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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 5:22 pm 
I'm not sure if it's worth having separate threads. Maybe we should have one show thread?
Anyway that veto competition looks awfully funny. Love the Canadian beavers.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 5:24 pm
Now I understand the talk about how cold it was.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 5:54 pm
These competitions are fantastic. Really funny and really tough.
I like the pool party one as well. Very clever and it made the houseguests think about strengths and weaknesses and their position in the house.
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 6:34 pm
What was the pool party comp?
I hate how cocky these guys are. The girls were finally on the right track. Terrible mistake to talk so openly.
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 6:42 pm
The pool party comp was another one taken from Big Brother Australia. I'm so glad to see that Canada is using some of the good ideas from around the world.
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 6:44 pm
I just saw the comp. that was quite revealing. Interesting to se who was bossy and who was passive.
If Jordan doesn't want to be known as a super fan, he needs to stop talking so much about the game!
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 7:04 pm
The DRs are terrible! Scripted and predictable.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 8:33 pm
I agree. Overall though it was a great episode.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Monday, March 30, 2015 - 9:30 pm
The DRs feel identical to BBUS DRs.
Thats what you get when you don't have a BB voice, scripted DRs because the HGs have to explain everything.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 1:39 am
Loved that bottle spinning thing and how at ease the straight men were about kissing Johnny - that was a very pleasant surprise.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 6:30 am
Its getting a bit annoying how much of what they do is just blatantly copied from previous houseguests and seasons.
Jordan and Zach with their stupid little alliance sign ripped straight from "the shield" (I refuse to use their asinine mispelling).
Bobby using the first 2 out in the HoH comp as his excuse for nominating them in a cowardly attempt to avoid taking any responsibility for his nominations...
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 6:47 am
How many times do we have to hear Bobby say "no blood on my hands". Every time he speaks we hear that phrase at least once.
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Lake_gal
Member
06-09-2004
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 7:01 am
Well if Brittnee, Kevin or Sindy win HOH next they should just nominate Bobby. They can tell him he put them up. They have to nominate him because then they get no blood on their hands since he already nommed them.
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Sueby
Member
11-18-2004
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:41 am
I thought it was hilarious when the girls were talking and Kevin walked out from behind the corner. I am really enjoying this year so far. I am a little confused about who is actually loyal to who with all these alliances. I won't mind seeing Cindy with an "S" leaving.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 11:22 am
The whole show was funny. I loved the dam competition with all the dam references.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 11:30 am
I find the show very innovative and that makes me proud as a Canadian. They aren't entirely tethered to the American show. I like that they seem to come up with original ideas as well as culling the best of the international franchise.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 11:57 am
I like it better than the US version, but I can't in all honesty consider it to be innovative when everything thats different from BBUS is copied directly from BBUK.
Its good though that they are borrowing more from other versions of Big Brother and not sticking entirely to the BBUS formula like US has done for like 14 years now.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 12:03 pm
Although I groaned when I saw how BBCa has scripted DR sessions similar to BBUS as well as the nauseating "Who wants to see my HOH room?" ritual, I was immensely relieved to see the HOH nomination ceremony gets down to business immediately when revealing the nominations. None of that spinning-of-the-key-box contraption / key-pulling / "you are safe" / putting-the-key-around-the-neck silliness!
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 12:26 pm
Some of the old BBUS formula has changed but not enough of it in my opinion. They should change all of it.
They still do the "one of my duties as Head of Household is to nominate..." spiel, the veto competitor random draw speech, and countless others.
But yea, the absolute worst part is the DR sessions where they have the housemates explain everything instead of just using a narrator or BB voice. As a result we never see any honesty in the DR room, just exposition and boring houseguests either incessantly using or trying to start catch-phrases.
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 4:20 pm
And there are things that don't need explaining! I'd rather listen to what HGs are saying during the comp.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 6:53 pm
Funny ep and good comps. I hope they continue to really make them work for everything.
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 9:00 am
I agree with everyone  just got caught up on all the episodes. I'm LOVING all the twists and stuff, they're keeping it really fun. But I'm not really surprised by that because BBCA has always been more interesting and fun. (The jon/aly DR drinking "mission" from last season is still my all-time favorite)
The alliances are so funny. So there's
The chop shop- Zach, Ashleigh, Willow, Graig and Bruno (are there more?)
Newport- Zach and Jordan
Fortress- Jordan and Kevin
And did I see something in the LF thread about Bromuda? Jordan Zach and Kevin?
Graig and Bruno are in an alliance, not named that I know of
Brittnee, Sarah and Naeha are in an alliance, not named that I know of
And what seems like so many more. They are fun to watch though. I was wondering during the vote, when they say and/or make their alliance sign, where did that originate from? Like how long ago, who was the first? Wasn't it a BBUS season?
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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 10:17 am
I think it started with Chilltown in BBUS 2' but I could be wrong. Whoever started it, it's incredibly annoying.
I do think the Canadian version is less predictable and just has a "lighter" feel to it. The tasks are usually goofy, not kind of mean the way some in the US version are.
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Flagg
Member
06-01-2005
| Saturday, April 04, 2015 - 7:18 pm
I think most of the alliance naming and sign BS can be blamed on "Chilltown". The naming at least, I don't remember chilltown having a silly sign.
Survivor was before (and largely copied by) Big Brother US and for the most part Survivor players don't feel the need to name their alliances and certainly don't bother with silly childish signs.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 05, 2015 - 10:24 am
I think that the producers encourage alliance names. Otherwise when we talk about them we'd have to constantly ring off all the names. With respect to the signs, I think that Big Brother contestants are bored and want to be memorable. The live voting is boring when it's one-sided but it keeps up the suspense when it is close.
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