The Aftermath

[InMyPJ's]

Originally Posted by thethreej's

What I find interesting about this whole thing, is the producers had to use the stories from Graham, Jeremy, and Jason to make the show interesting. Their two main characters, couldn't even hold up the show by themselves. It has been stated that if they showed more of the love story between DeAnna and Jesse, it would have been boring.

Well, maybe not boring.....between De burping and Jesse farting...they would have had to put the show on earlier for the 'tweens to watch

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[Specialized]

Originally Posted by thethreej's

ABC geared the whole show towards, Graham, Jeremy, and now Jason. If they wanted us to fall in love with the final one, they should have showed us more of the love story between Jesse and DeAnna. They used Graham, Jeremy, and Jason to get ratings, because they knew the "real" love story would be deemed boring by most viewers. At this point I could care less if she picks Jesse, or the wolf man, because I think Graham, Jeremy and Jason are the three that stole the show away from DeAnna.

I guess I see this differently. The show is all about DeAnna finding the one for her, and the men are there as possible choices. I enjoyed several of the "Bachelors" this season, and agree that DeAnna had a nice group of men. The "final four", who get more attention than the others ,because they are DeAnna's top choices, become the featured players. The editors then try to confuse the audience so they will be surprised at the end. Finally, hidden screencaps seem to emerge and enable the audience to see more of what happened during the show. It is not always as it seems!

[freethinker]

Originally Posted by Arielflies

Ahh, those fortunate whispers of leaks and hints that began on the day after and became full blown loud conversations on Thursday...a full five days for those that discover or hear about Jesse as F1 to get over their knee jerk reactions of disbelief, deniel and anger. (Maybe not so much on the part of die-hard fans with depressed spirits, though.) I think it will probably work for the netties and those who read blogs and they will be in a more receptive mood by Monday evening. It's already Sunday - the fourth day - and, other than sleuthers upset over the edit and misleading FRC caps, it seems to be working.

Am I the only one who still finds it strange that no one has felt the need to "leak" anything about the actual ATFR show itself. Everything has been about the last episode of the Bachelorette....I haven't seen a word about the interaction that went on at the ATFR taping.

[MsFroggy]

Originally Posted by girlsmom

Maybe D realized that she didn't want a puppy=Jason. The bottom line with this season is that it seems to me that women watched for the MEN. D was not really the star of the show, these men were and D rained on the fantasy if she picked Jesse.

Jason is about as exciting as lukewarm dishwater so I can't blame DeAnna if she doesn't pick him. However, I don't feel sorry for him or any of them really. They all chose to whore themselves out on TV, Jason even did it to his son. He could have absolutely not signed the consent form to put his son on camera, but he did.

DeAnna has never struck me as too intelligent and I always felt she just wanted exposure and a way out of that bartending/real estate working-9-to-5 type of gig she has going. Of course, any of us could have told her that being on any number of fake reality dating shows would not enhance her credibility in Hollywood, but I doubt she would have listened. I really hope she will fade into the woodwork after the ATFR. I have no desire to see her in any capacity on my TV after the show. I got sick of her just like I got sick of Brad, Lorenzo, Andy, Travis etc. before her. I couldn't care less who she picks in the end but I find it funny that it's supposedly the joker of the bunch with the girlfriend, the sponsorship deal and the ugly mug. It's like she purposely picks the one person with whom it would be easiest to claim in a week's time that it didn't work out or the person who would be all for a fake relationship to keep the sponsors/network/whomever happy.

Besides, I agree that she wasn't even the star of the show per se. The audience of this show is mostly female and 25 shirtless men pretty much equal good entertainment right there. Their, er, "quest for love" on TV is incidental to the show, as far as I'm concerned, mainly because it's non-existent...

[girlsmom]

Originally Posted by valley54

What I am saying is, the show was done taping before it started airing, they knew who F1 was. Jason had nothing to do with the editing. TPTB had to have seen a backlash coming if they edited a child in and the father gets hurt.

Oops, Yes, I totally agree, BUT the featuring of Ty, imo, brought in the viewers for them and that's all they care about. Throughout the seasons there have been TONS of things that they did in terms of edits to bring in viewers, but offended people. I don't get this whole pitty party for Jason, he took the same chances as everyone else and just because he chose to leave his son at home to take such a risk does NOT entitle him to not get hurt. So, I don't see him being a single father as any more hurtful than anyone else in the past. The producers featured those along the way that they felt would best bring in the viewers and I have no idea how their choice of featuring Ty will pay off in the long run, but in the short run I'll bet it did. Personally, I don't understand this backlash of not picking the single father any more than any other featured contestant. I just don't.

I don't know why Jesse was not edited more strongly. I do know the old adage that actors don't want to work with children because they are scene stealers is illustrated in the featuring of Ty. The problem is that Ty worked, imo, for the ratings. I can't see why they'd be a huge backlash any more than in past seasons when the viewer didn't see the love story. We never are shown the true love story. Never. I've skipped two seasons completely and saw only two shows this season because of this.

[girlsmom]

Originally Posted by MsFroggy

Jason is about as exciting as lukewarm dishwater so I can't blame DeAnna if she doesn't pick him. However, I don't feel sorry for him or any of them really. They all chose to whore themselves out on TV, Jason even did it to his son. He could have absolutely not signed the consent form to put his son on camera, but he did.

DeAnna has never struck me as too intelligent and I always felt she just wanted exposure and a way out of that bartending/real estate working-9-to-5 type of gig she has going. Of course, any of us could have told her that being on any number of fake reality dating shows would not enhance her credibility in Hollywood, but I doubt she would have listened. I really hope she will fade into the woodwork after the ATFR. I have no desire to see her in any capacity on my TV after the show. I got sick of her just like I got sick of Brad, Lorenzo, Andy, Travis etc. before her. I couldn't care less who she picks in the end but I find it funny that it's supposedly the joker of the bunch with the girlfriend, the sponsorship deal and the ugly mug. It's like she purposely picks the one person with whom it would be easiest to claim in a week's time that it didn't work out or the person who would be all for a fake relationship to keep the sponsors/network/whomever happy.

Besides, I agree that she wasn't even the star of the show per se. The audience of this show is mostly female and 25 shirtless men pretty much equal good entertainment right there. Their, er, "quest for love" on TV is incidental to the show, as far as I'm concerned, mainly because it's non-existent...

MSFROGGY! About time you showed up with your words of absolute truth and wisdom about this crazy show. Fleiss hit the jackpot with this season of eye candy AND the adorable little boy. He pulled out all the stops to save his non-romance trainwreck of a SHOW.

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Originally Posted by freethinker

Am I the only one who still finds it strange that no one has felt the need to "leak" anything about the actual ATFR show itself. Everything has been about the last episode of the Bachelorette....I haven't seen a word about the interaction that went on at the ATFR taping.

I would like to know myself.

[hopelessroman]

Originally Posted by valley54

I think this is what is great about this forum, we all have different views that we can share. But, I will say if Jesse wins, TPTB did a sucky job editing this season. They could have edited Ty out and not involved a child. THE AFTERMATH will be UGLY if she chooses Jesse.

I agree with what you had quote above...and several statements here. Wedding plans? Um....shouldn't she be thinking...."Let's see if we can beat the odds and make this relationship last past the six month mark"

Duh.......

[rvon]

It was leaked. It was said that Jason was very nice and showed his wit -- still hurting, but was very gracious about everything.

The big secret was the wedding date has been set for May 9, 2009 and ABC gave the a trip to Santorini, Greece for their honeymoon.

Other stuff was said, but I can't remember just what it was.

[Larel]

Originally Posted by MsFroggy

Jason is about as exciting as lukewarm dishwater so I can't blame DeAnna if she doesn't pick him. However, I don't feel sorry for him or any of them really. They all chose to whore themselves out on TV, Jason even did it to his son. He could have absolutely not signed the consent form to put his son on camera, but he did.

DeAnna has never struck me as too intelligent and I always felt she just wanted exposure and a way out of that bartending/real estate working-9-to-5 type of gig she has going. Of course, any of us could have told her that being on any number of fake reality dating shows would not enhance her credibility in Hollywood, but I doubt she would have listened. I really hope she will fade into the woodwork after the ATFR. I have no desire to see her in any capacity on my TV after the show. I got sick of her just like I got sick of Brad, Lorenzo, Andy, Travis etc. before her. I couldn't care less who she picks in the end but I find it funny that it's supposedly the joker of the bunch with the girlfriend, the sponsorship deal and the ugly mug. It's like she purposely picks the one person with whom it would be easiest to claim in a week's time that it didn't work out or the person who would be all for a fake relationship to keep the sponsors/network/whomever happy.

Besides, I agree that she wasn't even the star of the show per se. The audience of this show is mostly female and 25 shirtless men pretty much equal good entertainment right there. Their, er, "quest for love" on TV is incidental to the show, as far as I'm concerned, mainly because it's non-existent...

Well lucky for me I love lukewarm dishwater!!

Your loss if you don't!