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Deirpg

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, after hearing about all of the smut that's going on in the BB house, I'm grateful now that I don't have the feeds. I would rather see the CBS edited version of reality than reality itself. I truly think that if I saw what these people are really like, I would stop watching the show because I would be too disgusted. Anyone else?

Misslibra

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 07:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No I'm not disgusted... yet. :) Now if they were showing gory things I would be disgusted. But I can handle nudity and their conversations, as long as I don't see any blood and guts I'm ok.

Cameltoes

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 07:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I do have the feeds and I swear I am almost at that point. I'm just such a reality junkie it's sad. If only there was another BB-esque show around to quench my thirst. I will probably watch for at least a couple more weeks to see how they edit this group. If they aren't showing these HGs as they truly are, THAT would be the breaking point for me. It's so hard talking to people who only watch on TV and they have no clue what's really going on so far. It's not even that I am offended per se, it's just pathetic. I enjoy watching how strangers interact in such an environment but without fun to balance out some of this stuff, it just feels creepy watching.

Bastable

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 07:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not me. I still want the feeds. I want to see what version CBS is passing off as the truth.

I cling to the feeds as one of my only ways to truly understand how the media interprets everything I see... sorry, I know that sounds pompous, but it really is that big for me! Watching the feeds gives me my own control. There is no other media experience that I can think of that exposes itself to the truth the way BB does.

If only it were the news instead of entertainment. If CBS edits Big Brother to the extent we know it does, just think of what happens to the news every day of our lives!!

(And they were pretty trashy at the start of BB2, remember-- it will heat up and become more relevant as tension mounts. How many times can Chiara relate her rides on the "cotton pony" before everyone starts to hate her?)

Keiffer

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
FOUR FEEDS OF THREE PEOPLE PLAYIHG CARDS! Can we not watch anything else?

Tabbyking

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i canceled mine today and had to wait a long time to do it. they asked why and told me i wasn't the only one canceling. i told them it was just trash. i don't mind plotting and alliances and behind the scenes things, but this was just sleaze. i also told her we got a lot of the front of the house and the feeds would just go off, or all cameras were on one group. free, maybe worth it, but not something i would pay for.

Eddie4ever

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, this group (so far) has made it easy to walk away and get some stuff done. Which was pretty much my biggest problem with the feeds last summer...getting ANYTHING done... house got pretty messy at times, burned a few dinners, yard work...pfft... (you get the picture..lol)

Tweepee

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
you don't sound like a true fan!! ;-) if you wait it out, the feeds will get better as things get heavier. and i can handle the trash--i'm a big girl. i just hate violence. good things come to those who wait.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eddie, I stayed up til the wee hours last year the night they had the ouija board. Now that was priceless!!

Zeyna

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And to think how last week we were even missing FOTH...
I'm ok with basically everything this year and I'm sure it'll get better. Hang in there people!

Lizardsamongus

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am a BB addict and I cancelled my feeds today. Howard Stern and Springer are both in the worst 50 shows of all time and this BB rivals both of them for poor taste. Just like I don't want to see the camera in the bathroom, I don't want to hear graphic details of their kinky sex lives.

Sanfranjoshfan

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
C'mon, guys....ya can't give up yet....you never know what's gonna happen. Halfway or more through the game who would've guessed that George would be almost successful at organinzing a walkout? Or that George would lose his mind and start looking for buried treasure? Who expected Justin to pull a knife on Krista? Remember when Monica totally blew it and totally freaked out on Kent? (I thought she was gonna pop a vein on that one.) Remember Nicole's hot tub "incident"? Most or all of these things were barely touched upon on the tv show....but we saw it all on the live feeds.

My point is just that all the really good stuff starts to happen after they have all been there awhile. After they have been betrayed a few times and gotten to know one another well enough to truly let their guards down....that's when their TRUE feelings will come out!

For all we know, in a month, Roddy might get fed up with Josh, tell him off, and make him cry! (who could take a chance on missing something like that?) Eric's weird sleeping issues might turn into a whacko sleepwalking episode. Toilet paper might fly over the wall! LOL

For me, the $24.95 is worth even the *possibility* that something really exciting will happen. Of course, I buy my LOTTO ticket twice a week, too....*knowing* that I will never win, but also knowing that....well, ya just never know for *sure*. If nothing else, that little fantasy is worth the pittance.....just like the possibility that the BB house will go nuts for the third year in a row. (Remember, there has not even been ONE eviction yet!)

You'll probably kick yourselves, if you are reading the live feed posts and realize that something great is happening right at that moment....but you have to wait 5 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour or so for the posts to show up and let you know how it's going...

JMO

Misslibra

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 08:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone sign up for the one month free deal? I did, so now I'll be paying for only two months instead of three.

Muse

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm planning on cancelling my free trial tomorrow. I've been pretty disgusted ever since I got them. Thought it might get better, but it didn't. Today I went without watching them, and found that I really didn't care what was going on in the house very much. So I'm going to do without them. I'll try to read some live feed updates to keep up.

If things get really good, I'll just subscribe again...I just don't see that happening, though, unless a number of people leave the house. I just don't find it pleasant to watch them at *all*.

And heh - Sanfranjoshfan, I find that I'm typically not online when the really good stuff happens anyway. My luck. So I'm not too worried about that.

Oh, and also - yes. I really think that I might give up the show too, assuming things don't improve. I don't think the show will be that bad (since they edit things to make people look a certain way - it can really make the HGs seem more likable, IMO), but I *know* I won't be able to resist coming here to know what's going on for real. :) And that could affect how I see the show.

Eddie4ever

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh...don't get me wrong... I'm not going anywhere! My house just might be a little cleaner this summer, we might eat less pizza and the grass might actually be weed free! I'm with you SanFran (literally, I'm over the bridge..lol) but I think this bunch has the potential for some entertaining viewing, and I don't mean sex...lol

Misslibra

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This sex stuff will soon get old, even for them. The good stuff is a coming!!

Wcv63

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm keeping my feeds. I like to have them on during the day as I'm working. If I hear something interesting then I pull the screen up to see what's happening but 95% of the time I'm just listening. Sometimes I tune them out...but there is enough going on to keep me fascinated.

Xanaxnyquil

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
To those of you are offended by the "sleaze" and "trash" and have decided to cancel your feeds, in the immortal words of the dreaded Boogernaught, Mike Boogie:
MAJOR PROPS, MAJOR PROPS!

I admire you for having the courage to follow thru and cancel what you don't care to view
however, I LOVE this stuff... the sleazier the better!

Zachsmom

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is what I am counting on Misslibra!!!

I am not cancelling my feeds.. I use them for other stuff..they work great! As a matter of fact..I don't think I will cancel even after BB!

Goddess146

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 09:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So far, only 16,000 have subscribed. Last year they claimed 100,000. I do predict a jump in subscriptions after the 2/4 week free period.

Buttercup

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sanfran, I am with you!

Buttercup

Sanfranjoshfan

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This year I subscribed to the $24.95 BB special. Last year I subscribed to the regular BB Goldpass which included BB and a lot of other stuff for $9.95 per month. As someone posted earlier....they have no way of knowing whether a regular GoldPass subscriber signed up because of BB. I think they MUST be counting only subsccribers of the "BB only" special deal.

Sanfranjoshfan

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Buttercup...I checked your profile pic and was startled...at first glance I thought I was looking at a body in a lake! LOL

Back on topic: with the feeds...sometimes ya just gotta have faith that they will all go crazy. :-)

Cinder

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I paid the $24.95. Its not that great now, but it usually gets better. Every now and then it is good. 3 months for $24.95 is good for me.

Buttercup

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 10:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sanfran--bungee jumping off a train bridge close to Lake Tahoe

As far as the topic goes, I have faith they will go crazy and I'll be ready and settled with my popcorn!

Grant

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 11:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm so glad that I have the feeds! The only downside is that I've been doing more viewing than posting. Unless you're on a supertight budget,$25 for 3 months isn't bad at all.

Maris

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
How many cuts to the FOTH did we have today because someone started singing a song. Just now Gerry started singing a song and I am screaming at the computer, stop singing please and bingo. FOTH


They are just so nervous about litigation they are cutting to FOTH way too much.

Ryn

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 10:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grant - come post in the live feeds - we need all the help we can get ;)

maris - that was a short one, this is a doozy now

Maris

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 10:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
it sure is, Ryn. What the heck are they singing McCarthur Park? (sp)

Bigd

Thursday, July 18, 2002 - 10:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This is my second year with the lives feeds since I just HAD to see what Will was up to. I didn't realize there would be "free" live feeds for any amount of time and I find it interesting that the nudity and girly shows happened in the "free time". I don't recall any nudity from previous shows, does anyone else? I don't understand the whole singing problem. I understand the talking about people (as with Tonya), but I just don't get the singing. You could go into any given bar and hear a live performance and the performer didn't pay a fee to perform someone else's song. How does that work?