10 years and the elevator is still out of order lol
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Sam-953-169285 — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 09:07 PM)
I will be disappointed if it is that simple. I hope it is not. I hope the writers can deliver with something smarter and more creative (I apologize for any implication about you; that is not intended, my comment is directed at the writers of other shows). In Grey's Anatomy I was very disappointed with the way they got rid of Dr. Derek Shepherd. I also think that the writers of Haven had no imagination when they ended that show. There are many other examples. I think the elevator deserves more. The elevator is a challenge for the writers; they obviously did not expect the show to go for so long, so now they must make up for it with a very inspired explanation.
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Sam-953-169285 — 9 years ago(October 17, 2016 09:17 PM)
In tonight's episode they explained why Sheldon knocks three times. It is a reasonable and creative explanation. I hope they also have an explanation for why the elevator was not fixed that explains all that; why none of the geniuses fixed it and why they did not complain much about it. It should be a reasonable and creative explanation.
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fourlemons — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 11:46 AM)
It probably will get fixed in the end. Maybe the guys haven't complained about it being broken because they don't want to call attention to it. They'd be risking the reason for its demise resurfacing.
They were lucky they weren't in deep boom-boom.
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blakgard — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 01:47 PM)
That would be a reasonable explanation, if they were the only tenants. But they're not. Someone had to have complained by now.
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fourlemons — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 01:50 PM)
I did not mean to imply that no one else had complained about it. I was only offering a possible explanation as to why "our guys" hadn't complained.
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asherp — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 07:20 AM)
Yeah.was wondering that myself.and would think that it gets fixed in the finalebecause that's the kind of thing you do for a finale.
But here are some things to ponder about the elevator before it gets fixed.- It might not be that big of a building and the landlord may know that the damage was caused by his tenants and doenst care.
- The building may be owned by sheldon
- The elevator may have been exploded outward causing irreparable damage so that it might be impossible to simply fix the few broken parts.they might have to weld a whole new elevator car in the shaft
- They only have one elevator in the studio..so each time they walk up a floor the prop people have to rearrange the police tape and the flower boxes and everything. Its really kind of impressive.
- Has it been 10 years in clock time on the show? Its 10 years for us..but how many years for the characters?
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seldon913 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 09:53 AM)
Probably not a true 'working' elevator. Probably just enough for shots with the car in place and out of sight both above and below. Most likely the elevator wasn't put there for the show but rather they used a set with the elevator already there and built around it.
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djhudjr — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:43 PM)
Ive read an article a while ago that there were some things that they considered "superstitious" as a crew/team that they most likely wouldn't reveal.
Also I always assumed (we all know what that does) that it was just 1 "floor" and they just walked from the ground floor to the 1st floor then up to the "2nd" floor but then back down and the next shot is them walking up the same stairs. Someone that has been to a taping would be able to answer that though. -
Gubbio — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:56 PM)
Also I always assumed (we all know what that does) that it was just 1 "floor" and they just walked from the ground floor to the 1st floor then up to the "2nd" floor but then back down and the next shot is them walking up the same stairs. Someone that has been to a taping would be able to answer that though.
You are correct.
There's "tour of the set" video on YouTube with Simon and Kunal. They show that when they go "down stairs," it ends in a
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JonnyHbomb — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 03:46 AM)
It's obviously a running joke that two PHD University research scientists have rented an apartment together for 13 years with no elevator. It's Pasadena not NYC. Buy a condo boys, pay yourself not the land lord. If it's not a gag, the studio may not have wanted to spend on new sets as the show has been rumored to end for the last four years and they told the writers to just accommodate the existing set.