If everyone had played nice and had been truthful, what would there be to watch?
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If everyone had played nice and had been truthful, what would there be to watch?
Machellewatches | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 11:59 pm     I'll put this out there and then maybe make my escape. What really kept you coming back? Would you have kept coming back if there was one big love fest going on in the house. The truth please? |
Onlymytulips | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 12:09 am     Well, good question for sure Machelle! The first and foremost reason I enjoy watching the feeds, and the show was to watch the personalities. I think that most of them are common folks and similar to people we all know in everyday life. To be able to watch them like mice in a maze, with conditions being controlled, contests with rewards.....it is like the best science experiment ever! A few of the houseguests did play nice and were truthful. I had more of the problem with the ones that weren't and wanted them to be evicted. So, my answer yes I would have been watching as much as I did. |
Eden | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 12:49 am     I watch to see strategy and gameplaying. Personalities? Ever human has one from lively and interesting or dull as dishwater. I don't care about couplings, friendships, bonding (other than alliances). This isn't a microcosm of real life, this is a game. I enjoy watching people play it by whatever means needed to get them to the end. I don't care about being a moral arbiter for the game, the players or the world at large. I'm watching a game! I want to see people playing it wisely, cagily, strategically. Period. I'll leave all the moralizing to those of you who feel worthy and, apparently, comfortable of offering judgment. |
Crossfire | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 01:09 am     I would not be interested in a BB game where the players were both nice, and truthful. I need my scheming, deceit, and backroom dealing. I want a battle to the end. The truth has no place in this game, at least not as a morality play by which to judge. I can live without trashy non game related comments and childlike name calling, and feel worthy, capable and comfortable enough to offer my opinion on such matters as required. |
Superfan | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 01:19 am     Well I kept coming back to the lovefest of BB1, but didn't really get 'into' the show. BB2 was initially a test run. If it was just like the first, I would have been gone. Will saved the show for me. BB3, have to say this was the best show ever (of BB) and hope it plays out the way "I" think it should. BB4 watching is dependant upon the outcome of BB3 for me. As I stated over and over tonight, just not interested in watching 3 months of a show to see who made the most friends. Eden has posted my feelings perfectly. That's what I look for in a reality game show. No, I wouldn't watch a lovefest again (been there, done that, no thanks). |
Guinevere | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 01:32 am     I watch for the personalities and the interactions. The game is just sort of a framework that manipulates the HGs interactions. I like to have people to root for and against. I wouldn't want a houseful of Jasons, or a houseful of Danielles. I like a mix. If you're trying to make a point about people disliking Danielle despite the fact that she makes the show interesting (though I'm not sure you are), all I can say is that I agree she has made the show more interesting, but that doesn't mean I have to like her or want her to win. |
Machellewatches | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 01:32 am     Superfan-i so agree with you. Who has time for nice when you can have the lies and back stabbing. IMO if we are all honest withouselves, I do not think that we would give up a summer, have sleepless nights and miss out on the great debates her on the boards if everyone was so nice. |
Tobor7 | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:51 am     How about "...if ANYONE had played nice..." I just like to see the classic struggle of good vs. evil, truth vs. lies, honesty vs. deceit, and for truth and justice to win out. (I like to see people do the right thing even when it is not in their best interest to do so.) I would be pulling for the person who played it most like I would play it. |
Ministryoftruth | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:56 am     BB1 was a big "Love Fest" and I kept watching. I have to admit though that I would have watched any kind of "Fest" that included Curtis. |
Wendo | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 03:05 am     Eden stated my feelings perfectly as well so... Ditto. |
Barefootdyke | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 09:38 am     Ditto to Onlymytulips's response |
Machellewatches | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 01:47 pm     I thought when i posted this that there would have been more response, i only say this because there seem to be so many opinions about Danielle and other players posted on these boards. Come on people, where are all of the opinions. What truly kept you watching. |
Crossfire | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:10 pm     Honestly, I thought we were done here when you got the answer you wanted from superfan. Now you have a different question on the table. I absolutely watch for the battle between good and evil, the resulting conflict, and the emotional struggles. I wish they would turn it up a notch. I would love the the show even more if I knew that 'BB' really existed, and enforced a known set of rules. I wish BB would let people walk when they want to. I sometimes watch to see if any of that will actually happen. |
Earthmother | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:25 pm     It would be BB1 all over again..we could go back to defending Jamie's use of too much make-up and Eddie's over use of the word fu*k...lol |
Showmemoney | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:32 pm     I watch it because... gasp... I"m a closet voyer. I love observing every day life for these people. Secondly, I watch for the social experiment of it all. I actually liked BB1 a lot, because it was more like Big Brother in the 1984 book. It was the HG against BB. I liked watching the way they react to situations. I also like watching the strategy. This year was the best year for me, because almost all the players admitted this was a game (at one time or another, even if they denied it later) and talked strategy when given a chance. I loved the secret conversations in the bathroom area, on the hammock, etc... We were able to see so much more of that this year. Most importantly, I kept watching because of this board. The shows interested me, but it was the analyzing on this board that kept me glued. It got ugly at times, which made me question my loyalty, but overall, I think there are some very smart people here who can analyze with the best of them. |
Twiggyish | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 02:37 pm     I agree Showme. |
Barefootdyke | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 07:58 pm     I watched it becuase human nature and how the different personalities get along and clash fascinates me. I'm thinking that my career goal of social worker might not fit me ... maybe I should be a psychologist instead. |
Pugholio | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 08:06 pm     There was nothing wrong with BB1. My world goes along just fine without backstabbing, lies, and conflict. |
Jimmer | Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 09:04 pm     I liked BB1. It was a fun show and some of the personalities were quite entertaining but it was a completely different concept than the subsequent shows (no alliances, no strategizing among players, not much conflict, etc.). I came to thoroughly enjoy Will in BB2, but by the end of it he was practically the whole show. He made that show work and we may not have had a BB3 without him. I have to admit that I really enjoy the strategizing, the manipulation and the alliances in BB3 and overall they seem to have recruited a much stronger group of players. I enjoyed BB1 immensely, but I don’t think that if they were to go back to that style of show that I would find it as interesting having seen BB2 and BB3. Also, I think that they do need different types of players and that a house full of Jasons or Danielles would be boring. |
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