2010 Award Thread - "Be warned, Knighthawk be in here"

I like how all the awards gave snubs to Big Bang Theory, a show which has been consistently funny and interesting. But no, they instead favor tired, unwatchable dreck like The Office and 30 Rock. Neither show has ever made me laugh. I sincerely don't get what the critics think is so great. Is the lack of humor somehow a selling point these days? "I've laughed before. That is SO old hat. These shows dare to be unfunny! We must reward their insolence!"

I mean, Cougar Town? Seriously? Isn't that shit just Sex & the City + Desperate Housewives?


Also: Avatar isn't even released in theatres yet. How can it seriously be nominated for anything at all? I detest this practice since it seems as if the nomination is based largely upon speculation. If a movie hasn't been officially released at the time of nomination, it should be fucking ineligible. Sorry, Peter Jackson, looks like you'll have to wait until next year when you'll be old hat and will have to compete against next November's flash-in-the-pan releases! Fair is fair!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Knighthawk

Big Bang Theory should of been nominated? For what? Its amazing that people bash the Office for the reasons they do. Chances are that you either dislike it because it is popular or you just plain don't get it. I am leaning towards option B.

So, it's okay for you to dislike a show I enjoy but I am an ignorant moron for not enjoying something you like?

Big Bang Theory provides what I enjoy in a comedy. The writing is sharp and I often laugh audibly. The characters work because I have met people like that in real life. I even see a little bit of Sheldon in myself and it's nice to be able to laugh at oneself. But mostly, the show works very well without resorting to a dippy premise or superimposing unbelievable characters onto the script. It's a good example of what I believe a comedy should be: something fun, relatable and not too highbrow in it's delivery.

Whereas with The Office, I have a problem with the delivery. It's quite awkward and clumsily timed. At one moment it's silly and even a bit tongue in cheek, which is fine. But then it spins into drama-llama mode without warning and a good set-up for a gag is destroyed by the tension. Am I supposed to find that kind of severance funny? Is being swerved with no payoff now what constitutes humor? To me, it boils down to "Why did the chicken cross the road? God, you're ugly!!" which is a horrible juxtaposition of comedy and character development. There are aspects that amuse me but not enough to make me a fan.

So it's not that I don't "get it." It's that I don't particularly appreciate what it's trying to do. There's too much parity between its attempts at being funny and its attempts at being dramatic. At least for me. I also don't work in a sterile corporate paper-pushing environment, nor do I know anyone who does, so the whole concept isn't doing that much for me. Honestly, Dilbert pulls it off far better than the T.V. show does.

Basically excuse me if I would rather see something I prefer receive credit I feel it deserves than watch something that does little for me be given acclaim that I believe is rather overrated. I know I'm not the only person enjoying Big Bang Theory, as it does very well in both ratings and reviews.

You can take your presumptions that I'm just hating on shit because it's popular and that I don't "get" comedy, and cram them up your ass. There's room in the nominations for both shows. It's ultimately meaningless who wins since the voting is so subjective anyhow. But it'd be nice for fans of either series receive a bit of validation, you know?

That's what I've been driving at. I guess you just don't "get" that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.