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Annie_Oakley

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does the editing of the show drive anyone else bananas? We all know what happened Thursday night and Friday. There were a ton of great convos, not to mention the scheming. But instead of watching Teflon Boy(Jason) get away with murder, we get to see 15 minutes of the food challenge! We get to see about 5 seconds of Danielle telling Lisa about Kiki's betrayal, but none of Lisa's brilliant performance later with Chiara. The it goes on for five minutes about Gerry's weight loss. Who the hell cares?

Why is it set in stone that Saturday is all build up for the nominations, and Wednesday ends with POV? This is not Survivor! We aren't going to be surprised! The only real secrets are the diary room convos, and THAT is what I want to see on the show. I want to see the fights and scheming that goes on when the feeds are on FOTH. I do not care if the HG's are eating halibut this week, or the strategy behind collapsing logs!!

I know that some people only watch the televised show, but why is it necessary to lie to them(like just showing part of the convo with Roddy and Marc about their agreement)? This is BB3, and you don't need to spice things up. Just show it the way that it is, for cryin' out loud!

I understand that on a slow week they need to do it the way that they have been, because they don't have anything else. But look at this week. On Saturday night they should have shown the Jason convos, Roddy's shock, Josh's overconfidence, The strong arm tactics, Nominations, and Josh's temper tantrum. Wednesday should include everything that happens up until Tuesday night(Showing the repercussions of the veto as well). Instead they try to squeeze 3 days into the five minutes of recrap, while trying to do eviction interviews, and live HoH. And who really needs to see the family interviews? I do not care what Lisa's coworkers think of the show. I do not need to be reminded that Eric is a fireman. I want the good stuff and I know you have it.

I AM YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE-- HEED MY WORDS!!!

Annie--
Who quite possibly just channeled Marcellus and now needs to shower.

Spunky

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, but that's why they have the Feeds 7 days a week, the internet viewers get the better portions of the whole game.
I noticed they're trying to squeeze in some of the backstabbing you constantly see on the net but I agree, they fill up the tv show with too many extras, like outside the house, but the DR entries are the better treat for tv viewers and those are quite numerous.

I think they'll improve, as others have said here, by taking hints from us....

Calgaryperson

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, I'd wouldn't edit it. The way the events in the house is how I would show it. I would just record it from the feeds, and show it. Also on Saturday at like Midnight ET on some cable network, Big Brother LIVE Feeds. Uncut, Unedited, LIVE!

Curlyq

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would get rid of the double recaps at the start of the show. We always get "previously on Big Brother...", then a recap, then the opening credits, then the recap again in black and white or narrated by Julie Chen. Waste of time.

They could've also done without the segment on how frustrated they all are. They already did that segment on a previous show.

The PB & J was a ridiculous waste of time because it ended on Thursday night. That segment should have aired on Wednesday if at all.

The brief montage of Roddy the Scholar smoking the cigar and reading the Bible seemed like the exact same one they used last time they did a segment on the subject. The only difference was that last time they presented him in a positive light and this time he came off more as a bore. I enjoyed the segment, but was just surprised that they recycled those clips at the beginning.

I would've enjoyed the outside-the-house segments for Lisa and Eric if they had interviewed their parents rather than their coworkers. I loved it last year when they showed us what Shannon's mother thought of Will.

Sometimes I love the editing on this show (like last Thursday), but other times I find myself staring at the clock wondering how much time they're going to waste before they get to the good stuff.