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Willwillbee

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I fell asleep watching the first episode, taped & skimmed the second episode. I did enjoy episode 3, but could have skipped that one also, but think it should get very interesting from here on. They *had* to preface the show and could have made it more interesting - albeit tawdry.
I was pleasantly surprised in how they arranged the marriage. I believe/hope they picked 5 people (to be the spouse) professionally using personality tests. The FAMILY eliminated and chose the 2 to be voted on by America, letting America know their preference.
It would have been more interesting if we were privy to the interview process and got to know the contestants, *but* it was dragged out long enough (3 episodes) just to skim the surface & make it appear viewers had a part of the process (which *is* the premise of the show).
I'll continue to watch (actually tape) the show and think it will actually start now that they have the participants.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
episode 3? i thought last night's was episode 2! i guess you can tell i'm not into it! i just wanted to see how they handled the already married gal. i swear it was only on last week and then last night. were there 2 episodes on last night?

Laura11103

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought I had no shame, that I'd watch any reality show, but even I've drawn my line, I don't know which is worse, this or are you hot? both to stupid to even look at for a minute (okay well I watch AYH for a bit but realized it was crap), but this one is just ridiculous.

Kady

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby...one was on last Monday and followed with an episode on Wednesday.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 12:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks, kady!

Realfan

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am shocked at myself. I'm actually interested in this show now. The first two eps were dull dull dull, but now that the people are hooked up, seeing them learn whether or not they're really compatible should make for interesting TV viewing.

I was also grinning, actually, when some of the couples seemed so darned excited with each other. Maybe one of them will work out.

The premise should have been made much clearer from the get-go. I had no idea until last night that we'd actually see the people get to know each other, and that upcoming shows would have one couple voted "off" each week until there's a last one standing, like Survivor, which wins the big prize.

Laura11103

Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 12:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh... Realfan, maybe you're right, that sounds a little more interesting... maybe I'll check it out after all.... I tend to be a glutton for punishment, lol.

Tabbyking

Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i am hoping the two couples they show having difficulties from the previews, end up splitting and regrouping. my daughter and i think the one guy should be with the other gal. both are from atlanta i think. the guy is with cortez and the gal is with the french guy. i know the gal (jennifer) supposedly did not want a guy from the same town, but if her job is so important, she isn't going to hack a long-distance romance, let alone a marriage! they both have been alone for 5 years and have pets.

now, for a real twist, they should have the gals sleep with the future father-in-laws and the guys sleep with the future mother-in-laws to see what sex with their partner will be like in 30 years. LOL
just kidding, but they always say you can tell what a person will look like in so many years based on their parent of the same sex. and reality tv is stretching the decent bounds of normality (normalcy?) already...God bless 'em!!...

Bandit

Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 09:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was thinking this too, that now that it seems to be more of a reality show type deal, rather than a cattle call across a stage, it will probably be better. I'll give it 1 more shot. It'd better be good, though! lol

BTW, LOL Tabby about the sex with the in-laws! That would be funny!

Dlkuhn4

Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 09:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I missed theshow where they showed who was picked. Can anyone make a list of the pairs so I'm not lost tomorrow.
Thank you!!!

Happymom

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 09:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.fox.com/mba/main.htm

This shows the couples. I just couldn't watch this show for more than a few mins. Maybe it will improve now that it seems more like reality tv.

Bandit

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 09:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last night's show was actually mildly entertaining, now that it's got more of a reality show feel, but still it's a horrible concept. And not only that, it was totally predictable.

I may watch it again next week.

Realfan

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 09:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, that wasn't so bad. I'm sure I heard the same music that was used in Joe Millionaire during the kick-off scene.

The panel of "experts" definitely picked the right pair to go. I feel sorry for the guy. He was willing to give it a shot. Cortez wasn't, so that's that.

I think the French guy should go with the lady in the other pair who isn't getting enough affection. They both seem to be in that boat! :)

Amazing how the other two pairs are all over each other. I wonder if it's genuine, or motivated at all by the "big prize" at the end. It seems genuine. God knows it would be hard to fake that kind of lust/attraction and having fun 24/7, much less having to get a virtual stranger to agree to do it.

If anyone likes reality TV and missed it, I recommend watching the rerun on thursday. It's pretty interesting.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i sort of feel the lady bartender (billie jean?) lusts like that often...many bartenders end up with someone after last call! i wonder if it will last. he seems a little geeky to me. (looks like the guy who played on bosom buddies with tom hanks, and as stephanie's boyfriend on 'newhardt'...)but he seems genuine. i think the boardwalk was a perfect place for their date, too.
cortez bugged me big time. she wasn't cute and she was a baby. i am rooting for the couple who never went on their date but kissed all day long! lol i agree with putting the french guy and denise (is she the one where the guy isn't affectionate at all?) together. but i'd have trouble in front of cameras, too! i'd at least kiss the guy once or twice during the day.
i do not like jennifer at all. she has the tightest mouth, seems totally set in her ways. very cold personality. no warmth seen there at all. just spoiled brat. too bad for xavier on not getting a house if they get booted, but he's better off without her. i wonder how someone her age is so 'hardened and cold' already?

Happymom

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 01:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I also think he looks like the guy from Bosom Buddies.

I knew I recognized that music from some other show!

Mack

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 01:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My wife and I got the impression that Cortez didn't like her "mate" from the moment they lifted the wall separating them when she accepted his proposal. She seemed disappointed then and it didn't get any better. Kind of felt bad for the guy, at least it appeared he tried. The "judges" mentioned they'd changed their minds but not sure who they were going to kick off though our other choice was the Denise the Cold and the Frenchman.

What's truly amazing is the way some of these folks act....like all of a sudden they're in this disgusting situation that they're totally uncomfortable with. Hello????? What in the heck did you think you were signing up for? It's like going on Big Brother and then saying "I didn't know we weren't going to go out of the house the whole time!" It's happening here, happened on Joe Millionaire, all the Bacholer series.....good grief.....

Tabbyking

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i think it's 'jennifer the cold' and the frenchman. (denise is with a different guy.) sometimes i wish we could re-match these people up!! put a hottie with a hottie, and a cold person with another cold person! i thought jennifer/xavier would go, too.

these people did, indeed, sign on for this. i would not have signed up if i didn't intend to at least try and see if there was something there. my husband and i were 'together' from our first date and got married 10 weeks later. we each had our own place until we got married, but he called every day, sent flowers, showed up at my office with lunch, etc. it's funny, because our first date i told him i didn't kiss on the first date, 'but i'm going to marry you some day!' and he didn't even run!! LOL i just knew it and it felt right and was right.
hell, go with it, get the house, and if you don't feel like being married a little ways down the road, sell the house and split the money! if you've gone this far, you may as well get something out of it! i just don't know where they got some of these cold fish, and am amazed at the families' selections on some of them! my take on it is that jennifer doesn't have many close friends of either sex. too unfriendly, IMO

Kitt

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to admit to actually enjoying this last night. The previous "rounds" were pretty boring, but this is more my cup of tea.

Can anyone tell me how many couples will actually get married as part of the show? I assumed they all would unless they decided they didn't want to, but now it seems someone's getting eliminated each week. Does that mean only one couple marry? That's hard on the others if more than one couple wanted to.

Realbiz

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I remember they said on the previews that "only one(pair) remain" in the end, who will get a prize and actually get married, and IF they stay married(how do you define this?), they will be rewarded with a house...

Kitt

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 02:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh that adds a different twist to it - not sure I like it! Makes sense if the prize is a house. Maybe they have to be married and living together after six months or something to get the house.

Thanks Realbiz.

Djgirl5235

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 05:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The way that I understood it (and I'm ashamed to say that I've seen the entire series so far) is that they whittle the pairs down to two and then America votes as to who gets married. Once they're married, they are awarded cash, a house, a car, etc...

Mack

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 07:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My bad on Denise....it should be Jennifer the Cold. Haven't watched the show enough to get the faces and names straight. Sorry.....

Tabbyking

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 08:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
mack, i knew it was just a mistake and that you knew it wasn't denise with xavier, but i just pointed it out for those who read here and haven't really watched, so they don't get more confused!

i really don't see any of these couples making it, with the possible exception of the shy guy and his gal. if he would just be a little affectionate, it would be okay if he didn't want sex yet. i appreciate his not jumping right into bed with her, because you know he has probably always been like that, and isn't 'damaged goods', LOL if he doesn't warm up some, though, they are goners. he can hold hands or give her a little kiss on the forehead or something...

my guess is billie jean and her guy will burn their lust out...

jennifer will always be frigid.


for myself, i always found the '3-week rule' to be a good indicator...there is always a honeymoon feeling to a new relationship. after 3 weeks, if there are going to be problems or arguments, they start showing up! do these people have 3 weeks? shorter? longer? i really can only see the couple who is taking it slow maybe lasting past the 3 weeks. i guess they could stay together on their own, even if the board picked them to go...they would just have to buy their own ring down the road! anyway, several gal friends and i were talking about relationships a long, long time ago, and 3-weeks seemed to be the cut-off for all of us as far as wanting to go on with someone.
of course, i told my hubby on our first date that i was going to marry him some day!!

Marameko

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
XAVIER........omagawd he is a major babe.While it may be too soon to sleep with him, geezzzz by all means kiss his fine face.

Nathalia

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't watch the first few shows but have watched the last two. I actually like it. I can't believe that some won't even sleep in the bed together. Looks like a king size bed to me with lots of room and they both can stay on their own side. Ok, don't read any further if you don't want to know my spoiler. I heard from a reliable source that knows Kevin that it is him and Jill that make it to the end. But then again Charlie got Trista pregnant right? lol