[Mark]

I really hope they put more tasks in BB4.
This year they have hardly put any in and this means the housemates didn't have as much to do so they just sit around and not do much.... *bad viewing*

To think the producers had a WHOLE year to think of tasks and the best they can do is and egg and spoon race, and general knowledge questions....

My point is that I think the tasks set by BB play an important role on the show, its the tasks we like to see them doing. That was one of the main reasons I loved BB1 and BB2 so much, every time I turned on they were doing something other than sitting down!

What are your views?

Mark

[splodge0]

I really hope Ch4 take some notice of the feed back on Forums such as ours.

1. The bars were divisive and prevented the house mates from finding any meaningful level.

2. The Tasks were lightweight, boring for both the house mates and us.

3. With no discernible planning this year, most HMs and veiwers wandered "away". This year lacked the compulsive nature of BB1 and BB2. And that has nothing to do with the characters of the HMs.

4. Much has been written about this years HMs being chosen to suit the confrontational nature of the 2002 BB. The housemates would have been just as interesting as last years, once we had become involved with them. Creating artificial conflict resulted in their boredom and misery, and prevented us, the extended "family", from becoming "involved".

5. Whether BB4 will survive next year will depend on those viewers/fans having faith that this years mistake will be rectified. I for one will spend the first few weeks with my fingers crossed that it will return, as someone puts it, as "the BB we all know and love".

The Extended Family Syndrome upon which the BB phenomenon is based relies upon our becoming empathetic with the Housemates. This was not understood by this years production team as a whole. My fear is that, without some Ch4/Endermol input, the dissatisfaction felt amongst the fans will convert into disinterest next year.

As I have suggested before, Ch4 should capitalise on the investment they have made, and keep the Big Brother website and merchandising live, albeit in a rationalised form, so that it doesn't fall to "ThisisBigBrother.Com" to carry the flag ALONE till spring 2003!

aul::helen: Bless!

[Kaz]

Well said, splodge - I agree with every word you've said.

...... it doesn't fall to "ThisisBigBrother.Com" to carry the flag ALONE till spring 2003!

Oh, I'm sure we could manage!!!

[splodge0]

And give it Large!







:helen:

[Maggie]

I have been saying for weeks, I hope they learn from this years mistakes, , but at each interview given on BBLB the producer's seem to think they have done a great job and everything new they have brought in has worked well .

So while I agree with everything you have said Splodge, sadly don't hold your breath

As for This is BigBrother carrying the flag along till spring 2003, we will be here I'm sure, this is a great site but sadley, will we still be talking about this years HM''s next year, I think not

No trips on the Pop Idol bus, sob sob, or ROB's wonderful stories but I'm sure we will be able to amuse ourselfves, with such a great bunch of people here on this site.



Roll on BB4

Basically they divided the house to set up a them and us situation to get the bitching and backbiting going. In this they succeeded.

I think the excessive budgets were there to get people drunk, get the inhibitions down and turn BB3 into a shag-fest. I think we ought to at least congratulate the contestants for that not happening. (Okay there may have been a few incidents or near misses depending who you believe, but it was never an orgy).

Unfortunately new people were attracted to this format, who may not have been BB fans in the past. C4 have made loadsmoney. I doubt whether they'll give a monkeys what the true BB fans want!

[Kaz]

Sadly, Oldgit, I think you're absolutely right.

However as someone who would like to think of themselves as a true BB fan, for me it was not pleasant to watch, nor was it good entertainment in my eyes.

To quote the eloquent ROB, call me an old fart ...... but if I wanted to watch sex on TV I'd hire a porn video.

[BusyBee]

I hope when plannng BB4 they actually listen to the real fans- yes things do have to change from year to year and this year there were just too many changes. You cant put a group of people into a closed environment for weeks at a time and give them nothing to do. I am sorry but a 10 to 15 minute 'simple' task on a Saturday night is not going to keep the housemates from getting bored. To be honest I am surprised that more of them didnt walk out.

The longer tasks that they had in the past (getting on a Saturday and practising until the following Wednesday) served several purposes. It got the group working as a group, got them to know one another better, gave them something to focus on and because the amount of money they had to spend on food was dependent on whether or not they passed meant the tasks really meant something. OK this year if they failed they went to the poort side, but apart from the first week they managed to smuggle quite a large amount of extra provisions over. Remember last year when they had £28.50 between 6 of them after the Paddy task failed. They was just as hard for them.

Sorry to ramble, but I really feel that if the BB experience is to continue, the powers that they have to sit down and really analyse this years programme. Do we really want to see a repeat of all the bitching and drunkness which is basically all that this year will be remembered for.