The Big Bang Theory Season 5 [Blu-ray]
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
It’s always been fashionable for Nerds to pose as superior beings who would like to believe themselves to be too sophisticated for the mainstream sitcom: except when that sitcom is The Big Bang Theory and plays all too nicely to their (our) particular intellectual and sexual wish fulfillment fantasies. In this aspect the show rather resembles Downton Abbey, which stripped to its core is little more than Days of Our Lives retooled for an audience that reads the New York Times. It’s both embarrassing and fascinating (and relaxing) to be so addicted to a kind of TV show I would ordinarily despise.
Addictive as it undeniably is in its current incarnation, the show in some ways almost seems an evolutionary throwback to the 1990s when episode plots were largely self-contained and the laugh track reigned supreme. It’s not hard to see how the show’s creators could have made the show into something more adventurous a la Firefly or the original Arrested Development: the short lifespans of both shows probably explain why they didn’t. One can’t help but wonder what sort of mischief the talented BBT ensemble might have gotten themselves into if given the less constrictive canvas of online-only media to work with: a looser, more improv-driven style seems like a better fit for the show’s spirit and is presumably much easier to make work financially via online streaming. Amazon would do well to snatch up many if not all of the show’s actors and down the road give them something they can have a bit more fun with, while doing away with grating vestigial devices such as the laugh track that BBT includes presumably in order to make the show more friendly for syndicated TV.
In this sense the show might be thought of as before its time, if only as an example of what might have been (or still might be) possible had it started now, instead of 7 years ago.- B. Jacobs-swearingen
The Big Bang Theory is the one show I turn to consistently if I’m having a bad day and need a good laugh. Sometimes the story lines aren’t as good as they could be, but overall it’s one of my favorite tv shows. One of the things I like the best about the show is that the characters all care about each other. They may get irritated with each other and have arguments, but there’s no outright nastiness or mean-spiritedness on the show. That’s refreshing when so many comedies rely on nasty comments and humiliation of characters to get laughs. Jim Parsons’ character (Sheldon Cooper) is as delightful as he is annoying. I enjoy watching Sheldon develop as a character. Really, they all do and it’s good to see. Too many shows lack character development and get stuck in a rut. BBT does not. I absolutely adore this show. Even a bad episode is better than most of the other “comedies” on tv.- KSC
We have never been fans of sitcoms. This was recommended to us by a friend and to appease her, we watched an episode a couple years ago. After that, we became hooked and looked forward to watching it each night since several episodes run back-to-back each evening. We decided that we needed to own each of the seasons as they came out so we could see them in their intended order. The individual characters are lovable in their own way and I love the fact that they included a character with selective mutism. Our favorites are Sheldon and Bernadette, though the series would not be the same if any one of them was phased out of the series. The storyline continues to develop nicely and it hasn’t reached the point of becoming stale any time soon. The series is geared toward a mature audience. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a well-developed group of quirky characters.-Karenann
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar
Writers: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady
Producers: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro
Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, Box set, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: Portuguese, Spanish, French
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: September 11, 2012
Run Time: 552 minutes
ASIN: B00GN7IWJA
