It's clear that no one is actually enjoying this season of BB. It's by far the worst I've ever watched. I just need to write a post to vent my frustration and add one more point to the five that Tim already made in his "Who Broke Big Brother 15?" post. I agree with all of his points as well, but I think at this time in the game there's one more that needs to be said.
As my brother so eloquently put it one day, this season is how people who don't watch Big Brother think of Big Brother. By that I mean that it is mindless, uninteresting, and full of lousy people doing lousy things. But what is the major problem of this season? The lack of charismatic players certainly doesn't help. The MVP twist was a disaster. And nobody finds racism entertaining. But for me there is one major problem with this season that has eliminated any entertainment.
6. Nobody is Playing
I would say that everyone is this house is a floater and I'm dead serious. Even Amanda and Helen, who seem to be running the house, aren't doing anything of significance. They talk a lot, but because no one in this game will go against the grain, they really aren't saying anything. Just look at the voting for this season. They have all been basically unanimous. That's what really pisses me off about this season. There's no challenge to get people out. No one has even tried to make a plan to save someone on the block, or turn the house on its head, they just go along with whatever the "house" wants. Even someone like Judd, who was universally loved, was able to get knocked out within minutes. Nobody questioned it, nobody said "hey, he isn't pretending to be stupid, he's just stupid,"they all just saw what was happening and went with it. These people have become so complacent that they're shocked when someone on the block doesn't throw a veto competition simply because they told him to.
Right now GinaMarie, Helen, and Elissa should be looking at either Spencer or Jesse and wanting to work with one of them. The numbers in the house are dwindling (thank God) and pretty soon it will get to the point where a 4-man alliance is basically unstoppable. The 3am squad (terrible name) will win this game if the rest of the house doesn't do something. But, because this season has no hope left, nobody will do anything of interest, 3am will make it to the end and Aaryn will probably win because why the hell not?
This season has become an allegory for the futility of life. Nothing changes in this world. Nothing inspiring ever happens without a dozen terrible things happening subsequently. Any likeable people are somehow oppressed by the dictators and warmongers, and everyone simply pretends not to see. Racism, still rampant, is believed to have disappeared and forgiven. And in the end the winner will rewrite this history and claim that the end justifies their means. It's a cold dark world, it was inevitable that eventually the Big Brother house would succumb to the unbridled misery that encompasses our depressing planet, I was just hoping for a few more good years.
-Matt
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