Canopus

What a douchebag. He had to make the finale all about him, rather than the winner. The guy must have an in with the producers, because everyone else hates him.

Yeah, I'd really hate to see the creep win after watching all season. Any of the others winning I'm okay with.

I don't think she'll vote him out. She doesn't have to. She can easily win most of the jury against him.

She'll beat anyone else quite easily. Just add up the jury votes she'll get, even against Tyler.

Tyler will have Sam, Angela, and maybe Brett. KC gets everyone else.

She didn't play a better strategic game, but she played better at social and comps. And, she has the female vote and gay vote. Tyler won't stand a chance.

I hope Julie gets fired from BB, too. She could easily be replaced by a robot, given how she hosts.

On 9/10/2018 at 7:38 PM, BBLurkerPlus said:

But that assumes the show is about competition and not about money and producer ego.  They have storylines they want to develop from the time they cast their new season "types" (which are mostly clones every season) and then they set about making the show they think will be most entertaining from before the cast even enter the house. WWE really is the best comparison. It's an entertainment show that's rigged. Not a competition, not a contest, despite how they make it appear.

At least with BB, they can't lie and misrepresent everything. Survivor is a show I have absolutely zero trust in, because the producers can show us anything and we have no way of knowing anything else.

On 9/9/2018 at 4:45 PM, Keepittogether said:

I just read that Les Moonves, (Julie Chen’s husband), is scheduled to step down tomorrow as CEO of CBS, due continued sexual misconduct allegations from additional women.  I wonder what this will mean for the future of Big Brother?

Interesting. I wonder if that explains why Julie has such a hate-on for Angela. Perhaps she sees an attractive Angela, and takes out all her hatred of her husband's mistresses on her?

11 hours ago, QuietStorm06 said:

This season will be a let down if Sam wins.

A total disaster. Any of the remaining players deserve to win, with the exception of Sam. She is utterly pathetic and completely undeserving.

I like her. Duh. But I don't think she's any more entitled than most of the rest of the house (and jury). I think women don't like her because of jealousy.

So she's introverted and doesn't make an ass of herself like everyone else. So what?

I was done with her when she won HoH and went crazy with her nomination speech, all while doing the exact behavior herself. She's stupid, dull, and deserves no pity.

11 minutes ago, JustJanToo said:

 

I read what Julie Chen said and I thought it was very unprofessional of her to comment on and psychoanalyze  someone in the BB house that way. 

 

Wow, yeah. Julie Chen sounds bitter and jealous, and obviously must not realize she is only the host because of her husband. She should take her own psycho-analyzing advice.

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. If he's hoping to be the 7th person in a 7-person alliance, I'm not sure that's better than being #1 or 2 in a 3-person. At least if he stuck with his alliance, he might have a chance, small as it is. Try to suck in a couple of the low-hanging fruits from the other alliance into theirs, and he'd have a real chance.

6 hours ago, BBwatchr said:

I think maybe Scottie is a better match for her. Not as good looking as Faysal by any stretch but they serm to get along really well and have soooo much in common. 

Sure, they both secretly like guys?  Long-term, probably not a good romantic match.

I think he butters his toast on the other side of the bread. He just doesn't realize it yet.

Angela has every guy's jury vote. Well, except for JC of course. And, probably Scottie, because, come on! When is he going to come out of the closet???

I think it's pretty clear that the only reason Cody won is because America hated all the houseguests. This was a f-you to the bully club. This wasn't a vote for Cody, this was a vote against the BB season. Even Cody knows he didn't deserve it.

1 hour ago, Lamasquerade said:

Cody got more chances than most hg to stay in the game but blew it. Revenge for what? What did he suffer in the game?  The guy was a nobody before who spent his time going to riots and now he has 25000 and what he thinks is a hot gf that looks more like a young boy with breasts without all the bells and whistles.

I guess that makes me a gay pedophile! 

1 hour ago, WOC said:

Paul has Kevin living in seclusion, so to speak. I don't get why Kevin puts up with it.

Because he's stupid, just like everyone else that blindly follows Paul's dictates.

1 hour ago, hazelnutz said:

I'm not an authority on the subject and should probably keep my comments to myself since I haven't read the contract. I have to agree with Canopus though. I just feel a good attorney could blow the $5M NDA out of the water. It probably isn't as simple but, unless there is a 'list of secrets' that the HG cannot disclose within the contract, what makes anything they disclose a 'secret'.  I've heard of the possibility of someone in breach of contract in this way, I just don't know any outcomes.

 

 

Didn't Russel Hantz, or one of the Hantz scumbags, once disclose some stuff about Survivor? I think there was some threats of lawsuits. IIRC, the end result was CBS had him back on as a player in a later season. So, I guess the non-discloser is okay as long as you made CBS money.

4 hours ago, JessicaRocks said:

It says all kinds of things that pretty much covers CBS in every eventuality.  I realize anyone can sue anyone, but I'll bet CBS has some pretty good lawyers on their payroll.

And an ex-player that is screwed-over can get a pretty good contingency lawyer on their side, and set a precedent that throws out ridiculous contracts like that. CBS doesn't want that. They'll throw a few thousand dollars at a player to keep him happy. Good PR, good legal sense.

CBS pays some actors a million dollars per episode! What's a few thousand dollars?

The contact can say whatever it wants. Doesn't mean it's legal, and doesn't mean CBS will follow-through with it.

The $5M non-discloser penalty probably is serious, though CBS would probably never collect it from some of the deadbeats.

21 minutes ago, JessicaRocks said:

 

Well of course they have non-disclosure agreements, but people break those all the time (especially for the right amount of money, or like if they find themselves drunk or high enough).  No, really, think about it - how is that no former BB player or BB/CBS production staff member had like told some secret stuff to a friend or significant other and it found its way to the press?

 

So many people like to talk about e.g. government conspiracies, but I always consider how hard it is for 99.99% of all people to keep a secret.  How have so many people actually been super human enough to keep BB's secrets?

Probably because BB secrets really aren't that important. After the season is over, a week later nobody cares what happened on the show, or what any of the players are doing. They're simply not at all important after the show is finished.

Add a non-discloser agreement, and the players don't want to risk getting sued if they blab that production told them to do this, etc., etc.

Finally, CBS production is likely only giving advice or bonuses to benefit players. Nobody is going to blab about a benefit they got, and how it wrecked the game for everyone else. You think Paul is going to complain after the show is over?

5 hours ago, Jcrow said:

BB can always think of something and it would probably improve ratings. Lets say its at the point where HGs evicted go to jury. An HG flaunts the rules, kick them to the JH and have a comp for a member already in the JH to take booted HGs place. This or a hundred other ways can work just fine. In past seasons people have been taken out of the show due to their actions and things continued just fine. I'm just saying this CAN be done not that it will be. The producers will do as they please, I'd just like to see things done differently? More fairly? Something!

In Matt's case, he knew he was getting voted out, and he wanted to get voted out. Why would he care if some other jury member took his place and got back in the game? It's not affecting his circumstance at all. And, him eating food is not really affecting the game in any way, so I don't understand why some of you are so hung up on it. Who cares!

Also, I'm not happy about the "get back in the game" twists that CBS likes to throw into their reality shows. I think people should be far more upset about that unbalancing the game, than eating food.

1 hour ago, Tiger87 said:

Waste of a cast spot...unless you're stacking the deck for a Paul win...

I disagree. Every season needs a ridiculous idiot in the house, just to laugh at how pathetic they are. The real problem is that there's way too many of them this year!

38 minutes ago, JessicaRocks said:

 

Honestly, I'm not trying to be rude or condescending when I say this, but I get the sense you don't have a lot of real world experience.  You sound incredibly naive about how the business world works.  And if anything, it would probably be favorable publicity for CBS if they DIDN'T pay someone who self evicted.

lol, okay. First of all, try looking up civil court rulings when it comes to employment law. It's pretty easy to convince a judge a contract is invalid, especially in cases where the employment conditions subjected employees to mental health issues. There's no way that someone like Megan wouldn't get full pay up until the time she left. I'm betting she got a lot more than that. On BB, it would be pretty easy to make a case for harassment, even if you couldn't go for mental illness. The real world isn't as black & white as you seem to believe.

Second, you think not paying your employees is good PR? Okay, I'm not even going to bother arguing that... good luck.

26 minutes ago, JessicaRocks said:

 

If they walk out on their own accord, they WILL lose money...there are clauses in their contract that outline the penalties.  For example, it has been reported that CBS will not pay their air fare home if they self evict.  I understand that there are other penalties as well (eg: non-performance penalty - they sign a contract saying they will stay until their time is up according to the rules of the game...if they leave before they have met their obligation, of course they can be charged with non-performance penalties).  Besides legal penalties for which I've given examples, CBS can do pretty much whatever they want (even in a place like California) - they are a giant corporation with an army of lawyers.  I doubt any of the HG's have anything like CBS's resources.

 

Think about how few times HG's have self evicted (Megan was like what - the 2nd, 3rd maybe 4th one in BB history?).  There is a reason they don't self evict - it's costly.

I'd bet Megan was compensated for her time and airfare. CBS just doesn't want the bad publicity from a contestant that claims CBS put a person with PTSD in a dangerous work environment, and then not paid her. It might be B.S., but that's how Megan would spin it.

I'd also bet that if a player who self-evicted (for whatever reason) sued for compensation, they'd win. It just wouldn't be worth the legal cost to sue.

I'd also bet that CBS has paid every player who ever self-evicted. The contact is probably there just to scare them to stay. Big companies know that paying them a couple of thousand dollars is very cheap P.R.

I agree they should obey the rules. But I don't think CBS is in a position to enforce it too much once the jury is reached. I suppose they could hold back an extra person for a replacement juror if needed. They'd need to pay him/her the full amount for sticking around, even if not needed. CBS probably figures it's easier and cheaper to just give a penalty vote. It doesn't really affect the game, so I don't see it's a big deal for the show.