Entertainment Weekly Fall Preview: 'Big Bang' Featured
The Fall Preview of Entertainment Weekly (as I expected) featured The Big Bang Theory as their lead story for Monday. Alas, I don't have a scanner, but I can describe the pictures, transcribe some of the article, summarize the rest until a scan comes up.
There were three pictures. The first was on the contents page, in a diner-like setting, Kaley and a bearded Johnny sitting next together in a booth facing the camera, she's sipping a milkshake (with three straws). Jim is on the other side, you see his profile mostly and he's holding a coffee cup. The text says "Food for thought: Kaley Cuoco shakes up Big Bang's Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons."
The main article has a full picture that's spread over one and a half-pages. The first page is Jim and Kaley on the street, Jim is jumping and smiling big, Kaley is crouching a little and pursing her lips, framing a camera "shot" with her hands -- easily cropped to just them -- and then the rest of the pic is on the next page with a bearded and bespectacled Johnny, jumping, but not smiling. Flipping the page, there's one more small pic of the three of them in some kind of vehicle on a road, hands in the air like on a rollercoaster, from L to R: Jim, Kaley, Johnny (wearing sunglasses.) (They're wearing different outfits in all three pictures).
Okay, anything that is italicized is actual text from the article. Non-italicized is the summary of what I'm not transcribing (my comments are in green). The article is pretty L/P-heavy, understandable, I guess. It begins with talking about how JG and KC look like Hollywood's newest IT couple until the director yells action and then they become one of the most mismatched romantic duos on TV. They talk about their relationship a bit, the cast, set-up of the show, ([it] could be this decade's answer to Friends -- thanks to its nimble dialogue, perfect casting, and relatable characters. "Toward the end of the first season, the audience was laughing before the joke," recalls Jim Parsons, who plays the fussy Sheldon Cooper. "They know where we were going and they still laughed. It was wonderful." Then it comes back to L/P and ... "One of the fun things about putting them together is that it bothers Sheldon," explains exec producer Bill Prady. "Anything that upsets the ecosystem in his world seems to turn out good scripts." The article then talks about the season two popularity, leading into the better ratings, Jim's Emmy nomination, etc. Kunal says about Jim: "The hours he has to put in [to master] the things he has to say -- and he does it in two takes! The guy is the Godfather."
Then comes the S/P paragraph, leading off of Kunal's comment:
That was readily apparent at July's Comic-Con gathering in San Diego, where thousands of fans packed the Big Bang panel and peppered Parsons with questions. Among them: Will Sheldon ever hook up with Penny? Though the creators appreciated the raucous reception, they're loath to give their jittery genius a love life. "There seems to be a desire for him to be like the rest of us, and my response is, Why?" says Lorre (My note: proving again that he does NOT get it. No, we don't want to see him like us, we want to see him as Sheldon in love. 'Twould be hysterical!) "Why can't he walk down a road that doesn't involve romantic relationships as a choice?" (My note: because of some twist of serendipitous fate, the actor playing him has a ridiculous amount of chemistry with the actress cast opposite him.) For her part, Cuoco's not entirely opposed to the pairing. "It would be a funny nightmare sequence." (Me again: No, that would be the cringe-worthy, boring as hell, upcoming L/P relationship, which alas, will last longer than a sequence and won't be funny.) For now, however, Sheldon seems more interested in outsmarting his friends than stealing his best friend's girl.
Then they talk about the episode 3.02 cricket plot with Sheldon, Howard and Raj, before going back to the %^$#F#@( L/P relationship and Johnny's thoughts on it which are basically, yeah, glad it's happening now and not when the numbers are going down or even sweeps. (Me: Hmm, could that be because putting L/P together wouldn't effect the numbers in any way but negatively?) Closing with the point that the writers don't know how the relationship evolves because ... "There's no plan," admits Lorre. "This isn't Lost. We have no idea where we're going." Wherever it is, we trust Sheldon and company to boldly go where no nerds have gone before. (Lynette Rice)
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So, it's cool that the show gets the lead article for the day, ties into the buzz factor. The pictures are not, and the lead one can make a lovely cropped shot of the two (LOL!). Plus, like I said they're in three different outfits, so there will probably be some nice outtakes. And, while it may have been mostly about L/P (ugh!), at least they DID mention S/P AND the positive audience reaction at Comic-Con was pointed out. That's something right?
There were three pictures. The first was on the contents page, in a diner-like setting, Kaley and a bearded Johnny sitting next together in a booth facing the camera, she's sipping a milkshake (with three straws). Jim is on the other side, you see his profile mostly and he's holding a coffee cup. The text says "Food for thought: Kaley Cuoco shakes up Big Bang's Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons."
The main article has a full picture that's spread over one and a half-pages. The first page is Jim and Kaley on the street, Jim is jumping and smiling big, Kaley is crouching a little and pursing her lips, framing a camera "shot" with her hands -- easily cropped to just them -- and then the rest of the pic is on the next page with a bearded and bespectacled Johnny, jumping, but not smiling. Flipping the page, there's one more small pic of the three of them in some kind of vehicle on a road, hands in the air like on a rollercoaster, from L to R: Jim, Kaley, Johnny (wearing sunglasses.) (They're wearing different outfits in all three pictures).
Okay, anything that is italicized is actual text from the article. Non-italicized is the summary of what I'm not transcribing (my comments are in green). The article is pretty L/P-heavy, understandable, I guess. It begins with talking about how JG and KC look like Hollywood's newest IT couple until the director yells action and then they become one of the most mismatched romantic duos on TV. They talk about their relationship a bit, the cast, set-up of the show, ([it] could be this decade's answer to Friends -- thanks to its nimble dialogue, perfect casting, and relatable characters. "Toward the end of the first season, the audience was laughing before the joke," recalls Jim Parsons, who plays the fussy Sheldon Cooper. "They know where we were going and they still laughed. It was wonderful." Then it comes back to L/P and ... "One of the fun things about putting them together is that it bothers Sheldon," explains exec producer Bill Prady. "Anything that upsets the ecosystem in his world seems to turn out good scripts." The article then talks about the season two popularity, leading into the better ratings, Jim's Emmy nomination, etc. Kunal says about Jim: "The hours he has to put in [to master] the things he has to say -- and he does it in two takes! The guy is the Godfather."
Then comes the S/P paragraph, leading off of Kunal's comment:
That was readily apparent at July's Comic-Con gathering in San Diego, where thousands of fans packed the Big Bang panel and peppered Parsons with questions. Among them: Will Sheldon ever hook up with Penny? Though the creators appreciated the raucous reception, they're loath to give their jittery genius a love life. "There seems to be a desire for him to be like the rest of us, and my response is, Why?" says Lorre (My note: proving again that he does NOT get it. No, we don't want to see him like us, we want to see him as Sheldon in love. 'Twould be hysterical!) "Why can't he walk down a road that doesn't involve romantic relationships as a choice?" (My note: because of some twist of serendipitous fate, the actor playing him has a ridiculous amount of chemistry with the actress cast opposite him.) For her part, Cuoco's not entirely opposed to the pairing. "It would be a funny nightmare sequence." (Me again: No, that would be the cringe-worthy, boring as hell, upcoming L/P relationship, which alas, will last longer than a sequence and won't be funny.) For now, however, Sheldon seems more interested in outsmarting his friends than stealing his best friend's girl.
Then they talk about the episode 3.02 cricket plot with Sheldon, Howard and Raj, before going back to the %^$#F#@( L/P relationship and Johnny's thoughts on it which are basically, yeah, glad it's happening now and not when the numbers are going down or even sweeps. (Me: Hmm, could that be because putting L/P together wouldn't effect the numbers in any way but negatively?) Closing with the point that the writers don't know how the relationship evolves because ... "There's no plan," admits Lorre. "This isn't Lost. We have no idea where we're going." Wherever it is, we trust Sheldon and company to boldly go where no nerds have gone before. (Lynette Rice)
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So, it's cool that the show gets the lead article for the day, ties into the buzz factor. The pictures are not, and the lead one can make a lovely cropped shot of the two (LOL!). Plus, like I said they're in three different outfits, so there will probably be some nice outtakes. And, while it may have been mostly about L/P (ugh!), at least they DID mention S/P AND the positive audience reaction at Comic-Con was pointed out. That's something right?