Disheartened by the return of BotB.

To think I was so excited earlier and Julie's line 'the twist that changed the game completely' (or words to that effect) when it dawned on me what it was could put me on such a downer :(

I never, ever thought they would be this stupid to repeat it. Game twists are fine as a one per season thing, don't repeat them

I mean what is their target audience for this :joker: I'm pretty sure the ones who saw so many seasons pretty much hated Botb? Season 16 was my first season but I decided to watch the other 15 seasons and it made me hate BOTB even more.

Their target audience are teen girls and fraus who are going to watch no matter what.

Britney Haynes ‏@britney_haynes

Battle of the block as "fan favorite"? Who is this fan? #bb17

I think what's annoyed me more is that they had the audacity to call it a 'fan favourite'. By all means bring it back, but don't pretend anyone actually enjoyed it as justification for its return kthxbai

My sentiments exactly

There are links already up if anyone wants to watch it.

The FB page promoted Frankie Grande as a fan favorite just a week ago even though all the comments were critical. This show's been a mess and it just keeps going downhill.

no doubt clay will be their favourite

Isn't he yours??

and whatever guy gets a bloated edit full of self-congratulatory confessionals where they appear strategic but in reality don't do anything to improve their standing in the game.

No, Aaryn Gries 2.0 not here for that

I thought this was a great premiere episode. :shrug: Interesting characters so far. But knew I'd dislike Audrey... annoying already.

However, wtf @ BOTB being back? I didn't think it was bad but seriously, not worth bringing back. Oh well. The cast and the other twists have caught my interest so far.

Why did you dislike Audrey, how was she annoying :o

Mokka i want to know why you thought clay was my fav :suspect:

Cause you think he is hot... And he is basically a Kevin or a Zach

Not you thinking i'm shallow :nono:
He is hot and i stated I don't like him after I said that' damn you :fist:
don't compare my favourites to clay :yuk: :smug:

They're up here

Did anyone else spot Andrea Boehlke from the episode?

It's a slight annoyance towards her tbh but for a couple reasons. The main one is I hate when people literally have an agenda against the opposite sex, especially for the sake of a show like this. She actually didn't even say she wanted to win BB17 - her goal is for a girl to win, not for her to win. :joker: It's part of why I disliked Sarah in BBCAN3 and started disliking Bruno a bit towards the end, although in some fairness to him he was more retaliating against Sarah.

I liked the start of that all-girls alliance (not sure if it'll last this time but it has more potential than whatever that attempt was last season) just not Audrey and her mindset. It does seem to be the typical start the past 3(?) seasons now but Da'Vonne and Shelli were really likable that episode.


I also didn't like her DR's, including one point where she seemed pretty cold towards James when he won HOH. I don't remember exactly what she said but something minor that just came across a bit annoying to me after already being annoyed by her through the episode. She brought nothing that I liked besides being mildly annoying, similar to how she came across in the interviews. Seems stuck up and boring but was the center of attention (and I understand she will be but not excited about that). It's only been interviews and one episode but I just don't think I'll like her, I've gotten that kind of off-putting self-righteous vibe from her pretty consistently. :idc:

Although Jace, Da'Vonne, and Shelli were the only ones I could get behind so far and yet I still finished the episode thinking this'll be a great cast just cause of the very different personalities. :clap1:

That girls alliance will flop

Okay but this is a show that is steeped in sexism and hasn't had a female win without the help of production in a literal decade, so good for Audrey for wanting to hold it down for the girls.

This season has so much going for it, but just why, like why, did they have to go and bring back BotB? And then call it a fan favorite... honestly such a slap in the face. It could have been a perfect premiere if they had just brought in the entire cast, announced the TakeOver twist, and had Julie reintroduce the twin twist to the audience. Why add BotB when they're already have new twists to deal with every week. It's just overkill and it didn't even turn out well last season. It just made everyone scared to go against big threats. Why would they think that was a good thing? Awful decision.

I was feeling good about the cast and the twist, and now I just feel like the twist will only make it harder for this cast to shine. BUT... I'm still excited about the cast as a whole. A lot of different personalities in there, and yeah the TakeOver seemed awful to start with, but I was getting used to it. I just thought'd it'd be cool if we saw week to week changes to the classic format.

Macie I take back that time I asked you to give Grodner the benefit of the doubt. How could I be so wrong:( She's a satanic wildebeest and I'll never forgive her

So? That's just how it's played out and it shouldn't matter. Sure there have been a couple all-male alliances, and that should be fine anyway, but no one I can think of has had their target set on solely females. Maybe last year for a short period because 6 guys aligned together. :joker:

But no one ever specifically targeted the girls/guys and were playing the game for the purpose of a specific gender to win, just for themselves. Audrey's mindset on the other hand IS being sexist, not the "sexism" of simply a couple guys or a couple girls grouping together in the game.