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Sorry guys but I've got to say that it was great tv last night. Occasionally BB is, and that's why it's the only reality tv show I'll watch - most of the time it's dull I'll admit though. This year it seems more entertaining as an overall show though - whether that's the way it's edited, or the way it's planned I don't know.
Seemed a bit relentless last night, spitting in muslim's face on national television. What a total idiot, he wasn't even part of the argument! An argument that seemed to go on for ages and get bigger by the moment.
And all over smudging a tiny part of a drawing! Like Cop said, get over it!
I don't know about emotionally unstable, I think it's more like attention seeking halfwits biting off more than they can chew
Seemed a bit relentless last night, spitting in muslim's face on national television. What a total idiot, he wasn't even part of the argument! An argument that seemed to go on for ages and get bigger by the moment.
And all over smudging a tiny part of a drawing! Like Cop said, get over it!
I don't know about emotionally unstable, I think it's more like attention seeking halfwits biting off more than they can chew
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Forgive me, I don't know any of there names so I will have to describe them, - but yes "Toff Prick" was out of order he shouldn't have done it, but he did apologise, several times. Cue "Moany Bitch" to skrike for ages while the rest of the soft do-gooders (trying to win brownie points with her and the public) comforted her - thus making it even worse.
Then, men who blatantly want want to nail her, act all heroic, knowing that nobody will fight back, (as they will get kicked out) start shouting their mouths off.
They blow it all out of proportion.... I cant watch TV like that, it makes me very angry... Channel 4 do it every year, they cast Big Brother and fill the house with Wankers.
I try to avoid shows like this, but I feel left out of British society if I don't join in, and for the first time, I listened to the hype and I tuned in... Hold the front page - "Gay guy spits on a Black Man"! Shock! Horror!
But, back to the incident - who stuck up for him though? It was only until the gay guy left everyone started comforting the black chap - Who started crying... for aaaages! That's Emotionally unstable!
There are people starving, mass murders, aids, cancer, natural disasters wiping out communities, and they are crying over somebody drawing a nipple on a picture!?
They should FUCKING GROW UP - ALL OF THEM - they don't deserve to have the opportunity to be on television, they don't deserve the life changing experience of potentially winning he show, or selling their story to newspapers... making a quick buck, buying a new car and getting paid to guest-appear on Loose Women. They should understand, along with the public, press and Channel Four, they should recognise that these people are a fucking Freak Show, and last night proved it.
I felt like kicking my TV over, becuase I know the press are going to make a big hoo-haa about all this, and it is over spilt milk. It's not news!
I hate hyped up reality TV
The Apprentice was the same this year, I detested all of the contestants, I thought they would engineer it to make me like the last 3 finalists, but I couldn't relate to any of them - I think they are Pompus Twats.
I think I watched the show, just so I could let out some aggression by swearing really loud as I watched (portrayed) idiots making a fool out their own intelligence and dignity.
Respect to them, they are willing to push their career as far as they can, but did they have to prove it by squabbling like children, bitching like school girls, not working as a team, with a ignorant (half) Jewish guy trying to get halal chicken blessed by bewildered Moroccan, while another dim-wit tries to sell a "Zona" (? - I thought it was a Zonda) to the general public, when in fact she is selling a different car!?
In my opinion Reality Television should be inspirational television, and programs like The Apprentice should demonstrate how we can have success in business, showing commitment, work efficacy and providing good ideas, rather than giving pretentous knobheads a simple challenge - showing the Nation how a group of buffoons and f*ck it up completely! (But don't worry one of will get a shit hot job out of it!)
No wonder there are so many people on unemployment benefits - if these clever people, from posh schools, shit load of qualifications and excellent CV's can mess up a simple Photo Shoot in a shopping centre, what chance do they have?!
Anyway rant over... for now
But I think the "F Word" is a excellent show
Then, men who blatantly want want to nail her, act all heroic, knowing that nobody will fight back, (as they will get kicked out) start shouting their mouths off.
They blow it all out of proportion.... I cant watch TV like that, it makes me very angry... Channel 4 do it every year, they cast Big Brother and fill the house with Wankers.
I try to avoid shows like this, but I feel left out of British society if I don't join in, and for the first time, I listened to the hype and I tuned in... Hold the front page - "Gay guy spits on a Black Man"! Shock! Horror!
But, back to the incident - who stuck up for him though? It was only until the gay guy left everyone started comforting the black chap - Who started crying... for aaaages! That's Emotionally unstable!
There are people starving, mass murders, aids, cancer, natural disasters wiping out communities, and they are crying over somebody drawing a nipple on a picture!?
They should FUCKING GROW UP - ALL OF THEM - they don't deserve to have the opportunity to be on television, they don't deserve the life changing experience of potentially winning he show, or selling their story to newspapers... making a quick buck, buying a new car and getting paid to guest-appear on Loose Women. They should understand, along with the public, press and Channel Four, they should recognise that these people are a fucking Freak Show, and last night proved it.
I felt like kicking my TV over, becuase I know the press are going to make a big hoo-haa about all this, and it is over spilt milk. It's not news!
I hate hyped up reality TV
The Apprentice was the same this year, I detested all of the contestants, I thought they would engineer it to make me like the last 3 finalists, but I couldn't relate to any of them - I think they are Pompus Twats.
I think I watched the show, just so I could let out some aggression by swearing really loud as I watched (portrayed) idiots making a fool out their own intelligence and dignity.
Respect to them, they are willing to push their career as far as they can, but did they have to prove it by squabbling like children, bitching like school girls, not working as a team, with a ignorant (half) Jewish guy trying to get halal chicken blessed by bewildered Moroccan, while another dim-wit tries to sell a "Zona" (? - I thought it was a Zonda) to the general public, when in fact she is selling a different car!?
In my opinion Reality Television should be inspirational television, and programs like The Apprentice should demonstrate how we can have success in business, showing commitment, work efficacy and providing good ideas, rather than giving pretentous knobheads a simple challenge - showing the Nation how a group of buffoons and f*ck it up completely! (But don't worry one of will get a shit hot job out of it!)
No wonder there are so many people on unemployment benefits - if these clever people, from posh schools, shit load of qualifications and excellent CV's can mess up a simple Photo Shoot in a shopping centre, what chance do they have?!
Anyway rant over... for now
But I think the "F Word" is a excellent show
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Dennis - the guy who did the spitting - was an out and out bell-end the moment he stepped into the house. I never liked him and I'm pleased he got chucked out. The petulant way he acted just after the spitting was unbelievable.
The thing that got me about it was Dennis getting a group hug from the others in the luxury bedroom when he returned. Dennis lapped it up and played the victim, saying how his parents would've been watching and expecting him to step in if a woman was crying in an arguement. Yeah, I'm sure they're really proud of the grubby shit spitting in someone's face.
Good riddence to the oiky little bitch.
Mohamed - the guy who got spat on - actually had a panic attack after the incident. It wasn't emotional instability, just an involuntary physical reaction to everything happening at that moment.
I must admit, I though things would kick off when Sylvia was evicted last night but nothing happened.
Tonight's show is worth watching to see their reaction to Dennis's removal from the house. Sylvia and Jennifer are just ridiculous when it's announced.
The thing that got me about it was Dennis getting a group hug from the others in the luxury bedroom when he returned. Dennis lapped it up and played the victim, saying how his parents would've been watching and expecting him to step in if a woman was crying in an arguement. Yeah, I'm sure they're really proud of the grubby shit spitting in someone's face.
Good riddence to the oiky little bitch.
Mohamed - the guy who got spat on - actually had a panic attack after the incident. It wasn't emotional instability, just an involuntary physical reaction to everything happening at that moment.
I must admit, I though things would kick off when Sylvia was evicted last night but nothing happened.
Tonight's show is worth watching to see their reaction to Dennis's removal from the house. Sylvia and Jennifer are just ridiculous when it's announced.
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... and that's what I hate about Big Brother, I don't know if I am living a sheltered life or what, but I have never partaken in a "group hug".Strawbs said:
If Mike, Birty, Chris and Paul Gordon invited me into a group hug after the shoot, I would walk away shaking my head and never work with them again. - Sorry guys
Channel Four don't seem to pick people who can't cope in an intimate difficult atmosphere... thus why we have contestants having panic attacks! Should he be in there?
I preferred the first Big Brother and the boring one (Big Brother 4?). The celebrity ones were good too - until it got tarnished... but at least those versions was a lot more down to earth.
In my opinion "Big Brother" cant work as a show anymore, its finished, as soon as things start getting heated the producers have to sort it out by putting people in different rooms, treating them like children - thus the contestants never get the chance to resolve the issues themselves. Which I thought was the whole part of the show, as a social experiment?
I'm not defending "The Gay Spitter", but how does he come back from that? How does he apologise, and how do the other house-mates treat him? - to me, that's the show. Even if it upsets people or not... if people are offended by that, they shouldn't have a television, tune in to Sky News, there are much much much worse people featured on that channel.
What's the point in having a public vote, when the producers can pick and choose who they want out the house... If it was up to me, Dennis should have stayed in, it would have been more entertaining for me to see what was resolved after a good nights sleep. Its guaranteed that the public will decide on his Big Brother future the week after anyway.
I'm not being hypocritical, my argument is, should these sort of people be cast in a show like Big Brother, they not obviously headstrong enough to cope with minor problems... and Channel Four / Endemol should take responsibility.
I understand, as viewers we want entertainment, we want to poke fun, we want to see people argue, fall in love and kick off... but the show can't provide this because of political correctness, human rights, health and safety or censorship, blah blah blah - So what's the point of it even being on?
Besides, from what I saw apart from that one moment of madness, Dennis wasn't that involved, why didn't the "Topless Cock" get kicked out too? He was just as threatening to that "Posh Toff"? But he stayed in? What, just becuase he didn't spit? He was using threatening behaviour to anyone who got involved?
The show must be on its last legs now... The producers have lost it, they can't broadcast the show for what it should be.
It's utter shit, and that winds me up, becuase people think its good television... it could be better, as it cant get much worse
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Panic attacks are physical, not a mental health issue, and are very unpredictable. People can go for years without having one then suddenly have 2 in a week. It's pure stress. Someone prone to such attacks would probably never apply for such a show anyway. This may have been Mohamed's first experience of a panic attack. He's only 22.Cop said:
Dennis was right to be kicked out. Such behaviour cannot be seen to be rewarded by not having consquences played out. Big Brother contestants have been and will always be treated as children in school while they're on the show. In school Dennis would've been excluded for such behaviour and so the same applies to the BB house.
I think this week Rex, Mohamed, Dale and Stuart will be up for eviction and Dale will probably get the boot.
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I've taken on board what say about Panic Attacks.Strawbs said:
I agree that Dennis should have gone, but I reckon if it happened in an earlier version, he would have stayed, and faced the consequences... then the public would have voted him out... then ripped to bits by the tabloids.
I don't want to see people like him reaping the benefits of that sort of behaviour... but at the same time, I would have liked to have seen him stay... not because I like him, or I am defending him, but for the for the atmosphere in the house. It's a TV show...
But should people like him be allowed in to the house? After the numerous auditions he has been though, background checks and and so on... they knew he was a firery, outspoken character and along with the other housemates they have cast it so that sort of stuff happens... they don't pick them out of a hat.
I don't understand what the show is about anymore, people do horrible things when arguing, so why engineer that sort of behaviour... more people will be removed. It's losing its way.
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Housemates are cast for the dynamic they'll bring to the group rather than their potential to win or even entertain. But it's completely unpredictable as to how they'll actually react to one another in that environment.
This year, by far, has seen the most extreme personality clashes. Half the fault of the production team who picked the particular housemates on certain stengths/weaknesses and half out of their control as no-one can account of people's inbuild behaviour.
This year, by far, has seen the most extreme personality clashes. Half the fault of the production team who picked the particular housemates on certain stengths/weaknesses and half out of their control as no-one can account of people's inbuild behaviour.
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My point is though... they are all nuts, no one can predict somebody spitting I know, but they should be able to predict somebodies behaviour with certain people, problems and situations... And that's why they have cast them - Thus making the producers responsible.If it was upto me, I would leave them in, let them kick off and let them police themselves. They are rewarded with food for good behaviour... It's too mampy-pampy is Big Brother.
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The problem is Ofcom, or rather the viewing public Cop. Only today they are talking (in the press) about how the show could be taken off-air because of the incident. Obviously that's not Channel 4's decision and is being blown out of proportion by the media. Especially as the offending person has been removed, and the person who was offended is completely fine with the show to go on.
I agree it's too namby pamby, especially when you consider other countries. But that's not the show's fault, it's those people that ring in to complain to Ofcom. Then Ofcom have to do something about it.
Though I've got to say spitting in someone's face is out of order, it's deemed minor assault. A cowardly act in my opinion too.
Hey someone's stuck it on YouTube.
Ha, what's not in there is when she says... "You wouldn't do that to a Monet!"
Like her painting was some great work of art, he only put his finger on it.
I agree it's too namby pamby, especially when you consider other countries. But that's not the show's fault, it's those people that ring in to complain to Ofcom. Then Ofcom have to do something about it.
Though I've got to say spitting in someone's face is out of order, it's deemed minor assault. A cowardly act in my opinion too.
Hey someone's stuck it on YouTube.
[YT=Big Brother Spitting incident]-78iLEkmUpc[/YT]
Ha, what's not in there is when she says... "You wouldn't do that to a Monet!"
Like her painting was some great work of art, he only put his finger on it.
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You have hit the nail on the head there Mike.
Obviously, wingy soft people are going to moan to Ofcom every time something controversial happens on Big Brother... thus making the show pointless. I think Big Brother (since the Jade Goody incident) has been walking on thin ice and the progamme can no longer be the show it set out to be.
Big Brother were right to broadcast the spitting incident, because it reality TV, about real people in a real situation and I believe real things like that happen. Dennis didn't break any laws but it was disgusting and totally disrespectful, and I agree about his removal... but that's life at the end of the day. Things like that happen.
It's going to turn into the point, if somebody calls somebody a bellend, Big Brother will remove them for slander or libellous comments.
The show is total wank, its not good television, there are no good people in there, nobody want to make the world a better place from being in there, nobody is making a point, from what I saw, it's a bunch of selfish tossers wanting to make a name for themselves and fucking television producers trying to convince us that a chap spitting in a bloke face is entertainment.
This is not a rant about Big Brother or human society, but television and reality TV on a whole, I cant sit down and watch it without getting cross at the "stars" of the show. These sort of people should not be looked on as idles. I cant stand those sort of characters!
I'm sick of people believing the likes of Brian Dowling, Pete Bennett and Nadia Almada are heroes... what do they offer apart from being people? That's all they are... not celebrities, they don't offer anything else. They become public figures becuase they are originally the best out a bad bunch. But the press want us to idolise them. Not me, nothing against them... but they just people, they have done nothing special in my eyes.
Just making the point I don't like Big Brother... for just in case you didn't get from my first thread.
Obviously, wingy soft people are going to moan to Ofcom every time something controversial happens on Big Brother... thus making the show pointless. I think Big Brother (since the Jade Goody incident) has been walking on thin ice and the progamme can no longer be the show it set out to be.
Big Brother were right to broadcast the spitting incident, because it reality TV, about real people in a real situation and I believe real things like that happen. Dennis didn't break any laws but it was disgusting and totally disrespectful, and I agree about his removal... but that's life at the end of the day. Things like that happen.
It's going to turn into the point, if somebody calls somebody a bellend, Big Brother will remove them for slander or libellous comments.
The show is total wank, its not good television, there are no good people in there, nobody want to make the world a better place from being in there, nobody is making a point, from what I saw, it's a bunch of selfish tossers wanting to make a name for themselves and fucking television producers trying to convince us that a chap spitting in a bloke face is entertainment.
This is not a rant about Big Brother or human society, but television and reality TV on a whole, I cant sit down and watch it without getting cross at the "stars" of the show. These sort of people should not be looked on as idles. I cant stand those sort of characters!
I'm sick of people believing the likes of Brian Dowling, Pete Bennett and Nadia Almada are heroes... what do they offer apart from being people? That's all they are... not celebrities, they don't offer anything else. They become public figures becuase they are originally the best out a bad bunch. But the press want us to idolise them. Not me, nothing against them... but they just people, they have done nothing special in my eyes.
Just making the point I don't like Big Brother... for just in case you didn't get from my first thread.
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I think Brian Dowling turned out to be a decent television presenter though, but he was from the early days when it was a 'social experiment'. He was quite a witty chap too.
Like I said I think this years is as entertaining as the earlier ones due to the fact that they've obviously put more thought into the show and that there's a handful of 'normal' people in there this year.
I've always found it fascinating on a psychological level, and that's why I watch it. Other reality television shows don't, and that's why I don't watch them. For example something like Holiday Showdown, or Wife Swap. I just don't find anything to like about those shows and find them, a lot of the time, far viler than anything on Big Brother.
By the way I'm pretty sure spitting at someone in the face is common assault.
Like I said I think this years is as entertaining as the earlier ones due to the fact that they've obviously put more thought into the show and that there's a handful of 'normal' people in there this year.
I've always found it fascinating on a psychological level, and that's why I watch it. Other reality television shows don't, and that's why I don't watch them. For example something like Holiday Showdown, or Wife Swap. I just don't find anything to like about those shows and find them, a lot of the time, far viler than anything on Big Brother.
By the way I'm pretty sure spitting at someone in the face is common assault.
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I always watched it for the spontaneous dialogue, seeing how people interact naturally. To watch a conversation free flow has always been facinating to watch for me. Along with the body language and the psychological motives there's always something to learn about people from each series.
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Have I missed something?
This year I've seen 2 minutes of it about 4 times by mistake. I don't want to see anyone remotely interesting in case I get sucked in again and end up wasting time. The twins did that to me last year, the tin-foil helmets that convinced them they were "psychopathic" were brilliant. What exactly were they studying a Manchester Uni?
This year I've seen 2 minutes of it about 4 times by mistake. I don't want to see anyone remotely interesting in case I get sucked in again and end up wasting time. The twins did that to me last year, the tin-foil helmets that convinced them they were "psychopathic" were brilliant. What exactly were they studying a Manchester Uni?
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Big Brother is such a guilty pleasure of mine, I become addicted every year even though I know I shouldn't!
This current series has wound me up more than any other though, I think. There have been so many dislikeable and aggressive characters in there with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
At the moment, I really can't stand Jen, Bex, Dale and Stuart, they make me sooooo mad!!
I hope Jen is evicted on Friday and takes her stupid painting with her!!! I actually thought Rex's smudge improved it! I'm sure it'll go for a fair bit on ebay lol.
Laura xx
This current series has wound me up more than any other though, I think. There have been so many dislikeable and aggressive characters in there with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
At the moment, I really can't stand Jen, Bex, Dale and Stuart, they make me sooooo mad!!
I hope Jen is evicted on Friday and takes her stupid painting with her!!!
I actually thought Rex's smudge improved it! I'm sure it'll go for a fair bit on ebay lol.Laura xx
