General Bachelor chat - spoiler forum

[Lucky22]

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me..but I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that Brad is just a stepping stone for Emily..she is going to move upward and onward when she is finished milking the show...I know one of the tabloids said something along this line..I think most people look at her and they don't see the inside of her..I really believe she is a lot smarter than people give her credit for and her looks over shadow that

I don't disagree with you. It's highly unlikely she actually went on this show to find true love and a dad for Ricki. As someone else said, there are about half a million better ways of doing that than taking off across the country to be on a ridiculous reality TV dating show competing with 29 other women for some mystery man she didn't recognize until she got there. I think she went on this show for the same reason a lot of good-looking men and women try out for it ... as a stepping-stone to a lucrative career in front of the cameras.

[ironcat]

Favorite season... tough question when I've seen them all, some more than once.

For sheer "something to talk about," I'd have to go with the Jason/Melissa/Molly debacle.

For a charming love story, probably Andrew and Jen. I also liked Byron and Mary and Andy and Tessa. The Byron season was interesting how it started out with two bachelors.

I liked Prince Lorenzo's season, not because of him (dull, and foppish hair), but because of Europe. Same with Doctor Travis and Paris. I thought the princess chick on Lorenzo's season was insane and made for good TV (Erica?). (So funny she hooked up with the "guard and protect my heart" guy, Kasey! ).

For Bachelorettes... Trista, of course. Meredith made a great B'ette, but I never got the Ian appeal and couldn't get too excited about their romance because I never believed he'd commit.

I wasn't sure he would either, but he was sooo dreamy to look at, who cared? (other than Meredith of course)

Jill's was also a favorite, because Reid proved that you could actually be on the show and come up with some original dialogue that didn't sound recycled. He and Jill were fun to watch together, even though it wasn't a love match.

Generally, I enjoy the Bachelorette seasons over the Bachelor ones, because if nothing else, there's always the eye candy to fall back on.

[bevorules]

(Brought over from the Tabloid thread...)


It doesn't appeal to me, either. I'm in the Northwest, and that overly baked peroxide-hair, veneered-teeth, perfect-manicure look just looks...fake to most of us. I just keep thinking of Holly Madison and the Playboy mansion girls.

Beyond that, though, if Emily had a sparkling personality and chemistry with Brad that I could see, I would have enjoyed this season a lot more. As it is, I'm just left scratching my head, since all I see is an enigma. I hear Emily say she's falling for Brad, but I cannot for the life of me actually see it. When she said those words, she was sitting so primly on the couch, barely touching him. Where's the passion?

LOVE the Barbie and Ken avatar, BTW. Hilarious, and so true!

I live in the south and whether or not you dye your hair platinum has nothing to do with Southern Belle. I know southern belles who are natural brunettes or red-heads as well as blondes. It is the rest of it that makes her a belle, the manners, the politeness, the diplomacy, the decorum, and the careful way she steps. The make up doesn't eliminate her as a belle. Nail salons are very in vogue here so the nail thing is on the mark.

[Samantharose]

I love me some Chantal, but the edit and caps don't match this theory. I think this is Emily's Final Rose. Chantal has new boyfriend in WA.

Are we really sure this Jeff guy is Chantal's boyfriend? I'd hate to think Reality Steve was wrong again and this man's picture and life is now splattered all over the internet. For all we know he's a family friend and Chantal's not in a position till Monday after the show to verify who he is.

[Lucky22]

(Brought over from the Tabloid thread...)


It doesn't appeal to me, either. I'm in the Northwest, and that overly baked peroxide-hair, veneered-teeth, perfect-manicure look just looks...fake to most of us. I just keep thinking of Holly Madison and the Playboy mansion girls.

Beyond that, though, if Emily had a sparkling personality and chemistry with Brad that I could see, I would have enjoyed this season a lot more. As it is, I'm just left scratching my head, since all I see is an enigma. I hear Emily say she's falling for Brad, but I cannot for the life of me actually see it. When she said those words, she was sitting so primly on the couch, barely touching him. Where's the passion?
LOVE the Barbie and Ken avatar, BTW. Hilarious, and so true!

Maybe that's what Brad prefers. Then he doesn't have to deal with any of that messy emotional stuff (cough*Chantal*cough).

[snooky]

I live in the south and whether or not you dye your hair platinum has nothing to do with Southern Belle. I know southern belles who are natural brunettes or red-heads as well as blondes. It is the rest of it that makes her a belle, the manners, the politeness, the diplomacy, the decorum, and the careful way she steps. The make up doesn't eliminate her as a belle. Nail salons are very in vogue here so the nail thing is on the mark.

I agree (like I said before, the southern belle term wasn't mine, but the person I was quoting's.) My previous post outlined everything you said about manners, politeness, etc. as a southern belle trait that fits Emily. The hair, as I said, reminds me more of the Playboy girls.

What the bleached hair and manicured nails do say to me is a lot of high-maintenance time in salons for appearances' sake.

My main problem with Emily is that the perfectly polite at all times southern belle schtick makes for bad TV. Because it's boring.

[tbamom]

I agree (like I said before, the southern belle term wasn't mine, but the person I was quoting's.) My previous post outlined everything you said about manners, politeness, etc. as a southern belle trait. The hair, as I said, reminds me more of the Playboy girls.

My main problem with Emily is that the perfectly polite at all times southern belle schtick makes for bad TV. Because it's boring.

In the 80s there was a TV show called Designing Women that people enjoyed watching.

[Bonbonlover]

we can't forget about Meredith and Ian ... what a beautiful couple

[SpecialK]

that's not what the article says - why would they reshoot another time?? Everything is already set up - just reshoot it then.

Because I just didn't think that Brad got engaged in SA..If he did than yes..But to word it as a reshoot sounds very odd indeed..

[Lucky22]

Favorite season... tough question when I've seen them all, some more than once.

For sheer "something to talk about," I'd have to go with the Jason/Melissa/Molly debacle.

For a charming love story, probably Andrew and Jen. I also liked Byron and Mary and Andy and Tessa. The Byron season was interesting how it started out with two bachelors.

I liked Prince Lorenzo's season, not because of him (dull, and foppish hair), but because of Europe. Same with Doctor Travis and Paris. I thought the princess chick on Lorenzo's season was insane and made for good TV (Erica?). (So funny she hooked up with the "guard and protect my heart" guy, Kasey! ).

For Bachelorettes... Trista, of course. Meredith made a great B'ette, but I never got the Ian appeal and couldn't get too excited about their romance because I never believed he'd commit.

Ugh, what about Matt Grant and Shayne Lamas? That was the Worst. Season. Ever.