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Cbsgirl | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:00 am     NEW TWIST REVEALED Courtesy of Realitynewslive.com http://www.realitynewslive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=439 |
Laisey | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:25 am     Thanks. With all the speculation about only 9 photos to be released at first, I'd guess that the remaining 4 are the ex's. AS's comment about not being surprised if one was gone almost immediately may mean that one person is so bitter he/she may refuse to participate with the ex. This should be fun. |
Naja | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:27 am     This is too funny! Well now we know what they meant in some of those articles where they wondered if some of the houseguests would be sticking around after the first day..LOL |
Dallasbbfan | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:30 am     I love it!! I know if some of my exes showed up I would high tail it the other way. |
C1mag | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:35 am     I'm getting a real strange feeling about all of this and it's not a very good one. Obviously they want hookups, jealousy, and sexual drama as the key as that seems to be where most reality shows like to lean. I hate those type of shows. This is also making me wonder if there will be any live feeds at all. In the above article again there was no mention of Internet feeds to watch. We all know how they love to edit those type of shows and live feeds might tell a different story if the private un edited conversations were revealed on line. They might throw a bone out there for the curious and allow edited versions of some of the private conversations on line which again would stink and totally not worth it. Almost sounds like a bad train wreck about to happen and us die hards might be disappointed. As it stands the men are going to be eaten alive. What is that phrase? "There is nothing like a womans scorn" or something like that. I'm shaking my head on this one. This show may be nothing more than watching bitter dumped Jane screw her ex out of half a million dollars. That doesn't interest me at all. |
Bmh | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:42 am     Yeah honestly I am not too thrilled about this new twist..I hate how Shapiro is screwing with the BB premise, I think this time he took it too far. Isn't BB about 12 Strangers moving into a house?..There wont be first impressions or anything..If all the hg's are gonnna have their ex's with them then half the house are already gonna know eachother..WTF is up with that?? I just think Shapiro is making the show even more sleazy..I mean I know he wants drama,sexual excitement, etc..but I'm not sure this was the right move to make. This New Twist will totally change how BB is played both for the hg's and from our perspective..It is gonna be interesting to say the least, but so far I am not impressed But who knows It could be really exciting and end being a great season but we will have to wait and see. |
C1mag | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:47 am     I guess my problem with this right now is that I'm one of those people that doesn't like to hear other peoples personal drama and now we've got a whole group coming in with a lot of extra baggage that some might find boring to listen to. How often have you been sitting in a room and one person keeps talking about an ex and all their drama and you just want that person to SHUT UP about it? I'm with ya Bmh I guess were just going to have to wait and see how it plays out. |
Laisey | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:48 am     C1mag, please tell me you have no physic abilities because I hope you are wrong about the feeds. They are to meet on the 4th episode which is Tuesday, the 15 -- not a live show so they should move into the house between Friday and Tuesday and I WANT FEEDS! I have to admit that it wouldn't surprise me if AS didn't at least delay the start of the feeds, but I really, really, really hope not. |
C1mag | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 07:52 am     Laisy I am hoping so much I am wrong as well. I wouldn't be interested in this show if their are no live feeds. It's just odd that he didn't push the feeds in his interview and no one has an article yet that quotes Shapiro saying that there will be live feeds and usually they do. What makes me more nervous about it is that we are down to the wire and when I called Real they still have no idea if they are showing them or not and usually they know by now. Not too mention that this "new twist" would make for great edited TV but may not work as well if the public could access live 24/7 feeds to find out whats really going on with these defunct couples. I hope I'm wrong. |
Demeter | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:00 am     I think there are going to be live feeds. Didn't I read somewhere on this board that CBS wants internet fans to post live feed transcripts to their site? (Like what we do here) As far as the couples go, there may be some who have some animosity in their divorces, but that doesn't mean they all will. Not all divorces end up antagonistic. There are plenty of divorces where the couples are better friends divorced than they were married. My only hope is, that if they have any couples who are not "friendly" that those couples do not have children, because there is nothing more painful than to watch parents fight...especially in public. |
Laisey | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:04 am     C1mag, It doesn't surprize me that he didn't mention the feeds -- he'a a television producer and has never seemed to care about the internet. Hopefully, the decision is up to CBS. I recall reading on another thread the someone had called CBS and was told there would be threads. And Bmh, not only everything you said, but I wonder how much talking about ex's will be done before they arrive and how many of the original group will have preconceived ideas before they even meet the ex's. Let's face it, ratings rule and the original premise of BB which we knew and loved is gone. |
C1mag | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:10 am     OH man does anyone remember from Season one when Karen babbled on and on about her husband? It was like she was there just to publically castrate him. She was down right cruel when talking about him and all I kept thinking was... "dang her kids must want to climb over that wall and drag her out of that house" That was so uncomfortable to listen too. Now picture that happening this season but with both bitter parties there to vent for hours with little else to do. OUCH! Do I think they will have some couples that ended it on a happy note and are friends? Heck no! This is all about drama and two sugar coated people spreading love to one another as "friends" from the past would not work for Shapiros over all goal with this concept. It should be interesting. "Maybe" As for the live feeds maybe if anyone catchs Jeff V's interview on TV tonight when he shows the new house they will let us know if he mentions the live feeds. I'll keep hounding Real to see if they know. I haven't read anything on here that CBS was requesting live feed posters. CBS would have to edit out all the foul language and I'm sure they won't have the time to do that on their website so that request seems odd. |
Grannyg | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:11 am     AS is gonna probably tell them that there will be ex's and one at a time on the show but no one will know when it's their turn. You know most everybody has an ex boyfriend or husband and they will not tell whose is coming and whose is not. They have to wait until the "guest" appears. |
Fabnsab | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:20 am     I do not like it one bit. Does AS try his ideas out on BB fans in some test forum before he does these things? I can't imagine any diehards wanting this. I guess he has proven numerous times he doesn't care about us. We're a guarantee to him. He wants new people watching. Like everyone else said, this is a show about the dynamics of 12 people living together who have never met. They never say these people were married. It is going to be a bunch of Temptation Island type people who will whine and complain the whole time about their ex. I can see this being boys versus girls almost immediately because they'll bond over their complaining. The women will be crying about their lost relationship and the guys will be looking to hook up with the new hot chicks. I will say this. My strategy would be to get the ex couples separated and evicted. Nothing could get two people back together than a common goal of splitting $500,000. If they put their bruised egos aside, the couples will be ready made alliances. |
Fabnsab | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:23 am     If Cbs can do enough investigative work to find these ex's, why can't they ever seem to find the reality shows contestants wrap sheets? |
Momiee43 | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:23 am     Last year Real didn't release info about the feeds until July 9th , 1 day befor the show started. So dodn't give up so easily. I really don't think CBS wants to lose all the internet fans. Not to mentions all the $$$$$$ CBS AND REALNETWORKS BRING "BIG BROTHER 3" LIVE TO THE INTERNET CBS Launches “Big Brother 24/7” With RealNetworks To Provide Exclusive Live Video Streaming 24 Hours a Day From the “Big Brother 3” House Available On CBS.com And Through RealNetworks’ RealOne SuperPass LOS ANGELES and SEATTLE, July 9, 2002 — CBS and RealNetworks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery, today announced that they have joined forces for the second time to provide exclusive, 24/7 live video streaming from the "Big Brother 3" house. The webcast, which premieres Wednesday, July 10, immediately following the east coast broadcast of BIG BROTHER 3 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), will be accessible through the official BIG BROTHER 3 website at www.CBS.com and through RealNetworks' RealOne™ SuperPass subscription service |
Faerygdds | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:52 am     All I can say is thank goodness for my gut! When there was an open casting call for HG in Dallas, my family urged me to go. My brother even printed out and began filling out what he could (basic info) on the form for me. They ALL wanted me to try out and couldn't understand why I didn't want to try out. I explained it like this... Look,. you are stunk in a house for 3 months with these people you don't know. EVENTUALLY you are going to get to your past. The truth is that you all know I had [darned] good reasons for leaving my ex... but I don't think you or America needs to know the whole story, or even enough of the story to make it completely understood. You all took me at face value when I said things were bad and left it at that. Strangers are going to ask questions. It would just open up old wounds for Mom and Dad. Especially Dad as he had finally accepted [my ex] and opened up his heart to him only to find out I was lying to the world by portraying this "perfect" marriage. This was said to my brother and I'm SURE it's not the exact wording, but to the best of my recollection. Either way... If I walked in the house and my ex showed up... I'm out of there!!! Although come to think of it.. I don't think AS could do that... I put a restraining order out on him after he started "following" me. He's a really scary guy who, in retrospect make Justin (BB2) look mentally stable! I dunno... I'll have to reserve opinion on this until it starts... |
Naja | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 08:57 am     There is nothing worse than a reality show turning into a fuzzy wuzzy huggy smooshy love fest for 99% of the time. How boring. I think this will ensure it won't...haha |
Tabbyking | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:02 am     i still can't believe my (joking) guess about using separated couples was a little accurate! this is going to be pretty interesting, for the live-feeds at least! |
Bbfan05 | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:02 am     OH...MY...GAWD!! SCANDELOUS!! It's time for me to do a little ranting and raving. Now BB seems to be getting like Survivor AND the Amazing Race with the couples and all. Bmh, I couldn't agree with you more. BB is supposed to be about 12 STRANGERS living a house, not me, some strangers, and oh yeah, my boyfriend who got me pregnant and skipped town. I really enjoyed the first impressions, and the fact that since they were strangers, they didn't know what the people were like outside the game, and what their trust factor was. On the other hand, this certainly does put an interesting twist on things. I'm going to go with the person who said above that there will be 9 HGs, and 4 exes. This time, the HGs can sell out and evict their exes, openly or secretly align themselves with an old friend, and possibly bring a whole new breed of couples alliances--ones that have actually been together before. Who knows what the heck else can happen--I can just see AS pulling this next year: "See the 18 new faces!! There will be 12 HGs, and they will live in a new Big House--prison, with 6 convicts!!" Okay, I'm done for now. |
Peepinagain | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:06 am     Oooowww. I don't like this at all. This could be like watching Jerry Springer LIVE! You know they'll get 'those' type of people in the house with the ex's. Not normal folks but you slept with your mother folks. Don't know if I'll watch it if it turns into that. |
Bastable | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:18 am     I don't like it either. It's not the point of Big Brother. Plus, it's going to mean lots and lots of FOTH. Remember how Tonya's divorce talk always resulted in FOTH? I can only imagine how bad it's going to be this year, now that divorces and break-ups and accusations are going to be THE topic, all the time! Sleazy. I don't watch Big Brother for the sleaze. |
Lurknomore | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:22 am     I am so serious about this...Arnold Shapiro keeps finding more and more ways for me to believe he should be my trash collector NOT a TV producer (not that dissimilar). First, I am certain it has never occurred to him that to publicly pull a twist like this on some people could have permanent, lasting scarring effects...especially considering some private details that I certain their crack investigative crew has missed. Of course I doubt he cares too much if he messes with anyones mind or lives, or scars them for the rest of them, as long as his ratings are good. Anyone want to take bets that halfway through this The Smoking Gun will have at least 2 major scandels revealed that involved some frightening details of one of the spouses and reasons for the divorce?! I'll even bet cash. Things like rape, theft, and adultery come to mind. Of course Arnie probably considered #3 a plus if he knew about it. What I want to know is how cheesy can Arnie make this show? How low? It simply infuriates me because this IS my favorite show and I want a divorce from HIM producing it. This is not the format of the show and if he wanted to try this Jerry Springer knockoff out (LOVED that anology Peep) why not make a NEW show and leave us BB? Also as for the press release, Arnie is wrong that it has never been done before. Since the exec producer is co-exec producer of TAR (explains the upgraded quality of the TV show production), then you would think he would have mentioned Frank & Margarite to AS. So all he did was take an idea from 2 seasons ago on another show and multiply it. Wow what a creative genius LOLOL |
Bearstuff | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:25 am     ...think on the bright side! figure that if they chose "ex's" to be in the house, then there are probably not going to be "bad" break-ups with court orders and nasty stories. darkside: If that is not the case..... then...... Bastable is right.. we are going to get FOTH 24/7 ! |
Star291999 | Monday, June 30, 2003 - 09:31 am     I want to see the original document, what is the link to this information. Does anyone have it? I don't mean a link to another reality site, I mean a legitimate newspaper, TV station, or Press Release Site. DK :p |
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