What the hey, dude? This is a horrible idea. There is no sci fi, multiverse, time travel, aliens, or magic on The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, or Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. To introduce all of that nonsense will taint those series and make them not rooted in reality. It would be like if Law and Order: SVU suddenly featured clones of Olivia from an alternate universe and the team has to work to close the portal. Completely unrealistic. Or if Modern Family suddenly featured time travel, or if Buffy suddenly featured magic, or if 90210 suddenly featured aliens.
The Big Bang Theory spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe will be a sci-fi show centered on the multiverse
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| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 10, 2025 3:53 AM |
SFTSTU is set in the future, after the events in Big Bang. In it, comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (Sussman) is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. (The contraption is something Sheldon and Leonard worked on after the end of the original series.)
Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise (Lapkus), geologist friend Bert (Posehn), and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke (Bowie). Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve come to know and love from The Big Bang Theory. As the title implies, things don’t go well.
Like has been the case in superhero franchises, Big Bang actors are expected to play alternate-universe versions of characters. No details on who may be returning are being revealed, but given that their characters made the device whose destruction unleashed chaos, it is safe to assume that Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki may pop in as Sheldon and Leonard, respectively.
Lorre addressed SFTSTU leaning heavily into sci-fi, which is new to him.
“I wanted to do something radical that would take me out of my comfort zone,” he said. “Something the characters on The Big Bang Theory, would have loved, hated, and argued about.”
“The process of writing this show with Chuck and Zak has been damn fun, and I’m certain that joy will come through the screen,” Prady said. “Putting characters we loved from The Big Bang Theory into a complex science fiction story with the kind of mythology that those characters love while maintaining the comedic elements is incredibly satisfying.”
The sci-fi and mythology element explains the recruitment of Penn, who has experience in genre world building through his work on such movies as The Avengers, Ready Player One and Free Guy, to co-write the project with Lorre and Prady.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 10, 2025 3:53 AM |