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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:09 pm
I don't know about any of you, but I did not find the show to be very shocking at all. When I first started watching the show I was amazed at the fact that Danielle was dressed so scruffy. Then as the show progressed and I saw that the HGs were not shocked about the events that I followed, I realized that they already knew what was to happen! At that point the show lost all interest for me and I watched it disinterestedly as I cooked dinner for my family. Was the show worth the hype? For me the answer is "no".
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Snackpackid
Member
08-19-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:17 pm
Actually, the questioning looks on the HGs faces indicated to me that the HGs were not told about the day beforehand. I enjoyed it. And I have to say that *I* was shocked about several things ... Will actually TRIED to win a contest. Janelle didn't win the PoV contest. George knew the answer to many of the questions in the HoH contest. Dani dressed the way she did for live television either way. Seeing George strip like a mad-man, Will offering to help him take his clothes off. I think it was a fun, entertaining show with a few shocks as well.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:26 pm
Actually, I remember that on several occasions Danielle dressed up for the show by wearing something nice. The fact that she was wearing sweats indicated to me that she was ready to "get down" and compete if she should be given a reprieve and not voted out.
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:27 pm
I dont think they knew. I think it would have been more shocking if it had been anyone but George to go for the second round. They were ready for George to leave and thus it did not affect the game play at all. That was the only disappointing part.
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Newbutcrazed
Member
07-16-2006
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:28 pm
I think they just did it so Mel and Chen 2000 could go on an early vacation.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:32 pm
The HGs did NOT know what was coming. They had begun to dress up for the show, and BB told them to change and dress casually because the HOH competition would be physical. So no, they did not know about the accelerated schedule for the night. If you were not watching carefully, then you probably missed their puzzled looks as each step was revealed. I would not say they were shocked because after the first vote and the immediate HOH contest, they had begun to suspect. And these people are hard to shock now anyway. The confusion at the POV ceremony showed that they were not prepared for it. Boogie got into the nomination chair before Julie told him to and Janie forgot to say the POV ceremony was over. Their discussions on the live feeds after the show was proof that they did not have any idea what was coming. Oh and by the way, George had on all his clothes under his costume except for a shirt. He even had his shoes on. I watched him put his costume on over the clothes and was wondering if it was going to fit. All he had to do was stip it off and put on a T shirt. As for Dani, they were still telling her that she was staying. Of course, she had figured it out, but she still had to dress as though she might stay. And I think the funny thing about it is that they cannot figure out why they were doing it. They still think there is three more weeks. They do not realize the 12th is the last day. LOL
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:35 pm
I had really, really, been looking forward to the double eviction night...was so excited..planned my day around it, etc.. Then nothing but the expected happened...Dani went as expected, Janelle won HOH as expected...all chickened out on making a game move and evicted CG instead of Boogie...as expected.. Big let down to me after the big build up I had going in my mind... Oh well, only the POV to look forward to now...and if Janie doesnt win it????? Dont think I could stand it if Boogie wins this thing!!! BARF
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:39 pm
Thanks for the clarification Allietex. I didn't know that that had transpired earlier or after the game. I guess this show has become so predictable and/or boring. I just wish they could end it tomorrow. No sense in dragging it out more than that.
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Beruthiel
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:29 pm
I wish I knew how it was, I set the timer on my VCR wrong, I got exactly ONE minute of the show, and I can't get the episode to play on CBS Innnertube - how disgusting is that? Whahhh!!!!
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Snackpackid
Member
08-19-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:30 pm
Beruthiel - there was someone on here (Naja I think) that was supplying direct links to get the episodes to play
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Allstarmaniac
Member
07-14-2006
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:35 pm
I thought there were alot more commercials than usual. I found that iritating,
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Beruthiel
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:43 pm
Oh, thanks Snackpackid, maybe I should post in the Quick Questions thread?
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Bicbicz911
Member
08-20-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:43 pm
This show was the most anticipated in the season for me so far. I had butterflies in my stomach! I didn't get from any of their body language that they expected this fast forward, or that it would culminate in evicting a second person for the night. There was one very strange moment after Erika used her veto and Mike was in the nomination chair .... Mike was completely and utterly confused and Julie just let him flounder for a moment before explaining that live eviction was to follow. The look on his face was priceless, so I'm pretty confident they weren't expecting that. On a side note, the entire time Julie was talking to Dani outside the house, I couldn't keep from staring at Dani's right ear. It was bright, glowing red. I couldn't even concentrate on what they were saying, wondering if she had a blushing condition that makes her ears turn red under extremely stressful situations. Towards the end of the show, I realized that when she hugged Chicken George in his costume, some of his red cheek stuff (lipstick?) smeared off on her ear. LOL!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:46 pm
No one can say that the HGs did not know. Alliet can guess but I heard Boog talking about a quick eviction a couple of days ago. The hgs are almost always told what the comp is going to be so they practice specifically certain things- like true/false. In this situation No one was Shocked because they expected another double eviction. Did they expect it quite like it was done? we dont know. But it wasnt a surprise. The looks everyone had on their faces?? I'd call it concern and uncertainty NOT surprise. Considering we have four actors left in the house my inner cynic is telling me this is semi-scripted for Janelle to win. (This has been my theory since I first starting noticing flubbed lines and strange dialogue-But I could be wrong, wouldnt be the first time)
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 1:57 pm
I thought the show was a dud. Except for Will getting to Janie.
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 3:10 pm
I found it boring, and I didn't like the fact that when Janie won HOH instead of going right to Noms like they did when George got it, Julie said you have 4 minutes! It gave Will time to get to Janie! I was hoping she would put up at least one of chill town! So does it make me go MMM! Yup!
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Kminfinity
Member
06-29-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 3:46 pm
I thought it was a bug dud too. CBS and the BB producers think the viewers care about competitions and structure too much time for comps, imo. Instead, what most people want to see is the interactions, even the people with live feeds. So more comps should be developed that depend on cooperation, communication, interaction, etc. The food comps especially are just filler. Who cares? So a night of comps, with little in-between strategy talk etc. is just B-O-R-I-N-G imo. It might have worked when there were 9 or 10 in the house, with more reactions shots and people feeding off each other.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 3:49 pm
So a night of comps, with little in-between strategy talk etc. is just B-O-R-I-N-G imo. It might have worked when there were 9 or 10 in the house, with more reactions shots and people feeding off each other. ITA. Something like that earlier on sure would have put some salsa on the taco, like my mom says. However, the Thursday show was sooo disappointing on so many levels.
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 4:59 pm
I think part of the reason many of us found it less than exciting was that we knew it was coming. Had they not told us what would be happening, we would have been shocked too. I don't think the HG knew that two would leave that night. They have been doing the math and based on when they expect the finale to be, they knew they had the right number of people. Even after the CG eviction, they were speculating that someone had to be coming back because they now didn't have enough people. To make it more of a "no strategy" show like it should have been, they should have been sent to different rooms in between segments to keep something like Will influencing Janie from happening. The HOH and veto winners should have been forced to make their own decisions. That would have made it more exciting for me.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 6:46 pm
I agree that there is not enough of the interaction between the HGs. If you do not have the live feeds and do not read one of the message boards, you are watching a carefully constructed show that has little to do with what is actually going on in the house. The DR sessions are so obviously answers to questions that Big Brother has posed and are so often off the mark as far as what they subsequently do that they are actually useless. I agree that the HGs were not really that shocked, but I do not think it is because they knew ahead of time what was coming but because they have been conditioned to "expect the unexpected." And the very fact that things worked out with little surpirse is kind of proof that they did not know. If they did, Will and Boogie would have wanted to do something unexpected just to "make good TV." LOL
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 7:01 pm
Allietex you said it so well, I'll just DITTO what you said...lol
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 7:49 pm
I don't think the show was known about before hand, but what bothered me was that I wish they did not give the houseguest time to confer. Like when Janelle won they gave her 4 minutes before making her decision, time for Will to get her alone and discuss the Noms. I wish she would have been put on the spot to use the brains God gave her.
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Leena
Member
08-26-2006
| Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 11:17 pm
Sunshyne4u, I agree with your post above, when you mentioned that the show is semi-scripted for Janie to win. So many flubs, several suggestive remarks by the houseguests as they talk about their DR sessions, one re-do of the HOH competition, and the list goes on. Will even talked about it during one of his conversations with Janie, telling her that some things were "in place" for her. He even asked her if it bothers her to go through with it, for it to play out like BB wants. He asked does she always do whatever they want, etc. In addition, he apparently has a deal with BB, that if he gives them what they want, they will give him what he wants. Janie (paraphrasing here) did not see anything wrong with it. My guess is that BB hasn't had as much success with the All Star season, as they had hoped. If at any point, Janie got evicted, the ratings would have taken a nose dive! Regarding the shock-level, IMO the shockometer was waaaaay down. If they (the producers) are really trying to hype up the show with new and exciting gimmicks and back-to-back competitions, I wish they would do it when there are more people in the house so they outcome isn't so predictable.
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Mssas
Member
08-04-2006
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 9:55 am
No it wasn't and I have a feeling this eviction won't be shocking either.
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 12:50 pm
they need to quit letting the viewers know what the surprise is. can you imagine if the first we found out about it was on tursday show? the board would have been freaking out. the cast clearly didn't know but they too know anything can happen so they didnt act totally freaked.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 3:18 pm
The problem is that they want more people to watch the TV show, so they are using it to tease more people to watch. It would be interesting to see it it worked.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 3:47 pm
The whole fun of the fast evictions is making them decide on the spot and seeing their "deer in the headlights" look. By letting Will and Janelle go off to confer, the whole thing just belly flopped.
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 3:51 pm
it didnt matter that they talked. instead of erika/george up it would have been erika/boogie then when erika one pov george would have gone up. it all would ahve ended the same
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Dusty
Member
08-15-2005
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 11:04 am
It may have not been shocking to us.....but it was to the HG's. That's where they want the shock value. I'll tell you one person who was shocked. George.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 12:02 pm
Was George really shocked? the robe in Season 3 was shocked; George, on the other hand, I did not think he was really "shocked", disappointed maybe, but not pee-in-your-pants-shocked.
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