[Stu]

Originally Posted by Patrick

The theme means alot.

A Depressing house will mean depressed housemates, and bored viewers who dont want to spend a summer looking at a dark and scary house.

The tasks usually depend on the themes too, especially the big tasks.

The theme does basically make up the series in general and its what its always remembered for I mean the first thing that pops into my head when I think of CBB is fire, so BB11 could be remembered for death and depression if this is the theme.

No, the theme means jack shit. I know the way your mind works, very visually, but the visuals have fuck all to do with the show itself, exceptions aside. It's just a fact.

Let's look at your example for the most recent Winter series. A hell theme? Not really. The design ident and house aesthetics were hellacious, but that was about it. Evil Big Brother? Where? Big Brother played some extra mind games with the housemates, but that was about it.

BB9's smashed eye and evil music was a direct clue as to [again] evil Big Brother? How? Most of the trailers sound warped. BB10 was the scariest sounding of the lot in a lot of peoples minds. The smashed eye indicates nothing. Eatock designs the eyes without any input from Channel 4, and Channel 4 then pick a logo.

I could go on. The only series to have a direct, in your face theme was Big Brother 5's. The rest are entirely down to fan assumption.

Why would a depressing house mean depressed housemates? Have you established a psychological link between the two? The BB5 house was probably the most depressed looking of the lot.