Archive through August 07, 2003
TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1:
If any of you were in charge of the show. What would you do?:
Archive through August 07, 2003
Marej | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:18 pm     Give them more stuff to do. |
Outlawout | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:21 pm     Definitely bring back the week-long, whole-house "project" challenge. And I'd sneak in and hang Jun's fishnet dealie in effigy. |
Seanflynn2003 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:23 pm     I would from the start of the show tell the HGs that the contest for HoH when there are 3 of them left will be determined by the following: Of the 3 remaining HGs, the winner of HoH (by far the most important in the game -- he/she picks his opponent for the final -- will be the one who has had the fewest votes to evict (If there is a tie, then a contest b/w them) What this would do is make 6-0 votes like last night's less likely, because it would be of value to have Jun have votes against her And it would increase the incentive to have all the HGs go up for eviction, rather than slide under the radar I think this would mix things up weekly, particularly as the game goes along, and make it a bit less predictable |
Crazydog | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:27 pm     Instead of the schmaltzy "here are the HGs who said positive or neutral things about you" clips, I would play the evicted HGs clips of some of their actions and ask them to explain themselves. Dana trying to deny that she was campaigning against Jun when talking to Erika was just pathetic. |
Sasman | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:32 pm     I would definitely bring back the true meaning of Big Brother. This would mean BB being totally in charge of everyone 24/7. There would be still be rewards but there would be a lot more punishments.I mean for g's sake, these HG's view PB&J as being the equivalent of a year in jail. What a bunch of wimps. There would be a list of dos & don'ts that would be adhered to. There would be no secret communications such as speaking in a foreign language or whispering. I would give the HG's a lot more to do and I would wake them at 7am each day with a task to complete. My show would not be for the sqeamish!! |
Lurknomore | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:39 pm     I would sit down and think up something that would REALLY shake up the house and alliances. How about a game where they are given a list of quotes other HG's have made. They are told at the beginning of the game that they will not be told the answers. Each player gets one guess which HG said what. Made em super controversial. If the person guesses right, they MUST admit they said it. There is only one guess per person. So, for example, someone (preferably Jun or Jee lol) pulls a card with Erika's Anti-Korean comment. She has to guess who said it. Now say she guesses Ali. A buzzer goes off signaling she is wrong, and the question is discarded. Can you imagine them trying to figure out who said what and the paranoia? It would be great. Mostly I think it would upset the balance, make people think if they really can trust who they are trusting, and possibly create enough untrust to have folks rethink current mindsets. Right now there only hope is to really shake up this house and this game. I still like the idea of buying some of them out and bringing in replacements which will change all alliances, which is what needs to happen. Either that or have CBS give us complementary coupons for No-Doze. |
Mckryan | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:42 pm     Remember the first year with no hair dryers, curling irons, makeup, clothes dryer, tiny fridge, no microwave. Sheesh, the next thing you know these people will get a maid and a cook! I loved the whole house projects like the dominoes. Remember the map challenge? Big Brother needs to mess with these people's minds more like they did in Season 1. This is just a vacation these days. |
Cajunrambler | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:45 pm     I think every conversation should be broadcast over the PA system for the whole house to hear. No secret plotting. Every one would plot for himself. Talk about paranoia. |
Laisey | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 12:48 pm     I would change the nominating and voting process. The first week the HGs would nominate and the viewers would vote (by internet only). The second week the viewers would nominate and the HGs would vote and continue that pattern. The internet noms and votes would require selecting a reason, such as I just don't like him/her, or I like him/her but feel others add more drama to the show. |
Vskatefan | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:00 pm     If I were in charge, I would first put a broader representation in HGs. Ten 20 somethings with little life experience except partying and parents doing everything for them is a little boring. I would try and make the ages fairly equal. I also would give them more to do. Even some games would be good. I don't get why BB wants the HGS bored like this. I would have weekly mini-luxury comps for things like say a $500 gift certificate to a store or something. I would make the veto a "platinum" one every X weeks. The veto holder not only could veto someone, but choose who goes up in the place of the vetoed person. I would get out of the mindset that the audience just wants to see beautiful people as houseguests. Viewers can appreciate interesting HGs, too. |
What555456 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:10 pm     Hell, I would make only one change because it worked so well -- and would solve all of the boredom problems, arrogance problems, alliance problems, etc.... Bring back the banners. |
Stro27 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:34 pm     I kind of like the voting process that shows like Dog Eat Dog and Last Comic Standing are using. The houseguest all still vote for who they want out. The catch is the person with the most votes will then get a chance to challenge one of the persons that voted them out to a HoH-like competition. Winner stays, loser goes. I think this would get rid of the problem with stronger players being targeted early. For instance, if the houseguests decide someone is too strong a player, like Dave was, and they try voting him out, they run the risk of Dave challenging them. This ensures the strongest players stay and the weak ones go. Hopefully, this would also get rid of the alliance mentality in the house. It would be pretty dumb to vote in a pack since it would increase your chances of being challenged. This way, the show is every person for themselves instead of this side of the house versus the other side of the house. The show has become pretty predictable since the alliance game took over. |
Dallasbbfan | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:35 pm     Ditto what What555456 said. |
Catkey94 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:39 pm     I would make the voting similar to the voting system that they had on the New Star Search. I would let the votes of the HG in the house be worth 40% of the total score to evict, and then open up the voting to the public on the internet and let that be worth 60% of the total score. Or maybe I would let evicted HG vote on who is going to be evicted. Anything to break up the predictabilty of the votes. |
Ezgoing | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:46 pm     Apologize! |
Puzzled | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:52 pm     I agree with breaking up these alliances. The idea of a challenge is intriguing, so is the occasional platinum veto. They could dump those phoney DR voting speeches, too. They are so predictable and boring. I don't even listen anymore. |
Gaijinsan85 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:55 pm     sneak in a mole or extend the show to 120 days up the hg number to 16 and have the audience nominate, for the love of GOD change the theme music, and have a single paren enter, oh and change the big brother voice to aussie bb voice peter abbot. |
Laisey | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:55 pm     In addition to all the good ideas, I would never name a bedroom or paint it a color beginning with the letter B or D. We already have a BR and DR, so why not a Y(ellow)R(oom), or G(reen)R, or P(urple)R |
Seanflynn2003 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 01:56 pm     One problem with banners is that sooner or later there would be one that would be an outright lie (e.g. J3 - Jee allied w/ E) that would wrongly influence the game. I was surprised this hadn't happened yet when they banned the banners. There is nothing to prevent that from happening. |
Lurknomore | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:09 pm     Oh I only answered with a suggestion how to try to salvage some of THIS season....if you want my opinions on how to fix BB overall it would be a MUCH longer post! |
Whit4you | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:10 pm     Well they definately need to give them more things to do that would be interesting to watch, like all the things they did on the OZ BB Also it'd be nice to have audience participation this year, like they should have one HOH that America votes on, so all those intentionally throwing the comps so they can make all the side deals "I won't put you up" will have to deal with that. I'd like to see the viewers also be an additional votes in all evictions as well, so they can't always be as sure who's going since they can't predict one of the votes. As myself and many have already said, a wider age range (alot more 30 somethings / and a few 40 somethings...) A group chat requirement each night (not sure if it was required in BB1 and 2 but they did it on those shows) Where they'd get a topic and discuss it, or play a 'would you rather be...." or "have you ever" type games. I could go on forever... but that's a start |
Demsome | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:16 pm     I agree with vskatefan, that they should have more of a variety of ages. What about the 40 somethings? More 50 year olds, how about a spry and lively 60 or 70 year old. Also have more horrible food eating comps. Really bad foods like bull testicles. They are too spoiled about the PB&J. |
Naja | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:18 pm     I enjoy the voting and veto the way it is now, so I think the only things I would change are that they would get a wake-up call every day (at least 9 am) and add some games to the house. Games where a bystander can have fun watching and know what's going on like Trivial Pursuit or Pictionary. All required to play and the games are scheduled. Similar to Love Boat when the announcement says "Shuffleboard on the Ledo deck in 15 minutes". I wish they would throw that deck of cards away and replace it with something like I mentioned. Maybe that old drinking game from the '70s called Pass Out?..LOL OK, maybe after a night of that game I would let them sleep in |
Mrose4243 | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 02:42 pm     There is ONE thing that would save this season's game for me: Let us have a feed of the sequestered house! As boring as it is so far, I can't imagine what the last 2 weeks in the house would be like, when we will only have 3 or 4 of these people left! |
Jadar | Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 03:18 pm     I'd bring back banners. It gave viewers some gratification in thinking they were able to shake things up a bit. I personally chipped in to help fund some of those banners. It was great fun! The Nicole banner was a hoot! Remember the Will and his fake cancer banner? OMG, those were good times. |
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