Well, poor Michael. Normally, I would find this relative twist to be pretty cool, but then we jumped into his backstory of having a fatherless childhood and all the turmoil that obviously caused. This was intercut with Jennifer extolling her dad and saying how wonderful it was to have him as a father. It's clear that Michael will probably have a lot of anger or rage directed at the man who Jennifer loves so dearly, and I feel like it's sort of shitty for Big Brother to exploit that for ratings. At the same time, it was curiously fascinating to see Michael put the pieces together in his head as he slowly realized Jennifer was his sister. I don't really know why he didn't just tell her right then and there who he was. There are some things that even a game shouldn't interfere with. Oh my, am I preaching? Anyway, the situation went from fascinating to devastating as Michael then learned that his father never told Jennifer about his old family. Poor guy. Reality TV can be a real bitch sometimes.
Future iterations of Project: DNA promise that a set of identical twins will tag-team in and out of the house. To what effect, I don't know. It seems rather gimmicky and probably puts those twins at a disadvantage. These twists are all fine and good, but the truth is that all we care about are the dynamics. Big Brother doesn't have to sell us. Just let us watch these silly people preen around the yard, flirt in the pool, strategize over PB&J, and crawl around on an oversized DNA segment. Okay, we might not need to see that last one, but I'd be willing to watch that silly food challenge twelve times if it meant I didn't have to look at Jase and his stupid bandana fetish again.
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Comments (3)
i think will, the big gay nurse was doing a bit more than "sizing up the competition" and seemed a bit too focused on some peoples "power structures" during the treadmill bit.
i fell asleep at the last 7 minutes, and woke to phil kehogan dispatching a midget from the santa monica pier and wondered, HEY!! WHAAA HAPPENED?!
i love julie chen. she is so robot-like, i bet she is QUITE the logician.
1 of 3 | Posted by jash | Posted on July 7, 2004 10:27 AM
also, do they get creamy or chunky peanut butter?
i think i could eat that straight for weeks if given both.
2 of 3 | Posted by jash | Posted on July 7, 2004 10:28 AM
As an employee of the J.M. Smucker Company (sort of) I was delighted to see large tubs of Smuckers Jelly in the Big Brother house. Then I remembered that Smuckers is a Christian Scientist company that feels that sexual situations/references, vulgar language, games of chance, and sensationalism on television are all inappropriate. Hmmm...
On a side note, B-Side became an uncle this afternoon - Mazel Tov!!!!!!!!
3 of 3 | Posted by Melis | Posted on July 7, 2004 11:01 AM