...yeah you've got a point there timmydownawell... in the early days of Big Brother there were no messages from home... no questions from the public... no hints of what's happening on the outside... no 'freeze frame' whereas family members can visit them... no letters from home... no telephone calls from loved ones... no ex housemates giving the the vibe of what's really going on with the other housemates... no clues of their popularity when it's eviction live night with either boo's or cheers... to name a few...
**sigh**... I miss the good ol' days!...
...Big Brother nowadays is just a mere shadow of it's earlier self isn't it?... the whole basic concept of the show was based on X amount of housemates going into a house for X amount of weeks and being totally cut off from the rest of the world as an experiment of basic human behaviour... it showed the raw essence of human nature for good or bad...
...housemates went in there not just to win the prize money... they went in there for the experience of living with total strangers to see just how they react to that situation and to go on their own self exploratory journeys within themselves... when romance blossomed it was genuine... they weren't 'showmances' then as a reason to stay in the house longer... there were no meddling and convoluted 'twists' thrown in by dumbass producers making it all up as they go along... there was true punishment if they discussed anything to do with nominations... there were no 'scripted' shows... just highlights of the days events... there was free live streaming... the public were the only ones that were allowed to vote which nominated housemate that they wanted out...
...secret tasks were produced for the humourous side of it and not for the conflict side of it to alienate other housemates to cause disputes... all of the housemates were treated equally without Big Brother guiding the storylines in favour of others... (Ben in BBAUS last year is a prime example)... all housemates got equal airtime so that the public could make up their own minds as to who they like or dislike... there were no dogs or stupid talking fish to interfere in the natural process... I guess that I could go on and on and on so I should shut up now lol!...
...shit... I should send this to Alex to remind him of how it used to be when Big Brother was in it's heyday eh?... that would be stupid though... as we all know Big Brother don't give a flying rats arse about what the viewers actually want do they?... it's all about them and their pathetic attempts at getting big ratings isn't it?... here's a novel idea Alex for this oncoming season in Australia... why not go back in time to the raw essence of the show and call it... I don't know?...
'BIG BROTHER THE ORIGINAL ' or
'BIG BROTHER BACK TO BASICS' or something similar... you never know... you might even regain all of the old viewers that lost heart in the show over the past 10 years or more... just a thought...
...anyhow... the ranting and ravings of an old man are over now... I'm sure that I've said something similar within these forums before anyway so now I'll shut up lol!... maybe I'm just having some sort of senior moment or something... hmmm!... that reminds me of this below... lol!... the last one is as funny as...have fun... cheers.