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Niamh. · 12-09-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by starry

I absolutely disagree with this. The last two years were definitely less trashy, if we forget the stupid tasks they had outside for the crowd last year anyway. But now they have gone to the kind of people they had at the start of the 7th or 8th series and it's actually going backwards and not forwards.

Well, maybe they're just trying different things, maybe they'll mix it up a bit next year so it's not always the same. I think it's working so far this year tbh. It's a change from the last few years anyway which was needed.

AJ. · 12-09-2011, 10:52 AM

How any of you can defend this piece of **** is so frustrating. They fill a house with professional actors, take away the livefeed, half the show is music & cheesy effects that leave you wondering wtf just happened & end not knowing anything more about any of the hms you're implored to vote for. The producer has come out & said it's not a reality show anymore so wtf are you lot arguing about? The thread title is fact! It's now just one the vast jersey shore remakes that every channel seem to be ****ting out but this channel choose to spend £80M on it & call it big brother, how clever/

bigbrother32 · 12-09-2011, 10:57 AM

Come on you don't have to watch the show do u ? turn tv off , turn over and don't join a forum about the show would help you .

Pyramid* · 12-09-2011, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well, maybe they're just trying different things, maybe they'll mix it up a bit next year so it's not always the same. I think it's working so far this year tbh. It's a change from the last few years anyway which was needed.

This. the original concept is long gone, people are too wise to the show and how it works now.

It's a different flavour with more than a touch of TOWIE -but it still has BB controlling.

We've got the mix of the good, the bad, the ugly and the down right nasty................ exactly the things that made BB all those years ago.

How about people give it a chance, let it bed in for a few weeks. It isn't the BB of old ...... times change.

SocietyIsRuined · 12-09-2011, 11:01 AM

I'm enjoying it. Could have done with live feed but I'll take this over nothing.

Pyramid* · 12-09-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbrother32

Come on you don't have to watch the show do u ? turn tv off , turn over and don't join a forum about the show would help you .

Quoted for truth.

Omah · 12-09-2011, 11:02 AM

It seems that many viewers agree with you and are voting with their (metaphorical) feet - only 1.77m watched night, according to the ratings thread .....

AJ. · 12-09-2011, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Omah

It seems that many viewers agree with you and are voting with their (metaphorical) feet - only 1.77m watched night, according to the ratings thread .....

1.5! 1.77 was the 5 min peak.

OperaMan · 12-09-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fingers

It is a manufactured 50 minute daily show designed to attract casual viewers with scenes of naked showering and bits and pieces of racy dialogue but totally without any substance.

BBUSA went this way and now BBUK is really just about 'Big Brother' in name and superficial appearance only. It could just as easily be any number of reality television programs now. Not really any point or purpose in the 'live cameras 24 hours a day' angle. 'Big Brother' is no longer any kind of 'ominous dictator' at all. Just a prep room.

What I can't help but wonder is why don't they just go ahead and make 5 more of these and go ahead and call them 'Summer Sauna House' or 'Model Home'. Why use the Big Brother name and replace Big Brother?

Here is a wild thought but bear with it:

Why couldn't another channel create a new series where 12 complete strangers chosen from ordinary stations in life around the country be isolated from the outside world inside a home rigged with cameras and mics catching every move. Then allowing ANYONE outside to follow and listen to their every word.
A disembodied director would dictate their every move and chore. No clocks, phones, no news, no privacy. They could call it 'Orwellian House'.

Now, suppose Channel 5 complained? What would the complaint be? They would say what? That the new series was a counterfeit? a version of theirs? a 'rip-off'?
I suggest they could not successfully prove that in court now. In fact, 'Orwellian House' would be different and (at this point) have almost nothing in common with 'Big Brother'.

Think about it. No more similarities (and more differences) than today's Big Brother has with a dozen other prerecorded reality programs.

Livia · 12-09-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbrother32

Come on you don't have to watch the show do u ? turn tv off , turn over and don't join a forum about the show would help you .

Many forum members have been watching BB for years. We have a perfect right to comment. I think this series absolutely stinks. We're two days into it and already I've lost interest. We have thread after thread of "who is the hottest housemate" because there's nothing else to say.

Benjamin · 12-09-2011, 11:38 AM

The only thing I can't seem to adjust to is the editing of the show and the weird music they insist on playing sometimes. It makes me feels cringey at times.

I think C5 have focused too much on trying to please the younger 'reality TV generation' by jazzing everything up and putting 'beautiful' housemates in the house. However this has come at a cost of the majority of viewers who want a bit more depth in their entertainment rather than just bitching and sexy people.

Kazakh · 12-09-2011, 11:51 AM

Dudes, telling us we cannot criticize is a bit Orwellian!

Pyramid* · 12-09-2011, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazakh

Dudes, telling us we cannot criticize is a bit Orwellian!

Very good !!!

OperaMan · 12-09-2011, 11:55 AM

and the argument can be made that it is, in fact, the ones criticizing the season are the ones who genuinely love Big Brother. They want to save it. They want to improve it.

Zippy · 12-09-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OperaMan

and the argument can be made that it is, in fact, the ones criticizing the season are the ones who genuinely love Big Brother. They want to save it. They want to improve it.

well the stalls been set out now and it is what it is. They aint gonna change it now and we're certainly stuck with these HMs.

So just go with the flow or decide to give BB a miss. And stop being so precious about the BB brand. It really hasn't had any depth or real substance for many many years. Worldwide its now a trashy name. Thinking back to many of its most famous stars they were really just as shallow and desperate as this bunch. So not much as changed.

Valdora · 12-09-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Zippy

well the stalls been set out now and it is what it is. They aint gonna change it now and we're certainly stuck with these HMs.

So just go with the flow or decide to give BB a miss. And stop being so precious about the BB brand. It really hasn't had any depth or real substance for many many years. Worldwide its now a trashy name. Thinking back to many of its most famous stars they were really just as shallow and desperate as this bunch. So not much as changed.

Exactly! If we truly cared about "substance" and the older HM's then our favourites would not be all the young crazy ones who have showmances and blow outs.

big_bother · 12-09-2011, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DeejayAJ

How any of you can defend this piece of **** is so frustrating. They fill a house with professional actors, take away the livefeed, half the show is music & cheesy effects that leave you wondering wtf just happened & end not knowing anything more about any of the hms you're implored to vote for. The producer has come out & said it's not a reality show anymore so wtf are you lot arguing about? The thread title is fact! It's now just one the vast jersey shore remakes that every channel seem to be ****ting out but this channel choose to spend £80M on it & call it big brother, how clever/

I agree with this!

I was a C4 Big Bro veteran. Every summer would be taken up watching the series and gettting emotionally invested in it.

I've stayed away from the new look C5 show, and judging by what i see/read in this forum i'm so glad i have. I'd much rather look back with fond memories of the C4 show, then have it tarnished with this rubbish....

billy123 · 12-09-2011, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by big_bother

I agree with this!

I was a C4 Big Bro veteran. Every summer would be taken up watching the series and gettting emotionally invested in it.

I've stayed away from the new look C5 show, and judging by what i see/read in this forum i'm so glad i have. I'd much rather look back with fond memories of the C4 show, then have it tarnished with this rubbish....

I keep watching it but i hate it i feel so gutted at what they have done its so dumbed down

i feel like painting my face orange and ingesting huge amounts of mercury and chewing on some lead pipe to try and kill enough brain cells so i can be happy with it!! I knew C5 would cheapen it and make it trashier but jesus christ i never thought they would destroy it like this

fingers · 12-09-2011, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

I keep watching it but i hate it i feel so gutted at what they have done its so dumbed down

i feel like painting my face orange and ingesting huge amounts of mercury and chewing on some lead pipe to try and kill enough brain cells so i can be happy with it!! I knew C5 would cheapen it and make it trashier but jesus christ i never thought they would destroy it like this

This is what happens when a wannabe Media Tycoon meddles with something way outside his competence to work with!