The reason the interview format works is that each person can give an hour or two of their time, and the editors can trim the cast responses as necessary to make sure that there are plenty of comments out of context so people will hate them, or hate them more as the case may be for some. With the old discussion forum style, they probably had a two or three hour show that they had to try and edit out the pointless drivel (and with this group of people, there is plenty of that) and try and get things they thought were on topic. Well, no more of that.

First among the complaints for a lot of people was the whole "Good Guys" vs "Bad Asses" designation. Many people complained that many of the Good Guys were just as bad as they were with Robin and Brad getting arrested during their season and Landon's horse incident. As one person put it, perhaps it should have been called "Bad Asses" and "Badder Asses." First "good" and "bad" are really subjective terms. I could tell you that I think I am smarter than anybody who was on Inferno II, and when you think about it, that wouldn't be a huge accomplishment. But, if I called somebody a bigger skank than any I saw on Inferno II, suddenly that means something, because the skanks were all around.

Anyway, before I ramble, the first thing on everybody's mind, or at least the first thing the producers wanted us to think was on everybody's mind, was the hookups and how they took place. Basically, everybody is a hookup monster. Everybody is attractive, there is plenty of booze, you just expect people to hook up. Tina had a good point, perhaps the first one ever, when she said the thought of it was like a lot of bacteria in a pool. You never know what you'll come up with if you decide to go down under. Therefore, it was kind of disappointing to find out that there were no really big hookups this season.

No hookups?! Not even with Tonya in the house? Well, Tonya actually did try and make out with Landon, but Landon either had second thoughts or realized how filthy Tonya was. And speaking of how filthy Tonya was, I am going to give CT some props for pointing out that while Veronica and Rachel made it a point of telling people what a little whore Tonya was, Tonya was not the one who was filmed having a threesome in the shower. [Veronica and Rachel had a threesome with Abram on The Gauntlet - ed.]

After the hookup talk, we got to spend some time on Rachonicina, and their role in the house, which I believe was finding the weakest person in the house and trying to gang up on them. Tina said that they intimidated a lot of people, which was true, but she says they were all intimidated because they knew that the three of them weren't there to hook up, at least with any of the boys. It had to be one of the funniest lines during the whole show. Even though a lot of the guys were desperate, I am sure they would have humped a hole in a cactus before finding Tina appetizing.

I have an alternate theory to suggest. People weren't intimidated by the three girls as much as they despised their presence. And the other people in the house despised Rachonicina not because the three girls wouldn't hook up, but because they were mean, backstabbing bitches who cared about nobody but themselves and whose every utterance was laden with mountains of hypocrisy. Again, I am not trying to defend Tonya, but why would Veronica take pictures of Tonya while she was sleeping naked? Yes, Tonya has been in Playboy, and she will flash her boobs to anybody, but at least give her the option of when to expose herself. If there is a good chance that she is going to get naked anyway, why take the picture? The only reason is that you want to piss her off.

Posted by J-Unit on July 4, 2005 2:39 PM