What About Week Long Challenges?
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Realitytvaddict

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I miss those! Remember the domino challenge? Everyone was helping each other. C'mon we need some creativity in this house. They are just talking all the time. That is getting boring even for these people. I also liked when they would ask them questions at night. Sometimes, they were controversial questions, and that would change the dynamics of the game. Week long challenges are so much better than just a one shot deal.

Max

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wholeheartedly agree! This season is just TOO boring! I'd be climbing the walls to get out of there.

Earthmother

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree those at least took up some time and gave them a chance to re-group, work as a team and get to know each other without working a deal all the time. I understand the concept of no outside information but total bordom makes for bad entertainment.

Grooch

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 10:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I miss them, too.

And I hate how the shows at night are taken up with the stupid 1 hour challenge.

Verdana

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 11:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I said just yesterday to my partner, this house is like a summer resort if you ask me.

The HGs pretty much just hang-out all day and all night just like in BB1. But they had even more challenges in BB1.

Remember the initial hype for this show? Weren't we told how more demanding and tough this new BB3 season was going to be with new quirks, twists and so forth? What's going on Arnold? Asleep at the switch honey?

Other than eating peanut butter/jelly for a week a time, they have it pretty easy. I don't call what goes on in this house demanding or tough at all, other than having to put up with and pretending to like some annoying people.

Realitytvaddict

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 11:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Verdana: Yet, the difference in BB1 is that they were given a curfew. I started a thread about that, and seriously I think that's what these spoiled brats need. That and some week long challenges will add some excitement to this house, or I think they should take that new exercise machine and make a challenge out of it. They each have to stay on it at least 7 hours by the end of this week starting today. Ha ha! The ONLY tough part about this is having to act to people you hate. That would get to me, and maybe if they did some activities everyone could find something in common with each other for once.

Mr_Bozack

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In spite of the fact that I thought the first season was a total bore after the three trouble-makers got kicked out 1-2-3...I do miss the week long challenges. Those do give them something they have to do and force them to interact with each other.

Also on the cerfew angle...I don't think they should have a cerfew, they should be able to go to bed as late as they want, but they should have to be out of bed by a particular time in the morning and shouldn't be allowed to nap, or go to bed, until a particular time at night. Napping, or sleeping in, could lose them, say, their food privelages so they'd be forced to eat peanut butter and jelly for the week if Big Brother catches them sleeping during non-designated sleep hours. Make 'em pay for partying too late.

Emo1979

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Honestly, BB3 is starting to really seem like a prison. Nothing to do and surrounded by people you hate and are working super hard all the time to not piss off or risk being jacked.

But in some ways it's even worse than prison because there's no daily structure at all. Sure they have veto, booting, HOH and noms in a regular pattern, but there are hours and hours and hours inbetween those events! Especially in this lopsided beginning of the week time when the TV show isn't on.

I didn't watch the very beginning of BB2 last year... was it this frickin' boring? If not, why not?

They need stuff to do, Arnie! The trash talking isn't cutting it!

Julieboo

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Was Karen the third to go in the first season? I like Mr. Bozack's out of bed by a certain time idea...

Marcieb

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They definitely need more to do! But I seriously doubt these me-me-me's could work as a team of 11. They're never in the same room unless forced to be. How can they talk behind someone's back if they're spending time together?

One thing that makes Survivor as great as it is for me are the games/challenges the production crew comes up with. Maybe BB could hire one of those creative geniuses to help brighten things up.

And this peanut butter & stale brownies for a week is excruciating to watch. They're so unhappy and the winning team isn't really enjoying it either (except you-know-who). Restricting nutrition is not something that's smart--or entertaining. I hope this is the only one of these on the schedule.

Bmh

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya I admit those week-long challenges were something for the houseguests to do..but dominoes???..come on people!..u could not get more boring than that..I rather hear sex talk and trash-talkin which seems to happen alot in the BB3 house than havin a group activity and playin dominoes..that is boring as hel...

Twinkle

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree that BB3 is excruciatingly boring so far, which is why I rarely watch the LFs. Darn it, I was so excited anticipating the start of this season, but so far it's been a disappointment.

BB2 seemed to be based on the premise that it would in no way resemble BB1 and that's carried over to BB3, including dropping the week long challenges. And maybe the producers figured that the hgs having nothing to do would lead quickly to confrontation, recreational sex, paranoia and mental instability which would make the TV show sooooo much more interesting. *snort*

Why couldn't they at least do as a poster described about the British BB: when a horn sounds, they have 3 minutes to dress and start doing some activity. Oh, wait. Wasn't that done during BB1 with square dancing? Nope, sorry, can't repeat any concept from that first season.

Pirate

Tuesday, July 23, 2002 - 08:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I miss the week long challenges too. I liked the domino challenge. When Cassandra knocked a row over and then tried to fix it, only to keep knocking them down was excrutiating to watch, but you kept waiting to see if they all came down. When they were working on the challenges at least they were communicating with each other. Just think, they would have to talk to Gerry. Can you imagine putting Gerry and Josh together to work at on a project?

I agree with some of you and that they should have to be up and about at a certain time and no napping. I think eating PP&J is too easy on them.

Make the punishments more of a real penalty. How about customizing the penalty to each player so they all wouldn't be punished exactly the same way. For instance, BB would say, OK Eric, Lisa, Roddy, and Chiapet, you can't sleep with each other for a week. Gerry and Josh have to share a room for the week. Amy and Chia have to share a room for a week. You get my drift.

Something to shake things up a more.

Hawaiiandew

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought the Tour de France challenge was great in the first season. They all had to take turns riding the exercise bike and ride like 2500 miles or something.
The dance marathon was funny too. Do you guys remember them saying "all dance" over the intercom and everyone had 5 minutes to get on the dance floor. Those moments had me ROFL!

On a seperate note..... How about some arts and crafts. One of the funniest moments last year was Will making Nicole's doll for her and giving it pubic hair and Nicole blowing her top over it!!!
Please Big Brother---give these guys something they have to do together!!!!!