On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:30:43 -0700 (PDT), wtfan_ny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>Big Brother 9 was definitely the "Survivor: Thailand" of the BB
>franchise. What went wrong?
>
>1. Horrible twist. The couples twist took the strategy right out of
>the game, which is what a lot of people watch for (myself included.)
>The twist shouldn't be something that alters the game as much as this
>one did. Since sooo many fans complained about this twist, I expect
>they won't have such a drastic twist in BB10.
Agreed. And the "pairings" were especially bad.
>2. Bad casting. They went for more sleaze this season. Well, they
>got more than they bargained for. Since they actually had to have a
>meeting with the cast and tell them to be less trashy, I expect this
>to be rectified next season. My only worry is that with BB10 slated
>to start in mid-July, they will rush casting and we could end up with
>crap again.
The sleaze I like. I hope they ramp that aspect up. The bif
negatives to this season was losing Jen so early and having Shelia
there at all.
>3. Too many shenanigans! One week they fake evict Allison/Ryan, the
>next week they fake evict James and have him pop out of a mystery
>box! Since they got crap for this one too I expect a cleaner game
>next season.
Agreed. And the "viewers will help decide who comes back" BS was a
shameless ploy to boost some telco's texting revenues. When a HG gets
evicted, they should never come back.
>All in all, I feel like production will learn its lesson from season 9
>and bring back the show we love in season 10. IMO, the three seasons
>before this one were the best seasons, so I really hope they can get
>back to that quality. This one was just too many gimmicks and too
>little gameplay from beginning to end.
I expect the production team to learn very little. They may throw out
these gimmicks that did not appeal to viewers, but they will likely
invent new, equally bad, gimmicks to try instead.
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