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"Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"

Posted by mhdallas on 07-17-09 at 01:04 PM
Ok, I'm definitely in the mood for some serious bashing right now. This has got to be the least likable group in the BB house that I can remember watching (there was another season that I refused to watch because the players were just too boring - I think it was 7 or 8? I don't recall which season it was; all I know is that I haven't watched a whole season since the good old days of Howie and Janelle.)

First off, I do give Russell props for having the sense to realize how that sneaky Ronnie was lying to him - although even the worst judge of body language should've been able to tell that the idiot was lying. I'd give Russell more props for good sense, but the way he fell for Lydia's b.s. makes him just as stupid as Jessie (although to a lesser extent.)

As for Lydia - she totally blew the good opinion I had of her last night by her seriously deranged hissy fits. I could halfway understand yelling at Braden a little, but to go so nuts because the blond girl (I forgot her name) didn't cry when Lydia went on the block? And Lydia calls other people shallow? Stupid just acquired a whole new meaning.

Braden? A boring surfer type, yes - but a serious threat in the game? In whose vivid imagination was that even possible? Braden was nice enough, I suppose, but I wasn't exactly blown away by his mental capacity. Russell's the one to watch in this regard.

As for Ronnie... I guess I shouldn't be surprised that anyone who spends half his days playing computer games turns out to be not quite right in the head. And since when does being a nerd automatically mean you have brains? Here's the proof that that's not always the case...what a weasel. (And he's not playing well by playing all sides - he's just ensuring himself a quick exit.)

Jeff is turning out to be more likable than I'd originally thought - although in this household, that's not really saying a lot. Russell had no right to attack him like he did - even a 3rd grader can spell 'shotgun.' Michelle is nice, too, although she hasn't been shown enough for more of an opinion to be formed.

Chima - good grief, girl, go home already. That last minute desperation speech of yours was about as classless as it was effective. I'm seriously bordering on hating this girl even more than Jessie or Russell.

Oh wait - there is a kind of cool person in the group. Crazy ole' Casey; now him I like. I can see him easily flying under the radar. Hell, even ole' Laura wasn't as annoying last night as most of the others, although I still have serious issues against using your 'assets' to get ahead. However, maybe now that she sees that it's really not helping her with this group, she'll tone it down and start using her brain for a change.

I'm sorry about the long post - for a change, I actually had a little extra time in my day and couldn't resist doing a little venting here. This really IS an annoying group; I'm not very hopeful about sticking out the season, but I'll at least give it a few more weeks to be fair.


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"RE: Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"
Posted by LibraRising on 07-17-09 at 01:12 PM
In a word -- no. They're all loathsome. And the stuff they're not airing makes them more so. Especially Braden and Jeff. Probably the worst of a very bad bunch.

"RE: Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"
Posted by Estee on 07-17-09 at 01:31 PM
'Loathsome' is going to be the word of the season, isn't it?

That or 'click'.

With the later as a sound effect.


"RE: Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"
Posted by Estee on 07-17-09 at 01:30 PM
Well, this saves me from making out my own Loathe List.

I am hoping on Chima, but that's a live feeds issue more than anything else: to me, seeing her try to single-handedly destroy Endemol's designated Braden edit made me into at least a temporary supporter. (Let's just say Braden's fights covered a lot more verbal ground than was shown -- and Chima's calling him out on it was accurate.) Destroy production's plans and hardcore BB loathers will unleash a cheer heard 'round the world. But there's no way the staff lets her win.

I wanted to root for Laura just because that somatype so rarely makes it onto television and I was hoping she'd break some stereotypes Sapphryi-style. Wrong... she's reinforcing some of the worst ones, and that's the only reason she was cast. Joy. She can't go out soon enough to stop the damage from having been done.

Jeff & Jordan fall into the same category for me: casual bigots. Jordan has the extra detriment of having just enough IQ points to manage a near-continual inhale-exhale cycle without too much outside assistance. Between them, they just about add up to one whole back turning.

Natalie's claim of being eighteen keeps being shorted out by her actual maturity level: eleven. About as much fun to be around as a yapping purse dog with file-sharpened teeth.

Kevin ensured I would hate him forever within his first five minutes of television time. My opinion has only changed in one aspect: I don't just find him loathsome now. He's loathsome and boring.

I can sort of stand Casey, but I'm starting to suspect that might be because I haven't seen enough of him yet.

Jessie landed on my perma-disgust list in his first season, but I have to give him credit for having changed: he's actually gotten worse. Before, he was stupid and vain. Now he's stupid, vain, and under the illusion that his previous experience has made him the mastermind of the house. Jessie would have a hard time being the mastermind of a Playmobil mansion.

Lydia... this skirts close to live feeds territory, but she's proven she'll do whatever she has to in order to stay in. As in absolutely anything. Start fights. Create divides. Romancing the blockhead -- and too far: g'night.

Every so often, I go into Borders and sit down to quietly read a graphic novel or two, because I don't care what form the story takes as long as it's a good one. Ronnie is trying to make me feel ashamed of that. He may succeed.

I agree with you on Russell: given enough time, he could turn into a game threat. I just don't know if he has it. (He also has a much drier sense of humor than what's made the air.) He's been semi-tolerable to date, but that can change in a hurry.

Michele is walking unfulfilled potential: she could go either way. But I think she might see that as being to her benefit: go completely unnoticed on the game level until halfway into the jury stage, then find some strings to pull. Her personality can be borne: her gameplay has yet to manifest.

With Braden... my first intuition on seeing him was that one day, I would be throwing a drink in his face. And now that I've gotten a chance to know him, I wouldn't stop with just throwing one drink.

Overall, it's a bad cast. But for the last few seasons, they've all been bad casts...


"RE: Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"
Posted by LibraRising on 07-17-09 at 05:55 PM
Does a Molotov cocktail count as a drink?

"RE: Is anyone actually rooting for any of these idiots?"
Posted by Belle Book on 07-17-09 at 09:03 PM
I think I can root for Michelle. That's about it.



"Does not compute"
Posted by Snidget on 07-17-09 at 02:07 PM
Root FOR someone on Big Bother?

Root four them or fore them?

Nope that doesn't help, either.

I can't reconcile the concept of Big Bother and rooting for someone. Sorry.

Honestly I don't find these idjits any more loathesome than any other bunch. My detector may be on the fritz.