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Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Realfan, I didn't buy the ending either. I have to say it seemed really ridiculous to me, especially since he and Marissa were all over one another and he and Natalie barely "smooched." I said to my daughter when it was over that if I was Natalie, I'd be pretty POd watching the show and see what he was doing with Marissa the night before he picked me. He and Natalie acted more like buddies than love interests. I thought Marissa truly cared about him. With him saying they had a great physical attraction, if I was the girl he picked, I'd sure as heck wonder WHY he didn't have that with me! Blech. It was a disappointing ending, but I guess I wasn't surprised since I'm sure they wanted us to be totally thrown off by the editing. Natalie did grow on me through the series and I liked her, but I didn't see any real connection between the two of them other than best buds! No wonder he said he wasn't "in love" when he was interviewed before the show aired.

Realfan
Member

08-08-2001

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, God, yes, Watching! I posted the exact same thing just a second ago on the official boards. Can you imagine being Nat and seeing that?!? I'd be pretty upset. I sure wouldn't marry a guy who got more fired up by some other woman who wasn't me.

I liked Nat, too, as comic relief. But I never saw more than a buds thing between them. Just ONCE I'd like for the producers to let me SEE a couple fall in love, and quit with the surprise endings. I actually thought this show might be that show. Grrr... Ah, well. Best of luck to all three of them as they pursue their (separate) showbiz careers.

Luvmom
Member

10-17-2000

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I guess I have alot of hope for these two.He may have had a physical attraction to Marissa but it was Nat that I saw a twinkle in his eyes when ever he was with her.He could talk with her and be quiet with her and still be happy.I found her sweet and charming.He had pet names for her right from the beginning and he told her during one conversation that he needed someone to pamper.

Producerchic
Member

06-29-2004

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Natalie is from my town and last night (I work in TV news) one of my crews interviewed her mom at a watch party... her mom says Natalie and Vadim are in love -- but who knows...

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, it would be nice to know they ARE in love Producerchic. I wonder how Natalie felt about him showing up on CNN and others shows saying he wasn't in love, but did have a stronger connection with one. As I recall, he said he was more committed to her from the beginning.

If they did have more of a relationship, I also wish they would have shown it. I also thought with all the tears he cried through the series and esp. last week when he left Maria, I would have seen more emotion out of him when he dumped Marissa. I hope we see an article or the two of them show up on a show now that it's over. If you hear anything more, keep us posted "chic". :-)

Lanna240
Member

07-08-2004

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I liked the ending. Natalie is truly the opposite of Jack, but Jack did say opposites attract. Natalie was less forward. Maybe he didn't pick Marissa because of that. Maybe Marissa wasn't chosen because Jack knew that the other girls hated her and maybe they could see something that she was hiding when she was with Jack. I think he just probably didn't trust Marissa. He was wondering if she wanted to win for the right reason. I think he made a good choice. But I think Marissa liked him more...Well...Maybe not. I think I was happy with the ending. I hope they make another Outback Jack, or something like it, it was one of my favoirte shows! lol :D

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I knew he would pick Natalie when they showed a clip of him saying he wasn't really looking for a "totally independant" woman. Looks like he likes them sort of helpless.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, August 13, 2004 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We really enjoyed this series. It had a lot of humor with the girls being out of their element and we were happy that he picked Natalie at the end. Marissa whether she was truly into him or not made it clear that she felt it was a competition. I couldn't believe how Natalie kept plugging away out there despite being the least outdoorsy of the bunch. Maybe he felt she was sincere because of it.

Anyway it was fun to watch.

Willwillbee
Member

09-20-2001

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 2:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
www.courier-journal.com/features/2004/08/11/natalie.html

excerpts from the linked article:

Natalie Franzman says she fell in love with Vadim Dale on "Outback Jack." They are now living together in a Los Angeles apartment.

Franzman did receive a diamond necklace valued at $20,000, and the couple won a 30-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Europe, both of which they will likely cash in. "L.A. is an expensive place to live, and we have to survive," Franzman said.

At the moment, Franzman doesn't have a job lined up. Dale, on the other hand, who has a manager and an agent, has received lots of calls and offers in the entertainment industry.

Should we expect to hear wedding bells soon?

"I think in the back of our minds we kind of know that we may spend the rest of our lives with each other — something special happened out there," Franzman said. "But we don't want to jinx anything, so we don't want to rush into anything."




Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I think it would be great if they really did find love out there and things work out. I wasn't so sure about who he should pick at all but to me Natalie really did seem the most sincere even if it was because she didn't have a lot going on upstairs (great editing,huh?) And Whoami-I agree-I knew as soon as he said he wasn't searching for Miss Independence that Natalie would be the one. My DH put it well though when he said "Marissa has the same face on every time I see her" and it was the truth. She may of had a lot of things to say about her "feelings" but to me they were just words-she was in it to win (in order to prove a point after being voted off by the girls) not for Jacks heart......ok...thats my