The Big Bang Theory: Season 1

Household member is happy with this purchase. Dvds are like new. Happy with purchase.

Let me preface by saying that Creationists should not be confused by the title of this show.On one of the corporate controlled network channels, tucked away quietly at 8pm on Monday evenings, is a new piece of brilliance called "The Big Bang Theory." Now most of us have stopped looking to the networks for intelligent entertainment that is based on quality writing. The only reason I saw this was because I was visiting my mother on her farm in the middle of no where where neither cable nor DSL has snaked up the mountains and across the fields. I watched Sheldon and Leonard for the first time through the snowy reception of days of yore and perhaps it is my age-perhaps it is that I work in theatre and music- that I caught onto the inside joke of our central characters first names: Sheldon Leonard was one of the pioneers of television situation comedies. The Sheldon and Leonard in our show are two men in their twenties whose combined I.Q.'s are 360. They're "Star Trek" loving, Halo playing PhD research physicists at Cal Tech. They share an apartment on the third floor of a building with a perpetually broken elevator. The two hundred pound transvestite across the hall has moved out and is replaced by a beautiful, sweet young woman from Nebraska who is a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory. Her name is Penny and she is tolerant and wise and, mostly, normal. This makes us bond with her instantly. Sheldon is incapable of dealing with anything that isn't logic based and Leonard is starting to explore the world outside of his lab and his lap-top. In a rare moment of understanding, Sheldon says, "We're not through with her, are we?" to which Leonard says, "Our children will be both smart AND beautiful."The supporting characters are outstandingly developed: Howard, a Jewish, Casanova wanna-be works as an engineer at Cal-Tech where some of his work orbits Saturn's moons and help to keep the Hubble Telescope on point. He's the black sheep of their group. Is this because he still lives with his mother (a faceless voice screaming a la Constanza from the other room)? Is it because he hits on women with sickeningly nauseating form? Because he is and engineer and not a physicist? No. It's because he only has a Masters Degree and did not begin graduate school until after he was eighteen. The fourth of their group is an Indian genius named Raj who is incapable of speaking with women to the point where he often must go hungry in restaurants. The four of them have their lives scripted out together and all is in balance until the Pilot brings Penny into their lives and Leonard-expertly played by Johnny Galecki-begins to learn about love.The direction, acting and photography is all brilliant but it is the writing that makes this a television show worthy of FX, Showtime or HBO. (And, perhaps, history) The fact that it's CBS should be ignored until you've seen it. And then, as time goes by, perhaps we can begin to expect more from CBS than we've seen throughout the dark years of unscripted television (Or as Jordan McDeere called it, "Illiterate Programming", thanks Mr. Sorkin) and now, perhaps after a decade of watching nearly naked men and women eating insects, entrails and pig feces, or watching human devastation as mass entertainment (thanks, Ani) we can creep from behind our DVD towers and carefully unplug our iPods to once more risk our ever-fragile need for intelligent and classy entertainment in order to watch "The Big Bang Theory". I recommend-as I always do-the price of the DVD over waiting until 8pm on Monday evenings,as television commercials are simply a whole different essay unto themselves.This is outstanding television and everyone who has anything to do with producing it should be very proud. I thank you for being part of this Renaissance. I thank my Mom for pointing it out to me. She is braver than I.

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 thoroughly amusing gem...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.The DVD of the Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season doesn't contain the Behind the Scenes extras we have come to love and expect, nor does it include any commentaries, or interviews with the cast. The only extra is a brief reflection from the two show creators: Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. Hopefully this is amended in subsequent releases. However, watching on DVD does afford the viewer an opportunity not easily accessible without DVR during standard TV viewing: "Freeze Framing the Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card". As in each of his previous shows, Mr. Lorre uses this final three second promo to entertain us with a witty essay on weekly observations. Have your remote standing by...and recommend to your friends and family "The Big Bang Theory".

Solo me llego uno de los 3 discos y la caja estaba en mal estado :(

Mi sono appassionata solo di recente a questa sit-com favolosa, sono partita dalla serie 7 per tornare all'inizio.La serie 1 di BBT comincia "un po' in sordina", ma già dalla metà i personaggi assumono le loro caratteristiche peculiari. Per questo non aspettatevi ancora di vedere Sheldon bussare tre volte alla porta (questo tic inizierà in serie 2) e sappiate che troverete una Penny ancora più superficiale, soprattutto nei primissimi episodi della stagione. Leonard è molto più timido che nelle stagioni successive, direi un po' più "nerd" (forse anche più simpatico?). Howard e Raj si vedono meno (sono più dei secondari in serie 1 rispetto alle altre), ma quando appaiono la loro presenza si sente, eccome!TBBT ha avuto fin dagli albori le carte in regola per diventare la sit-com più esilarante dai tempi di Friends, per certi versi anche di più. Chi, come me, adora i riferimenti a tutto ciò che riguarda Star Wars, Star Trek, il mondo dei videogiochi e quello dei fumetti, non può non apprezzare ogni singola battuta di questo telefilm.Astenersi se non si è abbastanza "nerd" da adorare il costume da 'effetto doppler' di Sheldon o il modo in cui Penny cerca di fare esplodere la testa di Howard imitando uno "scanner".CARATTERISTICHE TECNICHEMi associo a chi si lamenta del cofanetto. Non solo non ci sono contenuti speciali (almeno i bloopers potevano recuperarli!), ma soprattutto non ci sono nemmeno i sottotitoli in lingua inglese. Io capisco bene l'audio, ma per una persona meno avvezza all'ascolto in lingua, leggere i sottotitoli nella nostra lingua (che a volte è per forza di cose diversa dalle battute originali) può essere molto fuorviante.Concordo con chi si lamenta della gestione del mercato dei cofanetti delle serie tv in Italia. SIAMO ANNI LUCE INDIETRO rispetto a tutti gli altri paesi europei, anche alla Spagna. Non solo i cofanetti arrivano tardissimo, ma spesso smettiamo di produrli prima della fine delle serie (avremo mai le serie successive alla 1 di telefilm come Cougar Town o Burn Notice)? Per non parlare del fatto che all'estero girano già i bluray e in Italia non sappiamo neanche cosa siano. DOBBIAMO SVECCHIARCI, ragazzi. E magari creare i cofanetti anche di serie degli anni '90 che qui in Italia ancora ci sognamo, purtroppo...Episodi più esilaranti:L'effetto del pesce fluorescente - L'anomalia della pastella per le frittelle - La decadenza di Loobenfeld - La congettura della bat-biscottiera (in cui fra le altre cose viene menzionata l'attrice Mayim Bialik, all'epoca non ancora nel cast!) - La macchina del tempo

Después de leer comentarios tenía mis dudas. Buscaba la serie en castellano, pero con la posibilidad de verla en versión original con subtítulos, tanto en castellano como en inglés.Decir que esos idiomas están disponibles, así que la compra ha sido perfecta... 25€ mientras que en otros comercios lo venden por unos 10€ más.El envío fue rapidísimo, aunque eso me imagino que dependerá de varios factores.

The Big Bang Theory is not so much an ode to geeks and great minds as much as a celebration of them. I've gotten really attached to the characters over the years, and when a television show becomes something that means this much to you it's not just a television show. From the get-go The Big Bang Theory was a great, well-thought out show with a fantastic cast of actors, clever references to science, comics/superheroes, pop culture etc. This was something else, different and creative while being at the same time laugh out loud hilarious (I hate when people use those words and it's not even true, with TBBT it's actually true) and at times I find myself laughing hard even though I only have a glimpse of an idea of what they meant (hey I don't have a PhD in physics after all!). The thing is the show is so clever and funny at the same time and I think there's so appeal to it for everyone who enjoys a laugh or two. The concept of two gifted minds living together in an apartment both working at a University in physics and being brilliant, sometimes humorous, sometimes childish along with their friends and neighbors was a fresh one and the finished product turned out, well obviously great. You may think I'm exaggerating when I say that each and every single episode is memorable somehow, but it's the truth.The main cast of characters is what truly make the show because they are instantly memorable in their own ways and we grow fond of and attach to them. Leonard Hofstadter(Johnny Galecki) is the most normal of the gang, he's smart but he's the most genuine and likable of all. His friend and roommate Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons)takes the cake; he is in the simplest terms, impossible although he would deny that suggestion. Sheldon has the highest IQ on the show, went to College when he was eleven, doesn't quite understand sarcasm and has childish tendencies such as always sitting in the same spot and likes to keep everything organized as far as having a different restaurant for each night of the week. Then there are their two friends, the self-proclaimed romantic engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) who sports a Beatles haircut and has a penchant for wearing colored skinny jeans and geeky belt buckles, and Indian astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali (Kumal Naayar)who literally cannot talk to girls and has a problem digesting Indian food. Not to forget the neighbor girl, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) a girl from Omaha who is working at the cheesecake factory and although very beautiful is not very bright which always leads to interesting interactions and scenarios.I have to give credit where credit is due; Chuck Lorre came up with a hell of show (watch for the closing cards!), the actors are simply amazing in their respective roles and the writers must be out of this world to come up with the stuff that they do (even the episode titles are clever). The references to science, physics, superheroes and comic books, television shows, movies and pop culture are truly amazing and well integrated.Looking back the first season which aired in 2007-08 it's striking how well developed the characters and the show already were. For many TV shows it takes a while and sometimes a season to get ball rolling but not in this case and the more you watch it, the more you get the jokes and they stay with you because they are memorable. There's a reason this show is so beloved and popular. I used to buy many TV series on DVD even just a few short years ago but I stopped/slowed down with time. However, I knew that like a true geek, I needed to own those seasons so I could watch them over and over again.I've been wanting to review TBBT for a while now, but I found it hard to find the words to do it justice. Since I bought the first season on DVD they have re-released it on Blu-Ray along with season two, if I had to do it again I'd likely go for the Blu-Rays. So there you have it, 17 episodes of the first season on DVD or Blu-Ray for your enjoyment. Now I love the show and it's a too easy 5 stars for the show, this first season was quite remarkable and even sparked my interest to look up some the physics jokes they make.

La série a reçu de nombreux prix amplement mérités: Sitcom américaine culte de très bon goût; jeux de mots et réflexions de haut vol. Toutes les références mathématiques et physiques sont cohérentes et justes. La version française est techniquement, lexicalement et référentiellement parfaite. La V.O. est réservé aux anglicistes de bon niveau. A regarder d'abord en français puis en V.O. pour apprécier, dans les 2 langues, les jeux de mots et les riches références qui ne sont pas simplement traduits, mais intelligemment adaptés à la culture du pays.A consommer sans modération.Le coffret contient 3 DVD (17 épisodes + un bonus) et un dépliant richement illustré.Les saisons suivantes sont bien sûr également indispensables.