Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 8, 2007 18:36:08 GMT 2
The epitome of SCUM television.
Let me clear something up first - this isn't aimed at THIS particular version of Big Brother. Hell, I'm from the UK so I won't even have SEEN this. Not that I watch ANY of Big Brother or any of it's charmless, cheap TV knock-off counterparts.
But it doesn't really matter. Who needs to have seen this particular series - it's all the same, full of phony, desperate, loathsome idiots out to become famous for doing absolutley nothing. Without watching this, I can predict that
a) People will fight and argue for NO REASON AT ALL.
b) There will be an extrovert (probably gay) housemate. Or more than one (if recent UK versions are anything to go by).
c) Two people will fumble around under the bedclothes with each other in a tired attempt to become a household name.
Well, was I right? I bet I was, because this format of program has become so jaded, cynical and worn out that you can almost predict what's going to happen, what the newspapers are going to salivate over the next day.
Big Brother is the epitome of scum television - TV aimed at people who don't have either the patience or intelligence to watch a real program, (you know, one with a plot and actors and stuff). These people, these scum - can't watch a program without wanting to phone in and vote someone off.
Worse than people who watch (and talk about) it? The people who buy the DVD's. Yes, you too can own a version of attention craving morons sitting around in a house. These people, who's names you will forget in three weeks time, will entertain and delight you in totally forced, "oh, is the camera on me? I got naked and they SHOWED IT???" antics.
If this sounds like your sort of thing, may I suggest three other things you may need in your life? A nice, sturdy wooden chair, a solid hook in the ceiling above you, and a lovely big noose. As a great man once said - you might as well kill yourself, you're already dead.
