backbone of the show. Then the heart shown in everything from Sheldon learning to pick up on sarcasm to Penny using Star Trek reference to explain something, is pure tv-excellence.
  
  I'm closing in on 1000 words in this review, and I still feel I can't do the show justice.
  
  The main characters is pure gold. The casting is excellent and the acting as well. It's well written, so hilarious and it's filled with allusions rewarding the viewers. The characters development and the heart it's done with is what still makes me wait excited for new episodes, and I'm never disappointed. It's so different from everything else created these days, and still it's just a show following the everyday-life of four geeks and their hot new girl friend across the hall.
  
  I can't recommend it highly enough. If they keep up the good work for a couple of seasons more, I'll adjust my rating and The Big Bang Theory will become my 2nd tv-show getting a 10 here on tv.com. As it's now I can only once again tell you this is my favourite show these days, and I pray they manage to keep it up for years to come.

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  ZapperLife Added Sep 17, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Hilarious and Engaging x) hide show

  Such a funny show. There's just so much to love about this show. Just about everything that every character says is funny. Especially Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard. Watching the interaction between the 4 guys and Penny always ends up having either side hurting hilarity or heartwarming joy. There's just such a good feel about this show. But one of the ebst parts of watching this show for me is seeing the development of the characters. You can see that Penny is rubbing off on the guys and that the guys are rubbing off on Penny. I love watching how just being friends with one another is changing the characters. Especially in the episodes where Penny becomes addicted to an online video game and where she is jelous of the hooker who lives on the floor above the guys. The only three complaints I have about this show are: a) Peen and Leonard's relationship. The show just seems to take things too far. Just about every episode has some form of referrence to Leonard and Penny. Atfirst I thought they were cute but now I really don't want to see anymore of the drama with those two. b) Howard. Howard is really annoying -.- I honest cannot stand his character anymore. At first I thought he was kind of funny but it's gotten to the point where he's just plain annoying. Plus, his wardrobe gives me mini-seizures >.> c) The episode names. They confuse me lol. Othere than those three, this show is all but phenominal :D

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  DarthFreeza Added Sep 8, 2009 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  A Great show that seems to be getting better. hide show

  Some shows you have to watch a few times to be able to form an opinion as to whether you like or dislike it. The Big Bang Theory,is one of those rare shows that pulls you in right away.First of all you have Lenard and Sheldon's two nerdy friends one who can't speak in front of a woman unless he is drinking.and the other who lives with his mother and thinks he is gods gift to women. Penny is there smoking hot neighbor.Then of course Sheldon & Lenard. Sheldon is fast becoming on of the best charaters on TV sort of a cross between Mr.Spock and Mr, Monk only funnier.If the show stays on the same path it could become a classic

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  waltore Added Aug 5, 2009 All my reviews