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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 8 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 8 - Part 9: Finishing watching the rest of the season: Archive through September 09, 2007 users admin

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Sunni
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07-05-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunni a private message Print Post    
Kdee said:

I am relieved the show is about over. I stopped watching the feeds yesterday when the POV comp started and haven't seen them again.
This show has given me a sick feeling.

I feel exactly the same way. When I found out Dani won the POV, I felt like I had been sucker punched. I don't normally take the show very seriously but I've had a real problem this year getting past Dani's meaness and Dick's willingness to carry out her plans.

I've never been around anyone who acted like Dick and it sickened me.

Will I watch the rest of the show? Maybe. Will I be there for the finale? Probably

I've not missed a season and it's a show I've always looked forward to. I'll have to think long and hard about BB9. I feel like my summer has been wasted.

Gabby01
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07-27-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gabby01 a private message Print Post    
we've never had to listen to the spitting before though. every time dick goes outside i would have to turn the sound down...it was disgusting me so bad. and the knuckle cracking by both him and dani...omg i never thought stuff like this would annoy me so much but it has not to mention the foul mouths this year of not only dick but so many of the houseguests...and i am anything but a prude. im just really turned off this year by so much of whats happened and like i said before...this is a first for me cancelling the feeds before the end. i will watch the tv shows til the end...if i have nothing else to do and i would like to see their reactions when they find out about the AP but other then that...til next year bye bye BB!

Missyb
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07-28-2004

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Missyb a private message Print Post    
If anyone is interested, just when you thought it was over, it may not be. There will be a rerunning of season 8. And, there will be real player chats like last year. Here is a link: to the info about the reruns.
Scroll down a bit past the summary.
http://www.celebrityspider.com/news/september07/article090807.html

Ambrsct
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08-22-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ambrsct a private message Print Post    
SASSY, i DEFINITELY 100% agree with you!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
I am so happy it will soon be over. It's liberating, it's like getting rid of an addiction that is consuming you, you want to enjoy it but realize that it's hurting you instead.

I started to listen to an audio clip (15 minutes long) of last night's rant by Dick in the backyard and I had to stop it after 30 seconds. I had thought that maybe an audio would make me patient enough to listen. It was worse, it was like an evil voice talking into my ears, spewing venom and very explicit language that I find impossible anyone could say such things.
This is what ruined my BB viewing and to see this guy rewarded makes me sad and want the whole thing to go away soon, very soon.

Sassynegal
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01-21-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sassynegal a private message Print Post    
Sunni - I do feel the best players are there, but they weren't my fav's - I pulled for Jess and Eric final 2.

They were able to win when they needed to and convince the houseguests to make decisions they later regretted - not luck.

You can have your opinions by all means, it's just hard to see everyone make more of it then it is - BB didn't cheat to make them win - seriously don't you think they wanted thier America's player to win?????

Sunni
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07-05-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunni a private message Print Post    
Sassy,

Honestly..No I didn't. I think they saw a gold mine in D/D and went with it.

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
It was an excellent season and I have enjoyed every minute. Remember this is not real life. It's a game, the best players are still in the game. The Donato's have done their thing (yeah)and even Zack has done his (ehhh). He adapted to each week and floated his way to final 3-good for him. I am glad that not one of the "good people" are there anymore-they really peeved me off with all that poop. I would have liked Jen to still be there for a little more action but whatever!! I am rooting for Dick to win over Danielle only because i believe he will share the money with his kids.

Earthmother
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07-14-2002

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Earthmother a private message Print Post    
I totally agree Sportsfan.

Mickiej
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07-26-2004

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mickiej a private message Print Post    
A Having been a fan from the beginning of BB, I have learned to coast along. Some years I am rooting in ernest, while others I sit back and wonder "what if". But the bottom line is that I like BB. It is different TV when reruns and minutia fill the other channels. And I always enjoy TVCH watchers take on all the events.

Ambi
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08-11-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ambi a private message Print Post    
I honestly read the posts and feel bad that so many feel bad about this season. I wanted Jen to somehow stay and win but since she couldn't I have to say that the Donatos have at least not bored me. I would have been bored with E/J winning. I think Dani won a lot and deserves to win. I don't think her dad carried her at all. I will not forgive Dick's behavior.

Wavewatcher
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09-09-2006

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wavewatcher a private message Print Post    
After all these years of watching, I still haven't come to a conclusion of what 'Best player' means. Best liar, best cook & bottle washer, best friend, best charisma, best competition winner, best success at competition winning-avoidance, best audience grabber, best intimidator, best at being hated, best at being under the radar... what is it that is most important to the Jury? Seems to me that Luck plays a big part in the twists of fate leading to the final 2... sorry if this is in the wrong spot.

Eddie4ever
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08-17-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eddie4ever a private message Print Post    
Malice in Wonderland... certainly lived up to that one, didn't it!?! Very entertaining season and I enjoyed it too!

...wish I had a chesire cat smiley

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
There is one, Eddie4ever -

Malice in Wonderland is a perfect name for what this season ended up being!

Dke1212
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07-13-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dke1212 a private message Print Post    
I always watch to the end, no matter who is left. This year I have someone to root for (Dick)for a change.

Kmjm
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05-19-2002

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmjm a private message Print Post    
This has been the worst ever season for me. I have worked for many years in the cause of ending violence against women and what I see in Dick is pure unapologetic misogyny. I know that there are even worse guys out there, but what really has disturbed me is the enthusiastic support of him by so many women. I just don't get why any woman would admire a guy who calls women c*nts and worse and relentlessly sexually harasses a young woman half his age. I find it incredibly depressing.

Zack isn't exactly my hero but I hope he wins the final HOH, kicks out Dani and beats Dick at the end. Then as someone said in a post a while back, I hope Jen sues Dick and he uses up his $50,000 on legal fees.

I'm pretty much done with the feeds and have been for some time. Dick has ruined BB8 for me. I share that sickening feeling of being violated that some of you have expressed.

Caln8tiv
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09-14-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caln8tiv a private message Print Post    
I completely agree with so many of you here with regards to Dick and his behaviors. Anyone who has been a victim of this kind of abuse sees it for what it is. To the many here who say that this is just a “game” and “not real life”, I ask that you remember that the HG’s are not actors, they aren't playing a “role”, and what we've been watching “is them in their real lives”. The thought of either of the Donato's getting anything but third place makes me sick. Both of them are so full of themselves and convinced that they are the sweethearts of this season. I only hope that they get a little taste of what the average American really thinks of them when they emerge from the safety of the BB house. I have been a huge fan of Big Brother since the first season, even though I haven’t always loved the person who won, but I will have to think long and hard before I expend any energy or time in watching this show next year.

Ambi
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08-11-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ambi a private message Print Post    
Km- I agree about Dick but felt if Zack was so "honorable" he had an obligation to say something when Jen and Keal were being abused. For keeping silent I do not think Zack should be rewarded. They all just stood there and shame on the lot of them. I think Dick is popular because he defeated the smirking cheerleader that many hated in high school. I do not think he should win. I'll go for a dani win.

Glitterae
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08-02-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glitterae a private message Print Post    
Kmjm....you said it all....Thank you!

Messalina
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06-19-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Messalina a private message Print Post    
Kmjm...very well said. I turned on the feeds today and after a few minutes I turned them off. I'll hang around for the finale but I'm sick of this year's show. I've watched BB since year one and I've never been so disappointed in BB as I have this year. It's been a horror.

Caycaye
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09-14-2001

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caycaye a private message Print Post    
Caln8tiv......VERY WELL SAID!!!!!

I totally agree with you.....

I have to add....that after Jessica let Eric talk her out of backdooring Danielle...I admitted then, that I was now "rooting" for Danielle and/or Dick to win. They have played the game the best....in order to win....

They were cut-throat, liars, back-stabbers, cheats....just like all of the past BB winners. The only difference has been the blatent, MEAN behavior that Danielle and Dick have shown, and their proudness at being mean. I don't condone their bahvior, I think EDick has acted like a very selfish, hateful person with serious "issues" with anger and temper. I think Danielle has been very self-centered coupled with a huge "sense of entitlement" that she and her dad never seem to notice...and I think that she will have a lot of growing up to do in order to succeed with Nick or any other relationship. Of course, Danielle IS very young. But, I am sure the prize money will help change their lives, and I can only pray that it will change their lives for the "better"....

I will never forget or forgive EDick's behavior against Jen.....and I will never like this year of BB. I found it depressing and vulgar, and very hard to watch. For the first time in all of the years of BB...I cancelled my live feeds before the show was done. I have had enough vulgar talk, hocking up loogies every two seconds, loud farts, disgustingly loud burps, and delusional trash-talking by HG toward evicted HGs to last me lifetime!

Good luck Donatos.....I think you will both need it...money or no money!

What555456
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06-14-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send What555456 a private message Print Post    
I too have to join others with my total disgust of the heroes of this season and the apparent lack of any moral compass in dealing with some of the most vile, vicious and ugly behavior ever justified on broadcast TV.

What went on in this House was not just the lying and backstabbing of the typical BB house. We all know that is part of this show.

But this year was simply beyond the pale. This was not just lying and backstabbing. This was malicious destruction of the human spirit of too many in the house; especially Jen.

What to me is even more discouraging was the support the production staff gave to this behavior -- and from a woman no less! But I think she simply got carried away with her soap opera.

She knows the average viewer in a woman. She also knows that the women who are likely to watch are good women, with a soft spot in their hearts for family problems and wanting to see reconiliation. I think this is the story she wanted to show from the very beginning. She felt it would keep the viewership up. All well and good -- this is her job.

She also knew that many women have a soft spot in their hearts for naughty boys who are trying to be good and in the beginning, i think she saw this in Dick, making him a compelling individual for many of the viewers.

But this is where she lost her moral compass, as dick became more and more vicious and destructive.

Rather than show Dick for what he truly is, she chose to lie to the viewers. Week after week, she hid the truth in the shows that she produced. Week after week, she presented a "naughty boy" but one who was seemingly always near tears over the problems with his daughter.

Even in those weeks when it was impossible to not show Dick's viciousness, he was presented as having been provoked by the very people he victimized. The naughty boy trying so hard to be good, making mistakes, but they really were not his fault

A moral line was crossed this summer and the evil was allowed to fester; for to have stepped in and stopped it, Allison would have lost her story for the summer, which obviously became more important to her than any responsibility she had to either the victimized houseguests or the viewing public.

To Dick and Dani as well as to Allison, I have only one thing to say -- a quote from Scripture, if you will allow me:

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world by suffer the loss of his soul?

Loppes
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07-12-2002

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Loppes a private message Print Post    
I agree totally with everyone here who has posted about the Donato's (I include them both) disturbing behavior. Its clear to me, by their own words and actions, that its not for "game" or for "show", but they actually believe what they spew, and they do that in their real lives, and I don't expect them to change anytime soon, if ever.
Every single other player in the game this season, with the exception of the D's, wins the greatest gift - that is that each one of them having loving family with values, to go back to. I am not convinced what the D's have to go back to is the epitome of happiness. They and their arrogance will end up impaling themselves upon themselves. They tried for 2 months to destroy, every other HGs self worth and self esteem about themselves, but in the end run, it is the D's who I feel don't even know the definition of self worth, as a result they are destroying only themselves, while they leave a debris of victims in the path behind them. I don't know what will happen this coming week, and don't know if I will be happy at the end or not. What I do know is, their actions and words have reaffirmed in me is the type of human I do not ever wish to be in my actions and words.

I've watched and been a solid fan of BB for all 8 seasons, I used to think that Kent, Ivette, Dani (the other dani), and Howie - really showed some "disgraceful" behavior. But after BB8, I am convinced, their actions or words, never even came close to the Donatos. Like I said the other day some where else, I'm thankful this moment, that my last name is not Donato. I stopped condoning Dick's and Daniele's actions, the moment of Dick's first verbal attack of Jen - when I stopped myself as I was laughing at him go after her - and wonder what I as a mother would feel, if that was my daughter Dick was speaking to. That was enough to convince me. I am also convinced neither of the D's has any mental capacity to say: "I was wrong", "I'm sorry", in any meaningful way.

I will watch BB9, and once again be excited as it approaches next summer, and wonder about the new set of HGs, but right now, after the finale, I'll be totally thrilled, not to give the D's another moment of my time and thoughts.

So, May They Rest in Their own Actions - because this is what they choose to do. Not because I wish this for them, but that I know, they aren't worth the privilege nor the time of my support post-BB8 - as I have no doubt that I as a human am not worth the time of day in their minds.

Leafsweetie
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06-29-2005

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Leafsweetie a private message Print Post    
I will not watch the rest of this season since I've learned Dani has won POV. I, like many, disagree with rewarding abusive behaviour. I disagree with BB not doing anything when Dick dumped iced tea on Jen's head; when he admitted to coming up with codes with his son and received information in his HOH letter when we know that BB "used to" take steps to completely ensure this doesn't happen. I guess they bend the rules when they find this sort of "angle" and push it as CBS reuniting estranged family.

Needless to say, his constant and unapologetic verbal diarrhea sickens me.

Ambi
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08-11-2007

Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ambi a private message Print Post    
I have said it and said it. I don't think Dick staying in the game is totally Allison's doing. The CBS polls show America must like him. America likes him maybe because most never get the chance to vent their anger in real life or they have always been considered an outsider in school, work, ect. Thus Dick fulfills this need to see someone who is not suppose to be rewarded- rewarded for once.