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I just realized something about Aubrey.. She deserved to win, not because she is the most loving funny etc.. And she was not even my favorite.. She played the game so so well, even I was underestimate her as a viewer.. I Will vote for her for playing the game well...
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I don't have a problem with reality stars. I actually prefer them to bona fide celebs as they're less guarded.
And i don't have a problem with Bear. My problem is with the unbalanced editing this series. Too much Bear, too little of the rest. I give an episode a go. If I'm enjoying it I watch. If Im not I turn over. No biggie. But I'm a bb fan so I'll always give it a go. You get some good episodes and some bad. Don't know why you assumed it was simply because of reality stars. They're to be expected in cbb. ![]() I agree. People appear to think it's down to Bear's antics - it's not. It's the producers who decide what we'll watch. I think they've had it wrong for the past few series (Channel 4 too!) What they think we want to watch are showmances and arguments. Personally I don't. I prefer the interraction between HMs, unlikely friendships, the wind ups (mostly the blokes doing this to each other in a silly way, not a harmful one) and getting to know the HMs - I only recognised 2 of them. Initially and even up until Friday, a great portion of HLs was Lewis and Marnie.....with him talking twaddle to her....and her gazing at him. Not Bear. |
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I agree.
People appear to think it's down to Bear's antics - it's not. It's the producers who decide what we'll watch. I think they've had it wrong for the past few series (Channel 4 too!) What they think we want to watch are showmances and arguments. Personally I don't. I prefer the interraction between HMs, unlikely friendships, the wind ups (mostly the blokes doing this to each other in a silly way, not a harmful one) and getting to know the HMs - I only recognised 2 of them. Initially and even up until Friday, a great portion of HLs was Lewis and Marnie.....with him talking twaddle to her....and her gazing at him. Not Bear. But Bear, easy to forget now, prior to Heavy D (should be named SideKick) leaving, ground them down with the anger and stress . He has influenced their experience in the house and destroyed the series. Marnie and Lewis were allowed to be shown as they were sympathetic to Bear, therefore not the target of his aggression, and provided the only entertainment ( as you describe above) The others were too stressed to say anything . The only fun etc ( shown on LF) was when he was not with them and alone . ( Like with Marnie and the banana -Bear nowhere to be seen) |
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True about the edits .
But Bear, easy to forget now, prior to Heavy D (should be named SideKick) leaving, ground them down with the anger and stress . He has influenced their experience in the house and destroyed the series. Marnie and Lewis were allowed to be shown as they were sympathetic to Bear, therefore not the target of his aggression, and provided the only entertainment ( as you describe above) The others were too stressed to say anything . The only fun etc ( shown on LF) was when he was not with them and alone . ( Like with Marnie and the banana -Bear nowhere to be seen) Marnie and the banana was a ONE OFF. So what would have been the sum total of the other 28 HL episodes and the BOTS episodes?Ricky was given an opportunity for AT and something to be in his "best bits", but he refused to eat the egg. Bear provokes responses from the others. Look at his silly and pointless thing with eggs. It is the response or non-response of the others that puts it in the HLs. The other day it got Rene and Frankie off their backsides in response. Take the Balloon task, without Bear it would have just been Marnie and Saira discussing whose balloons to burst. With him there was all the palaver of Renee and co shutting themselves away. |
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Too stressed.
Marnie and the banana was a ONE OFF. So what would have been the sum total of the other 28 HL episodes and the BOTS episodes?Ricky was given an opportunity for AT and something to be in his "best bits", but he refused to eat the egg. Bear provokes responses from the others. Look at his silly and pointless thing with eggs. It is the response or non-response of the others that puts it in the HLs. The other day it got Rene and Frankie off their backsides in response. Take the Balloon task, without Bear it would have just been Marnie and Saira discussing whose balloons to burst. With him there was all the palaver of Renee and co shutting themselves away. The others have had moments on the LF we get to indicate that a lot more is going on that we are shown ( obviously) but the majority of the time the camera time even then is focussed on Bear - and he does spend a lot of the time doing NOTHING as he doesn't really engage with anybody , except Marnie now that Lewis has left. The people he does "engage" with are always props to his show . There is very little human interaction which is why I watch the show |
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Why should they stop watching a program they have probably watched for years? The producers should ensure that it's real celebrities they are bringing into the house, after all, that is the word they use in the title. If they want the show to consist of reality TV personalities then they should change the title of the program into something that signifies that the show is just another stepping stone for the TOWIE/Jersey Shore types.
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Even if you had all totally docile fence-sitters and radar dodgers (instead of the 50% we have in there now), BB would do what they usually do - create divides and cause arguments and resentment. The show has never been the civilised 'celebs-on-holiday' fairyland that some posters are craving.
The only difference this series is that Bear and Heavy D have done most of their work for them. |
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It just shows you why voters should have got rid of Lewis much earlier.
We were given opportunities before but wasted them. Now that Lewis is out the nature of the HL shows have changed. Getting Lewis out was the key to changing the dynamics. |
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Even if you had all totally docile fence-sitters and radar dodgers (instead of the 50% we have in there now), BB would do what they usually do - create divides and cause arguments and resentment. The show has never been the civilised 'celebs-on-holiday' fairyland that some posters are craving.
The only difference this series is that Bear and Heavy D have done most of their work for them. No housemate should be the task, it's not up to them to fabricate animosity or anything else in the house, that's the job of the production team. They hired Stephen for a reason and when he started doing the job he's being paid for they obviously thought 'we've struck gold here, show it all!' But what they've shown is intentional, generated arguments and conflicts which simply don't ring true. Like I said, Renee's usually just going through the motions with Stephen which is why it was refreshing to see a genuine reaction from her in relation to Sam. As Pam said, Stephen's presence in the house affected all of their behaviours, some chose to 'approach' his antagonising behaviour (Renee), some colluded (Lewis, Colin) but the majority shutdown and avoided, quietly venting their frustrations to each other. It is only now, that the threat is diminished that people are actually starting to show their personalities. We could have seen some great rivalry between Renee and Sam as just one example and it is such a shame we've had to endure the bear show which has been fake animosity from day one. No one wants to deal with the drunk on the bus or the rebellious, obstreperous toddler in the supermarket. Like I said, we could have had sooooo much more from this series if Stephen had never entered. |
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We could have seen some great rivalry between Renee and Sam as just one example and it is such a shame we've had to endure the bear show .... |
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The same sort of thing was said on here about Sam Fox on I'm a Celeb, but it's all wishful thinking. Katie Price was accused of hogging the limelight then.
Repeat, ad nauseum. At least last night we had some genuine interactions, some genuine reactions and some genuine discussions. All of which were more interesting than anything we've been shown for weeks. The producers needs to seriously reassess their priorities and what makes a good television show. Headlines and "drama" aren't everything. |
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It just shows you why voters should have got rid of Lewis much earlier.
We were given opportunities before but wasted them. Now that Lewis is out the nature of the HL shows have changed. Getting Lewis out was the key to changing the dynamics. Once Chloe left - it left Bear a bit exposed :Heavy D was now back in the fold and was cynically used by Bear to do his (Bear's) heavy lifting . |
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I just realized something about Aubrey.. She deserved to win, not because she is the most loving funny etc.. And she was not even my favorite.. She played the game so so well, even I was underestimate her as a viewer.. I Will vote for her for playing the game well...
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I have said for some time that Aubrey is a good game player whilst staying friends with the majority of them. A very clever girl! But she lost it when she gobbed in Bears drink and sandwich. It was so disgusting why would somebody want her to win after that. She might be in the final but will probably be the first out on Friday!
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I think the big shift came after Heavy D left : Lewis was also Bear's puppet but was too self-involved and involved with Marnie to fully participate in aggression required to subdue or irritate the the HMs.
Once Chloe left - it left Bear a bit exposed :Heavy D was now back in the fold and was cynically used by Bear to do his (Bear's) heavy lifting . |
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Finally! It's happened! To me! Right infront! Of my face! And I just! Cannot hide it!
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Finally! It's happened! To me! Right infront! Of my face! And I just! Cannot hide it!
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Of course minute after minute of bear in the garden gazing into space or talking to himself Is so entertaining
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it was good
we needed a break
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I just realized something about Aubrey.. She deserved to win, not because she is the most loving funny etc.. And she was not even my favorite.. She played the game so so well, even I was underestimate her as a viewer.. I Will vote for her for playing the game well...
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It does seem as if this one incident has cost her any chance of winning. I wonder how she'd be fairing if she hadn't done that.
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Marnie and the banana was a ONE OFF. So what would have been the sum total of the other 28 HL episodes and the BOTS episodes?
we needed a break