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Squaredsc

Monday, February 24, 2003 - 07:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
darn i missed it. will try to catch the rerun.

Seamonkey

Monday, February 24, 2003 - 10:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow.. I just felt such peace when Puck got on that van.. I agree that it is hard to understand why the guys see him as such a role model.

Those three girls definitely are competitors, I know that they can easily slide out of top place but Ellen is really smart, Ruthie is just all over awesome.. just my opinion. I also liked seeing that Ayanna and Ellen had obviously made it up and were a team and that they kicked a$$ tonight. I liked how straight Ruthie was being with Ayanna. I liked that Ellen gave Ayanna the Ion lifesaver, tho having that power is a mixed blessing.

Emily.. yikes. I'm glad Ellen and Ruthie didn't fold.

Aneesa shouldn't have told anyone her strategy.. not that I blame her for wanting Emily out, mind you.

Nice for Dan to come back, too bad he didn't get to stay, but he did get another chance.

Squared.. I wish I could have a dollar for every time i see you post "darn I missed it".. but we know you show up where it counts, spoiling Survivor for us.. plus of course MTV repeats and repeats..

Grooch

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey, I agree partly with you about Aneesa keeping her mouth shut. I am sorry to see her gone, but she definitely opened the eyes of Ruthie and Ellen that Emily was manipulating them into voting off the strongest competition, while she says to everyone else that it was Ellen's idea.

I loved how they demanded examples of what Veronica had done to deserve to be booted and she couldn't come up with anything.

I want Emily gone next. I am so glad Puck is gone (and in the 1st 5 minutes was an extra bonus), and I miss Dan. :)

Laura11103

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 07:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sea, IA, Ruthie is awesome, she's a true leader.

I kinda miss Puck! *Laura ducking for cover* lmao...

I admit, that was a big letdown, thought we'd see him chasing around the cameraman with a machete, lol, his departure was totally anticlimactic...

Frogichik

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If go to colinsworld.com and princessmelissa.com, they give the real story on what happened in Jamaica. The Puck stuff was overblown. Ayanna broke the window and Jamie put the holes in the wall. Lori hasn't posted her recap at everythinglori.com yet, but I'm sure she will soon. Melissa, Colin and Lori's reviews are sometimes better then watching the show!

Seamonkey

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And they wouldn't be slanted at all, right?

Bastable

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 05:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jamie looks like the Unabomber or something.

Puttergirl

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 05:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sing along:

Ding Dong, the Puck is Gone
The Wicked Puck, The Megalomaniac Puck
Ding Dong, the Wicked Puck is Gone

Squaredsc

Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 06:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks sea. since i have left in a huff im posting undercover.

Froggiegirl621

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 07:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with you Frogichik (nice nickname by the way!!!) Melissa and Colin's take on the episodes are hilarious!!! So much better than watching the real show!

Grooch

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 09:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is an interview with Colin.

Celebrity Talk
by Alex Keen
February 26, 2003

Alex Keen: Your first book, A New Ladies' Man just came out. What possessed you to write about how to be a modern gentleman? And what would you say are your qualifications?

Colin Mortensen: What possessed me most to write A New Ladies' Man is that I knew I would break new ground with the messages in my book. Guys/girls, men/women want and need to hear what this book is saying. My qualifications I spent the majority of my young adult life extremely confused about how I was to treat girls. I spent much time being the antithesis of A New Ladies' Man. I wasn't succeeding with girls because nobody had taken the time to sit me down and really tell me what they needed mentally, emotionally, and physically (including sexually). For most of my life I couldn't get a girl to look at me. And if a girl did show interest then I certainly didn't know how to play it cool and keep her interested. Basically, I'm qualified to write this book and deliver these messages because these are the things that I needed to know as a young guy that nobody was telling me. I wanted to shatter the silence that cripples young men like myself. And I did it with A New Ladies' Man. A New Ladies' Man is the little black book that every guy in this country is gonna want to get their hands on. I'm very proud of what I've done.

Alex: You used an independent publisher to put the book out. Was MTV Books ever an option? And if they were, why say no?

Colin: Without mentioning names, there were several powerful publishers interested in acquiring my book. Why didn't I go with them? They wanted to change much of the "racier" content. I have nothing against a big publisher (and have high hopes of someday working with one), it's just that I wanted to maintain the integrity of my work. And that could not have been done if the adult language and sexual content (among many other things) had to go.

Alex: Are you planning on any kind of book-specific tour? What kind of promotional plans are in store?

Colin: I'm going to be touring to college campuses across the United States doing joint "lectures" and book signings. During the talks I will discuss not only my book but also reality television (MTV's Real World and Battle of the Sexes) and each talk will culminate in a book signing. The publisher's putting the tour together as we speak, but I have also been receiving great support and invaluable contacts from people whocontact me through my website, colinsworld.com. The tour that I will be doing looks like it will be an incredibly successful way of getting the word out about A New Ladies' Man.

Alex: It has been several years now since you were in Hawaii for MTV's The Real World. Are there any thoughts or feelings you have about your experience there that you'd like to share?

Colin: Yes. Don't go on The Real World the first time, instead, save your energy and your credibility and only go on The Real World the second time (Battle of the Sexes). This way you'll coast past all of the judgment and ridicule and move right into prizes and the possibility of winning 50 large. This is mainly what i have to share about RW Hawaii. Oh yeah, and spend more time with Ruthie... she's cool.

Alex: You did some acting following your season of the Real World, and many Real Worlders attempt to break into Hollywood after they complete their seasons. Do you think MTV intentionally looks for actors or do regular people just get tempted by the fame? Or is there something else to it?

Colin: Real Worlders are chosen out of a pool of 30,000 plus people. If you're not completely out of your mind then there's probably something extremely intriguing about you. Heck, you may even be talented! You've effectively passed one of the most challenging casting processes in the history of television, so why not keep it up and actually get paid to do it (Hollywood)? That is if you're the type of person who would like to pursue that kind of career. And remember, just because you delivered pizza when you were 19 years old doesn't mean that you want to be a pizza boy for the rest of your life... or maybe it does, who knows? But who am i to judge?

Alex: It is obvious from the 11 seasons of Real World that the real people in each cast are edited to come across as specific characters. One "character" has always stymied me and I was hoping you might be able to shed some light. Your fellow castmate Matt never seemed to be a real person on camera. He almost seemed to have several personalities... sometimes the angel who wanted to protect Ruthie, other times the sly cat who then started hooking up with Ruthie's sister. Can you maybe fill in some of the blanks that the editing process confuses? What was Matt like then and do you think he might have been miss-represented?

Colin: I won't comment on Matt's character. As for The Real World, and the real world, i think that a giant camera and a five person camera crew would effect anyone's behaivor... even yours. Then you have to take into account editing and you've entered a mindbender that is pretty much unsolvable.


To Buy The Ladies' Man Visit The Store At ColinsWorld.com


Alex: You can currently be seen on MTV's Battle of the Sexes competing with other Real World & Road Rulers. These challenges are always MTV's opportunity to milk more drama out of their best characters. How did you pull yourself out of all the mess that goes on between cast members? Are any of the cast different off camera than on camera?

Colin: You just gotta think to yourself, if I give these people anything more than two personality traits then they're going to butcher my character. Not to mention the fact that I realized that I was on an MTV game show trying to get promotion for my book, I wasn't striving to create world peace. What's dramatic about living in Jamaica, right on the beach, and competing in ridiculous competitions to win prizes? Maybe I'm on my own here, but I've had to face harder things in life. I don't take these shows seriously so it's pretty easy to keep it drama free.

Alex: There has always been speculation about MTV baiting cast members to do "entertaining" (controversial) things on camera. Would you consider this argument legitimate and if so did that happen on the Battle of the Sexes?

Colin: Of course they "bait" and even "manipulate" cast members to do the things that they want you to do and to say the things that they want you to say. They don't do these things to the people that have their head screwed on straight because they know we won't stand for it... they do it to the young and the naive. They pretend like they're on your side so that you give them everything and then once they have everything, they take it, twist it, and shove it up your ass (for more info, see Ellen). But in the end, I don't take it seriously, I don't harbor resentment because I can't... if I didn't want to be on their shows then I wouldn't do them. Since I do them, I know what i'm getting into so I accept the outcome (their portrayal of the events). I just wish that more cast members could receive a little bit of guidance pre-shows because it would really help them out by positively influencing their potrayal. You just have to be very careful because you can't control the beast that is a reality TV set.

Alex: You've been spending time after each episode to reveal behind the scenes commentary from the Battle of the Sexes. You've talked about what reallyhappened to David E., you've revealed Puck's ability to vomit on call, and you've poked humorously at cast members. Specifically Jamie has been one of your muses. To quote your Episode 4 commentary: "[Jamie] wasn't even sure what country he was in, let alone how many total missions the guys and the girls had won respectively." Was the guy really in Jim Morrison land the whole time or is your commentary just intended to be innocent fun?

Colin: I actually really like Jamie. He's a great guy and watching him is the best part of BOTS (for me at least... him and I are never in the show... it's hilarious).

Alex: What's next after you conclude promoting the book?

Colin: Well, as soon as I can bring my book to the best-seller lists then I think i'm going to join the traveling circus. I mean, at this point, I've been on two reality television shows (The Real World and Battle of the Sexes), one scripted show (NBC's MYOB), I've written a book (A New Ladies' Man), I've traveled around the country speaking to young folks of all ages, and I've started a kick ass website... The only thing left to do is to join the traveling circus. Although, I'm not sure what i'll do. Maybe i'll be the freak show?

Alex: Thanks a lot.

Colin: Thanks.

Link

Monkeyboy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks for the link...yep it reenforces my unpopular opinion:Colin is a jacka$$ :)

Guinevere

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Do you think it's really an unpopular opinion? I liked Colin at first when he was on RW Hawaii, then started to dislike him (because of the way he treated Amaya, among other things - he just seemed really immature for his age to me). Then I started to like him a bit again reading his recaps of the BOTS episodes. But a little of him goes a long way - I only skimmed the article above and I'm officially sick of him again.

Monkeyboy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK GOOD LOL

"Everyone" seems to think he is hilarious, I just don't think he is, i groaned out loud when i found out he was on the show. I remember him being one of the few RW alumni who never "wanted to be associated with the show" ever again! Guess he needs money.

Gina8642

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 06:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Where are his recaps?

Seamonkey

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 06:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Monkeyboy.. I also feel in the minority since so many people seem to think Melissa and Colin are the ultimate in "cool".. I find them both somewhat funny at times, bitter, cynical, full of themselves and pretty out of touch with reality, but, they certainly are milking their time.. Real World/RR has created this opportunity for a bunch of PeterPans who don't seem to move beyond that experience. Used to be that lecture circuits were for people who'd HAD a career, not people who were skipping the life experience and just lecturing :)

Of course this doesn't apply to all of those who did the shows, but we don't see them, they are busy moving along in life doing such silly things as being accountants, doctors, authors, musicians, cartoonists and undoubtedly other careers of which I'm unaware.

Colin seems so smug. Melissa too.

Seamonkey

Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gina

http://www.colinsworld.com

Gina8642

Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 02:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Seamonkey.

Colin comes off as an arrogant a** in his commentaries. He often aludes to something, and I really don't get what he means. He goes on and on, but by several paragraphs later there is still no point. I hope his book is edited better than his commentaries.

He does say he wishes they (the editing) would have concentrated on the positive. I would be interested in seeing some of that.

He also says the medics/doctors weren't so great. This doesn't suprise me. Why do you think the choose to film in another country? Less liability I imagine. That sitting on ice competition is just a dumb idea. People can seriously hurt themselves (and have in similar stunts). The folks sitting on the ice are too numb to make good decisions. Top it off with doctors from a tropical climate who have no experience with hypothermia or frost bite. Dumb move MTV.

He also posted the rules, which were very enlightening. They specifically disallowed finacial deals between contestants, like we saw in the last MTV challange season. I wish someone whould do that for Survivor.

Laura11103

Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So one more episode down. I have had it with Emily. Just because she didn't do the "strip contest", I can't understand why she was sooooooooo angry at James. This woman obviously controls his every move and is proud of it. Yeah she forgave him in the end, but it just didn't make sense. I sort of understood where the girls were coming from with not wanting to get naked but man, they're a bunch of wusses IMO. Imagine the chicks in Survivor pulling a stunt like that. I'm glad Veronica is in the IC now. She took advantage of the situation as she should have. Emily's got nothing to be annoyed about. She voluntarily left the IC. I love Ruthie, but she should just stop worrying about Emily and get on with it.

I have to say, Ellen is one kick-a$$ competitor. She's a team player and I'll be happy to see her win this game.

Seamonkey

Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I also liked Ellen's view of the contest.. you go into a contest to answer questions correctly and WIN, not to answer them incorrectly and have to remove items of clothing.. any of those who chose not to participate could have started the contest and left if they reached a point of discomfort. If they had known, they would have kept Aneesa last week since she hates to wear clothes anyway.

I'd say "Run, James, Run!!"

The guy who left last night, JAKE, very odd.. no explanation, not a real one, of why and we certainly haven't seen him. He has to be from a RR season I missed :)

Grooch

Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 03:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't blame any of them not wanting to get naked.

I wouldn't put it past the producers to put them naked on a videotape and sell it to make money.

Gina8642

Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey

I have no idea who this Jake guy is either. I must have missed a season too. And here I thought I was a Real World/Road Rules fanatic.

LOL

Laura11103

Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sea and Gina, me too! I never saw Jake before in my life and I thought I saw all the RW and RR's. The only one I didn't watch every episode of was one in Australia? or somewhere in europe, so maybe he's from that season, he's definitely not from RW.

I think it was their right not to participate in the contest, but then they can't complain when their standings drop...

Monkeyboy

Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 10:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I kinda remember Jake...I saw a marathon of his season one day when i was sick at home... I think he was from the caribean (SP?) or some sort of Island season. He had some sort of relationship with the blonde girl on his show. Her name was Kallie or Chloe or something like that! She was really cute too. :)

Guinevere

Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Some of the RR seasons are like that for me - I'll remember some people but not others (whereas I remember everyone from every RW). I remember Kalle pretty well, but Jake is kind of a blank. For some reason, with the RR Australia season, I remember all of the girls - Christina, Piggy and Susie - really well, but only one of the guys - Kefla. The other two guys were Chadwick and Shane, but I wouldn't even remember that if I hadn't been reminded by all of the exposure Chadwick got during the last Challenge.

Topic? Jake bugs me, and I'm glad he's gone.

Refusing to do the challenge did seem stupid once the rules were clear. From what I've heard, the abstainers could have shown up and just not buzzed in on any question, and gotten 16 points, rather than the zero they got. I just don't believe it was a matter of principle with the girls involved, no matter what they said.

Sorry to see Tonya go. She made a good impression on the Challenge (though I never disliked her as much as many did during RW Chicago).