The Big Bang Theory: Season 2 [Blu-ray]

Brillant writing and attention to detail along with shart performances. Laugh out loud situations, along with some cringe situations, make them all interesting

It's official. I am truly addicted to The Big Bang Theory. And after several years without a sitcom on my weekly TV schedule, I am thrilled. I recently caught up with the second season on DVD, and now that I've stopped laughing, I'll share my thoughts with you.The show revolves around four physicists. Leonard and Sheldon (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons) are roommates. They are good friends with Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) since all four work at Cal Poly. Across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon's apartment lives Penny (Kaley Cuoco), a want to be actress who pays her bills as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. In any other world, she'd be the normal one of the group, but as Sheldon points out at one point, "In this room, you are the one who is peculiar."The season opens exactly where season 1 left off. Leonard has finally acted on his crush and asked Penny out. But she quickly dumps him and then confides the reason to Sheldon who almost moves out instead of keep the secret. Over the course of the season, Penny becomes addicted to an on-line roll playing game, Raj gets a big head after landing in "People" magazine, everyone tries to teach Sheldon how to drive, Penny and Sheldon wind up in a feud but they batch things up in time for Penny to give Sheldon the best Christmas present ever, Howard actually gets a girlfriend (temporarily), and Penny accidently hits Sheldon's couch cushion with paintballs.Most of the focus on this show is on Sheldon, whose neurotic behavior is perfectly played by Jim Parsons. And there's a very good reason for that. Sheldon often gets the funniest lines or funniest stories, and Jim's acting is absolutely perfect. I really do feel that this character in anyone else's hands would be a disaster.But that's not to knock the rest of the cast. All five of the leads are great comedians and brings their characters to full life with every episode. Kunal Nayyar has a hard job since his character is too shy to talk around women, but he still manages to get some great laughs out of us. When Howard isn't being a slimeball, he can be funny. And Leonard really is the most normal of the guys, and the one I identify with the most.Which leaves us with Penny. She is the emotional heart of the show. While often frustrated with the guys and their lack of social skills, she also usually is quick to forgive and do something that will make you smile. Take for example the episode where she loses it with Howard for his suggestive comments. Honestly, I get that since I often find his remarks over the line. But their scenes together later in that episode are heartwarming.Of course, there are the funny side bars in each episode, like the one where Sheldon expands the game of Rock-Paper-Scissors by adding Lizard and Spock. He does it to decrease the odds of ties, a plan that backfires in some of my favorite moments in the season.Season two consisted of 23 episodes, which are preserved here on 4 discs. The fourth disc also gives us an interview with the real life physicist who helps with the show's incredible amount of science as well as interviews with the actors and creators about how the show progressed in season two. Finally, there's a great gag reel.This show never fails to make me laugh. If you are looking for a great sitcom, look no further than season two of The Big Bang Theory.

Another Great Season of The Big Bang Theory fun to have at home on DVD to satisfy each Big Bang Whim.(See my Season One review for a recap of the show premise and main characters.) The comedic goodness continues with The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Second Season. However, as was my frustration with The Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season, the Second Season DVD still doesn't provide enough extras to make me want to buy more. Cast interviews, commentaries, reflections from the designers, are the meat and potatoes for me in regard to stellar DVD features. I want to hear more about the process of making this world come to life...but I want to be entertained while you tell me. Big order, I know. Yet none of these grumblings about the weak extras on the DVD can dampens my enthusiasm for this excellent 23-minute escapade of laughter. And so, this season's DVD retains a 5-star rating with the hope that in subsequent seasons, the DVD supplementals will continue to improve.Also as with the Season One DVD, you still can and should, pause for the Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card to enjoy his weekly offering of wit and life observations. It's the cherry on top.From my Season One Review:I avoided the Big Bang Theory until this year. I'm not sure why. I hadn't heard a lot of talk of it among my friends and family, nor did the seemingly endless promotions seem to ping at my radar. Yet suddenly, there it was, leading into my other "late to the party" favorite, How I Met Your Mother. I wish I could say I'm not a strong t.v watcher, yet as I think back to the number of sitcoms and ensemble dramas I've viewed through the years, it appears I've dedicated more of my time to the box with moving pictures than was perhaps necessary. All to say, even with regular press, a successfully completed five seasons, and a fantastic cast of mostly well seasoned actors, I remained painfully oblivious to this quality gem...and my life was emptier for it...The General Premise of The Big Bang Theory: Two bonafide geniuses with varying degrees of, but undeniable, social awkwardness, live across the hall from a young, beautiful any-woman, who is kind enough to gently show them a world outside of their scientific bubble and geek-topolis, yet also powerful enough to guard them from any less tolerant "cool kids".The dialogue is ripe with geek culture references and scientific humor. Both fully immersed self-identifying brainiacs, nerds, and geeks, as well as "haven't touched a book since high school and hated it even then" types, can relax and enjoy the awkward hiccups that our four scientists experience as they try to marry their love for things "out of this world" with the realities back "here on earth". The series regularly partners our bumbling scientists with the girl across the hall for typical neighborly conundrums (free loading wifi and ordering thai food) and less typical neighborly activities (driving to San Diego to demand back from a bully "unimportant things only useful in an imaginary world").Kaley Cuoco (from Charmed and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) gives a genuine performance as Penny, the patient yet worldly girl-next-door, who takes the guys under her wing (and at times, into her bed). Johnny Galecki (Darleen's boyfriend in Roseanne) is utterly charming and convincing as the lovable Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, who you quickly want to "get the girl". And Jim Parsons (Emmy Winner for this role) plays Dr. Sheldon Cooper, a former child prodigy and current theoretical physicist at CalTech whose strict adherence to his own routine provides fodder for endless conflict and comedy between his friends, family, and general public. The chemistry and polarity between these three main characters provides the springboard for most of the shows storylines and comedy.

Perfect condition!

Excellent!!!

Cuando compré el primer capítulo y traté de verlo, pude elegir entre 13 idiomas. Pretendía comprar una a una las temporadas, en la medida que tuviera tiempo para verlas, pero la única opción era suscribirme a HBO. Y una vez que me suscribí, toda la serie está en inglés. Y para ver la última temporada debo suscribirme a otro canal. Tendré que gastar una fortuna para verlo todo, y sin poder entender lo que hablan.

This season definitely figured out its rhythm. Thanks to the leadership of Chuck Lore and the writing team, each episode got better and funnier. One of the top favourite seasons during the early years. Gag reels are also pretty good.

Sto ancora vedendo la serie TV. Finora 3 dei 4 dischi che ho visto si vedono perfettamente bene. La custodia è solida e riesce a contenere tutti e 4 i dischi nonostante sia sottile. Interessante l'uso della sovracopertina della custodia. Peccato però che non vi siano i sottotitoli in inglese. Vi sono solo in italiano. Le lingue audio sono italiano e inglese

Schön, wenn das Cover genutzt wird um eine extra Botschaft zu transportieren. Die vier superschlauen Wissenschaftler stehen vor einem IQ-Skala, bei der Sheldon einen Wert von 180 erreicht. Getoppt werden sie von Penny, der Frau mit der schwächsten Schulbildung, die aber clever genug ist fast 210 auf der Skala zu erreichen, mit einem Trick, ähnlich wie Kirk beim Sternenflotten-Eignungstest. Ein netter Gag bereits auf dem Cover und die eigentliche Serie ist noch viel besser!Die Extras sind auch bei Staffel 2 enttäuschend mager, zumindest etwas mehr als bei Staffel 1 findet sich hier, etwa ein Interview mit dem wissenschaftlichen Berater der Serie, einem echten Physiker. In Staffel 3 stösst mit Mayim Bialik als Amy sogar eine Schauspielerin dazu, die im echten Leben einen Abschluss als Neurobiogin hat, während Jim Parsons im echten Leben ein hervorragender Schauspieler, aber kein Überflieger in Naturwissenschaften ist. Ohnehin geht es in der Serie viel häufiger um Popkultur als um Naturwissenschaft, die Besuche im Comic-Shop nehmen von Staffel zu Staffel zu."Das Conan-Spiel" wirft in Staffel 2 einen kritischen und doch lustigen Blick auf Menschen die im realen Leben keine Erfolge vorweisen können und sich in Internet-Phantasiewelten flüchten, um dort Schein-Erfolge zu feiern. Pädagogisch wertvoll und mindestens so lobenswert wie die Pinguin-Folge von "Futurama", hervorragend verwahrlost gespielt: Kaley Cuoco!Beim "Mittelalter"-Fest wird, wie des öfteren in der Serie, Bezug auf Deutschland genommen. Im Original ist hier ein manchmal die Rede von holländischen Wissenschaftler, wenn es in der deutschen Synchro deutsche Wissenschaftler heisst. Bei Scrubs wurde aus deutschen Bezügen immer dänische Übersetzungen und manches war etwas gehässig. In der BBT gibt es relativ charmante Seitenhiebe, wenn Sheldon über "Weltschmerz" doziert und dann ergänzt, dass sich die Deutschen schon immer sehr gut aufs Trösten verstünden.Ein großartige, warmherzige, sehr lustige Serie mit angenehm unschuldigen Figuren!Laufzeit: ca. 486 Minuten, Bild: 16:9 1.78:1, Ton: DD 2.0 Deutsch & Englisch, Extras: Der Physiker, dem die Stars vertrauen, Kurz-Doku, Verpatzte Szenen, Booklet, kein Wendecover, Warner Brothers 2010

I love the Big Bang Theory. I just started watching it this year and am totally hooked buying up old seasons to start from the beginning. It is so intellegent and Sheldon! Well Sheldon is an odd man in the show, a child-man who is a genius but as an actor Jim Parsons should be given the highest occolades known to man for making this character so believable. I watched a Golden Globe speech of his when he won for this character and he speaks just as eloquently without the best writers in the biz doing it for him. He is the main reason I watch the show. The rest of the cast are great, you have Johnny Galeki from the old Roseanne show and even Sarah Gilbert who was on the same show popping in and out. Excellent cast and the best writers on tv.

La serie è meravigliosa e chiunque si trovi alla ricerca della collezione dei dvd non può che essere d'accordo con me.Preciso quindi che se fosse per la serie, darei 10 stelle almeno. Le 3 stelle sono esclusivamente dovute ai dvd: molto carina la confezione (allego foto), questa in particolare ha 4 dischi invece che 3, ma per il resto è uno sni. La qualità è davvero bassa, i sottotitoli sono solo in italiano per non udenti e la grafica stessa dei sottotitoli è bruttina.