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Mimi
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04-30-2009

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mimi a private message Print Post    
It was a pretty stupid thing to do on the first night. You would think he would want his team to be strong from the get go, but for some reason he wanted to sabatoge them.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I think this merge will be the most important one in many seasons. I'm pretty sure Russell H. will be able to maneuver the girls from the other side into his camp. It's going to be hard for me to watch. I think it's Russell H's season and this is my least favorite season in years. Even though Shambo seems a bit goofy she's the one I want to go to the end and win but I know that is a very long shot. I hope it continue to rain and they all are uncomfortable. This season is making my spiteful side come out.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Mimi, yes I agree but after 20 seasons it was shocking and that is what I love about Russ, you just never know what he will do

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
I am liking him more. He is just playing a game. I am not seeing anything he has done or is doing anything beyond game. And I look at someone being mean to my face or just saying stuff in the confessional as too different things.

Example. Liz was pissed at Natalie schmoozing Laura. Liz figured it would piss Russ off and she told on Nat. Russ liked that she was doing the schmoozing. Then he commented in a confessional the Liz didn't understand the social aspect of the game.

Randy Bailly from a few years ago was nasty TO people to their face as well as behind their back. If it is ONLY game, it would be done only in the confessional. Like Danielle in Big Brother.

I don't think we have see him being rude TO anyone. Intimidating yes. not mean.

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Askme_ I don't follow. How does being rude in a confessional make his comments part of "game"? The way I look at it is whatever he says to someone or about someone to another playing the game makes those comments "game" and perhaps part of strategy to get farther... But anything he says in confessional is merely telling the story of how he truly feels.

So heck, if he wants to lie his butt off and tell everyone it's "them two" to the end... go for it. If he wants to tell Natalie that someone is gunning for her in hopes of getting that person off... great! But when he goes to confessionals and says "what stupid a$$es these dumb girls are" where is the game there? To me that is just unnecessary and a complete turn off for me.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 4:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
I actually dislike the way Galu talk about Shambo more than I dislike Russell's smack talk (because I actually think her feelings will be/are hurt about it . . . I don't think anyone's feelings are hurt about Russell's ego-trip, condescending, self-aggrandizing crap). Don't like Russell at all though, for all the reasons Bonbonlover has listed. He could play his game the same way, but instead of using his confessionals to degrade and insult the other players simply point out why he dislikes them or why he feels the need to get rid of them.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I rewatched and the way the guys were disrespecting Shambo at the challenge was far more degrading that what Russ says. The things they say behind her back are even worse!

Why aren't more pissed off at those guys? I agree with GAL, I think Shambo's feelings will be hurt but the others will probably write it off as Russ's schtick. Also Russ is an equal opportunity offender. The other tribe has focused on only Shambo to ridicule and use. I hope she is responsible for every last one of their demises.

Bonbonlover
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07-13-2000

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonbonlover a private message Print Post    
Why aren't more pissed off at those guys?

My guess is because those guys haven't been heralded as the best of the best and put out there as the main focus of the show...

I don't like their comments... but frankly I don't even know who they are... just a couple of guys on the team of which I know very little about.

Catfat
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02-27-2002

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Catfat a private message Print Post    
All those thin, dark-haired guys on Galu look alike, talk alike, act alike. There is no way to tell who is who without subtitles. At least Russell looks different.
And the women---most of them are skinny, all long-haired, whether blonde or brunette. Only Shambo looks different.
Maybe we only notice the ones who are different.
Not sure how relevant this is, only an observation.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
BonBon, I bet you are right. We will probably see more of them from now on.

Catfat, LOL most of the girls blend together for me too

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
As far as Russell calling the women dumb, that annoyed me for awhile until I realized that as far as these particular women are concerned he is right on. Probably in real life, this is not true, but they sure act that way on the show. It really seems more that they are clueless than dumb.

I don't think he is evil; he just takes the rules of the game literally. Outwit, outplay, & outlast. If I am not mistaken, the bragging and the crude comments have been made in the confessional, not to the other people's faces. It is not a part of the game its self, it is more that he is expaining his actions to the home audience. That is what they are asked to do in the confessional.

He seems to act very agreeable when around the others. And he works extremely hard and gives it every thing he has in the competions. No one seems to have caught on yet how he is manipulating things. That is good play.

Too many people go into it trying to play it "with integrity." They are fooling themselves. You are not going to win without lying to someone or betraying someone. Anyone who can't do that should just not go.

I have never felt that what a person does in a reality game necessiarly reflects their true character. Most of these kinds of games are based on the premise that you are going to have to lie and deceive. The only exception is The Amazing Race, and even in that one people deliberately mislead others.

I do believe that people can carry it too far. Being cruel is never acceptable, even in a game.

With all that said, it would still tickle me to see him blindsided. It is always a pleasure when someone so sure of himself gets taken down.