Posted May 12th 2008 1:08AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews
(S16E14) "May the best woman win." - AmandaWell, this surely was a season of blindsides on
Survivor Micronesia, wasn't it? Down to the finale, it just went on and on. After the excitement we had all season due to the strategical game play, I felt tonight's finale was a bit lackluster and full of filler. No, I'm not fussing just because my favorite didn't win. Heck, if that were the case, I would have been gone when Yau-Man hit the dust! Read on past the jump for my full review of the finale.
Continue reading Survivor Micronesia: Stir the Pot (season finale)
Posted May 8th 2008 10:13PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews
(S16E13) "Win and survive, fail and die." - Erik
Well, maybe you can win and die, too. No, I'm not talking about an odd variant of a James Bond movie. I'm talking
Survivor Micronesia. This season has been like a roller coaster ride. While castaways I've been cheering on have been blindsided and cast away much like fish guts to seagulls, I've been enjoying the season nonetheless. After all, it's been their own darn fault!
Read on past the jump for the full review of tonight's show.
Continue reading Survivor Micronesia: If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese
Posted May 1st 2008 11:20PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews
(S16E12) Okay, I officially declare
Survivor Micronesia to be one of the best, if not the best, season ever in the series. You see, the show really isn't all about surviving the elements of nature. The survival skills needed don't necessarily have to do with who might forage best in the woods or who can build a sturdy shelter. Nope, it's "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast." And, chances are ... if you outwit and outplay, you're going to outlast. Tonight's backsided blindside will make for
Survivor history.
Read on past the jump for my full review of tonight's episode.
Continue reading Survivor Micronesia: I'm Gonna Fix Her!
Posted Apr 28th 2008 8:02PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
Last night Adam won $500,000 on
Big Brother 9. Now, I know I heard Julie Chen tell them she'd be giving Adam his check and Ryan his winnings of $50,000 on
The Early Show as is the standard practice. So, I turned on TV as I was heading out the door to my day job only to hear them say that Julie Chen has the day off today. Huh? I didn't bother recording as they didn't mention
BB9 at all.
But there they were -- taped after the finale last night. I found
the video of the interview on the CBS website. It's not embeddable, but if you follow me after the jump, I'll bring up some of the main points ... or, at least the ones I found interesting!
Continue reading Big Brother 9 winners talk to Julie Chen
Posted Apr 28th 2008 12:50AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E35) Since
Big Brother 9 is so into recaps at the beginning of each show -- and they briefly recapped the whole season at the start of tonight's finale -- I think a recap of what it's been like for an observer is in order, don't you? Let's see how quickly I can do it:
Oh, no! Writers on strike! Quick, get together a
Big Brother winter season, make it couples, make it all about sex, get those ratings! Oh, no! The couples are flopping, go to singles, lose the "Til Death Do You Part" titling, sex isn't working, horrible hamsters! Make Sheila cry some more! Phew, it's D-U-N.
Read on past the jump for the full review of tonight's finale.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Season Finale
Posted Apr 27th 2008 9:21PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
Yes, this is the last
Big Brother 9 live feeds report of the season. A bit later tonight I'll be writing up the season finale. It's just about D-U-N. Before I get to the jump, I want to thank all the folks who have commented throughout the season here. We have had a trying season with odd hamsters, an odd season itself which didn't have a lasting theme, but we hung in. We deserve the money!
Big Brother 10 is slated to start on July 13. I respectfully request better hamsters, please. Read on past the jump for the latest on the live feeds.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Final live feeds report - April 27
Posted Apr 25th 2008 2:01PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
I personally think that
Big Brother 9 spends a bit too much time with the last two hamsters alone in the house. That was my thought back when the last eviction was on a Thursday. I feel even more strongly about the issue this season with a Wednesday eviction. It's prolonging the agony. It's like waiting on line at the DMV, sitting in the waiting room at the dentist's office. It's like standing in the express line at the supermarket with two items and being stuck behind a cart full of groceries. You just want to get through it, leave it behind, and get on with your life.
The only interesting happenings in this period are the reactions to the jury questions. Read on for show spoilers!
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Live feeds report - April 25
Posted Apr 24th 2008 10:45PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Survivor, Episode Reviews
(S16E11) "Oh, it's going to be awkward." - James
Okay, we might be having a rather lackluster season of
Big Brother, but
Survivor Micronesia is kicking strategical butt. These castaways aren't messing around. They're not fickle and, once they've made up their minds on a plan, they follow through. They're diabolical and sneaky. I like that in my castaways. It's good to see some real strategy for a change even if I might not always want to see someone go so soon. Yes, I'm talking Ozzy. He's history and I think I have new favorites now. Yeah, I'm being fickle. What of it?
Read on past the jump for the full review of tonight's episode.
Continue reading Survivor Micronesia: I'm Ruthless ... and I Have a Smile on my Face
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 11:46PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E34) "I was getting drownded!" - SheilaHey, I know I know the word is "drowned." But I'm not Sheila, the single mom, and one of the final three houseguests on
Big Brother 9. I guess I made the foolish decision to work for a living and not pin all my hopes and dreams of a happy future on appearing on a reality television show. She made the decision without seeing even one season of the show in its entirety. I've seen them all. I would never be on the show, never!
Read on past the jump for the full review of tonight's episode.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Final HOH competition, final eviction
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 9:20PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
It's down to the final three in the
Big Brother 9 house and this is what excitement is all about! Tonight is the penultimate show of the season and those zany houseguests are ready to break free!
Or, perhaps, I might be just being a bit silly. After all, even though the houseguests may have their stress, what about me? I've written about them day in and day out all season long. Don't I deserve the half million dollars more than they do? Aren't I deserving? It's not about Sheila; it's all about ME!
For show spoilers, read on past the jump.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Live feeds report - April 23
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 8:19AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E33) "Personally, I want to win this veto because I want to be a power whore." - RyanYep, I wanted to get the atmosphere just right for this review of the latest
Big Brother 9 episode. I think Ryan's sentence says it all. Well, as far as his own strategy goes, that is. He's sitting pretty heading into the final three as his position of Head of Household gives him a definite spot in the three. But the remaining three must wheel and deal, scramble, sell their souls ... whatever it takes.
Read on past the jump for the full review.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Final PoV, final three, final HOH part 1
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:15PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
Things are moving along for the live final part of the three-part head of household competition to be seen on Wednesday's
Big Brother 9. That's right. Only the last part will be actually live. Tonight's episode will show the power of veto and the eviction which gets the house down to the final three.
The winner of the first part of the HOH comp goes up against the winner of the second part on Wednesday night. That winner chooses who will be with him or her in the final two facing the jury. A lot of the action has already happened. Read on past the jump for extreme show spoilers!
Continue reading Big Brother 9 - Live feeds special report - HOH comp part 2
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:03AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
I'm sure you've heard about the live eviction planned for tonight's
Big Brother 9 episode. Well, it's not so live. The power of veto? Long ago in the past! The power of veto meeting was held today and the first part of the three part final head of household competition took place.
Oh, my. One of the hamsters have gone missing. There are spoilers in the gallery below and, if you read on past the jump there will be severe spoilers for tonight's show. You've been warned.
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Live feeds special report - final three
Posted Apr 21st 2008 8:24PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)
Sometimes the live feeds from inside the
Big Brother 9 house are interesting, sometimes they're not. Sometimes, even when not much is happening, something will come along to make you snicker. Today was an example of just such a moment. As Ryan was reading, the theme music for the show piped throughout the house. Who was getting down and dancing to the music? Sheila and Sharon were. It was worth a mild snicker and I don't think it counts as a spoiler.
For real show spoilers, read on past the jump!
Continue reading Big Brother 9: Live feeds report - April 21
Posted Apr 21st 2008 11:46AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews
(S09E32) "Team Christ has passed away and cannot be resurrected." - RyanIt's down to the final four in that
Big Brother 9 house of misguided malcontents. What kind of wacky shenanigans will they pull this week? I can't believe I actually said "wacky shenanigans." I don't know what came over me, perhaps cabin fever from watching the live feeds and the show this season. Have they figured out that the guinea pigs are the third preexisting relationship in the house? Ryan has to put two of the three remaining houseguests on the block while he has alliances with two of the three. A sticky dilemma indeed!
Read on past the jump for the full review of the show.
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