HOW LAME IS THIS TWIST? If it is the best that BB could come up with, then they are losing it.
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HOW LAME IS THIS TWIST? If it is the best that BB could come up with, then they are losing it.
Crazydog | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:21 am     Kalekona has already apologized for the TAR comment - there is no need to keep scolding her. It was an innocent mistake. I agree with Fruitbat, that after the show airs, people will be talking about it. If you seriously are trying to avoid learning the outcome until you watch it yourself, then I think it's best if you avoid ALL internet, radio, and TV contact for the entire day. Even if you go to a site like TVGuide.com or your local newspaper's site or yahoo messenger, they announce the winner. If you are at work getting coffee and two people walk in and start talking about TAR, are you going to jump down their throat as well? I don't think it's reasonable to expect the world to be put on hold just because you haven't seen the show yet. If you're not going to chew out the people in the coffee room, the people in the car next to you stopped at the red light that you overhear, the DJ on the radio... then I don't think you should chew out people here. Just because we can't see each other's faces doesn't mean that you have the right to treat them like dirt. And for an innocent comment at that. |
Llwynn | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:24 am     I can't even believe how ridiculous that was. Can that possibly even be considered a "twist?" Whatever. This season has been lame so far but this takes the prize. I was finally excited to see something and actually turned on the feeds. The only other time I watched like I have in previous years was when the hamsters were in that cage. Now, they can't even dangle a twist to get me to turn them on. I am going to cancel them permanently for sure! |
Sasman | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:28 am     i think the twist is on us to see how lame they can make the show without losing any viewers. well this lab animal may not watch anymore |
Hobbs | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:52 am     Yes you will, Sasman. You know it. |
Cricket | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:13 am     Willwillbee stated: "Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 09:18 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How would it have worked if they ALL took the one week PBJ bribe? They couldn't ALL have immunity (or could they)?? I'm missing something ..." Will, the houseguests picked numbers and the one closet to the BB number won if they took the bribe. Jun joked with Jee at the Veto (non-veto) meeting that she had the closest number so she actually won, lol. That cracked me up when I read it. She has a quick sense of humor. They also found out at the (non) veto meeting that no one else took the bribe except Jee. |
Jpgramma | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:49 am     I suppose BB was hoping that one of the probable nominees would have taken the bribe. Then, Gee would have had to make his nominations not knowing if one of them would be able to remove themselves. Perhaps, with all the 'backdoor' talk, BB thought this would force Gee's hand to put up who he really wanted to put up. They may have hoped that this would have made his nominations less predictable, hence, the veto 'ceremony' being held after the nom ceremony. It was intended to provoke some drama I suppose. At any rate, I thoroughly agree that this was a very lame twist and as little a spark as it may have created in the best of BB's hoped for scenerios, it fizzled and dropped with a mighty ping. One does have to wonder what they plan to air for Saturday and Tuesday's shows. No food comp. An anti-climatic veto bribe. Extremely predictable nominations and for the viewers, no hope that their favorites could have saved themselves and perhaps pulled off a coup. Let's hope BB can see how dismal a flop a their big twist is. If so, maybe they can come up with some additional twist to save the show's favorites as well as what's left of their show. I predict very low ratings for this coming Tuesday's and Wednesday's show. |
Katlady53 | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:07 am     Jpgramma, let's hope BB sends their writers back to the drawing room today to come up with another "interesting twist" so we won't all pass out on Tuesday night while watching the show. |
Hobbs | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:25 am     Jpgramma, I think the ratings will be high, because most of the viewers don't visit BB websites or watch the feeds. They are still dying to know what the twist is. Cricket, you seem to have a handle on the twist. Could you explain it to me. I still don't get it. Why would anyone take the bribe, not knowing they had the correct number? They might end up with PB&J. As I have said in several posts in several threads, it doesn't make sense. |
Floridagirl1010 | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:31 am     What happened to all of the luxury competitions? Shopping etc? This last twist stuff was horrible! I waited all day to see what the hype was about and then BOOM I was deflated Horrible season this year...I've really started to lose interest If I were Julie I would be embarrassed b/c she made such a big deal about it. |
Jpgramma | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:34 am     Hobbs, Won't the viewers find out about the 'twist' on Saturdays' show? That's the show where they usually show the Food comp and the noms. Since the food comp and POV were rolled into one, I'm thinking the viewers will get to see it on saturday. hence the low viewer ratings on Tues. |
Gigglesalot | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:40 am     Has BB or Julie for that matter REALLY hyped the twist? I think it's us who were anticpating much more and built it up in our minds via the boards and talk. JMO |
Hobbs | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:40 am     Gothca. My error. |
Bmh | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:42 am     I agree...The Twist was NEVER hyped It was annoucned but wasn't hyped in the way the BB3 Twist with Amy coming back was...We shouldn't have expected something too crazy to happen...I mean if they hyped everything up and we still got this then I would have reason to complain I actually think the twist had potential but nobody took any risks to win the POV and didn't want to go on PB&J and it is pretty anticlimatic with Jee winning it :/ The only way for this week to get interesting is if Ali and Jun really follow through with their plan to evict Jack over Erika |
Gigglesalot | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:45 am     I think the "twist" might have had some degree of interest to it had anyone BUT Jee accepted the bribe. There would have been waves in the house had Jack or Erica or even Ali had accepted the offer and therefore the immunity for this week. (ed to add) second attempt at posting this note - therefore the overlapping views bmh, I agree with you. |
Gina8642 | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 11:13 am     Giggles - I was just coming to post exactly what you just said. This wasn't hyped by CBS at all, it was bearly mentioned. It was minor twist to an existing format. They never made it sound like any more than that. |
Ziroc | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:01 pm     It wasn't hyped? Julie said "Find out Next week, when a new twist in the game will be revealed, which will change the way the game is played" or something like that.. It was hyped, but not as bad as paradise island does it. lol. The fact is, the show was getting VERY boring, and this 'twist' was a lame joke. It was not a twist at ALL. Hear me Arnold old pal? better get the writers to get back in their cages to come up with something much better. EVERY season's BB around this time gets boring--because of the amount of people left. The last 2 seasons DID do a pretty good job of making it more exciting, but this year looks to have failed. I'll wait and see 1 more week.... (I've seen every BB since BB1, and have seen the live feeds each year, and this year's IMO is the most boring AT THIS POINT in the game. Let's hope something happens...
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Cricket | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:43 pm     I agree Ziroc, Julie hyped it quite a bit the other night. She said "Tune in Saturday for a surprise twist that tests the character of the houseguests" and "Come back Tuesday to see how the surprise twist plays out." I still don't think in their wildest dreams the producers thought the HOH would take the bribe. This 'twist' was meant to help out the players most likely to be nominated, ie., Erika and Jack. Hobbs, I don't know if BB told the houseguests why they were picking numbers. Basically, they said the person could HAVE the POV if they agreed to make their roommates eat PB&J for 3 weeks, then down to 2 weeks and then 1 week. Jee took the one week because he wanted the POV so no one could take his nominations off the block, thus making him more powerful (which is what he likes.) It's possible they told them about the numbers, because Jee kept saying he thought others were taking it. I agree with you it makes no sense because it was a lose, lose situation. It sounded like they really tried to get Erika to take it, but she declined. Julie Chen was the interviewer. |
Ketchuplover | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:41 pm     Sounds to me like a dance marathon may be just what the doctor ordered |
Jolly_Penguin | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 09:56 pm     I still can't believe that neither Jack nor Erika took it. Either there is more to this twist than we know, or Jack and Erika lack neurons. |
Jhezzie | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:23 pm     Gee. I wonder (and hope) that there will be an ACTUAL twist that they will spring on them, other than this snore of move. Is this really it?!? |
Sunshyne4u | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:23 pm     I am sure that the TWIST has been dangled before us in at least two previous shows with no extra information given. Maybe they just dont KNOW what they can do to make these people more interesting. Now the HGs have had a food competition and they are getting food.....even though they are SUPPOSED to be on pb&j because of Jee. There has also been a Luxury competition which was also LAME........but who knows, maybe the TV audience will like it. I have always found the SHOPPING challenge boring to watch. WHO cares about seeing greedy people trying to take as much as they can in a short period of time. Then comes the gloating afterwards.......SIGH!!! There are now three ex-hgs in the sequester house........time to reintroduce someone back into the house to really screw things up. hee hee |
Azriel | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 10:41 pm     Sunshyne4u, even if they don't bring them back in the house, it seems like they would at least show us some video from them. But, people have said they weren't going to have enough to show this week and maybe that is because they are planning on showing something from the sequester house. |
Mich | Friday, August 22, 2003 - 11:29 pm     Jhezzie i'm with you. It could be that we aren't aware of all the details (one can hope can't she ). I've become so fed up with this season that I cancelled my live feeds this year. Even if something exciting happened now I just can't get into the hg's this year. The aren't interesting to me. Even their strategy talk is so repetitive. |
Pamy | Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 10:15 am     Tues rating could still be high, because they can tease the audience with..You won't believe who comes to the house next Tues.....tv viewers wont know about Marcellas and his gnomes. |
Puttergirl | Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 02:57 pm     LOSING IT??? ITS BEEN LOST FOR AWHILE!!!!
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Kappy | Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 03:51 pm     I just wanted to say that during Thursday's show, I felt they made it seem as if the "twist" would be revealed that night only to then announce at the end that we had to wait until Saturday's show. Today I saw a commercial for tonight's show where they only bring up the "twist" being revealed and show Jun being concerned about what it is. If that's all they talk about, then I think it could be considered as "hyping the twist" as a reason to watch. So when people find out how lame the twist is after tonight's show, will they even feel there's a reason to tune in on Tuesday? Just my humble opinion but BB is really blowing it this year. |
Riviere | Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 04:49 pm     Thank You all for the posts and the live feed summaries re the big twist!!! Now I can watch some good videos and not bother wasting time tuning in to BB4 tonight.. The past 3 episodes I've barely paid attention to anyway, what a huge difference from BB1 and BB2.. |
Mich | Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 05:02 pm     ditto Riviere. |
Whoami | Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:11 pm     Hey, I thought of a way to re-twist the bombed twist.... Take Jee to the Diary Room, and offer him a chance to get everyone off of PB&J, thus a chance to redeem himself in the HG's eyes. The catch? In order to free the HG's from PB&J, he MUST use the POV! |
Texasdeb | Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 03:16 pm     to late - he didn't use POV. (unless I missed something). Good "redeem yourself" idea though - maybe a twist could be that he can get the others off PBJ by going on it by himself for the rest of the wk (no HOH food, no McDonalds). Let the others have what he has now. He,he,he....& with no cigs too! |
Kimsue | Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 06:27 pm     Am I mistaken or did't Julie tell them not to talk about who accepted what. Two minutes after it ended they were all talking and figured out who took the deal. Shouldn't there be some penalty or something? Of course I tend to read a book and watch at the same time so I could be way off. |
Sheilaree | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 04:26 pm     Yes there should be a penalty for all the Kimsue. You knew that the would talk and find who was the one who took it Jee should get the bigger penalty but they are not going to do anything. |
Tabbyking | Monday, August 25, 2003 - 04:43 pm     ah, putter, you make me laugh! this BB show has been boring IMO... boring from day one. i still can't believe HOH was over something as lame as rolling ONE ball. i loved last year's sitting in a nest on the first night. i thought we had a better variety of houseguests-although it still bothered me to hear about agents and being approached and hanging with boogie. there just isn't the drama this time around. it is my humble opinion that having a 'true' BB house, with houseguests who don't know each other, don't have an agent, haven't tried out for 17 other reality shows, haven't been approached by casting persons, haven't bellied up to the bar at belly's, etc., might be a good format. i agree there should be a penalty for jee talking about it. all of them, really. just bump them out of the house and put the sequestered people back in. now, there's a twist! |
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