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Old 24-08-2011, 12:55 PM #17
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Here's my (unimportant) thoughts a few days in.

Initially I hated nearly everything about it. The eye, the titles, the housemates, the editing, the flashbacks, montages, nametags everything except the house, which I like (apart from the rubbish fake grass!).

I'm still no fan, but slowly, things are starting to improve. In last nights episode I don't remember seeing any flashbacks, which is good, I don't need reminding what happened yesterday and I found them really cheesy.

The name tags I really don't understand. They only did name tags for two people last night and it was half way through the show! If they have to use them, why don't the do it properly and show everyone's name during the wake up montage? To be honest I really think they should scrap them completely.

The montages are being put to slightly better use, I think they could be great for tasks, but should be kept at that or they will become stale very quickly.

One thing that still bugs me majorly and I'm surprised that it isn't worrying more people; things aren't being shown in chronological order. We see this when they show an event interspersed with HM's talking about it in the diary room. Obviously this isn't worrying in this scenario, but it makes me wonder how far the production team would be willing to chop and change events to liven up a story.

'Big Brother' is a bit too cheeky for my liking, and when the woman announced the party last night she said 'evenin'' which bugged me, big brother should speak correctly, without emotion, almost automatically, but perhaps thats just me.

I think Marcus' narration has toned down a little too, although it still has alot further to go imo. I'd like to think that producers mayhave taken some of the criticism on board because things do seem to have improved over the last couple of episodes, although until live feed is back, this is still a pale imitation of the big brother it once was.
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