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Trekkie
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07-09-2005

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trekkie a private message Print Post    
When are the kids going to realize they need a jail, or some other form of punishment? They started this week with the possible witholding of Taylor's pay.

Woofy
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08-09-2001

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Woofy a private message Print Post    
Yes, Trekkie. I'm waiting for a court system (featuring a "jury of their peers). I'm sure that'll be soon enough.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
While I think Taylor may be acting up and acting out to get more camera time, I don't think her behavior is all an act. Not at all. If it is, she's going to be another Meryl Streep!

At the end of the ep, when they were having their meeting and everyone was yelling at her, telling her to go home and stop eating their food, telling her they were sick of hearing she'd "try", she just sat there, rather stone faced. That to me is not acting, that is just her arrogance and entitlement coming through. How many kids could take that attack and not cry?? It didn't appear to me that she started crying until DK said he was going to leave. I think she saw the only person defending her about to walk out and then the tears came.

I didn't get to watch a second time (and it could also be editing), but she seemed too cool and collected to be acting, IMO.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Early on I posted that I thought I saw a jailhouse on a promo for the show. Can you jail someone for not complying with a work assignment given them?

I don't think Taylor is/was acting...I think that is who she is and her peers in her real life would back that up. I doubt many people are rooting for her. Does anyone know if Taylor has siblings?

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Taylor seems to have a lot of anger in her. She does a lot of yelling. I think she tries not to show her feelings when she is yelled at. She does cry but only when she can't help it. I think her tears were real for DK. I think she is scared and lonely.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
When I went lurking over at the CBS Kid Nation board, I found that Taylor has several fans speaking up for her. One of them wrote a message that read exactly the way Taylor speaks. It was uncanny. Must be from the same part of the country.

I don't think she,s lonely there, since she's got Leila and Kelsey to keep her company. One of the extra scenes showed a little more of how and why Leila changed her mind and decided to go help with the garbage.

I wonder if Taylor had realized that being off the council meant she could get the gold star (if she changed her attitude). When Zach brought it up she looked like she had forgotten about that possibility.

While some of these kids may be aspiring actors, I don't think they're necessarily child actors playing out parts. Most of the people on reality shows seem to have Hollywood aspirations, but they're not actors delivering scripted scenes. If anything perhaps some are doing the Will Kirby thing and trying to think up ways to get camera time, but most of them don't seem to be doing even that.

There are times when their speech sounds unnatural, like when Leila told Taylor she was going to help with the trash. It sounded a bit like a child reciting a scripted line, but it could also have been that the cameraman didn't catch the conversation and made them repeat it.

Anniem
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05-21-2006

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Anniem a private message Print Post    
I wondered this week if Tayler is giving the editors exactly what they want. I think maybe this has been scripted and in the end she will have an epiphony and everyone will end up loving her. I wouldn't be surprised.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ditto, Anniem.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
I think Taylor is just a little girl with a will of steel. Personality traits are inborn (ask my mother, she raised 5 and we're all different). I think she is just extremely stubborn (in addition to the arrogance and sense of entitlement). When people start threatening her, stubborness is the only way she knows to fight back. They're backing her against the wall, and she's bound and determined not to give in. I saw her outburst in the bunkhouse when they were trying to prevent her from leaving, as a temper tantrum, pure and simple. She felt "trapped" and just wanted out. Hope they learn to channel that stubborness!

<55>

Hummingbird
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08-21-2002

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hummingbird a private message Print Post    
I am enjoying this show but caught a spot on local radio suggesting immediate cancellation of five tv shows. Number five was Kid Nation. I guess some people just don't get it. I don't remember most of the others but number one was Cavemen.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Cavemen? Wow! What took them so long???

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Thanks for sharing that link to the story about Laurel, Snoopsmom. She is one of my favorites. As terrible as Taylor's behavior has been, there are some really great kids in this group!

It was obvious who was getting the gold star this episode with the focus on DK (my heart dropped when he almost left). What a great kid! His mother deserves to be very proud of him.

I love Laurel's accent! I'm convinced that the producers purposely had her read the portion of the pioneer diary regarding the "gahbage," just so we could hear her pronunciation.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Saturday, October 27, 2007 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
i've grown to like laurel too.. she's a good kid

taylor's <55> but admittedly she is fun to watch and i love her accent (but not her)


Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 4:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
The trash burial scene was a bit misleading if you took it a face value. The area chosen to bury the trash had been pre-dug with some type of excavator and then backfilled and leveled off to match the surrounding area. That is why it was noticeable, it didn’t match the adjacent ground.

What the young people were doing was removing the previously dug earth. There is a big difference in transferring dirt and digging dirt. The area that Guylan chose to work in was the bottom of the hole that had been undisturbed by the excavator and would have required true “digging” to loosen it up. It is a shame he could not tell the difference and could have saved all that time feeling sorry for himself.

One other interesting thing to note was that Greg was the only one shown bringing the correct equipment to the hole digging task. He had a mattock in one hand and a round point shovel in the other.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I wouldn't have taken a mattlock either. I don't know what it is.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Glenn, that is interesting info, I would have never noticed that

Moderator
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06-30-2002

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moderator a private message Print Post    
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Glenn
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07-05-2003

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Who is next in line for the gold star?

Divad?
Mike?

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
no way to tell, there is so many pictured above that I dont think I have even seen on the screen

Roxibalboa
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08-15-2004

Monday, October 29, 2007 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxibalboa a private message Print Post    
I wonder what they should do if they believe a council member deserves the gold star. I mean, Zach just became a council member but he has deserved a gold star for quite some time.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, October 29, 2007 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Also, can somebody get the gold star more than once?

Glenn
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07-05-2003

Monday, October 29, 2007 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Glenn a private message Print Post    
Pamy, I think there is a way to tell. The actual number of those pictured above who have never had a screen credit for something they have said on the show is around 15 out of the 40.

If you rule out these 15 plus the previous gold star winners and the council members who are the ones voting, it narrows the field down.

Just my opinion, but I think there will be someone who will win more than one gold star.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, October 29, 2007 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Noticed tonite that they're holding "Casting Calls" for:

Big Brother 9
Kid Nation 2
Power of 10
http://www.cbs.com/

Maybe that bodes well for us that they won't cancel KN in mid stream, like Pirate Masters. Someone earlier posted they read KN was being considered for canceling.

If they did, I seriously would stop watching CBS (which is my normal TV watching channel) personally. Totally dislike being played for a sucker, by some TV station.

Fool me once, shame on me....Fool me twice, well nope not going for thirds!

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
well, i can't wait to see Taylors antics tonight.

i don't blame her for getting pissy. they make her do all the shit work. she was making fruit salad the other night and they got mad because she wasn't doing dishes but she WAS working. i would be pissy too if i had to do all of those dishes.

they're all just jealous cuz she's pretty and a beauty queen

but really, I do like her, i think she's a cutie and fiesty as can be.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Well, Zachsmom, the only reason she was making the fruit salad was to try and get out of doing the dishes. So far I haven't seen her do a single productive thing, unless "Just deal with it!" can be considered motivation, perhaps?