“Big Brother” premieres amidst much angst
You know, this looks to be a better season than I expected. Not that I didn’t expect it to be good, but that last year’s all-stars season was just so fantastically tantalizing that I didn’t expect anything to top it. And while the jury is out on that, this season seems to be able to hold it’s own.
The house, for starters, is very “Alice in Wonderland” themed, with extra large furniture and extra small furniture. Small doors, silly mirrors and goofy windows. Even the first HOH competition involved revolving mushrooms. Very cute.
The contestants are vapid, for the most part. But they’re always pretty vapid so that’s nothing new. Some of them I seriously would like to put a muzzle on though. And Joe leads that pack for me. He’s annoying with a capital A. Flamboyant is an understatement and while I don’t necessarily have a problem with that, I think he goes over the top. To make matters even worse, he has an ex-boyfriend (Dustin) in the house and is so horrible about that fact that it literally causes pain to watch him. Anna Nicole look-alike Danielle has a rival too, and it’s her father (who admittedly goes by the name EvilDick). You sorta feel sorry for her, though you don’t quite hate him yet either. I’ll be interested to see that whole thing play out. I wonder who’s “side” I’ll end up on. The other “enemy” pair is Carol and Jessica who used to be friends in high school but aren’t anymore because Carol owes Jessica $5 or some such nonsense. I think I favor Carol in this particular equation though I’m sure they’re both pretty detestable. But Jessica’s hair bothers me and I can’t take cheerleaders seriously.
Kail, a 37 year old mother and “multi-business owner” (read: rich) won the first HOH competition and we haven’t even gotten to see her room yet. Eric is a shrimpy (5′7) guy from Chicago who is “America’s Player” and I will admit to being more intrigued by this twist now than I was before I saw the show. I’m starting to see the real potential in this deal and I think it might work out for the best. Can’t wait to see how the show ends up using this. I hope CBS doesn’t “micromanage” too much.
So we’ll return on Sunday for the nominations, to learn more about “America’s Player” and see if anyone (Joe and Dustin, namely) has killed each other yet. If you missed last night’s episode, (shame on you) you can catch it on the CBS website in it’s entirety. The internet so totally rules.
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