On Feb 11, 11:06 am, wrrlykam  wrote:
> On Feb 10, 10:08 pm, Brian O'Neill  wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 2/10/2010 12:22 PM, Joseph DeMartino wrote:
>
> > > On this week's "BBT", Sheldon offered to watch
"B5" S5 with roommate
> > > Leonard, despite the show's being, "weak" and
"derivative" among other
> > > thing.  (Sheldon made the offer because Leonard likes the show and he
> > > was trying to get on Leonard's good side.)  Sheldon has expressed a
> > > dislike of "B5" in the past, while also making it
clear that he knows
> > > very little about the show.  (Sound familiar?)  I put the remark down
> > > to Sheldon's severe lack of interpersonal skills and normal emotions,
> > > plus his borderline personality.  But now I'm wondering if there is
> > > more at work here than a quirk of the character.  Does Chuck Lorre
> > > bear some kind of grudge against you?  Or is having Sheldon refer to
> > > "B5" dismissively some kind of in joke?  Inquiring
minds want to
> > > know.
>
> > > (If you answer this, feel free to give us an update on anything you
> > > might be working on.)
>
> > Ironically, it was the most watched episode of the series to date, and a
> > somewhat rare (these days) high for a scripted show.
>
> > I think it does show that even among nerddom there are differing
> > opinions - it would be interesting to see them debate it though.
>
> > -Brian
>
> What was the name of the episode? I'l lhave to keep an eye out for it.
>
> Without seeing the scene and the reactions of the others it is
> difficult tell.
>
> It sounds like the sort of conversation I have with my friend:
>
> D-"Yack...Chatter......B5.....etc..."
> M-"Is that the series with that Napoleon guy?"
> D-"Yes the Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari"
> M-"That series is so confusing."
> D-"How much of it have you seen?"
> M-"About 5 minutes."
>
> Hopefully it was a jibe at sci fi fans with opinions based on hear-say
> or no experience of the subject matter rather than at the series.
>
> It sounds like the jibe about B5 in SPACED,  where Tim disses B5 so
> the comic shop owner would sack him and he could take his old job
> back.
>
> Has Chuck Lorre ever talked about B5?
>
> Dave
To answer my own musings:
I found an article on space.com which qutes from an interview on
newsarama with co-creator Bill Prady
"In terms of their non-work passions, they come from the passions in
the room," Prady admits. "For example, the deep and abiding love this
writing staff has for Ron Moore's 'Battlestar Galactica.' It is deep
and rich and profound, and that's why the characters love it. And
there is their love of 'Star Trek,' which by the way is not uniform in
the room. There are people like me who know every episode of every
single series and then there are people where 'Trek' is not their
thing. The only thing we are united on is that none of us ever
understood 'Babylon 5.' We're all kind of mystified by 'Babylon 5,' he
laughs.
http://www.space.com/entertainment/090921-big-bang-theory.html
Just about sums up the reason for Sheldon's attitude to B5.
Dave
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