Bernadette has been telling “funny” work injury stories for years.
Yup. And there is an understandable reason the writers did that, having first estabished her as a squeaky voiced sweet little thing the incongruity of that, just like the incongruity of people being afraid of her, is thought to be funny.
That reason does not apply to Emily. But as noted, having that now be a feature of Bernadette and having Bernadette be taken aback …
Now maybe the writers just find “pretty” and “slasher” to be a potentially funny combination … maybe. I am just pointing out that the speculation is not based on thinking that there actually is something disturbed about a woman liking slasher movies, but with predictions as to whether or not the writers are planning to go anywhere with it in this fictional universe. Or even have it as an escape hatch if the character does not gel as they go along (they can have her grow her disturbed side and turn into a lethal attraction and then have Raj double back to a former interest … and I do not see Yvette geling as part of the gang either).
Surely you remember the “Why do people watch torture porn?” threads from a few years ago. This is a common feeling (or at least, not an unusual one) from dopers, and by extension wouldn’t be unusual to find in the BBT characters either.
In terms of the BBT guys, my default assumption is that their view of torture porn can be summed up in posts like this or this. So it doesn’t surprise me at all to see dopers wondering (again) about the mental stability of a person who enjoys torture porn.
Emily was into extreme gore movies. Not your typical slasher stuff. I’m not sure if “torture porn” is the right term, but it might fit.
I usually don’t complain about this show, I just sort of go with it. But I’m really having a hard time believing that a good-looking doctor is that hung up over a one-night-stand between her new boyfriend and one of his friends. That happened quite a while before he met the girlfriend. And now the friend is engaged to another friend.
I can totally see Emily not getting on with Penny naturally, as she got to know Penny. But being that pissed about that one interaction? That’s pretty far out there.
No. The only movie Emily mentions by name is House of 1000 Corpses, a horror film released by a mainstream studio (Lionsgate) that stars Chris Hardwick and Rainn Wilson. It is fairly gory, but it’s a regular movie.
To clarify, “torture porn” isn’t porn, much like “real estate porn” (eg: house hunters) and “food porn” (cooking shows) aren’t porn. The term “torture porn” refers to slasher movies that focus more on the slashing than on the suspense or scares.
Rob Zombie movies generally qualify as torture porn, including House of 1000 Corpses. The term was originally coined for the Saw and Hostel franchises, I think, but the genre itself predates those movies.
Well, Emily did get some time last season, that made her seem like a cool person. I agree though, not really any good reason to dislike Penny. Now, if she disliked Bernadette…
Just a sign of poor writing, or at least, a sign that ‘for the laughs’ is more important than consistency. The show is definitely at the point where the characters will act as smart or dumb as required for the joke/setup. This was clearly a “only one person gets it” scenario as opposed to the “only Sheldon doesn’t get it” one.
Quite easily, I would think. I just recently attended a wedding were the vows were basically along the lines of “Leonard, do you take Penny to be your wife, forever and blah blah blah”, “Penny, do you take Leonard to be your husband, forever and blah blah blah,” “I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Hofstadter.” And I can’t think of any other pre-wedding scene that might require her last name…
Exactly. From Season 7 Episode 20 “The Relationship Diremption.”
*Emily: Have we met before?
Howard: Uh, no. I, I don’t, I don’t think so.
Emily: You sure? You look familiar.
Howard: Well, you sure don’t. You I know, you I know, you? Total stranger. Even if you had yummy candy, I would not get in your van.*
a) It’s a sitcom joke. But b) the “forest for the trees” kind of obliviousness can happen to anyone; even if you’re familiar with a concept, you can be blind to it if you’re too focused on a different approach. The world is full of bone-headed mistakes made for that reason, every week the SDMB has a thread dedicated to a new one.