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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 8 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 8 - Part 6: Most BORING week in BB history: Archive through August 19, 2007 users admin

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Streetsmart
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08-06-2006

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Streetsmart a private message Print Post    
This has been the most boring week in BB history for me. There is no strategy there is no drama no game play. Everyone is just lounging playing nice nice and its boring as heck. At least with Dustin in the house there was excitement.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I've kind of enjoyed this week so far as a temporary respite from all the hard game play but I guess it's all a matter of what you are looking for.

Would it have been more exciting if Dustin had stayed and Dick had left instead or is it just one of those mid-point weeks that is a bit slower?

Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
well i think a lot of dick supporters told people in here that it would be so much more exciting with dick in here than dustin. while that may prove to be true in the future it certainly isnt as of right now.
i think people thought dick would walk around being ocky and talking smack, hasnt happened.
people thought jameka and amber would have meltdowns, hasnt happened.
it's been pretty boring 2 days. i know i bought the showtime just for bb after dark and last night i watched maybe 5 minutes of it before turning it off.
the ironic thing is the thing dick fans were complaining that the lnc5 would just sit back and kick everybody is exactly what e/j/d/d/ are going to do. but now its ok because its dick.

Mssas
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08-04-2006

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mssas a private message Print Post    
We can only hope that E/J bump it up a notch and keep Jen if Dani should decide to backdoor her. They could get Jam/Amber and be a 4 person alliance (Jess/Eric/Jen/whoever doesn't go home). I'm "praying" something like that happens. Then we can watch Dick be Dick and of course Dani whine that no one understanddddddddddds. lol

Castleexplorer
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08-10-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Castleexplorer a private message Print Post    
I don't think that it's the most boring week in BB history. I can think of a few long weeks in BB6 towards the end.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Sing it, Castleexplorer. That season was a bottomless vortex of suck.

Castleexplorer
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08-10-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Castleexplorer a private message Print Post    
la la la

Messalina
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06-19-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Messalina a private message Print Post    
I agree with you Streetsmart. The show is too boring.

I'm through for this season. These HGs are the most uninteresting group ever for me. I don't care enough to hang around for the end of this one.

Maybe next year will be better. One can only hope.

Tvwatcher
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04-17-2004

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tvwatcher a private message Print Post    
I'm bored too - maybe because of the group - I don't have a stand out favourite - and some of the people I can't help but wonder how they got on the show - there's nothing there!

Maybe because this is the 8th year...I don't know...but it's boring.

Kmjm
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05-19-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmjm a private message Print Post    
At least in S6 we had Janie to watch almost right until the end. It was also a lot of fun to see Ivette melt down when Janie won AC. I actually found seasons 4 and 5 more boring to watch at the end because I couldn't root for any of the finalists.

I have to agree that this season is the worst ever. Partly that's because this cast is not at all charismatic and partly because the outcome has become predictable. Two of the most unappealing people to ever play BB- the Donatos- are being given a producer engineered cakewalk to the end. I think the game will only get interesting again if those two are broken up. But with AP, that's not likely to happen.

Toolhound
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06-22-2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Toolhound a private message Print Post    
I don't find this week boring. Here we are once again the 2 HGs put on the block will probably not go home. Dani won her 2nd HOH and 3rd Veto. I am not sure if anyone has done that ever let alone at just over half way in the game.

This week is a bit of a rest for the 2 teams D/D & E/J since they made the deal to get out the others before turning on each other but if you are watching the feeds you can see it won't last.

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
It was boring in the sense that there is no one left in the house who would question Eric openly or Daniele openly when she backdoors Jen on Monday.

It's a boring outlook as well, because it has written Daniele as Miss America all over the CBS polls. Imagine her as the Ice Queen with the tiara at the end of the show and the song playing ... here she comes, Miss America... (because America picked her as the winner.. you can just see that mystery vote kept for last... America's vote to give her the win)

This is Spunky's reaction

Ecoop
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07-07-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ecoop a private message Print Post    
The reason Dani has won so many competitions is because few of the others have been trying. Eric, Zach, Jessica (until she had to), Nick, Mike, etc. have all avoided being HOH and winning POV. I can't say that's a sterling record.

As long as Dick keeps the HGs intimidated with the threat of more of his vile, demented attacks, he'll be as boring as Dustin and the LNC would have been. And, yes, as one poster said up-page, we can thank the producers and staff of BB for totally ruining the game.

If BB is going to direct this unscripted drama (not reality, by any means), they should split up the prize money into equal portions and give each HG a pro-rata share of the total pot, based upon the number of days the HG gets facetime, including sequester. This is no longer a competition when one HG is aided more/less than another.

What555456
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06-14-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send What555456 a private message Print Post    
It's boring and will be for a long time, indeed the rest of the game.

The power rests with the Donatos and as long as they play as one as they decided to before the entered the house, it will remain there.

Jess and Eric have no ability to overturn anything since Eric does not have the guts to ignore what the public wants (which he can do) and take control of who he votes for.

With an ever smaller pool of HG's, the Donatos having two votes that remain always the same and having a third (Eric's) that the HG refuses to control, there is an ever decreasing number who can gain enough votes to overturn the current power structure.

There is no way the Donatos do not control the rest of the game.

This was pointed out last week when the HG's had their chance to get rid of Dick, but Jess and Eric chose to hand ove rpower to D/D.

Jess and Eric lost it all with last week's blunder -- and from here on we may have minor skirmishes among minor HG's over who goes one week and who goes the next, but it will be a boring march to the end for Dick and Dani.

Kmjm
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05-19-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmjm a private message Print Post    
I agree with you, What, but to be fair, Eric does not control his vote. Eric was very clearly told by the producers that he had to campaign to keep Dick and Jess didn't have a vote last week since she was HOH. I do agree that she should exercise some judgement of her own and not just follow Eric's lead, but so far her gameplay has worked for her.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Eric does not choose who he votes for. He does have some choice about how much he promotes who he has to vote for.

What555456
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06-14-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send What555456 a private message Print Post    
Eric can choose to vote for whomever he wants. After all, he has failed on other tasks, he can fail on a voting task as well. I have seen nothing in the rules that says he cannot "fail" in meeting the task of whom to vote for. I have seen people's interpretation of the marketing fluff on the CBS website that seems to say that, but I have seen nothing that actually mandates him to do so.

When Julie says to him "Well, we know who you are going to vote for," he can respond "No you don't. I vote to evict....."

He just loses the chance to win some extra cash until he completes another task

(And perhaps we'd see Julie tongue-tied -- which would be good TV in itself! )

Messalina
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06-19-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Messalina a private message Print Post    
LOL, What. I would love it if Eric would do that.

But I don't think he can. I'm sure his contract with CBS and BB is ironclad. If he went off on his own tangent they could probably sue him.

Kmjm
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05-19-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmjm a private message Print Post    
We don't know what's in Eric's contract, but I really suspect he is not allowed to change the vote. I'd love to see him do what you suggest, What!

What555456
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06-14-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send What555456 a private message Print Post    
Mess and Kmjm,

Other than speculation, why do you think he can't? And what would BB do on live TV if he did?

Do you think they would have him escorted out the building as we watch? Do you think they would immediately nullify the vote while we watch?

If, as you say, Eric, who knows this game well, agreed to give up the most power he can have as an HG and has no ability to act on his own when he wants (even if there are consequences), then I suspect he did so for a far bigger payoff for him that just $10K for every five tasks he completes.

It would make no sense for him to give up the chance to win $500K in order to make $20K to $30K.

Loppes
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07-12-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Loppes a private message Print Post    
I have to say its funny that we would have a folder for which the topic is "Most BORING week", lol, because there sure are a lot of posts debating whether its boring. So there must be something exciting in talking about boring. LOLOL

Messalina
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06-19-2005

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Messalina a private message Print Post    
Oh, I agree with you, What, that it would make wonderful TV and Julie would be totally at a loss.

I think they would simply go on to count the AP vote as they've done before. I admit I have NO idea what they would do to Eric on the spot. Remember, he's in the DR and the other HGs wouldn't know what was going on.

I expect CBS would go to a commercial and Eric would be told to get a lawyer because he'd violated the terms of the contract.

I'm just guessing. But I wish it would happen. The show will be incredibly boring to me if it continues along the Dick/Dani lovefest it has become.

Kmjm
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05-19-2002

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmjm a private message Print Post    
I think Julie would laugh and say, "Nice try Eric, but you know you have to vote how America tells you to." But I really don't know for sure.

I did hear that Eric was only offered to go on the show as AC. He wasn't going to be on it at all if he didn't accept that role. I think that was at least partly because once he knew about AC, he couldn't be a regular hg with that knowledge if someone else was AC. It's not a great deal, but better than nothing and he could still win in the end.

Onlyhuman
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08-04-2001

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Onlyhuman a private message Print Post    
BB had the ultimate threat over Eric...

Play our way or DON'T play at all.

What, they don't have to nullify the vote, because they give the vote totals to the House. If Eric goes to vote and says I vote my way, all Julie has to say is no, that's not how it works, remind America that they control the vote and then send Eric back into the house, report the vote and finish the eviction. THEN BB can call Eric into the DR, remind him of the agreement and either send him back in the house with the fear of eviction hanging over him or pull him out of the house right there.

BB holds all the cards here, not Eric.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
I think where the producers crossed the line was in alledgedly forcing Eric to campaign for Dustin's departure and striking a deal with the Donatos. I do think he is obligated to cast a vote for who America wants, but the extent to which the DR pressures Eric to campaign for evictions is a grey area for me. I mean, a failed task is does not mean he is "fired," right?

I don't think the feeds are boring yet--willing to stick around and see if things get lively again.