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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:24 pm
Bourque77, do you feel the same why I do in that Big Brother tried their best to let the "bad girls" know how they were being perceived without actually saying it, but the girls (Especially Jo and Dani) totally missed the cue?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:28 pm
btw, I mean missed the cue in that they were still, in private, being horrible where the cams could see, even if face to face with Shilpa they were civil.
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Paige
Member
11-15-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:42 pm
Naja, thanks for the updates. Even with the few clips I've seen, I like Dirk's assessment of Jade. You are probably right, nothing would have been said to Shilpa had BB not gotten involved. I hope Shilpa doesn't buy it and let her guard down. Someone mentioned Jade's perfume, here's the link to bbds news on it being pulled: http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds11681.html And here's the link to Danielle being dropped as a model by Bennetts: http://bigbrother.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds11682.html Thank you for the wikepedia link Bourque. I have to agree with other's assessments, BBUS pales in comparison to the other versions. I hope they change BB8 US back to it's original intent; they pretty much handed BBAS to Will and co. (trust me, I'm a big Will fan, though not co., but that's how I saw the show).
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:44 pm
Firstly, I'll be pretty pissed off if it turns out that BB gave overt info to the coven ... more than just asking, for instance, Danielle what she meant when she laughed that Shilpa should "go the eff home" or words to that effect. both because it goes against the rules AND because it is not BB's responsibility (either the entity or the franchise) to be their conscience. But I'm not sure about the answer to your question, Naja. they are, after "producing a show" (huh? where did that come from?) and I'm sure the ratings are sky high. so the controversary, in a dollars and sense aspect is GREAT for the channel and their stockholders (if indeed they have them, but someone is making money on this). on the other hand, it seems that racism/actions/comments may have a legal penalty in the UK that it doesn't here, with the police seemingly involved at some level. and, of course, the counter to the high ratings and financial bounty is what happened with Carphone Warehouse, loss of sponsor. so for the sake of ratings they'd want the awfulness to continue, but for the sake of damage to the station/franchise (there was even talk of pulling a license of some sort, who knows) they may want to mitigate it. I do not believe they would warn the girls out of concern for the girls themselves.
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:48 pm
I agree with you, Paige, AS did sell their souls to Will Kirby (huge Will fan here, obviously!) and that was entertaining last year, but they need to stop with the gimmicks and 'twists' that are useless and do not bring anything to the game. Don't know what they have in store for BB8 but my hope is for the return of the original concept. Or at least use some of the UK version production, which is SO much more exciting than the US version. I watched an episode last season of that girl Nikki and couldnt beleive how exciting and fun her eviction was! Studio audience, lights, music, screaming, booing....it was GREAT!! We get the HG calmly walking out of the house and Julie ALWAYS says: 'you can put your bag down'......YAWN......
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 7:51 pm
I think that BB asked them the questions to give them a hint of what was on the outsidet, and they did it purely out of self interest. They were getting a lot of pressure from the government to stop it because of what the prime minister elect was having to deal with on his trip to India and they were getting pressure from the regulators as well. Ratings are great but you really dont want to be the subject of a government probe or a debate in parliament about pulling your license. The person I dislike most next to jade is Chloe, it just turned my stomach waching chloe hugging shilpa and comforting her, nowing she nominated her first and runs over to jade after every conversation she has with Shilpa. Danielle may be a follower but Chloe is worse, she is two sided. I am very curious to see how Jade's eviction will go tomorrow night. Snogirl, I have found shows at uknova and also a demonoid, with demonoid being the easiest to download from. You need to download a torrent program and the one I found is Azureus, very user friendly especially for the non techie. YOu can download three torrents a week from demonoid without becoming a member so do it wisely, but it is well worth it. remember tomorrow night is the eviction show. The shows usually show up on demonoid in the early evening US ET.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:06 pm
Rosem... that made me laugh, contrasting the two evictions! reminds me of the comparison between the end of a NASCAR race and the end of the Masters golf tournament. in one there are smoking donuts, stage diving off the top of a car, champagne spurting everywhere. in the other, someone tries on a jacket.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:10 pm
Bourque, It honestly didn't even occur to me the BB wasn't doing their little warnings to help the girls, but rather themselves. I feel silly for even thinking it now..LOL Truly, why would they care?
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Paige
Member
11-15-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:18 pm
In keeping with the rules, BB may not have told the HM outright what was going on, but hinted. It does seem likely BB would ask specific questions regarding HM statements, but don't they do that anyway? However, being that the mood (even if it's pretend on some HM part) has changed so quickly, it seems to me something more direct went on in the DR, more pointed, rather than when you said such and such, what did you mean, etc. Being that Parliament is involved, the police, sponsors dropped HM and the show, BB may not have thrown caution to the wind on this, and been more pointed with their questions, even adding their concerns, in the DR with those involved. Just a passing thought, since I have on idea, nor do I get the show or feeds.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:26 pm
Paige, in the tv shows, you can hear big brother questioning them about specific things they said that the public found appalling. BB didn't tell them the public found them appalling, but you can see the wheels in their heads start to spin when being asked. But, I am sure they didn't show us everything.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:28 pm
Well, Naja, that's because you're probably a nurturing, kind, compassionate thinker who would be concerned about the girls and want to give them the benefit of the doubt. me. not so much.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 8:47 pm
LOL, you're funny Well, I think I am a little cold when it comes to BB players, tho. My personal wish for this CBB is for Jade to get evicted in front of a live booing audience, for Davina to tell her she was voted out with a whopping 99% vote, she gets a montage of every crappy thing she said on the show, and that Davina truly puts her in her place. I think that's too much to hope for.
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:09 pm
As much as I love Davina I think she is going to soft sell the interview...she has very rarely been cold even when warranted..also her agent is Jade's agent According to some sites when Jade comes out she will be escorted out by police and put in a safe house for a week.. lovely the girl doesn't even have to go and face reality and what she has done I wonder how Teddy is feeling about his sweet Dani now?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:28 pm
I was just reading some live feed updates at the official site and this one made me laugh...LOL ------- jo - just called "jack how are you s..head?" they have decided to call each other derogatory names so it won't look so bad with the names they called shilpa ----------
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:51 pm
Question: Are we able to watch the live streams with StreamTVNow like we did last summer? I want to make sure before I plunk down the $6 and I can't find any mention of it on that site.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 9:53 pm
oh..... I can't wait! runs off to plunk down the $6
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:01 pm
LOL, I have no idea Clio..with 3-4 CBBUK shows to download a day and tons of news clips, it takes up too much time to watch already...LOL
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Snogrl
Member
07-14-2005
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:15 pm
Bourque and Rosem, thanks for the info. on websites. All the publicity piqued my interest, then I saw a couple of clips that could easily get me hooked.
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Paige
Member
11-15-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:15 pm
Thanks Naja, that is different (that I'm aware) of BBUS. Even if they asked questions based on what viewers were thinking, I think they'd understand something is going on. I also can't wait until Jade's eviction (hopefully it's her); I'll be all over YT looking for it, lol. Do you have the link to the official site? Thanks in advance.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:26 pm
<----- sorry wasn't around to reassure Clio that her $6 wouldn't be wasted. glad to know I'm not the only one who is compelled by the instant gratitude gene. StreamTV has been very reliable ... EXCEPT FOR TODAY OF ALL DAYS! it's been down for about 24 hours, and there is a small discussion thread that everyone is having some trouble with channel 8, the BB channel. hopefully when I wake up the deprivation will be over.
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Bourque77
Member
05-02-2006
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:28 pm
of course I meant gratification.
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Kellee
Member
07-07-2004
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:51 pm
Oh my goodness "Meanwhile the owners of Big Brother's studios in Elstree, Herts, threatened to evict the show from the site. Hertsmere Council warned it would refuse permission to film if it was proved producers turned a blind eye to racism. " uhmmmm one thing to lose the sponsor a whole other to lose the place they have filmed for 7 years http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/dailynews/
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:54 pm
Paige, this is the official site, and the link to the forums is on that bar someplace. Until a few days ago you could just read the forums without logging in as a member, but now you have to log in and it takes a few hours for them to approve your membership. http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/index.jsp
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Justin42
Member
08-05-2001
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 10:56 pm
I think I'm more sucked into this BB than I have been the last 2-3 years of US BB combined. ;) I definitely think the girls have been tipped off and BB's stretched the rules as far as they can. While no publicity is bad publicity (And this season's ratings were HORRIBLE, for a BB series, until the controversy) I definitely think they're feeling the heat when Parliament and the like get involved. And I do agree the girls are too dense to realise this is something big. And I also agree that I hope the fallout is well covered as I really am dying to know what happens with Jade, Dani, and Jo when they depart the BB house and realise they are hated by most of their country. How does StreamTV work to stream live BB feeds? Or do they still show the feeds live on some cable channel, like I heard they used to?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 11:27 pm
I think next January we should get our own thread I think passer-byes may think we are just rehashing the old regular season and not even be looking to see there is new cool stuff happening. Sorry, Justin, don't know your answer. I find the non-US BBs have so many tv shows to download (multiple shows per day, 7 days a week) and they are so much less prudish than we are, that we don't miss that much seeing the tv shows only. I can't even imagine what BBUS would be like seeing only the tv shows. 3 per week, and they hide everything that really happens. The difference is incredible.
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