Final Show Revisited: Was it really so bad?

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Ocean_Islands

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 06:24 am Click here to edit this post

Of course I couldn't let Saturday night slip by without watching Friday night's show again.

It holds up surprisingly well.

Here are some things I noticed that I hadn't noticed before:

Julie Chen's closing words: "That's it for THIS SEASON of Big Brother" Did you notice that? Are they going to make this the summer thing from now on or what?

All the former HGs looked more relaxed on second view than they had live, except Mega looked more silly.

Not showing Josh exit the house was not a mistake, it was planned that way.

Contrary to what I read on some of the boards, the final seconds of the show showed the following 'Reunions': Eddie hugging Karen, George, Brittany, Curtis, Josh.

Biggest mistake of the show: Not showing the crowd as the announcement was made to Eddie and Josh; they could have done it in a little 'box' inset in the screen.

Former houseguests seating arrangement: Did you notice that the houseguests were seated in order of perceived popularity or interest to the public? George and Brittany were nearest Julie. Then came Karen and Jordan. Then Mega; Jamie and Cassandra were farthest away. They had a clearly defined seating arrangement. For 'Survivor' they were seated in reverse order from the time they were banished.

I thought the show was great! A little too short (in fact, a lot too short), but great!

Dpmd

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 07:15 am Click here to edit this post

It was way too short. They should have had a 2 huor show. 30 min with old guests, 20 min with Curtis, 20 min with Josh, 20 min with Eddie, 30 min wrap up with all of them and the families. The way they did it left me hanging.

Spoosh2000

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 07:46 am Click here to edit this post

Ocean, I too taped the show, and have watched it, oh, let's say, a couple of times? LOL! I thought it was good despite it's time restrictions as well! There were a lot of things they could have done better, yes, but what thay DID do was pretty darn awesome!

And you are right, the end DID have reunion's with houseguests! An if you look REALLY closely, Jamie and Mega are up there next to Eddie for breif seconds, too. :)

Mbliving

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 08:22 am Click here to edit this post

I still think the show was way too short.

I was interested in your view on the seating arrangement because I had a very different view.
I thought they tried to keep Brit and Karen as separated as they could from Jordan and Mega since they got along so well. LOL I also thought that they wanted Curtis beside Brit because she was probably the one he was most anxious to see. He had just seen Jamie and Cass a few days prior.

And I can't believe I keep popping on to this site to relive a few moments. A true addict, I guess.

Prince

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 08:28 am Click here to edit this post

The show was just too short. Thats the bottom line. We invested 3 months of our lives to this show and they couldn't give us another hour. I would like to have seen the same scene that Curtis had with his family and then the other HGs given to both Josh & Eddie too.

I guess I'm going back to the CBS Feedback Page page to vent again.

Funksoulbrother

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 02:28 pm Click here to edit this post

Ocean Islands, I respectfully disagree. They didn't screw it up completely, but it was so full of mistakes it's hard to believe it was produced by professionals.

I think the capper came during the end celebration, when some complete idiot made the decision to go to a shot of Julie standing alone, giving the closing speech, instead of the ecstatic reaction of Eddie celebrating and being reunited with the other houseguests that was happening just out of camera view. This shot of Julie lasted for literally 30 full seconds... and what Julie was saying was drowned out by the shrieks of joy! The person who called this shot should never be allowed to work on any television show again, ever. Who on earth would be stupid enough to think that Julie Chen is the person anyone wanted to see at that moment? Complete incompetence. Beyond comprehension.

Ricmunoz

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 02:50 pm Click here to edit this post

Since it was the final day of the experience, I don't see what harm it would done to bring Eddie, Curtis and Josh INTO the studio, which, like the area outside the House, was filled with people sharply supervised by CBS.

It would have been a LOT more dramatic to have the 7 banished HGs sitting nearby while Ghoulie interviewed the final 3. Yes, it would be more like a beauty pageant atmosphere, but so what? I think most people would have loved to see the reactions of the banishees. They could have fit all the friends and families into the studio. The final 3 I'm sure would not have minded missing out on the "experience" of walking out to cheering crowds. Oh well, maybe next time around.

Therlin

Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 02:56 pm Click here to edit this post

Maybe it was just me, but I also would've liked to see more behind the scenes footage. Maybe even the faces behind the voices we and the HGs heard daily.