windom

According to TJ, Daniel Craig has not starred in 5 James Bond movies. I guess they're not counting "No Time To Die" since it hasn't been released yet, but he does star in it and it is a movie that exists.

DWilson

So I wonder what constitutes a lifetime supply of Whoppers. I assume it's not one of those things where you can go in and just ask for a Whopper any time you want, or go in an order 12 at a time. A recent TV comp awarded a year's supply of Girl Scout Cookies, and that translated to two boxes a month.

Bill Needle

Yeah it could be like one a month for the rest of their life, which would equate to about $1500 worth of Whoppers over 50 years.

Spiderbite

They didn't look that excited over getting Whoppers for life. I wouldn't have been either. BK = gross

So from the end preview, it appears there is still quite a bit of episodes and drama to go. This episode wasn't very interesting except for the fact that I love hearing TJ laugh during every trivia episode. It is infectious and makes you laugh as well.

The best line was at the end when Anyssa states that no girl wanted to stand next to Corey earlier so they wouldn't get pregnant and now it is to not get kicked off the show. Corey is a black widow this season.

Bill Needle

Yeah that one made me laugh.

lwhy?

Jenna just announced that she's pregnant... I was hoping she would smarten up and leave Zach. He's toxic.

dex14

That poor kid...

Finisher

90% chance Zach cheats on her.

What is the point of the trivia challenge if you're not going to show half the questions? So lame. Also it should be two or three strikes and you lose, not this bastardized, boring structure where people get to ding people after correct answers. And going to true or false just makes it 50/50. They've basically ruined the trivia challenge.

Thinking about it, most of the challenges kinda suck this season. Really the entire season is kinda meh, especially with so many frankly unappealing Big Brother people left. Maybe it's just me.

dex14

No, the cast generally sucks.

Bill Needle

95% he already has.
The Big Brother people are generally awful. I prefer the cast members they have been bringing in from the various UK shows. They aren't all winners, but they are all better than the BB toads. The recent cast members from other US based shows all that much better either. For instance that Mechie dude...what the hell was the point of casting him on this show?

lwhy?

The cast has been so bad that I actually miss Bananas and Cara Maria this season....

mwbmis

I found myself actually rooting for Theresa, and like I said earlier I've never really cared for Theresa, and this season didn't exactly change that opinion either.

dex14

I don’t even know who I’m rooting for anymore. Devon? And I hate that guy. I guess Leroy.

Bill Needle

Pffft oh please...
Earlier in this thread I actually said I was kind of glad to see Ashley return. I doubt I’ll ever get that taste out of my mouth.

Finisher

Sad commentary, but it's true.

Let's think about it. They've blacklisted a bunch of, love them or hate, people like Jordan/Bear/Camilla/Dee/probably others who were good for drama. Say something deemed offensive on social media or piss off the wrong person and you're canceled. Real World has now been off the air (I'm not counting the Facebook season or two that nobody watched) long enough that it's affecting the talent pool. Real World quality fell off a cliff but it was a great way to identify and flesh out new competitors/drama/eye candy. Now they're using unlikable Big Brother people who play this game the way they played that game and boring Are You the One/Ex on the Beach people. I think they got lucky with that batch of Brits but they've already blacklisted most of them other than Kyle. And then on top of all that their core player base is getting married/having kids/growing out of the show.

So basically we're going to get Josh and losers like Nany and Corey indefinitely.

lwhy?

The cast for the OG spinoff is promising at least. It didn’t help that Wes was eliminated so early too.

Spiderbite

I agree with the hate for the Big Brother people. I have only watched one or two episodes of that show and if the BB people on the Challenge are the types of people regularly on that show, now I know why I never cared to watch it.

I like CT and Darrell in this group and that is about it. Although Kyle and Devin tend to be enjoyable at times, the British people seem to be pretty dull this season and the "Love Connection" people are typically just annoying and extremely ego-centric...even more so than the original Real World/Road Rules people which is hard to believe.

I wish Kam would take a long walk off a short pier.

I also agree with the watered down trivia and the challenges in general. For every decent one, you have several that are weak sauce. And then there is the one out of 50, like the hanging wet car jump challenge, that seem to squeak by the Legal Dept and you wonder how someone didn't die or lose a limb.

windom

So for all the people that hate the Big Brother people, are any of you BB watchers? Or are the BB people just hated by non-Big Brother watchers? As a longtime BB watcher, I have to root for the BB people even if they are annoying or obnoxious (i.e. Josh and Paulie). I can't imagine Kaycee or Amber B. to be disliked even by the non-BB fans though.

dex14

I’ve never watched BB. I tried this summer because of the lack of TV. I thought it was awful and boring.

I like Kaycee. Amber B is fine.

Bill Needle

They aren't awful, but they are placeholders taking up space that could be used by more enjoyable cast members. And they work with Josh, that obnoxious tub of loud and stupid.

mwbmis

To be fair, virtually no one liked last summer's Big Brother. The conventional wisdom is that Big Brother 16 changed the way contestants play BB, and the show hasn't been the same since. Every challenge contestant from BB has been from that season or after. Personally, I mostly liked BB 17, but that was the last season of the show I could make it through.

On the last challenge season, I liked Kaycee, and I didn't mind Fessy. I thought they both had potential. Meh... On the flip side, Aneesa has been doing the Challenge since 2003 and has never done anything worth watching.

Bill Needle

Very true. At this point she is kind of a loveable loser, a familiar face who is grandmothered in.

Finisher

BB watcher. I think they're just casting the wrong people. Kaycee and Fessy, while strong competitors, just aren't very interesting. Josh is unwatchable to me. Amber barely registered on BB. This batch of new girls all seem so pathetic and miscast.

We're so far removed from the crazy, violent, drunken, prank-filled origins of the show.

lwhy?

Not liking the cast makes the episodes feel way too long too. Tonight’s episode was a slog for me to get through. I tried to watch Big Brother, but I don’t like it at all. Three hours a week and it’s mostly people lying, plotting, and backstabbing. At least you get to see two challenges on each episode of The Challenge.

dex14

So stupid for Gabby not to go down there.