BigBang

Thank you for sharing this obsession with me. It's been fun while it lasted.

I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused here. In another thread you told me that to separate a character from the actor who portrays him/her was so very difficult, almost impossible! But I see you are making a clear distinction here. You say you like the character of Amy but you don't like how Mayim plays her? How is it? Let me help you with your confusion. It's very simple you if think about it. I like the idea of Amy's character, and I like some funny scenes with Amy, but I don't love Amy the way I love Sheldon and Howard. Why? Because the actress is crap. If Amy leaves the show tomorrow, I won't be sorry to see her gone. If she stays, it's okay too. I like Amy well enough, I don't hate her, but Mayim failed to make me love her character. She's just not a good enough actress to bring her character to life. A great actor brings his character to life. Captain Jack Sparrow as played by Johnny Depp, or Sheldon as played by Jim Parson - they are "alive" and one. It's impossible to separate them, they won't be "Captain Jack Sparrow" or "Sheldon" if someone else plays them. They'd be completely different creatures from a different alternate universe... Savvy? In my eyes the actresss is NOT doing something right. If she did, I'd be routing for Amy loudly, since the idea of her character is quite engaging (as created by the writers - lets give the credit where credit is due!) As it stands though, due to Mayim's wooden performance, I couldn't care less if Amy lives or dies. Sheldon by the way is also supposed to come across "wooden" in many situations, and yet Sheldon is ALWAYS engaging. Jim's performance is such that Sheldon comes alive, like a real living person I could care about. Amy, as portrayed by Mayim, does not come alive, instead we have a schematic sketch of "what might have been". I don't know what is "AFF". I've seen Mayim in the clip when she was a teenager playing Blossom, and while it was a very short clip, maybe ten minutes, my impression was the same - wooden, unnuanced performance that failed to engage me. She wasn't a real girl, she was "performing" (rather poorly). JMHO

I'm a proud feminist. Among other things it means I don't want women to demean and disempower themselves. Chasing those who don't want you = disempowerment. As a woman, I don't care what men do - let them make fools of themselves if they want. (I wouldn't advise any male friend of mine to behave like Leonard, but that's beside the point.) What is totally mysoginistic is to advise women that's it's okay to waste their efforts on trying to "catch" a guy WHO DOESN'T WANT THEM. "He dumped me, he wants to get back together with his ex-girl friend, and he looks really smitten with this new girl - oh, what a prince, I want him, I'll have to chase him until he changes his mind!" (THAT'S what the proponents of "Penny chasing Leonard" had suggested!) Why? Is there a severe shortage of men of which I'm perhaps not aware? There's plenty of fish in the sea. Why should a woman waste her valuable time on trying to chase someone WHO DOESN'T WANT OR RESPECT HER, when she could instead spend that time on bettering herself or on finding someone who will love her without all this tiresome chasing? My sincere advice to all women (and Penny): The life is full of men. There're plenty of guys ready to love you. Why waste your valuable time on chasing those who don't? It's pathetic and desperate! That's not what I would like for any woman, including Penny.

What's a "Hollywood Survivor"?

Accelerated intellectual development to the detriment of social/emotional development. It's not uncommon in progenies. Children learn social/emotional intelligence by gradually developing those skills alongside their peers. It's very hard to do successfully if you're a genius and have very little in common with your peers from an early age. Early bloom in intellect leads to social isolation. Isolation = social/emotional retardation. The end result is an adult who's a bona fide genius in some things, and an immature undeveloped child in others.

Who are they? Shemp's friends. Ahem! *clears thoat* That doesn't help... at all!

The Werewolf Transformation is one of my absolutely FAVORITE episodes! Sheldon playing bongos = classic comedy for the ages!

I think the only way to replace Penny at this point is out of necessity, if the actress quits. She was there from the beginnning, and she is the fundamental part of what makes this show. Penny is the heart of the show. She's the way for an average non-geeky/non-nerdy fans to relate to the characters. She also represents the "normal" (aka socially well-adjusted) people who are routing for the nerds to break out of their shells.

Darn, I almost had it figured out, now you have to introduce a "dweeb"! Can a "dweeb" be defined as a variation of a "socially clueless but super smart geek"?

I don't think Amy is a woman for Sheldon either. They're too similar.

Wonderful for Jim and well deserved! Simon should have been nominated as well, IMO. He did a terrific job this season.

So let me make sure I got this... A dork is a nerdy or geeky spaaz. But a spaaz doesn't have to be a dork. A geek is into sciences, a nerd is into sci-fi or fantasy. A geek goes to work for Microsoft or Bristol-Myers Squibb, a nerd goes to Comic Con and midnight premiere of Harry Potter. A dork or a spaaz are socially awkward, but a geek or a nerd can be successful social butterflies, right? I think I'm getting the hang of it...

I agree. It was a rare moment of honesty for Leonard.

I like Amy's character, but I don't like how the actress portrays her. Her performance is too wooden, not at all nuanced. People compair Amy to Sheldon, and I agree that their characters are similar - but the caliber of actors could not be more different! Sheldon needs a better foil than Amy.

I find the childish theme in Sheldon's character completely adorable and understandable given his circumstances, but what I want is to see him grow up and out of it.