Big Brother 16 (CBS)

[Russ Smith]

Didn't see a thread is anybody else watching?

They keep trying these new twists to make the show better I wish they'd just leave that stuff out.

Team America so far is stupid, the first member got voted out without ever doing anything for TA. The 2 HOH thing is silly too, no drama at all.

And after last years cast I'm a bit surprised at some of the selections this year.

Zach the unemployed guy clearly has a temper issue, one minute great guy next minute about to go off. He's funny I'll give him that.

Caleb is a classic case of last year they got such good ratings with all the controversy they went back. He too is from Texas like the girl last year who got all the racist accusations. he apparently made a post on FB where he criticized gay men(used the F word), said anybody who agrees with abortion is a murderer, and referred to Barack Obama as "Muslim Monkey". Yeah lets cast him.

But the worst one is Devin the ex pro baseball player who keeps saying he quit to raise his daughter. He's actually got at least 2 arrests in his prior history for burglary and petty theft. has admitted on camera to a DUI, to having been in rehab multiple times. Missed a full year of baseball because of Xanax use, finally quit because he had to enter rehab again. He has ADHD so he's on Aderall and he's admitted to at least one houseguest that he has a hard time controlling his temper and is afraid he'll snap on the show. And he's 6'3" 230 and looks like a mini The Rock so if he did snap he could actually really do some damage.

Really a risky cast choice both for the others that have to deal with his bi polar moodswings, and for him because he's making a complete azz of himself on the show and even he seems to realize that and is predicting he'll eventually blow up and get kicked off.

But I guess I'm still watching so they get what they want.

 

[HoodieBets]

The people I'm rooting for this season are Donny of course and Nicole. I think she is the hottest girl in the house love the glasses.

 

[Russ Smith]

The people I'm rooting for this season are Donny of course and Nicole. I think she is the hottest girl in the house love the glasses.

They're some of the ones that I'm ok with too. So far this is shaping up as the worst season ever IMO. Unlike Survivor everytime they try to tweak the rules it gets worse on BB, they have a house full of people who know the game so well they can't surprise them.

The whole thing last night with everyone trying to backdoor Devin and he knows it and they all know it was just very bad reality tv. they tried to fix that with 2 HOH's and the battle of them but the players saw right through that and they know if you want to get someone out, don't put them on the block initially. So you have one attempted backdoor after another and one throwing a contest after another.

I do hope they get Devin out this week though he's just ruining the game for me, at least Jessie was annoying he was self deprecating, Devin actually is a complete ego maniac and he's one of those people who feels compelled to say whatever pops into his head no matter what time it is.

 

[gmabel830]

Just can't get into this season.

 

[crisper57]

Ok I love this cast. Throwing the HOH to let someone else see their recently deceased family member was class all the way. So refreshing after the evil last season!

 

[Lefty]

http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/is-this-the-worst-season-of-big-brother-ever-2/

 

[crisper57]

Sad that good people make for bad tv in our society.

 

[Russ Smith]

Sad that good people make for bad tv in our society.

IMO it's not that they're "good" they're normal people, the problem is they all are too big of fans of the game. There is no interest for me because it's like they're all consulting with a how to play big brother book in every episode.

All the unanimous votes so nobody angers the house, backdoor after backdoor etc. The only interest for me is who is finally going to wake up and actually make a big move and break from the script of how to play.

I think the 2 HOH's and TEam America have both been detrimental, 2 HOH's totally diminishes the initial competition, Team America has been largely stupid and the one time where their mission was going to create actual controversy(getting Zach mad is not controversial) they decided not to do it so it wouldn't harm "their game."

I am so tired of hearing the 2 terms "my game" and "beastmode cowboy".

But I am still watching for whatever reason

 

[Russ Smith]

Finally got interesting to me last night with the double elimination. Lots of people not only playing hard but now mixing it up, no more by the book play. Legit surprises for what seemed like the first time in weeks.

That was good last night even though one of the people I actually liked went home.