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Anyone else going cold turkey this year?
JonDoe
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I haven't watched it yet. Have you?
No cold shivers yet, I'm feeling pretty good about it really. I've had quite a lot of stuff to do so that takes my mind off it.
How are you coping?
No cold shivers yet, I'm feeling pretty good about it really. I've had quite a lot of stuff to do so that takes my mind off it.
How are you coping?
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I've watched the highlights since it started and a bit of the live feed but the unclarity surrounding the wedding task (which started off quite good) is a sign of amateurish (again) from the makers of the show so I'm feeling a bit distant now. I don't like to invest too much in anything I see as potentially very shoddy.
I have grown to trust my own initial judgements, apart from the odd surprise - and not trust the highlight show at all!
I will watch the live feed if I think there is anything worth seeing, but nothing has grabbed me yet.
I like Darnell, Rachel and a few others. I dislike Alex and Steph. Lisa and Mario seem ok-ish, they love themselves a bit, but nowhere near as much as some, they at least appear to have interesting sides. Dale is great eye candy so I hope he stays in for a good while, but I don't think he is a winner.
I would be happy if Kat wins but I don't think she will.
Started to feel it today. I thought I'd got through it with a repeat of this week's Britain's Next Top Model on Living+1, only to realise Big Brother starts at ten, not nine. :rolleyes:
There was nothing on at ten. I tried Discovery on the off chance a rogue episode of Mythbusters would get me through the hour......You've usually got about a fifty/fifty chance Mythbusters in on but no such luck tonight.
Thank God for TV on demand.
The journey continues....
Every year I think about quitting because each year I become more cynical about the production itself and the way we're manipulated. But mostly I resent the way it appeals to our basest instincts to judge and hate others. What IS that about?
Already this year it's proved very gripping with one of the best ever 'baddies'. But watching her, she's making me feel really disturbed AND I'm starting to feel actual dislike for this person who I've never met and who hasn't actually done ME any harm at all. That surely can't be what we term 'entertainment'? So why do we watch? Is it cathartic?
How I wish it was the more innocent 'people watching' experiment of the early years, then I wouldn't have to feel dirty for watching.
Most people just stop watching, and that's the end of it.
I was thinking about it.
After last years show I had enough, didn't watch the Celeb Hijack in January at all, had no interest. This series of BB I have so far watched the launch show and nothing else, except for little bits of live feed online and I have not even watched any of that since Sunday.
I don't miss it at all, not one little bit. I may dip in and out but I wont be glued to it. A friend of mine has, like you chosen to just not watch at all. I say good on you JonDoe.
I know I probably would. For those of who wish we had the same resolve, JonDoe will be like a beacon of purity, guiding me on the path to righteousness.
That or a slavering wreck with the shakes.
Anyway, I came on here to see how the ratings were doing and have got waylaid......better go before I get sucked in and addicted once more!
Thanks for the support.
It wasn't really a choice. I had everything ready for launch night as I do every year. Six pack in the fridge, nibbles in the cupboard, my get-out-of-baby-duty-in-the-morning card stamped by the missus.
Got sat down, opened a cold can of beer, and waiting excitedly for the new opening credits.
Then I watched the first fifteen minutes and suddenly thought, 'what am I doing?'
I'll keep you posted........Go on, it makes a change from all the 'Alex is Satan Incarnate!' threads.........Whoever Alex is.
Most likely.
Cheers Scarlet.
Good idea Moliie.
See you tomorrow for another thrilling installment........Or maybe I'll cave in tomorrow. Who knows?
See, this is already gripping stuff. :cool:
I can't wait.