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Archive through August 29, 2003
Spot | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 02:13 pm     realfan - Could not agree with you more!!! I ws so disappointed that the "girls" finally got it that THEY were the ones alienating the voters!! Darn! Now I suppose Robert will go. (Not if MaryK and I can help it - LOL!) My dream finale would be Robert and Hank standing side by side. Robert would still be himself (we could ask for no more...) and Hank will have completed the unmasking at that point to show the whole domineering, anger-driven, leering self. Okay Lisa - pick your life-mate!! Idiots (Lisa and Company, that is). |
Mygetaway | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 04:49 pm     Since I've been offline for awhile, I was glad to see so many posts about Cupid. I went back to the beginning to read all the archives to see if anyone else thought this. Laura reminds me of Brittany Murphy (Just Married, Uptown Girls). I think Laura tries to act "crazy and zany" like Brittany. (Brit is 25, Laura is 31) Here's a couple pics, but I couldn't find one of Laura that really showed the likeness that I see. Anyone else? (I should also say I guess it's more her mannerisms than anything else.)
 (I also think that LISA looks like that girl in the ortho patch commercial.) |
Kellirippa | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:55 pm     ...I'll put that another way, Robert isn't icky, but the discomfort of the situation is "icky". Back in the day, I can remember times when I might go on a date with someone, and then realize there was no chemistry and that awful discomfort. I feel for Lisa when she's with him. |
Pbnj | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:38 am     Have there been any clips of Hank interacting at the house (with the guys)? I don't remember any but I haven't seen all of the shows. I've never been much of a fan but saw the 'midwestern boy' thing and thought that's what the friends saw. I just couldn't get behind him and after this weeks eppy, my instincts were right (IMO) Something is not right in Hank's world.... Re: Joe and his dream house fixer upper plans....I expected something a lot more special than a row house.....looked like a dump tho with a decent budget could be 'ok' I agree with the rest of you tho, he's not right for Lisa. Evan's the man........I threw four votes his way (right before the deadline) btw, I thought votes were limited to two??? It seemed to take every one so is that a lie? can we vote as much as we want? Love Renda but he needs a hippie type....a free spirit who isn't into 'things' tho Lisa was cool when she said it doesn't matter what the guy does, as long as he's happy doing it. Isn't a street hustler a gypsy type?? not that there's anything wrong with that (ala seinfeld) I think Renda exudes passion, in a poetic 'you're my SOULmate kinda way' very sexy IMHO |
Brenda1966 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:40 am     PBNJ, I don't think there's any limit on the votes (the only show to have one that I know of was LAst Comic Standing). So... vote Evan and vote OFTEN! |
Kellirippa | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:41 am     ...LOL, agreed PBnj...Renda is lovely but he needs more of a, make-up free vegan who'll sit on the beach breastfeeding a naked 4 year old, eating a bowl of granolla in the sunset while making green-peace banners on handmade hemp paper. |
Dahli | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:42 am     Bluie - no worries I'm still here and see Robert much the same way as you do. Realfan and Spot -love it - you've laid it out perfectly and I couldn't agree more! love this show!! |
Kellirippa | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:44 am     * |
Maryk | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:59 am     Thanks for your encourgement Realfan... I for one will continue to vote for Robert! |
Surealityjunkie | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 07:01 am     http://people.aol.com/people/news/now/0,10958,479506,00.html If I am not mistaken, this link is visible to AOL subscribers only... But, I thought you guys might enjoy this article. Seems all of the speculation is true! August 29, 2003 TV Viewers Play Mean-Spirited 'Cupid' LOUISE A. BARILE In a nasty reality twist, it appears that viewers of the reality dating show "Cupid" are conspiring to torture the show's star by ousting the contestants who appeal to her and keeping the suitor she dislikes most, reports the New York Post. Simon Cowell, "Cupid's" executive producer, says he approves of this unexpected turn of events. "Reality TV should be cruel," the famously snarky Cowell, who also serves as an outspoken judge on "American Idol," told the Post. "Life is cruel." Lisa Shannon, 25, stars on the reality series, in which her two best friends initially narrowed a field of bachelors. Now viewers are voting to eliminate others until there is only one. The final suitor has the option of proposing to Shannon. If she accepts and stays married for one year, the couple will collect a $1 million prize. However, viewers chatting via the Internet seem to have an active campaign to promote Robert Amstetler, a fitness model from Los Angeles, whom Shannon appears to actively dislike, reports the Post. "Let's make her wish she was still the obscure nobody that she should've always been! Vote for Robert!!!!" a fan posting on the site RealityTVtalk.com says, reports the Post. This week, Shannon appealed directly to the audience for help. Cowell told the Post that he's not surprised by the turn of events. "I think what tends to happen is that after a while, once they (the contestants) get used to the camera, you start seeing more and more of their true personality, and when it happens it does lead to a bit of cruelty," he said. |
Surealityjunkie | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 07:38 am     I hate that I haven't been able to watch the show like I used to, but I come by each week to see what I have missed. I wish I had watched this week tho', the home visits sounded interesting!  |
Realfan | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 08:18 am     Good article! Cowell's not quite right, though. I don't think seeing Lisa's true personality led to the cruelty. It's the fact she's after MONEY & FAME instead of love, because no one really seeking love would leave it up to a call-in vote from a bunch of strangers! Unless Cowell knows her well, and knows that if we knew Lisa better, we'd hate her? That's what it sounds like! |
Surealityjunkie | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 11:10 am     Realfan, I took Simon's comments to mean the men, not her... maybe I am misreading it tho'. I thought he was say the more we see the men (think about how people are changing their minds about Ken, Evan, Joe, Hank, and Dominic -- Robert's been a consistent "no") the more we want to "torture" her with sub-par dates... JMO. |
Ladybug007 | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 11:20 am     TV Viewers Play Mean-Spirited 'Cupid' In a nasty reality twist, it appears that viewers of the reality dating show "Cupid" are conspiring to torture the show's star by ousting the contestants who appeal to her and keeping the suitor she dislikes most, reports the New York Post. Simon Cowell, "Cupid's" executive producer, says he approves of this unexpected turn of events. "Reality TV should be cruel," the famously snarky Cowell, who also serves as an outspoken judge on "American Idol," told the Post. "Life is cruel." Lisa Shannon, 25, stars on the reality series, in which her two best friends initially narrowed a field of bachelors. Now viewers are voting to eliminate others until there is only one. The final suitor has the option of proposing to Shannon. If she accepts and stays married for one year, the couple will collect a $1 million prize. However, viewers chatting via the Internet seem to have an active campaign to promote Robert Amstetler, a fitness model from Los Angeles, whom Shannon appears to actively dislike, reports the Post. "Let's make her wish she was still the obscure nobody that she should've always been! Vote for Robert!!!!" a fan posting on the site RealityTVtalk.com says, reports the Post. This week, Shannon appealed directly to the audience for help. Cowell told the Post that he's not surprised by the turn of events. "I think what tends to happen is that after a while, once they (the contestants) get used to the camera, you start seeing more and more of their true personality, and when it happens it does lead to a bit of cruelty," he said. |
Realfan | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 11:47 am     Guess I don't follow that reasoning, Surreal. Though that might be what he meant. If the guys are looking worse and worse, why does that increase our desire to torture Lisa? |
Surealityjunkie | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 12:06 pm     Why do people do it? Just to see her cringe... Why did some people vote for some of their American Idol choices? Just to see Simon cringe... I think there are people out there who vote for the most uncompatible person "just to see what happens next." I watch a bunch of reality tv, and it seems that if the viewers are given a choice, they will take the most beat upon person and carry them through just to prove a point. What that point is, I have no idea. I know I won't leave the American Public to make a decision for me... we haven't always exercised our better judgment when it comes to reality tv! BTW, I am ITA with the fact that some votes are because the public is making Lisa "work" for her dowry!  |
Pamy | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:01 pm     I think it's funny. If Robert isn't in the bottom 3 this week, I bet the girls go on and on about how great he is and they NOW realize he is THE ONE for Lisa!!! I also bet that the date will appear to have gone well, I think Lisa will work extra hard to make it appear she has started to really fall for Robert I also have started to wonder if the blonde is really an old friend of Lisa's. SOmething she said and then corrected last week really has me wondering if she wasn't planted to be the mean one. |
Madelane | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:15 pm     I already addressed the Laura/friend issue earlier in the thread, if you want my opinion. |
Pamy | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:34 pm     I didn't know I had to scroll through a thread to state my opinion. |
Kady | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 03:25 pm     I also have started to wonder if the blonde is really an old friend of Lisa's. SOmething she said and then corrected last week really has me wondering if she wasn't planted to be the mean one. Pamy, I wish I could remember what she said cause it made me think the same thing. It bugs me now, I wish I had it on tape. Maybe somebody reading this remembers. I don't think Laura or Kimberly are really her friend just paid to act like friends. They don't really seem to know each other at all. I am really having fun watching the creative ideas for dates. The best one so far to me was the first one where they had to earn the money on the street.  |
Realfan | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 03:29 pm     Guess I'm not making myself clear, Surreal. I get the need to torture Lisa. Totally. I'm a huge proponent of that. But for me, it's more because she put herself in this position than because--as Cowell said--the guys are looking worse and worse. If that makes any sense. Which is why I assumed he was talking about Lisa looking worse, though you're right, she's not a "contestant" per se. No biggie, though. Simon often spews stuff that makes no sense to justify his creative endeavors. I thought the guys looked pretty awful from the get-go, especially Robert. Some to me look a lot BETTER now than they did in the beginning, but that opinion doesn't affect my desire to see Lisa et al taken down a few pegs. If the women hadn't been so nasty to men coming in off the street in the beginning, I may feel differently. Same as if there was no monetary gain to be had. But they weren't, and there is. Pamy, the blonde (Laura) is Lisa's hairdresser. Neither of the women are her closest friends. Which is another reason I laugh at this farce! |
Surealityjunkie | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 04:31 pm     Realfan, you make perfect sense to me! None of this really makes sense because getting married and, in the process, "earning" a million dollars just doesn't seem to go hand in hand... I can understand how saying that a contestant is coming off worse and worse each week is confusing, too. When I watched it the week before, she seemed the same as the previous week. Maybe it is how she responds to the guys that don't interest her and the fact that she can't be "proper" all the time and as time goes on she shows other sides of herself... Oh, who knows! I sure don't! I didn't realize that Laura was only her hairdresser and not a good friend who is a hairdresser... So, how well does she REALLY know her?  |
Pamy | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 05:04 pm     and why do they always refer to her as her best friend?? I don't remember them ever saying 'and here's Lisa's hairdresser, Laura'. Was that stated on tv or something uncovered by the great detective internet people? Kady..it was something during Robert's date review, I think. Laura said something like I am just getting to know Lisa, then she stopped(gave an 'OOPss I am busted! look) and then corrected it with something like 'YOU are just getting to know Lisa' or 'we are just getting to know YOU'..then she kinda made it a point to laugh it off saying, I KNOW Lisa, nervous giggling, then some more words I can't remember. |
Madelane | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 05:49 pm     Oh, Pamy, I didn't mean you had to scroll through the thread, I was just saying I was too lazy to type my opinion again so if you cared, I went into a lengthy diatribe on the Laura hairdresser situation earlier. Anyway, in the very very first episode they introduced Laura as her hairdresser and never called her a best friend. Then they never mentioned it again. I don't think anyone is PAID to portray her friend, but I also don't think they're close. |
Pamy | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 06:18 pm     I'm sorry Madeline, my reply does come across snotty!! Sorry!! (I am trying to stop smoking today and no one is safe from my rath!) |
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