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Cjr
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08-11-2002

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It sounds like it will be a good season then. I still have two more hours to go.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
and a nice tribute to Mary Bunim at the end...

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
did anyone get voted off tonight? if so, could you post who it was here? (just mark spoiler on top).

thanks.

Deesandy
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08-12-2003

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spoiler:

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ACE.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks deesandy. i'm looking forward to watching this season. (since RW/san diego is not interesting to me this year).

i usually enjoy watching the challenges.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't think Julie was trying to undo Veronica's safety latch. I think she was tugging on the safety rope to try to pull Veronica out of her triangle thingy. It was incredibly stupid and I think she should have been disqualified for it - but she wasn't trying to 'unlatch' anything. They should have made it specifically against the rules to touch/tug intentially on the others saftey gear. One more time MTV doesn't fully think out the safety of their missions...

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, February 02, 2004 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think they could have alleviated that Julie/Veronica problem by simply saying you can't start to attempt to knock a player off until he or she was out of the harness and on the way to the finish line....

and Ace? 11 seconds? I could have lasted more than 11 seconds....

The guy/girl alternating eliminations is fair (a girl will be eliminated in the next Inferno round), as it would mean the guys can't gang up on the girls in eliminating them to try to strengthen the team....and the fact the other team chooses who actually goes means you can only have so much influence in who goes up...much fairer this time around....

one more thing that I heard from one of the other boards, which was pretty much confirmed...Christiana on the RR team was a VERY last minute replacement. Piggy, from RR Australia, was going to be in this one, but just before filming started, overdosed on painkillers. She's fine now apparently, but couldn't make the Challenge because of it.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ace was really disappointing last night. His whole attitude was to give up and whine.

Ohiomobprincess
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11-07-2003

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think this challenge is going to be awesome!! I can't believe Coral came back. We all knew Ace was a big baby and he sure proved it last night. I'm SO sick of Veronica. Does she have a life other than MTV shows? I'm curious to see who Trishelle hooks up with this time. My bet is C.T. or Jeremy.

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 11:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just when I think I couldn't loathe anyone more than Veronica, Julie shows up again. I would have been just as terrified as Veronica up there. She has seen enough injuries on missions to have a justifiable lack of confidence in the safety measures.

It does seem like RW has a disadvantage having so many Paris people. Ace already proved that. And I could not be more pleased about his performance. I had suspected he was a big, posturing baby. As soon as he was nominated, he gave up. Leah and Mallory don't have any mission experience and Mallory will likely lose motivation with her honey gone. I predict Mallory and Julie will be the 2 nominees next week.

At this point, I'm rooting for the RR team. I would love to see Coral win, but not if it means Julie and the Paris girls have to win also.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I couldn't believe Julie! I don't know what she thought she was doing, but with everyone screaming at her to stop it shocked me she just kept on going. She looked as though she was trying to take veronica out of the harness IMHO and if she wasn't-what the heck was she doing? 16 or 17 stories up is not a place to play that nasty.
Ace deserved to go home. What a baby. Hey, guess what Ace-it's a game and someone has to get voted into the inferno. Looks like he could have used a pep talk from Sarah!

Puttergirl
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08-11-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What an episode!! The look on Veronica's face was unbelievable. She really thought she was moments away from dropping 18 stories! I blame MTV more than Julie. They keep making these stunts more and more extreme- feeling like they have to outdo the last show. But putting people up 18 stories and allowing them to try to knock each other out of their seats in just plain NUTS!!! As soon as I heard the rules, I thought, boy, they are going too far with this one!!!!

The only rule we heard being given was that you couldn't use your feet! It should be obvious to any safety minded person (producers) that you coudn't control an overanxious, pumped up on adrenaline, MTV KID, from unintentionally popping a safety harness! Sure, Julie wasn't intending to unlatch the safety, but these kids are put in positions where they are encouraged to really go for it and create as much drama as possible.

Something bad will happen sooner or later.

As for ACE, waaaa-waaaaaa-waaaaaa!!! What a wuss! What does Mallory continue to see in him?


After defending Julie above, I do want to add that I was very disappointed in her. She tries to hold herself up to a higher standard, but in the end is no different than the rest. And I hated her new look at the beginning!!!!- the red hair and heavy makeup!!

Arm22
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09-26-2003

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Although Julie was way wrong for that stunt she pulled, I think it would be a mistake to put her in the inferno. As you've seen she is crazy and will do anything for real world to win.

It also looks like Syrus saved himself and probably won't be voted back into the inferno after he proved his worth like that. I really like him and think he is the most level-headed.

Laura11103
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08-13-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ITA about Julie, she was a complete maniac to try to unlatch ANYTHING while they were up there and I was terrified for Veronica, nobody deserves to even think for a minute that someone is trying to murder them just to win a stupid mission, is $10,000 enough for Julie to wanna end up in the electric chair? And then for Julie to say she didn't hate her or whatever, I was 100% behind Veronica, just disgusting tactics, Julie should've done her best to win fair and square. She is a good competitor though and IA Arm, she'll definitely give whoever she's against a major run for their money.

As for Ace, I knew he'd lose that mission because he was queezy just from doing the worm mission. I kind of hoped Syrus would put someone else into the Inferno once he saw the mission knowing that Ace is very bad when it comes to bugs and such, but maybe he didn't know. I honestly didn't blame Ace because I saw that he's just the type that can't handle bug type stuff, I believe some people can and some people just can't do it, it was the wrong mission for him and I was sorry to see him go and felt bad for him when Coral was giving him a hard time, I'm sure he felt awful but he just couldn't do it, it was so completely, horrifyingly disgusting, Jeremy sure got lucky that Ace backed out so soon.

As for Trishelle, looks like Mike's gonna hook up with Kendal and of course Trishelle will get jealous probably cuz she hasn't hooked up yet, but there's definitely a nice variety of cute guys for her to choose from, I doubt she'll hook up w/ Jeremy though.

I wonder when the Leah/Darell hookup will happen...

Interesting about Piggy being replaced at the last minute, good thing cuz she's an awful competitor, Christiana (I assume you meant Christina Wilson?) is a great competitor!

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was shocked with the Julie/Veronica battle.
I can't believe Julie wasn't disqualified or that the host (can't remember his name) didn't even shout anything to her with his bullhorn!
Whether Julie was trying to unhook the safety latch or not - just the fact that she was messing around in that area I think should have been stopped.

Once Veronica was totally freaked out and sitting up holding the harness, Julie should have then let go and booked across the line.

Don't even get me started on the safety issues. I can't believe Coral even went back. They didn't even have an epi-pen? People don't always know they're allergic to something they have never been exposed to before. I would think that should have been part of the first aid kit on hand.
And from what I read in Norman's diary, many people went to the hospital due to the lack of safety in the Guantlet missions.

I'm glad Ace is gone for the reasons everyone else has posted. As Coral said - it's good they discovered this early on.
I don't think it would have mattered what the Inferno challenge was - Ace was POd about being sent, and his team spirit was gone.

I wonder why Theo didn't participate in the Inferno. Wasn't he part of all the other challenges?

I usually root for RW since I don't usually watch RR, but I don't see RW winning.
So I'm just looking forward to all the drama



Puttergirl
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08-11-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's what the official MTV site said about the challenge (not the full article. To read it all, go to http://www.mtv.com/):

"... For their first challenge, they must cross the ropes that are spanned between two buildings. Once they have gotten to the middle of the rope, they must get out of their harness and then their only safety will be their bungee. Also, at this point they can try and knock their opponent off with their hands and arms. The cumulative best time wins. If they fall, they will receive a penalty score, which is the slowest lowest score, plus one minute. While Dave is explaining the challenge, Julie has an evil twinkle in her eye. ...

On the last face-off, CT and Mike tell Julie to grab Veronica's arm so she can get her DQ'd and Real World can emerge as victorious. The evil (and partly psycho) gleam returns to Julie's eye. Seventeen stories up in the air, Julie attempts to send Veronica plunging to the ground, literally. But her first attempt, just ends up looking like a bad wrestling match. When they are told they have one minute to get to the finish, Julie still continues to try and get Veronica DQ'd, but this time, she's messing with her bungee and this sends Veronica into a major frenzy. The other team members on the porch are screaming at Julie, telling her to stop messing with the safety harness, but she doesn't listen. ..."



Puttergirl
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08-11-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Also from the official MTV site(http://www.mtv.com/):

Veronica's fright:
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What the heck is she doing?:
veronica2

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
[quote]Once they have gotten to the middle of the rope, they must get out of their harness and then their only safety will be their bungee. Also, at this point they can try and knock their opponent off with their hands and arms. The cumulative best time wins[/quote]

So according to this article, the rules were that they had to wait until they were out of the harness before trying to knock their opponent off. So why wasn't Julie DQ'd for trying while they were still in the harness?

And it annoyed my that Dave had the bullhorn up to his mouth the whole time and never said anything during this. It was the team-mates yelling at Julie.

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh - and the caption for that picture with Julie and Veronica:

…Until Julie tries to take off your safety harness.


Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just read on the MTV boards that Piggy is shown in the first episode. So she OD'd in Acapolco! (I don't know her so if I see the show again I wouldn't know)

"Right after RR arrives, and Jeremy gets off the boat and screams, "Acalpulco!!!!" and you see Holly hug someone, RIGHT behind her is PIGGY with all her curly hair in a big old pony tail on top of her head. It is DEFINITELY her! "

and according to Norman's site:
"But, I will leave you with a golden nugget. Well, close sources are reporting that a road ruler's has OD during the shooting of the next Challenge and thus has been kick off before they started being replaced by Christina. Her name is one of those friendly farm animal names."

Monkeyboy
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05-27-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I heart Julie.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I always like the challenge shows from RW & RR better than the initial shows. I actually liked Ace on RW Paris but found his attitude very negative on the inferno. RW made the right call to eliminate this negative energy early on. As for RR - I say Katy is Inferno bound next wk unless she really steps it up. She was by far RR's worst competitor in both challenges this wk. As for the RW female next wk - it's hard to say. Based on this episode, Mallory failed one mission but did pretty well on the chicken suit mission. Could end up being Trishelle since Coral has such leadership qualities & doesn't care for her. I think the newbees respect the prev. challenge competitors & won't nominate them early on.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not suprised at Ace's attitude. Remember in France how down he got because he didn't meld well with France or the french people. He wanted to go home then when things got unfamiliar and uncomforfortable. I think the same thing happened in Alcapulco. I think he's a hometown boy and isn't very comfortable out of his element. However - he can't be a complete idiot if he runs three sucessful bars at his age, but going new places isn't his thing.

Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank goodness Veronica was safe, even though I can't stand her.

Julie is one twisted mormon!

What cracked me up during all that was Coral's face on the balcony while everyone else is screaming.
It was like she was thinking: "Should I say something? I can't stand that Veronica bi***. Oh hell, I guess I should say something...JULIE!"



Puttergirl
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08-11-2000

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Too funny, Carrie92!!!!!! I can understand her mixed emotions!!!