Scorpion
The commercials dragged me in to see the "team of geniuses" with a combined IQ over 700 (which is well, nonsense, but whatever).
These characters all say the things that normal geniuses and supergeniuses train themselves not to say. Or maybe they're just too stupid? I don't know.
Like, I always used to find the Big Bang Theory offensive and ridiculous, but I was eventually able to overlook the smart-people bashing or maybe they toned it down as the series moved forward. Now I genuinely enjoy the show.
I'm OK with Sherlock because he has no interest in being socially apt. I'm not OK with Sheldon because he wants to understand AND he knows psychology AND he CONSTANTLY asks whether something is sarcasm or not, but he just can't get it. That doesn't make sense.
For Scorpion, I was really interested. But every character just seemed to be a walking stereotype.
I'm not saying that this is as offensive to me as, let's say, EVERY portrayal of women and PoC in modern media, and yes, this show appeals to me in some masturbatory ego appeal that I don't fully comprehend, but I don't see it lasting at all unless they get some depth to their characters.
Having a torrid past doesn't equal depth by the way.
But if I find the ridiculousness of these character's over-the-top, then how would anyone else be able to stand them? And the answer is they won't. I'll be interested to see the ratings for this episode and how many people turned it off before they got to the action-packed ending that everyone was expecting for the entire episode because it was spoiled in the commercials.
Wait. Is this how I come off to others? ? ?
(to clarify, IQ scores become too variable to be worthwhile above the 160s. Saying you have an IQ of 200 means that at age ten you would have scored the same as the average 20 year old, but what the hell is the average 20 year old? The standard deviation goes out of control after age 14, 16, and 18 because not everyone goes to high school, people drop out, and not everyone goes to college. Is the average 20 year old in college? In the work force? In jail? If you're a genius you're a fucking genius, you don't need to quantify it down to the last IQ point).
These characters all say the things that normal geniuses and supergeniuses train themselves not to say. Or maybe they're just too stupid? I don't know.
Like, I always used to find the Big Bang Theory offensive and ridiculous, but I was eventually able to overlook the smart-people bashing or maybe they toned it down as the series moved forward. Now I genuinely enjoy the show.
I'm OK with Sherlock because he has no interest in being socially apt. I'm not OK with Sheldon because he wants to understand AND he knows psychology AND he CONSTANTLY asks whether something is sarcasm or not, but he just can't get it. That doesn't make sense.
For Scorpion, I was really interested. But every character just seemed to be a walking stereotype.
I'm not saying that this is as offensive to me as, let's say, EVERY portrayal of women and PoC in modern media, and yes, this show appeals to me in some masturbatory ego appeal that I don't fully comprehend, but I don't see it lasting at all unless they get some depth to their characters.
Having a torrid past doesn't equal depth by the way.
But if I find the ridiculousness of these character's over-the-top, then how would anyone else be able to stand them? And the answer is they won't. I'll be interested to see the ratings for this episode and how many people turned it off before they got to the action-packed ending that everyone was expecting for the entire episode because it was spoiled in the commercials.
Wait. Is this how I come off to others? ? ?
(to clarify, IQ scores become too variable to be worthwhile above the 160s. Saying you have an IQ of 200 means that at age ten you would have scored the same as the average 20 year old, but what the hell is the average 20 year old? The standard deviation goes out of control after age 14, 16, and 18 because not everyone goes to high school, people drop out, and not everyone goes to college. Is the average 20 year old in college? In the work force? In jail? If you're a genius you're a fucking genius, you don't need to quantify it down to the last IQ point).
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