Is BigBrother the worst show ever?

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It's proof that the Australin public is getting more stupid by the second.

In particular, those late night episodes. All they do is sleep and scratch themselves... and when nothing is happening the 'action' minimises and suddenly this idiot who I've never heard of before starts ranting on about nothing with no-name guests.

Look, I tried to watch it - but you'd have better success if you spied on your neighbour. BigBrother is such a stupid concept that anyone who is obsessed with it should take a good, hard look at themselves. Seriously, if you watch people sleep for hours on end for the sake of entertainment - you have problems.
 

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yeah nah, it's just another symptom of the fall of Western Civilisation, & all that. You know, there's other countries out there where the people are just as white, twice as educated, but they see this **** everyday because they live in a 2bdrm apt with 8 other people... but their experience is more real, because if they don't like one of the contestants they can piff a shoe at his scone, & when he cracks it, he chucks it right back at you and smashes a lamp next to your head. it's not contrived, it's not special effects... if the habits of f'wits fascinate you that much, you can get the non-virtual reality for your own self anytime you want, in any number of less f'ing lucky countries. I don't see ch10 offering 3d smellovision yet...goto Albania on your rdo if these twats are so entertaining.

If BB is good, then just go live in a stressed out share-house somewhere poor, and the special effects are ultra-real. Orr ma'Go'farther, did you see Crispin??? orma gord, he looked at me, he looked at me! Sure he's an attention-seeking cs'ing glamour-ho, but he's got a cyoote arse mate. If he had a commodore an a tub of hair gel, I'd have his babies mate. I would so impress my frineds in the carpark of Coburg maccas! I mean, the nothing-hours of my own existence aren't enough; i gotta watch some no-talent primadona have theirs too... it's clearly an efficient way to spend my precious seconds on this mudball...well, my precious seconds in this suburb; after all, I'm clearly gonna die within 40 miles of birthplace, just like 99% of the other humans in history who made our good compost.

Orr but Jarryd, he has nice pex & stuff; I reckon he'd go for me if I flashed my bourbon-gut at him. Nah Narellle, he'd prefer my anorexia no wurrieez,
 

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Originally posted by Thrawn
It's proof that the Australin public is getting more stupid by the second.

No its stupid TV executives who think we'd like it so they do nothing but shove it in our faces. Some of us give up and watch it, but not me.

The same can be said for lifestyle TV. The TV execs at Channels Bruce & Eddie should be shot for impersonating people with brains.
 

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Well, I watched BB for about 6 weeks on and off last year, and that's about all really. I watched the first one this year, when the housemates went in, and haven't bothered since. I think it's pretty boring stuff actually, my family and all their crap is way more entertaining than BB!

I can't say I understand why people waste their time with shows like this, but as long as they don't wanna tell me all about it, it doesn't bother me. :p
 

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Big Brother is the best reality show on television. Unlike other reality shows there are no gimmicks. It's just a bunch of people living their lives. Unlike other reality programmes, BB is about the characters, not the end prize. This is why it has become such a success worldwide.
 

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Originally posted by Thrawn
It's proof that the Australin public is getting more stupid by the second.
I think it's good that channel 10 do a community service by ensuring that the nations simpletons are off the streets to stay at home at least 1 hour a day to watch this.

Really commendable.

As for claims of ''reality' tv' I've seen one advertisement for it and all they were doing was running around the yard with underwear on their head.

I don't know where this is common occurance. Certaintly not in my area, well not in any backyards where my 100x telescopic lens can reach.

Maybe at a 10 year olds house playing Dr's and Nurses', but these 'grown ups' are people that are not only allowed to vote, but (some how) breed.
 

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Originally posted by Dan26
Big Brother is the best reality show on television. Unlike other reality shows there are no gimmicks. It's just a bunch of people living their lives. Unlike other reality programmes, BB is about the characters, not the end prize. This is why it has become such a success worldwide.
Eh? "Living their lives"? "Reality show"? Living in an artificial goldfish bowl? Do they go to work etc?

As for the "characters", you'd really have to look hard for a greater group of stupid dull tossers.

Cheap crap excuse for Australian content, and only more ammunition for those who are against compulsory voting.
 

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As for the "characters", you'd really have to look hard for a greater group of stupid dull tossers.
That's a pretty idiotic comment, really. Over the four years about 60 people have appeared on BB, and some have been boring, some interesting, some annoying. There have been a wide variety of contestants, just like evety day when you walk down the street. And they are not "stupid dull tossers (whatever the f*ck that is supposed to mean anyway.)

Originally posted by Dry Rot


Cheap crap excuse for Australian content.
Apparently the show is broadcast in 26 different countries, and the reason it is shown, is because in the vast majority of those countries, the show is successful. It has nothing to do with "Australian content" in particular.

Originally posted by Dry Rot
Eh? "Living their lives"? "Reality show"? Living in an artificial goldfish bowl? Do they go to work etc?
The point is the show, unlike other reality shows is about the people - not the prize. Hence it's success around the globe.
 

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Originally posted by Dan26
Big Brother is the best reality show on television. Unlike other reality shows there are no gimmicks. It's just a bunch of people living their lives. Unlike other reality programmes, BB is about the characters, not the end prize. This is why it has become such a success worldwide.
Coming from the person who said that wrestling is a "soap opera", I'm hardly surprised. A bunch of people living their lives? You'd think that their behaviour would be influence somewhat by the fact that they know the Australian public is watching them.

So in essence it is no different than from people who "live" in the jungle or who "live" in the world's ugliest skyscraper. The principle is the same - they are being watched, and they know it. Now, if they didn't have any knowledge that they were being tracked then THAT would be a bunch of people living their lives.

As I said before, you'd rather spy on your neighbours. It's basically the same. At least Survivor and The Apprentice have some elements in it which makes it exciting. And what does BB have Dan? A load of people sleeping and scratching their balls whilst hundreds of mindless people watch it and call it entertainment?

Better set up a camera Dan and place it in your neighbour's living room, because that is all it will ever amount to be. I don't really care what people watch, but in this instance... what is so appealing about it?
 

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Originally posted by Dan26
That's a pretty idiotic comment, really. Over the four years about 60 people have appeared on BB, and some have been boring, some interesting, some annoying. There have been a wide variety of contestants, just like evety day when you walk down the street. And they are not "stupid dull tossers (whatever the f*ck that is supposed to mean anyway.)
And why does this make the show so good?

Apparently the show is broadcast in 26 different countries, and the reason it is shown, is because in the vast majority of those countries, the show is successful. It has nothing to do with "Australian content" in particular.
It's all about ratings Dan. Doesn't mean the show is better, it's just more popular.

The point is the show, unlike other reality shows is about the people - not the prize. Hence it's success around the globe.
I'm sure Survivor and The Apprentice is about the people too - why are you making it look like that BB is the only[i/] one? And I'm pretty sure that there are better reasons why the show is such a hit. Your reason alone Dan does not mean that it makes it successful. Plenty of TV shows (yes, including reality shows) were all about the "people" too and they've never had as much success so there has to be a better reason.
 

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Big Brother is the best reality show on television. Unlike other reality shows there are no gimmicks. It's just a bunch of people living their lives. Unlike other reality programmes, BB is about the characters, not the end prize. This is why it has become such a success worldwide.
Gimmicks include:

Million dollar prize money
Novelty value of a transexual being introduced
Editing of storylines to conform to specific character traits
Profiling of contestants to conform to specific character traits
Prohibiting 'real' talk about the outside world, previous episodes, production secrets
Shows include giving away money for ring in games, internet polls, voting people out, specifically edited highlights of 'reality', hosts and producers etc structuring episodes for higher entertainment value than it is in reality
games in the house designed to produce activity, tension etc that is not gained from daily routine life in the house

It is a brilliantly constructed show to exploit people's need to feel apart of society, but to say it has no gimmicks and is real shows how naive the people who watch it are.
 

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It is a brilliantly constructed show to exploit people's need to feel apart of society, but to say it has no gimmicks and is real shows how naive the people who watch it are.
Remember, this is from the same person who said that wrestling is like a *giggle* soapie.

No gimmicks hey Dan? I'd love to see your definition of gimmick.
 

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There are no gimmicks, which is why BB is among the best reality shows. Programmes like those makeover shows or Survivor, or The Apprentice (which I love, by the way) rely on the gimmicks of the show and the unique rules of that particular reality show.

BB is totlaly different. There is no gimmick. It's just a bunch of people doing whatever they want, and we choose who goes out. They live their life in the house and whatever happens, happens

Yes, I realise there are various tasks, and "gimmicks" within the show but the show itself is simple, and the simplest shows are the most successful. Take the reality show, "There's somethign about Miriam." The gimmick was that Miriam was a man, and this gimmick was what the whole show was based around. BB isn't like that. There is no gimmick, in regards to the concept of the show.

Hence it's success over the world. It's simplicity.
 

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Remember, this is from the same person who said that wrestling is like a *giggle* soapie.
Thrawn, I don't know why you find so funny the thought that wrestling is like a soapie. I've you've ever bothered watching wrestling, (like it or not) you'll realise that the weekly shows are based aroudn soapie style storylines. Always have been. You might hate watching it, and that's fine, I don't care, but the fact is that wrestling has always based it's weekly programming around soapie style storylines.

Even people that hate wrestling would have realised that the programming is "over the top, soapie style" entertainment. That's a fact. You've brought this up twice in the thread now and I don't know why. You can't disagree with facts.
 

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Love the twisting and turning Dan, just like a small forward weaving his way around a tight situation. It is obvious that you failed to fully answer my questions, and also failed to read mulhollanddrive's post.

Most reality shows (if not all) are pretty darn simple, but that does not explain how it is successful. How does it's simplicity and 'characters' make it such a huge hit Dan? How?

There is no gimmick, in regards to the concept of the show.
Why are the contestants there in the first place, and what is their aim? Don't give me this rubbish that there are no gimmicks in regards to the concept of the show - the whole concept of the show is based around who is going to win. It's the whole point, the bottom line, just like every other reality show. Do you honestly think that when they announce the winner people who watch the show are going to suddenly turn off?
 
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