Ksyrup
04-15-2003, 07:47 AM
Yes, I watched it. Every week. My wife has become obsessed with these shows, so while surfing the web, downloading bootlegs, and simming OOTP, I've watched this (and other, believe it or not worse, reality shows).
The ending of this one last night, though, I thought really went too far.
To sum up the show, the first couple of weeks were in front of an audience as the show matched males and females with potential wedding partners. After questioning by friends and family of the person being "set up" (pun intended?), the audience chose from the two left. I think they had 5 couples who "won."
From here, they sent them to a secluded ranch somewhere, and each week a panel of 3 judges (not sure who they were) asked questions and voted one couple off until there were two left. The deal was that only one couple would win a $500,000 wedding package (house, money, car), but - of course - they had to get married to win, and the winner wouldn't be announced until after the ceremonies.
The two couples left were interesting in their dissimilarities. One couple was a decent looking young lady who had previously posed in Playboy, matched up with a mid 30's-looking unemployed guy. I say the chick was decent looking because although she had a great body, her face was disturbing similar to Chris Kattan in drag. And that ruined her for me. There really didn't seem to be much of a spark between them - the guy seemed desperate to give his life some direction, and she might as well be it - and the families were polar opposites. Her family is from Lon Gisland and her father was scary. I'm sure he could have had someone take out this guy's kneecaps if he wanted.
The second couple seemed to have an instant spark, at least sexually speaking. The chick fell hard for the guy, but he made it clear that he could not commit to telling her he loved her unless he felt it. She was a bit wild, with a knack for saying some really out of place things at the wrong time. She also had this crazy, bandana-headed roommate who acted like her surogate father, or maybe he had pent-up feelings for her, I don't know - but he was crazy and emotional. The guy looked disturbing similar to Peter Scolari, and I kept waiting for Julia Duffy to come around the corner and this guy to starting giggling like a school girl.
So they both get to the wedding day. The first couple goes through their vows to each other, and then the Playboy chick decides she can't say yes when the time comes. Neither of them seems too broken up about it - clearly the families were giddy about it - and the guy looked like he lost his puppy (and a way to get a job?). I saw that one coming a mile away.
The second couple, though, seemed like a train wreck waiting to happen. It was clear she was going to say yes, so the only question was whether the guy was going to go through with it and see what happens, or bail. Again, they get to the altar, say their vows - and his included a line like, "I'm ready to take the next step in our journey together" - she says yes, then he backs out when it's his turn. She's stunned and crushed, the bandana'd wierdo goes off, breaking stuff, calling him a loser, etc., she runs off crying and devastated. It was not a good scene.
Anyway, the way the second one ended made it clear to me that they were forced (or coaxed) to go as far as they did before breaking it off. Why the guy would go through his vows before contradicting what he had said a minute before was impossible to understand. he had made his lack of feelings clear several times, so it was clear to me that he knew he should (or wouldn't) go through with it. I just thought the show went too far - in a Jenny Jones way - to get ratings and draw out what was obviously never meant to get as far as it did, further than any other reality show I've seen.
It was clear by her reaction that the bride-to-be was not in on the producer's joke. Considering both couples went to the very end before someone called it off - at the exact same moment in the ceremony - makes me think it was undoubtedly forced to occur. I just got a really bad taste in my mouth from that ending.
I know what everyone thinks of these shows to begin with, and I'm not saying I am surprised by any of it, but this one just felt wrong. I don't have a problem with people being taken advantage of if they know what they are getting themselves into, but this one seemed to go beyond that.
Was I the only one who was forced to watch this crap?
The ending of this one last night, though, I thought really went too far.
To sum up the show, the first couple of weeks were in front of an audience as the show matched males and females with potential wedding partners. After questioning by friends and family of the person being "set up" (pun intended?), the audience chose from the two left. I think they had 5 couples who "won."
From here, they sent them to a secluded ranch somewhere, and each week a panel of 3 judges (not sure who they were) asked questions and voted one couple off until there were two left. The deal was that only one couple would win a $500,000 wedding package (house, money, car), but - of course - they had to get married to win, and the winner wouldn't be announced until after the ceremonies.
The two couples left were interesting in their dissimilarities. One couple was a decent looking young lady who had previously posed in Playboy, matched up with a mid 30's-looking unemployed guy. I say the chick was decent looking because although she had a great body, her face was disturbing similar to Chris Kattan in drag. And that ruined her for me. There really didn't seem to be much of a spark between them - the guy seemed desperate to give his life some direction, and she might as well be it - and the families were polar opposites. Her family is from Lon Gisland and her father was scary. I'm sure he could have had someone take out this guy's kneecaps if he wanted.
The second couple seemed to have an instant spark, at least sexually speaking. The chick fell hard for the guy, but he made it clear that he could not commit to telling her he loved her unless he felt it. She was a bit wild, with a knack for saying some really out of place things at the wrong time. She also had this crazy, bandana-headed roommate who acted like her surogate father, or maybe he had pent-up feelings for her, I don't know - but he was crazy and emotional. The guy looked disturbing similar to Peter Scolari, and I kept waiting for Julia Duffy to come around the corner and this guy to starting giggling like a school girl.
So they both get to the wedding day. The first couple goes through their vows to each other, and then the Playboy chick decides she can't say yes when the time comes. Neither of them seems too broken up about it - clearly the families were giddy about it - and the guy looked like he lost his puppy (and a way to get a job?). I saw that one coming a mile away.
The second couple, though, seemed like a train wreck waiting to happen. It was clear she was going to say yes, so the only question was whether the guy was going to go through with it and see what happens, or bail. Again, they get to the altar, say their vows - and his included a line like, "I'm ready to take the next step in our journey together" - she says yes, then he backs out when it's his turn. She's stunned and crushed, the bandana'd wierdo goes off, breaking stuff, calling him a loser, etc., she runs off crying and devastated. It was not a good scene.
Anyway, the way the second one ended made it clear to me that they were forced (or coaxed) to go as far as they did before breaking it off. Why the guy would go through his vows before contradicting what he had said a minute before was impossible to understand. he had made his lack of feelings clear several times, so it was clear to me that he knew he should (or wouldn't) go through with it. I just thought the show went too far - in a Jenny Jones way - to get ratings and draw out what was obviously never meant to get as far as it did, further than any other reality show I've seen.
It was clear by her reaction that the bride-to-be was not in on the producer's joke. Considering both couples went to the very end before someone called it off - at the exact same moment in the ceremony - makes me think it was undoubtedly forced to occur. I just got a really bad taste in my mouth from that ending.
I know what everyone thinks of these shows to begin with, and I'm not saying I am surprised by any of it, but this one just felt wrong. I don't have a problem with people being taken advantage of if they know what they are getting themselves into, but this one seemed to go beyond that.
Was I the only one who was forced to watch this crap?