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Jan

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
apparently the ratings are not good for this show. I wonder if they might pull it, or does only ABC do that? This is a quote from IMDB:

Fox's Early Season Draws Mixed Numbers

imageFox's effort to get a jump in the ratings race proved to have mixed results last week. Its new drama The O.C. continued its upward trend (the episode's numbers were topped by this week's edition), while the debut of the third season of Temptation Island proved to hold little temptation at all for viewers. However, the premiere of Performing As, in which ordinary folks perform celebrity impressions, produced better-than-average results. On cable, the MTV Video Music Awards once again proved to be a big hit, even though viewership declined from last year by about 10 percent.

Madelane

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So am I crazy or did the boys not vote any girls off yet? How confusing. When I watched, I swear it went straight from the girls' vote-off to the bonfire.

Madelane

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Or maybe, I am the only fool still watching this!

Realitynut

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 07:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am watching - I just haven't watched last night's episode yet..

Jan

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 07:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw it Madelane and thought exactly the same thing you did. :)

Theowl

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I watched it Madelane, and my main thought was how SCARY Jason looked when he watched Kara's date tape. Oh Man, I wouldn't want to meet HIM in a dark alley at night!!

Theowl

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Also, didn't he call her a b__ch while he was watching it?

Seamonkey

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah :(

Max

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
yes, he did call her that. and he scares me, too. he's got a real jealous streak and a temper to match.

Makays

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 10:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There is something wrong with this show. Would someone please explain to me why anyone would get mad on this show? What was the purpose other than to date other people besides your significant other?
Third show, different people, same reactions when they watch each other at the bon fires??? Give me a break. I think bottom line here is these people get on these shows for their 15 minutes of fame.
After last nights show, it really turned me off.
Mark(the host) just kept it up till that one girl finally gave in and watched the tape after she kept telling him she didn't want to see it. I guess the show is just a little on the boring side so he's gotta stir some crappola!
I can honestly see this being the last Temptation Island.

Brenda1966

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, that tatoo guy is a real #*@&%! What's the point of going on this show if you're just going to sit around and pout. What did these guys think they were signing up for? It looks like we have a couple of guys with real jealous streaks. Yuck.

Where are they at this time? The islands are amazing. Swimming with dolphins looks wonderful.

The hosts job is to probe and to remind them of "why" they said they were there. The tatoo guy's girl was reminded that she'd hoped he'd "grow" and saw how he hadn't in his video.

Yes, it did appear that the guys didn't kick any women off yet which was odd to me. Seemed unfair.

Madelane

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, I'm not alone after all. I guess they'll explain the vote-off next episode. Either they already did it and just didn't show it, or it is a little unfair since the guys would get more time to get to know the girls before they have to vote. Because, (she said sarcastically), it's so important to preserve the purity of this all-important program in every way.

You guys are completely right about the strange reactions of the guys again this season. Hello, you did not come on the show to platonically date and/or ignore 14 single people. It was ludicrous to have Jason and Anthony "decide" to start getting more into the girls just because their girlfriends were doing it. It's like they've never seen another episode before and were shocked that flirting goes on.

Now I get the Jason problem. Hot does not = pleasant to be around.

Danzdol

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 02:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Madelane , you are not alone!!!!!!

I am watching too. I was expecting them to do the girl vote off after the guy one but they will do it next week I am sure.

QUestion: In the "this season on Temptation Island"preview a girl came out crying saying "I just want to go home......"

WHich of the blondes is she? For the life of me I cannot figure it out.

Dogdoc

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The only part I liked was when Tatoo guy started watching his video and the guy that had just watched his didn't want to look because it would "make him sick." As soon as the other guys started oohing and aahing he jumped over to watch and was suddenly smiling.Typical man, easily distracted.

Realfan

Monday, September 08, 2003 - 12:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Danzdol, I think the blond is 21-year-old Kristen. I don't think there are any other blondes, at least not as blond as her.

I'm sure they'll have the guys kicking off single girls next episode. This one would have dragged if they'd had both kick offs, since they take so long to do it! The bonfires sure drag, too. You could totally tell Mark Wahlberg was pushing Kara to watch the tape just so he could show Jason his--and we could see the guy on the verge of going postal. He's SCARY. He's totally not my type, despite being the fave of the single girls initially. But I warmed to him when I saw how much he was missing Kara. Now I'm SO not thinking he's cute in any way. I'd have to say I like Kevin Bacon lookalike Eric best, but none of these guys do it for me really. I think the girls are hotter--though Kara's not traditionally cute, she seems to have a great personality and a lot of confidence.

Laura11103

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I still love this show, looks like from the previews things are gonna get crazy, Michael is a jerk IMO, he's not being careful at all, and then in the previews they show him going nuts saying his girlfriend is the girl he's gonna marry blah blah, then the tattoo guy says something about you're the one who's gonna go and points to Michael.

What does everyone think? anyone watching this?

Jan

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been watching it but so far I think they are all jerks.

The only ones who make sense are Eric and his blond as they won't look at the tapes at all because what is the point.

Dahli

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Methinks if they DO do this show again, they won't give them a choice... the whole idea is to get them to squirm and cry etc etc Can you imagine if NOBODY watched the videos - oooh that Mark (guy) would have some tough bonfire time to kill...

Realfan

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, Dahli, I'm also wondering how long they'll let Eric and the blonde get away with not watching the videos. If the producers knew ahead of time that this couple was planning on not watching, would they have even picked them for the show? These folks pretty much have to agree to let it all hang out, after all.

I do see their point, though, that watching the videos won't help them decide anything. Then again, any couple anywhere could decide to date others for awhile, so why go on the show? Heh. For our viewing enjoyment, of course.

I'm amazed how sensitive the guys are about their women being around the other guys. I mean, so what if that one girl was on the shoulders of a guy in the pool? I wouldn't mind my teenage daughter doing that, as long as she didn't do a head-first dive into the shallow end (like Amy on Paradise Hotel!). Didn't they anticipate AT ALL that their women would be touching other guys? How are they going to react when the women actually KISS other men?

They showed the women booting single guys this time, but they also showed the men doing it a second time. I guess the first time the women did it, it was really boring. OR they spilled coke on the video and couldn't use it!

I got a kick out of the girls disagreeing over who to boot. I was with Michelle (?) (blonde) all the way on booting the immature guys who were fighting. She's only 21, but seems pretty mature. Then the other woman kept Jerome, and one kept Jeff. So much for agreeing! I kind of see the point of the women who kept the disruptive guys--not that I think they deserve a second chance, which is crap, as why would they deserve that over the guys who didn't cause a stir and got booted instead? Not that, but I do see their point since they're obviously attracted to these fellows, and that's the point of the show. Being nice so as not to get booted isn't the point. It's not Survivor, ya know.

Next week's looks like the most interesting one yet.

Dogdoc

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The one girlfriend reminds me of Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing, before she got her nose surgery.

Danzdol

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 07:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After seeing the last episode I think Sandra (the one that likes MIchael) is the one saying in the intro that "she just wants to go home"

Realfan

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 09:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah, good catch, Danzdol. It certainly could be a single and not a couple. Of course, you'd think a single COULD go home at any time, but they never seem to think of that! (And she doesn't REALLY want to go home--she wants to get what she wants!). I'm always amazed how possessive the singles get in such a brief time. If the idea is for the couples people to test their relationship with a variety of experiences with singles, they should be letting them. Yet they start acting like their girlfriends/boyfriends after a few days, despite the fact they have REAL gf/bfs.

Danzdol

Monday, September 15, 2003 - 11:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know I thought that was funny and Michael kept her for last to be saved. My guess is, he starts ignoring her, her feelings get hurt and then she says the famous "I just want to go home" clip words!

I wonder if they could walk out if they want (the singles). In Bachelor/rette, you can choose to in the rose ceremony.

Danzdol

Friday, September 19, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok is it just me or this Michael guy is a little full of himself.

I am sticking to my guns with the theory that he has set out to prove to everyone that they were all wrong for not giving his girlfriend any bracelets in the first episode so he has taken this Tiffany and Sondra thing too far acting all "I didin't lead anyone on" bit

He is always trying to act like the "cool" guy but to me he seems to be actually a shy guy who is trying too hard to fit in. But then again, maybe it is just me.........

Realfan

Friday, September 19, 2003 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I only caught the last half-hour (blame Survivor and a broken VCR!). What'd I miss?

Michael wants to be a Player, I think. He's a total dork who wants to be the cool guy, just like you said. He's in a position to have women after him, and he's reveling in it. Damn the consequences, which migh be the end to his relationship.