Ok, people in the Big Brother thread don't seem to want people making negative comments about the show in there, so how about a thread where you *can* do so. (Of course anyone from the BB thread is *entirely* welcome to post positive counter-opinions in this one
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NB This is *NOT* just a general "slag off BB" thread, I'd hope it can be a discussion of what's wrong with the whole concept of "reality TV".
BB was interesting from the point of being a new form of TV when it first happened although I always found it *way* too boring to watch (paint drying, grass growing etc)
Now, in a desperate attempt to justify its existence they're promising lots of "nasty stuff" and "stunts", presumably to get people to watch simply to laugh at the people making themselves look like idiots.
But do we *really* need this sort of thing? What exactly is it doing that hasn't been done already? From an interesting and innovative idea IMO it's now reached the stage "flogging a dead horse". We have had, seemingly every possible version of it, culminating in more and more extreme versions such as The Osbornes or There's Something About Miriam, so what will one more series of BB actually achieve?
Should there be more "reality shows" or should TV producers try to create something else new and original instead of just re-working a tired old forumula?