How the finale SHOULD have been..your thoughts?
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Melian | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 09:38 pm  My ideas for the last show are these.. First of all, it was moronic to cut the show from 1 hour and move it to fri from sat. It DESERVED a big sendoff, and would have gotten decent ratings, imo. Since they did cut the show by a whole hour, they should have figured out a format that would give all 3 time. I wondered all week how they would do justice to all 3 houseguests with only 1 hour.. I got my answer today: they didn't. But, since it WAS only an hour, I think they should have saved time with cutting down on some o f the fluff, like making the 3 tell eachother who they recommended to win, and cutting down the reunion of 7 down a lot.. They should have brought ALL 3 to the studio, reunite them with the banishees, and THEN have them be part of the reunion of 10! I thought it was sad that they excluded josh and eddie from that. They could have talked to them there and showed their bb clips there like curtis's was. During the reunion, they should have announced the winners, timed apart a bit to let it soak in and the tension and suspense to build for the winner. Around minute 45 or 50, announce the winner and let him have his 15 minutes of fame, or shine in the spotlight for awhile. If they did this, we wouldn't have been robbed of seeing a lot of stuff we wanted to see.. like josh and brit's reunion, comments in the reunion, seeing eachother's families better etc. I can't believe they didn't show a single shot when josh left the house and joined the crowd. That was awful! I've read some posts from east coast people who say the show ended with eddie still in the house. On the west coast, he did come out and reunite with family and former houseguests, and that was nice, even though it was VERY short. Everyone including eddie was crying. So how do you think the format of the last show should have been? |
Itsme | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:30 pm  I couldn't agree with you more. When I heard that the show had been cut to an hour I was sure that they would only show Josh, Curtis and Eddie and that's how it should have been. The other houseguest should have been there to support them like with Curtis but they shouldn't have robbed their time (after all the other houseguests had their individual time) and at the very least they should have given us an outside shot of Josh leaving the house. I enjoyed seeing the people come out and see themselves on screen. Josh's reunion with his family was very lack luster and even though Eddie's was great it was very short and we never saw them interact with the others. I am very disappointed. They really should have done more for viewers that have been watching their show almost daily for three months. Did they think that would be enough? I suppose they didn't really care. |
Katnphx | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:43 pm  Melian, I agree that some things should have been left out. All those you mentioned and the part with Julie going through the control room etc... The really lame part was where she said, "They are going to be so shocked that I am coming in here". They certainly didn't look "shocked" to me. What a waste of air time that was and how unfair to Josh and Eddie to have to share their time like that. |
Wastin_Time | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:47 pm  I agree with your format, they should ahve brought them all out toghether if they were only going to do an hour, but they should have done 2 hours. That would have given them time to cover the last 3, HG's reunions and all 10 of them toghether, their families, reactions exc... they could have done a 2 hour show easy and it would have been much better. Would have loved to have seen Josh/Britt reunion too. As well as Eddie/Mega/Jordan It would have been good to hear more about Mega and Jordan since they've been out of the house the longest. I would have like to have scene all of them toghether. They could have asked them alot of interesting questions. I like all of them. They could have ended the show by bringing Pugita into the studio. That would have been so cute. But boooohooo it was not to be. I hope they do a reunion show like they did with Survivor. Maybe they could show more footage of Josh and Eddie's final BB exit. I'm sure they have more of it. They needed more time. |
Curtandeddie | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 10:56 pm  I'm pretty much in agreement with you Melian. I was so disappointed that they didn't show Josh exiting the house and his reunion with Brit. I also would liked to have seen more of Eddie after he won. Who was responsible for this, CBS or Endemol? I really didn't mind seeing the other HGs. If they had stuck to the two hour format they would have done a much better job. Still, I'm disappointed with the way they handled the finale. |
Zaney | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:05 pm  Well said Melian. I would have liked to find out what some of the first ones out were offered and what they plan to do. Go to CBS and complain. Maybe at least they will show some of that on the early show. |
Prince | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:08 pm  Everyone should send a feedback to CBS: http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/feedback/0,1611,412,00.html 1. Show your disappointment with the ending of the show. 2. Ask for a reunion/recap show. or at least 3. feedback to the early show to give the contestants a lot of time Monday morning, and show some highlights of the aftermath. |
Katie | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:27 pm  They couldn't have brought them all out together because the rule was that the last one out of the house won. I do think the show should have been at least 90 minutes or even 2 hours. |
Gadzooks | Friday, September 29, 2000 - 11:51 pm  Thanks Prince.....I just wrote a long email to CBS complaining about the lack of respect they had for the fans of this GREAT show. I've been addicted since Day 1 and relied on BBFC to entertain me for the past 3 months. It has been the most awesome experience, and to have the show cut to an hour was an insult. Brit and Josh reunion (kiss???), Jamie being dissed by Brit, Cassandra's snobbishness towards the others, Chickenman and Teresa confronting Brit, Mega/Jordan/Eddie hugs???, Josh walking out of the house, Curtis walking out....it just wasn't fair to cut all of that out. I'm so shocked, furious, and all at the same time. Yeesh!!! I've asked for a reunion show a la 48 hours on each houseguest. Hope they listen. |
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