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Penpoint

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 03:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
On the Real World/Road Rules casting special, they announced that if the RR cast missed two challenges they would have to vote one of their cast mates off the show.

Why are they doing this? Sounds like they want to be like Survivor. Next thing you know they'll have immunity challenges

Real World also announced that cast members could be kicked off for not participating in their assigned jobs. (I think that's what I heard, but may have misinterpreted it.)

Rwsbetter

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 05:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, that's right. Of course, I think Montana is the only RW cast member to get fired so far, so hopefully this won't happen. I also thought it sounded like a ridiculous bow to Survivor et al. I didn't like that all these kids met eachother at the casting special, either. They're supposed to be strangers when they move into the house/get on the Winnie.

Penpoint

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 10:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, Rwsbetter. I wish they had done the kind of casting special they had done in previous years. BTW Montana is in my opinion the most irritating RW cast member so far. The guy in Seattle who slapped Irene is a close second. And I'm not counting Puck.

Seamonkey

Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 11:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It does seem odd to add that twist to Road Rules.. would someone purposely blow a challenge so that they can vote out someone? Wouldn't that
increase the final amounts, give them more room?

To me the point of RR is that they are forced to live in close proximity and work on challenges.

Odd. I can see the change to RW more, as it is only fair that all of the housemates participate in the "job".

Danzdol

Friday, June 29, 2001 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They said on the mtv site that in the past there has not been enough incentive for the cast members to do the missions..they just sat around and some would say "irefuse to do this one...blah blah....I am against it.....I have issues....and people doing it half a**"

Now when they do that..they are out!

Seamonkey

Friday, June 29, 2001 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They do need a way to control that, but voting off could be strategic too.. it'll be interesting though, and you have to say it is good to see them still changing thinks after 10 years.

Danzdol

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Is it me or is 5 RoadRulers too little for RR. Hasn't there been more before?

I did not find the chemistry to be all there with these people on it's premiere yesterday.....I actually like Ellen. As much as I didn't on the casting special she seemed all there yesterday. I was surprised at Jisela I thought she was stronger. Maybe she just had a bad day like they said.

I also had not cared for Adam in the casting special and I liked him overall yesterday.

Max

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Remember in the last RR/RW Challenge when Neil (the guy from the RW London cast) refused to do the mission at the army base? He said as he understood it, he always had the right to refuse to participate in any mission.

That might be why they instituted the new rule on RR--worry that some of the challenges in the desert would be things folks would choose not to participate in. With this rule, they give them incentive to participate, even if they don't feel like it.

Danz, there's 6 on RR--3 each gals and guys. It will change dynamics a LOT when one gets voted out, though, unless the producers plan to drop someone new in as a replacement. Now THAT could get interesting!

BTW, Was any one besides me totally appalled at Ellen's behaviour? She's a guest in a country where women do not show hardly any skin and here she is walking around in short-shorts! I HATE it when people travel and don't even try to adapt to the local culture. It's just RUDE. The boys threw rocks at her because, in their culture, a woman who walks around with so few clothes on is a harlot and, basically, worthy of stoning. She didn't seem to even attempt to understand that, even when the guys tried to explain it to her. She just went into victim mode ("I was raped, okay!") as if that explained everything.

Where I work, we have an annual meeting where people from all over the world attend. At one, held in a VERY ritzy hotel in San Diego, some of the Europeans decided to go skinny dipping in the pool at midnight. When they were chastised for it, they said "we do this all the time at home." Well, the WEREN'T at home. Regardless of how nudity is perceived in their home countries, it wasn't appreciated in the pool of this five-star hotel.

I truly believe that when people travel, they need to be very aware of the local customs. (Remember Mike in the London cast of RW constantly asking for Ranch dressing and yellow mustard? He never did understand why everyone got irritated at him for that.)

Disclaimer: I'm not making light of the fact that being raped is a very traumatic thing, so don't jump on me for that, okay? :)

Rwsbetter

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, I agree about Ellen, she was disrespectful of the local people. In her defense, I'd like to say that she didn't know she was going to be in Marakesh, so she couldn't have read about the local customs before hand. Once there, of course, she should have picked up on the situation much faster and more respecfully than she did.

Also, I think she may have been a victim of editing on the rape thing. The flow of that conversation didn't seem right to me for some reason.