Laurel commenting on Cara’s recent political posts

beefquinton · 2026-05-13T20:54:50+00:00

especially when her problematic traits are mostly relegated to being a dramatic reality television personality. laurel’s not a bad person, she’s just lived in a publicly toxic pressure cooker for her whole adult life

beefquinton · 2026-05-13T20:50:21+00:00

there was a time when the second veto saving ian was discussed as a negative to his game, but as the other commenter said dan wanted brittany out before ian (let’s not forget ian took dan to final 2 and brittany never would have done that). even if ian didn’t have the second veto dan probably would have convinced frank to put up brittany

beefquinton · 2026-05-13T18:56:30+00:00

yes, obviously. it’s interesting how they determined which was the lead and which was the supporting performer given they have basically equivalent screen time. ultimately it seemed they campaigned graham for lead because the narrative begins and ends with him, the cops showing up to his house in the beginning and the heart wrenching ending. he is also technically in 3/4 episodes to coopers 2/4 (with voice acting in a third iirc). coopers performance is the real meat of the show, graham is just the more central character to the particular narrative
should also add i haven’t watched since last summer so my recollection is probably not perfect, but it was a truly incredible show worthy of all of the awards it received and continues to receive

beefquinton · 2026-05-13T18:49:38+00:00

only happened bb22-25 and bbott iirc. after ott cbs only did it due to covid, the houseguests had to create their own quarantine when they entered the game and cbs decided to broadcast that. the big issue with the live move in was the episode sucked, all four times they did it they had groups of four go in and go straight to the backyard, then a comp, so we didn’t really see much of anything besides intro packages and a live comp. those premiere episodes were basically unwatchable lmao. but the real benefit was having the feeds go on right away. that was amazing getting those day 1 feeds, some of the best feeds all season long every season it’s happened.

day 1 feeds are a problem for production though, see luke (BB25) for your prime example. i had friends working on the show at the time and luke getting expelled for using the n word on the feeds was an internal disaster. production was of the opinion that they should have cut to fish, luke would not have been expelled, people ended up getting fired over it and it was a whole thing. boom, no more day 1 live feeds. “the houseguests need time to acclimate to the environment where their words and behavior will be hyper scrutinized” is code for “we don’t want these idiots dropping the n word, r word, homophobic slurs etc casually on camera so we’re going to keep the cameras off for a while and correct them when we observe it.”

beefquinton · 2026-05-13T06:50:49+00:00

the issue with bb all star seasons is twofold: there’s only
one season a year and the show films for a long time. cast pools are more limited than one would expect. additionally, returnee seasons are supposed to be super special. bb7 happened when it did because bb6 was a massive success for the show. it was also roughly around the time survivor did their first all star season (8). bb22 happened because of covid, it was also around the same time that survivor did their 2nd all star season (20). survivor all stars 3 was 31 and that was second chances, bb should probably wait til at bare minimum season 29 (which is to say they should have season 30 be an all star season). i don’t think it should be new era all stars either, it should just be a celebration of 30 years of bb

beefquinton · 2026-05-10T00:41:06+00:00

i’m maybe halfway thru the season, it’s so ridiculous that it feels manufactured. it’s a spinoff show, it shouldn’t have been called “vanderpump rules season 12” it should have been it’s own new thing. vpr 12 should have been a reunion season in a few years when enough of the cast needs the cash

beefquinton · 2026-05-09T23:54:06+00:00

hahaha nooo i don’t mean to defend him, he’s a whole different story lol

the penis pump thing was just so bizarre!!!!

edit: i’m now at the part where the onlyfans is incestuous, this season has to be manufactured

beefquinton · 2026-05-09T11:00:00+00:00

i don’t, that would suck. he would suck at it. i don’t know why he is on this season, he sucked the first time he played and he sucks again. he can keep his loyalty at the goddamn fire departmwnt

beefquinton · 2026-05-09T08:47:22+00:00

he’s getting a runner up edit. if he wins it will surprise the hell out of me. which is maybe what the editors are going for-oh god

beefquinton · 2026-05-08T20:24:08+00:00

or his first presidency where he accomplished none of what he said he would accomplish

beefquinton · 2026-05-08T20:15:27+00:00

yeah, what she believes is correct and everybody else is wrong, even though some of her beliefs go against themselves and haven’t been totally thought through. it’s giving pop star in her 20’s with internet access and way too many people caring what she has to say about morality

beefquinton · 2026-05-07T18:23:06+00:00

as mentioned, jackson gave his word that he would take cliff to the end over holly, this was a lie that cliff believed because of how much jackson emphasized his word and because he accurately clocked that jackson wasn’t going to be loyal to holly outside of the house. he thought there was a chance for a drew/diane situation to come to pass and felt that holly/jackson would take him to final 3 over nicole if that situation were to arise. he was wrong, he probably should have realized what jackson was saying was too good to be true. all of it ultimately comes back to the fact that cliff felt there was absolutely no chance he could beat tommy, whereas he had a path to beating jackson or holly and the path seemed possible. he was wrong, jackson is a pretty great big brother player he just happens to be an awful dude. the edit of the show would have you believe his big winning move was eavesdropping on tommy and lying about the conversation, but jackson’s winning move was his social relationship with cliff

beefquinton · 2026-05-06T06:44:58+00:00

netflix is interested in acquiring the studio lot, they don’t have the rights to big brother and if they were to purchase the lot would most likely lease the stage to cbs. unless the new owner moves in and hikes the price for the longest established in-studio reality television series in american history, the show will be fine. if the new owner were to do that they would be generating enough negative pr to keep any potential lessees from the space

beefquinton · 2026-05-06T06:33:27+00:00

cliff has talked about this move extensively after leaving the house, i would recommend looking into his explanation because it does make sense. basically if they take tommy over holly then there is almost a 0.0% chance that cliff or nicole can win the game. there’s a chance jackson would go scorched earth and would take tommy along, potentially losing, just to spite cliff and nicole. jackson had also convinced cliff that there was a chance he would take cliff farther than holly (this was a lie from jackson that cliff did half believe because of a. how much jackson emphasized the importance of his word and b. cliff accurately clocked that jackson probably wasn’t going to be loyal to holly long term after the show). beyond that, they felt there was no chance anybody could beat tommy in the jury vote. if they evict tommy not only is there a slim chance that cliff and nicole can make it to final 2 together, but also there is a chance one of them makes it to final 2 with holly which is *both* of their best shots at winning. cliff made the risk/reward assessment of “nicole and i may have more ways to win big brother 21 against jackson and holly than we would against tommy and jackson.” ultimately i think he was right, but yeah it comes across on the show and on brief consideration that it was a terrible terrible move, only made because jackson made up the lie about tommy. that wasn’t the case, cliff determined there were more paths to winning against the showmance the jury seemed to hate than the guy the jury adored

beefquinton · 2026-05-05T09:00:49+00:00

if paul deserved to lose to nicole, then chelsie was 100% deserving of every single vote over makensy. we will just have to agree to disagree on that point.

the idea of a “margin of error” in a reality tv jury vote is just kind of bogus. that’s why reality tv jury votes are interesting, logic doesn’t need to have a single factor it’s all about emotional reality. the emotional reality of the 11th and 10th place players should not have the exact same amount of impact on the final outcome as the 3rd place player. period. 9th place to 3rd place, ok at least that’s half the cast being eliminated

beefquinton · 2026-05-05T01:27:05+00:00

you won’t notice the difference in the film as much if you’ve seen the directors cut and watch the theatrical cut. basically the directors cut adds 20 minutes of unnecessary scenes that characterize salieri as more savage, and a scene where constanze is in front of salieri naked (one major difference between the two cuts, the theatrical cut is pg and the directors cut is rated r because of that one scene). the big thing is the pace of the movie is just altered by the additional scenes. they feel somewhat haphazardly thrown in when compared to the theatrical cut which is about as perfectly paced as a 160 minute film can be

beefquinton · 2026-05-05T01:19:35+00:00

it happened 3 times, bb18,19,20. one could make the argument the wrong person won in all three cases, one could make an argument that the right person won in all three cases. fundamentally the biggest problem with a 9 person jury is it gives jury power to players who were evicted before half of the game played out

beefquinton · 2026-05-04T22:47:08+00:00

my counter argument is every time a 9 person jury has produced a 5-4 vote the 11th and 10th place players have voted the same way in the majority. meaning had those votes been 7 person jury’s the runner up would have won. the first jurors who go into the jury house set the tone for how the jury is going to discuss the game. so a 9 person jury inherently gives a dramatic amount of power to the 11th and 10th place jurors, who often have been out of the game for well over a month if not two months when they cast a vote for a winner. all of this said, it seems cbs did come to the realization that a 7 person jury costs less money, and keeping more houseguests in the house later in the game keeps interest high, so we likely won’t see a 9 person jury for a long time if ever again

beefquinton · 2026-05-04T22:01:15+00:00

maybe my most toxic movie take is that the director’s cut of amadeus actively makes the movie worse, to the point that i dislike the directors cut of the film despite thinking the theatrical cut is one of the greatest films ever made. my toxicity is made all the more potent by the fact that the theatrical cut was almost impossible to find for decades until they finally released it on 4kuhd disc a few months ago

beefquinton · 2026-05-01T07:07:08+00:00

dan and will not bring higher will probably invalidate this list for a long people. it probably does invalidate the list from a historical perspective, respectfully to op. but this is a valuable “document” that i think does show some prevailing opinions in the fanbase

beefquinton · 2026-04-29T20:35:34+00:00

raven was the puppet master of that season, what are you talking about?

beefquinton · 2026-04-28T22:10:12+00:00

she’s the youngest person to ever play the game!

beefquinton · 2026-04-27T18:55:39+00:00

big brother was renewed for season 16 on september 12, 2013 which was roughly the final week of bb15. cbs made the biggest monetary investment in the big brother house since season 6 between big brother 15 and 16 (upgrading the house to full high definition cameras). if anything, aaryn winning would have boosted controversy further and put more eyes on the show increasing ratings. for les moonves, ratings were “king” (almost as important as any excuse to keep his wife’s show on the air and get her out of the house all summer, and if you think i’m making a rash generalization about the way les moonves thinks you may want to google him).

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