Julie Chen: Host or Fembot?
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Julie Chen: Host or Fembot?
Niceguy | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 03:55 pm     She's such a counterpoint to the lunacy in the house. You gotta wonder when she's out with her friends and they ask,"Julie, girl, what's it really like dealing with those characters? This is your third summer doing this. You gonna go for four?" What kind of nightmares of what could happen on the show or what could happen in America and the houseguests are left uninformed. Its a deceptively difficult job balancing that. |
Bastable | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 03:59 pm     I think it's weird the way the director makes her look sideways instead of into the camera when she's speaking to the houseguests. It's odd to see her on the monitor in the living room, looking off to somewhere the kitchen. Just look at the camera! Silly TV directors. So bizarre. So stylized! |
Misslibra | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 04:01 pm     Amac I not going to complain about Julie like I was planning on doing. Your comment made be do a visual that was hard to take. And if Bryant was doing BB I don't know if I could handle that. So I'm zipping my lips about Julie.  |
Auntkk | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 04:10 pm     Is it confirmed that the questioning of evicted houseguests by Julie is scripted? I am wondering because we may have been picking on her last year for asking boring, non to-the-point questions when it wasn't her responsibility to choose what to ask. If, however, she has free reign when it comes to interviewing them, then she can make some clear improvement this year with her choice of topics. It would have been interesting had she gone straight to the meat and potatoes issues that were driving us all wild here on the net. |
Delilah | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 04:11 pm     All I can say is that I am glad Julie is not on the feeds Oregon, great to see you again! Btw, love the name of this thread - too funny! |
Oregonfire | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 05:44 pm     Hi Delilah! Okay, all that's been established in my mind is that the woman is competent at her job, but that's not the same as excelling. She doesn't have to read her lines like she's doing an eighth grade history report in front of the class. So far, she's the only BB3 related person that bothers me. I think all of the HGs are worth giving a chance for now (except maybe Lori). And my feelings about Julie have always been neutral, but somehow, seeing her stiff little body and even stiffer delivery in those hip new clothes this year just set me off. Isn't three years of giving someone a chance to have a pulse enough? Call the time of death already and get a live one in there. I'm thinking a "Talk Soup" style host who could make those scripts sing regardless of how bad they are. |
Sqeamtvfan | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 08:30 pm     She was jarring on the first show. Her grinning sadistic delivery of new torments to the houseguests and her stuffy, fussy clothes with pointy heels one could imagine stabbing and grinding down on prey were very entertaining, but I thought she should be fired back then. The second time around, I was thrilled to have her there. She was the mean hurdle each houseguest had to pass when leaving, and she was very mean to a couple of them! I didn't want her to leave any more. I liked the true weirdness. I didn't want a Jeff Probst. This time I was so happy to see her in a wildly inappropriate, busy blouse, being her great old steely-mean self! She has never clicked with the houseguests - except maybe a couple of the cute, high-IQ guys - but it would be just awful to replace her with someone predictably hip who talks in a white C-average college-girl jive. |
Bracken | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 08:54 pm     I recall someone on this board commenting about how Julie always looks like she is standing as if she is trying to balance on a railroad track. I think she looks like she has to go to the bathroom. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the analysis of Dr. Drew the first season. I thought his insight into the personalities and interactions was terrific and wish CBS would bring him back. I also had hoped that they would ask Dr. Evil himself to host this year, that could have been a hoot. |
Snee | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 09:13 pm     bb without julie just wouldn't be right! btw, i thought she looked great last night. |
Bbintervention2 | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 09:33 pm     thank god i'm not alone. i love julie chen. she's cool and does this as some side deal. she's a newswoman too. i like her - shows her career diversity. she probably finds the show as wierd but as provocative as many of us do. i bet the 'social experiment' aspect of it fascinates her as a newsperson. just my guess. i'm going to continue defending her so blah-lol ;p i love her updated wardrobe as well. she's looking fantastic. |
Sqeamtvfan | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 10:38 pm     Yes yes Dr. Drew made it fun - a nice generous, un-stuffy balance to Julia Chen. The model pose with one knee pointed to the other, and then swung out, does look like a bladder blocking move. I love the way Julie Chen walks in like a dolled-up, unwanted guest, with a poison gas aura. Don't think Will coming back to host would be good. I would love to be able to see him perform again, but doing anything with Big Brother would make him look like a has-been instantly - and I like him too much to want him to do an oldies show to start a career. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 10:42 pm     Julie works in New York. The man she lives with, who is older than she is by more than a bit, lives in L.A. When she works on BB, she gets to be in L.A. "on assignment" and I assume, expense account. So.. that is a plus for her. |
Seamonkey | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 10:49 pm     And thankfully we don't have that horrible AOL drone woman taking up time on the shows this year (and last year either).. I'm fine with Julie... |
Sqeamtvfan | Friday, July 12, 2002 - 11:27 am     That AOL woman was a real waste of air time. I am so glad these AOL tie-ins are becoming less frequent. But one tie-in I did enjoy was the survivor cast coming in to shuffle the deck a little the last time. The worst recent tie-in was bringing Rosie O'Donnell into that wretched final episode of the last Survivor. But back to Julie - I now love her cynical presence and she is part of this fabulously enjoyable TV series which is really an internet series. Who is this older guy? |
Alegria | Friday, July 12, 2002 - 05:06 pm     I thought Julie looked really good last night. I was really happy to see her again. Julie seemed smoother and really looked buff. After hanging in with BB for three seasons, she should strut her stuff. She has grown on me every year and was very sly at times in the way she handled the characters in the house while also not crossing the line into being bitchy. |
Lancecrossfire | Friday, July 12, 2002 - 05:15 pm     I'm not too much into looks for a good host for a show like this. While I feel like Julie and the show don't mix that well, I have to believe part of it is what CBS/Arnie allows her to say and ask. Tough to ask the hard questions if they aren't on the list. I would be very surprised if they gave her a free pass to do as she wishes. I also feel like it would be better if someone did the show who tried to have a little fun with it--but maybe any banter is not allowed by the higher ups? No way of knowing on that one. Bryant was mentioned above--I'll take Julie over Bryant any day! |
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