S26.E01: Big Brother: Premiere Night 1

[leocadia]

The First 8 Houseguests move in and compete in BB AI Upgrade and Downgrade comps

Not sure how I feel about the season yet.  My initial impressions are almost always wrong.  So far, I like Rubina, Mackenzy** and Cal.  Angela and Joseph both need to calm down.  Angela is going to have the vapors and Joseph is going to Frenchie himself right out of the gate.

No real feelings yet on Tucker, but just physically I'm getting a total Dexter vibe.

**No clue on how she actually spells her name and I'm not invested enough to check at this point.  I have the feeling I will either love or hate her.

[springbarb]

Oh, Angela. Honey. I'll be surprised if it she makes it more than 2 weeks.

[Katesus7]

I always have to tell myself to ignore my first night impressions of the houseguests because they are encouraged to be the most over the top, obnoxious, manic versions of themselves because “the audience will love it”! I hate it. Want to root for anyone from Houston but hate Makensay or however she spells her name. Want to root for a 50 year old woman but Angela can go far, far away. But I will give them another chance.

But this whole AI nonsense can Suck. It. I am NOT down with the concept that houseguests voting the correct way - which is to say “HELL NO” to whatever BB wants you to do - get punished, while the dumbasses who are fine with another person coming in get rewarded. HATE! 
But this is and will always be my summer crack, so I’m here for the duration. Which apparently is mid-October, which is just weird.

[HurricaneVal]

I'm on the west coast, and I got home and went to watch BB a little after 9PM, and CBS is showing The Price is Right?  What's up with that?

[LoveLeigh]

This might be the first season I watch only on eviction nights. It just seems old and tired and done. Maybe it will take time to get into it. 

[Sir RaiderDuck OMS]

6 hours ago, Katesus7 said:

But this whole AI nonsense can Suck. It. I am NOT down with the concept that houseguests voting the correct way - which is to say “HELL NO” to whatever BB wants you to do - get punished, while the dumbasses who are fine with another person coming in get rewarded. HATE! 

But this is and will always be my summer crack, so I’m here for the duration. Which apparently is mid-October, which is just weird.

When you're trying to make the houseguests appealing for the viewers to watch, "Altruism=GOOD, Selfishness=BAD" is a way to reinforce that, especially if the rewards and punishments are significant. If they're something lame that doesn't last past Week 1, that's different.

I was waiting for someone to barf in the spin room.

As soon as the one guy started going on about watching BB with his protective older brother, I thought "And the brother's probably dead." Five seconds later, guess what the big reveal was? These intro segments can be so predictable.

BB is likely stretching into October for the same reason Survivor and Amazing Race are 90 minutes each now: In an era of declining network viewership, reality shows are low-cost original programming, and BB also makes extra $$$ via the live streams (be it from Paramount Plus subscriptions or Pluto TV ads).

Edited July 18 by Sir RaiderDuck OMS

[North of Eden]

Hard to though as premieres are tough as everyone is a cypher and everyone is on their best behavior so we don't know true personalities yet.

But a few things:

Blonde Nana: This is gonna be the best summer!

Me: Until you are immediately ostracized and targeted over your age.

Philopena women are some of the prettiest on the planet so I'm on Team Rubina unless she proves herself evil.

Thanks BB for allowing me to skip the last 15 minutes...the rules were so convoluted I had no idea what you had to do to win or loose.

 

Edited July 18 by North of Eden

[peachmangosteen]

That was probably the worst premiere ever, which is truly saying something.

[nickp1991]

could’ve been a 2 hour premiere

[Slider]

The cast seems decent... the premise does not.  This is the dumbest idea they've had yet.  This might be the summer BB and I break up.

[30 Helens]

Wow, this has to be a new level of apathy for the boards. Day after the premiere and only 9 comments? I wonder how that translates to the viewing audience at large. Can't say as I blame anyone, though. This episode was even worse than I expected. 

I didn't see any video/ interviews with the cast before this, so these were my first impressions and they're... not great. Short loud woman is going to be a lot, I fear. Video clerk: Can't get past the pornstache.  Chelsie: Julie's new BFF? Tall woman: If being with a shorter man bothers you (it shouldn't), maybe ditch the 6" heels. Also, I keep seeing your name as "Manksey" and the only way I'll accept your dumb spelling is if you do some covert graffiti on the house walls. Hawaiian guy seems ok. Cam didn't give me much, so I'll give him a pass for now. Not sure yet how much I'm going to hate Tucker, but I suspect it's more than a little. I certainly could have done with a few less douche-bro model shots in his intro. And, Angela? Enjoy your "best summer ever", because I think it's gonna be shorter than you think.

I don't even know what to say about AInsley (good catch, Thalia) except is this the best character art they could come up with? She looks like a pre-Na'vi concept from a 1990's video game. (Hey, maybe that's why Pornstache is here! He traded access to his stock for a unicorn bed.)

I don't know. I'm going to keep watching because like Katesus7 said, this is my summer crack and I'm not ready to put down the pipe just yet. But October's a long way off and I have plenty of time to change my mind.

[iMonrey]

12 hours ago, leocadia said:

**No clue on how she actually spells her name and I'm not invested enough to check at this point.  I have the feeling I will either love or hate her.

It's Makensy. I don't know if her parents thought they were being clever or if they just didn't know how to spell. 

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Tall woman: If being with a shorter man bothers you (it shouldn't), maybe ditch the 6" heels.

LOL I thought the same thing!

[Sir RaiderDuck OMS]

1 hour ago, nickp1991 said:

could’ve been a 2 hour premiere

The news coverage of the Republican National Convention probably forced the premiere to spread over two nights.

And they likely didn't want to delay the premiere a week because the Olympics start a week from Friday, and they want to get viewers hooked before then.

[Slider]

30 minutes ago, Sir RaiderDuck OMS said:

And they likely didn't want to delay the premiere a week because the Olympics start a week from Friday, and they want to get viewers hooked before then.

That was a really shitty hook on CBS's part. 

[peachmangosteen]

1 hour ago, 30 Helens said:

Wow, this has to be a new level of apathy for the boards. Day after the premiere and only 9 comments? I wonder how that translates to the viewing audience at large. Can't say as I blame anyone, though. This episode was even worse than I expected. 

I think a lot of people have just left this forum too, unfortunately.

But also, it does feel like every year as of late has less and less comments so it seems some people have been able to stop watching this shit show. I envy them lol.

[Callaphera]

Even after enabling notifications on my Big Brother social media accounts and popping in here, I still missed that it was airing last night. I thought there was still a week to go. 🤷‍♀️

[North of Eden]

32 minutes ago, Callaphera said:

Even after enabling notifications on my Big Brother social media accounts and popping in here, I still missed that it was airing last night. I thought there was still a week to go. 🤷‍♀️

You miss absolutely NOTHING.

[JayDub1987]

1 hour ago, 30 Helens said:

Wow, this has to be a new level of apathy for the boards. Day after the premiere and only 9 comments? I wonder how that translates to the viewing audience at large. Can't say as I blame anyone, though. This episode was even worse than I expected. 

Pretty sure this website as a whole is dying. I just popped on here to see if I recognized any familiar faces. When they started treating their user base like children on some of the TLC-show forums, it was a matter of time. 

It was a Wednesday night, so I'm betting they'll still pull down 3+ million viewers and be the highest rated broadcast of the night unless people lost it due to the RNC. 

[North of Eden]

36 minutes ago, JayDub1987 said:

Pretty sure this website as a whole is dying. I just popped on here to see if I recognized any familiar faces. When they started treating their user base like children on some of the TLC-show forums, it was a matter of time. 

It was a Wednesday night, so I'm betting they'll still pull down 3+ million viewers and be the highest rated broadcast of the night unless people lost it due to the RNC. 

I hope it doesn't die. Because I don't know of any other forums That would be like this one.

[Shrek]

Just now, North of Eden said:

I hope it doesn't die. Because I don't know of any other forums That would be like this one.

I give it 6 months now. A lot left when they shut down for what seemed like a month & never came back. Plus the mods are & always have been very quick to pull the ban trigger or to want to moderate posters like they're naughty 5 year olds, somebody always has their lickle feelings hurt.

[tinkerbell]

I liked the intros to each houseguest, and especially doing only 8 at a time, to get a feel for who's who.

Makensy is too full of herself - if she'll only date guys who are 6'5" her dating pool is tiny. her comments about using men to get ahead bugged me.   Tuck seemed OK for a minute, then he gave me kind of a skeevy vibe,  also too full of himself.  Gee, if only he were a little taller, he would be showmance material, huh, Makensy?

Angela bugged me from the start.  I bet her family is glad for the break from her over-the-top antics.  she likes to party, go to the club and yell "WOOOOO!" all the time. she will be exhausting to the others.  She reminds me of suburban moms who drink too much and try too hard to be FUN! HAPPY! people. 

[Gregg247]

I wish this had been a 2 hour premiere, but it's understandable, what with the convention coverage.  I wonder if they really waited a full day before bringing in the second half of contestants, or if the 1 day difference is JUST for us viewers.

Early impressions (sorry, don't know their names yet):

Pornstash guy - A video store manager who plays poker?  This guy is living my life from the 90's!  I guess I have to root for him (for now).

50 year old R/E agent who likes to party - Can't wait to see her disappointment as she becomes the reliable "pawn nominee" every single week this summer.  She's trying WAY too hard.  Plus, on the spinning chair, she got ONE color right! LOL

Smirking dude from Boston/NYC - Trying way too hard to be the cool villain.  He needs to get humbled pretty quickly or he'll be out first.

4'9" Filipino girl - I guess being that short makes it hard to be noticed in a crowd, but her vocal chords certainly make up for it.  She may turn out okay, though, once she starts using her inside voice.

Anyone who voted "Yes" on whether to add another contestant to the show should have gotten an immediate nomination.  Why would you want MORE competitors for $750k rather than fewer?!?  Julie should have told them, "We're adding the new contestant, just as you requested.  However, we're still only going to have 16 this summer, so one of you will be going home tonight."

 

[Cherry Styles]

2 hours ago, Sir RaiderDuck OMS said:

The news coverage of the Republican National Convention probably forced the premiere to spread over two nights.

And they likely didn't want to delay the premiere a week because the Olympics start a week from Friday, and they want to get viewers hooked before then.

They could have started the show in June like they used to and avoid trying to hook the viewers before then...but what do I know.     Anyway, why have they pushed the premiere back so far the last 2 years? 

Edited July 18 by Cherry Styles

[JayDub1987]

1 hour ago, Shrek said:

I give it 6 months now. A lot left when they shut down for what seemed like a month & never came back. Plus the mods are & always have been very quick to pull the ban trigger or to want to moderate posters like they're naughty 5 year olds, somebody always has their lickle feelings hurt.

 Yep. If this is still working by Christmas, I'll be shocked. I'm not sure what changed with ownership/management, but they obviously had no clue what they were doing. You don't shut down a website like this for that long, botch the rollout, shut it down again, and then start treating your user base like morons. 

[Thalia]

1 hour ago, North of Eden said:

I hope it doesn't die. Because I don't know of any other forums That would be like this one.

I hope so too.  When TWoP closed, or whatever the last name was, we had time to talk on the forums and luckily it became apparent that some if not all of the same people were coming over here.   I prefer this kind of message board to anything threaded, but I suspect the format may be dying.  Plus, there has been just a great group of core people here.  

As for the premiere.   Okay, first for my predictions on the premiere part deux.  If it is just a repeat of last night, then I will lose what little respect I have for the "creative team."  Of course they will "mix it up" by presenting them with the option of Aiden as opposed to Ainsley  

I agree with you guys for the most part about the cast.  I suspect Rubina will bug the hell out of some people but I liked her DRs. the Big Surprise for me was Joseph.   He was funny and not simply annoying.   Tucker lived up to the snap judgment I made about him when I saw his photo.  Won't be surprised if he feels threatened by Big Mac's height.   

Edited July 18 by Thalia

[SummerDreams]

The only reasons I watch BB are Taran's podcasts, this forum's discussions and maybe a good strategy that will come up now and then in the game.

I think I only like Kimo from episode 1.

[30 Helens]

1 hour ago, Thalia said:

I prefer this kind of message board to anything threaded, but I suspect the format may be dying.  Plus, there has been just a great group of core people here.  

Agreed. And frankly, I don't know where else to go if this site goes away. (Reddit, I suppose, but yuck.) Maybe that would be the catalyst to break my BB habit, because if I can't snark about the show with like-minded people, there's really no point.

[Wandering Snark]

I guess it's slightly unfair to claim, again, that this is thee worst casting ever as that is kind of a barrel we never seem to reach the bottom of but yeah, esp. this first eight don't seem to hold much promise and yet SO much annoyance.

And no this isn't live feed info but I'd guess that despite her height requirements Mackinsky has already hooked up with Tucker... because I know this show too well, like that drunken mistake-prone friend that always makes the wrong choices while you just shake your head. Just as they will vote "fun mom" out VERY early on if not first...

I can hope for the "second 8" and/or suprises when people settle the heck down from production telling them to "be them at 10 out of 10!!" but I just can. not. with the AI BS. I mean, seriously?? Given what actual AI can produce they threw THAT together as the central 'twist' to rely on all summer (and apparently now into fall...)?? Actively difficult to look at AND they couldn't even get the thing to have it's speech sync with it's lip movements even?? Did Julie design this thing herself so she knew it woukldn't threaten her place as runner of the show? Deer gahd.

[JayDub1987]

There is another forum, but idk if I’m allowed to discuss here

[Sir RaiderDuck OMS]

7 minutes ago, JayDub1987 said:

There is another forum, but idk if I’m allowed to discuss here

You could always post the name of the forum in the context of a comment about last night's episode. 😁

[peachmangosteen]

3 hours ago, Gregg247 said:

I wonder if they really waited a full day before bringing in the second half of contestants, or if the 1 day difference is JUST for us viewers.

I imagine they went in pretty shortly after the first group. Mainly because I don't see Julie coming back the next day to film again.

21 minutes ago, JayDub1987 said:

There is another forum, but idk if I’m allowed to discuss here

If there's another forum similar to this one, please do PM me a link. Just in case, because I too don't see this place lasting much longer, unfortunately.

[JayDub1987]

Ooo I like this way (but anyone can feel free to DM me)

Anybody else thinking that the realtor mom is JUST the latest example of someone who comes in and gets whacked early in ANOTHER example of weeding out people over 30? 
 

Ah well. No need to go down that RABBIT HOLE.

[CrazyDog]

I'm not even sure I'll watch this season, but the draw to this forum is still pretty powerful, ha. I like seeing the familiar names and hilarious commentary every season, even if I'm half heartedly watching the show. It's a bummer to read that the forum may be declining. If there is another alternative, I'd also love to know. Reddit is too chaotic.

[Skooma]

6 hours ago, JayDub1987 said:

Ooo I like this way (but anyone can feel free to DM me)

Please just post in here using some context to mask it from the censor crowd.  Even they owe us that much.

There was a fantasy sports site where I always went for my fantasy baseball team info and they put some mod in charge of that section that went power tripping with censoring and lecturing that 90% of the posters left.  Soon after, NBC who had bought the site, just shut it down without warning.

A private poster from the old site with mad coding skillz managed to set up a new forum that looked like a clone of the old but different name and people have been trickling back in but still not up to the old traffic before that anal mod destroyed the forum.

And with no warning from NBC taking it down, it has been hard to get the band back together again.  So any way to link a fallback Plan B here is most welcome.

(I assume my post will be taken down soon here and I'll probably get banned or punished or whatever but I'm sick of anal mods.  I've seen the destruction they can do to a good site first hand).

And since there isn't any night 2 thread and really shouldn't be but one thread for the premiere anyway, last bunch seemed worse than the first bunch.  Or I'm already tired of the same old same old casting that do every season on this show.

Well I've been tired of this casting for ages actually.  But a start in June when people want to watch crappy casts like this made it a bit more tolerable.

I think the reason for the late start is CBS is advertising their premiere week way back in the middle of October.  Gone are the post Labor Day immediate premiere weeks of yore.

Edited July 19 by Skooma

[Dirge]

I've seen only the first 8 people. Pretty average for the show. Though I don't know how Kimo can call himself a super fan when he doesn't know, as even his grandma does, that people "borrow" clothes. 

I wanted the houseguests to stop and take a big breath of the pristine house; it'll never smell that good again. 

I would've said yes to Ainsley just because I know how this show is. In the YES competition, I would have stopped looking at the colors at 8 and shut my eyes to make fend off the dizziness. Most people can remember only 7 things. 

[30 Helens]

14 hours ago, JayDub1987 said:

Ooo I like this way (but anyone can feel free to DM me)

Anybody else thinking that the realtor mom is JUST the latest example of someone who comes in and gets whacked early in ANOTHER example of weeding out people over 30? 
 

Ah well. No need to go down that RABBIT HOLE.

You be clever, @JayDub1987. Thanks for this. 

[Cherry Styles]

I thought Chenbot was BB's first AI. Not Ainsley.  😄

[retired watcher]

Anytime a mom says she is the popular mom you can be sure she is not. 

What is the story with Joseph? A video store? That porn mustache?

I like bringing in 8 at time. Is Ainsley an actress or really AI? So many questions.

[Wandering Snark]

19 hours ago, Wandering Snark said:

Given what actual AI can produce they threw THAT together as the central 'twist' to rely on all summer (and apparently now into fall...)?? Actively difficult to look at AND they couldn't even get the thing to have it's speech sync with it's lip movements even?? Did Julie design this thing herself so she knew it wouldn't threaten her place as runner of the show? Deer gahd.

Just wanted to add that when you see AInsley's graphics think that THIS was 1985 yo, almost FORTY years ago:

[Sir RaiderDuck OMS]

43 minutes ago, retired watcher said:

Is Ainsley an actress or really AI? So many questions.

"Ainsley" (or Ainsle or however it was spelled) was played by a human actress named Cosette Rinab.

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/big-brother-26s-ai-robot-ainsle-is-a-famous-tiktoker/

[JayDub1987]

Ainsle is a TikTok star....which is a thing, and I'm still not sure how. 

[30 Helens]

16 hours ago, JayDub1987 said:

Ainsle is a TikTok star....which is a thing, and I'm still not sure how. 

Does that mean all TikTok people are AI? Because that explains a lot.

[sabes06]

On 7/18/2024 at 1:36 PM, North of Eden said:

I hope it doesn't die. Because I don't know of any other forums That would be like this one.

I started using the ap TV Time a few years back and now go there more often than here. It's more meme content and tends to be less critical but I enjoy some of the discussion . 

The live feed highlights here have been my summer guilty pleasure for over a decade so if these forums are moving elsewhere please dm me with the details!