Everything posted by Chris B
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I don't think Marlo is pathetic nor do I think she's thirsty for a peach. She comes in and does her work and leaves. She's traveling the world and seems to be doing just fine with whatever small check she gets from the show. So many "Friends" or former housewives make it their life mission to get a full time gig or to be brought back and she's not doing that. The show recognizes her value and keeps bringing her back. I do think if she ever became a housewife she'd make friends within the cast. Kenya has gone from hated or ignored by all to being central and having friendships. It's possible, but Marlo isn't going to be cast so it's a moot point.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Kenya and mostly fine with the girls this year. I don't see her provoking much. With Sheree, her main feud, its playful and they both give as good as they get like Nene and Sheree in the old days. And for the millionth time can people stop saying Kenya provoked Porsha to attack her? If that is the case EVERY housewife on every franchise has been "provoked" into a fight. They all read and talk [!@#$%^&*] and get in each other's faces, etc. Miss me with that BS. If you take it to a petty physical level then you need to accept responsibility for it. Either you bout it and don't feel it's a problem or apologize and move on. The reason everyone is still talking about this is because it repeatedly happens with Porsha and she still hasn't accepted responsibility for ANY of the incidents. Porsha is no victim.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Gamble is defending Melbourne because one of the wives was interviewed trashing Melbourne and saying how Sydney wouldn't be as trashy as their show.
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Married to Medicine
Curtis is a selfish dog. She gave up her dream of adopting because he didn't want a child and she gave up her city living dream because he didn't want that either. Where are his sacrifices? She paying for everything on top of that. She needs to leave his dog ass.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Sheree stirring the pot was cute at first, but the girls don't even call her out on it. I feel like everyone views her as a joke so she can't get a rise out of anyone. The feud with Kenya was her attempt and it fell flat. Sheree needs a good direct rival to really pop and I hope she gets one next season. I do enjoy Sheree I just need more realness. This is why I support Kandi through thick and thin. What you see is what you get with her, positive and negative. She shows you her true life. I need a little bit more of that with but Sheree or at least a more believable love interest than Bob.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Oh I know they just used Marlo as an excuse to ease her in, but my point is that she isn't latching onto her. If anything, Marlo helped Sheree, including this season. Sheree had sucked this year. She's only a talk to and her scenes with Bob are coma inducing. We still haven't seen a house, air mattress, tent or apartment. I'm over Sheree. She needs to step it up next season. I don't even find her relationships with the girls interesting this year.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Isn't Marlo the one who reintroduced Sheree last year? People keep saying Marlo is hopping on Sheree, but I could've sworn she brought Sheree to Cynthia's party in the season opener and she also had scenes with Sheree working out on Bravotv.com. And yes there are two trips, camping and Hawaii. Marlo goes on the camping trip with them but I believe Lena is done at this point.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Despite my love for Kenya I am totally Team Marlo and here's why. Phaedra brought her on the show to do her bidding with Nene and although that would've gained Marlo lots of friends and possibly a peach, she gave Marlo a fair shot and was a good friend to her. Their relationship benefitted both of them. Marlo stepped up Nene's fashions and gave her an entertaining side kick while Nene helped build her profile. Nene also wouldn't have had any footage for her wedding spin off if not for Marlo. Nene introduced Marlo to Kenya so naturally they all became friends. It was unfair to assume Marlo should turn on Kenya just because of her petty (and let's be real they were petty) squabbles with her. Once Nene turned on Marlo she continued to be a good friend to Kenya. I believe Marlo when she says Marlo contacted her to setup her birthday and when she saw she could repair her friendship with Nene, Kenya dumped Marlo for the higher profile friend. Marlo explained her case well and Kenya herself said she couldn't defend her actions so she deflected and started to bash Marlo. I think this is all a setup for next season when Nene will likely be back. She needs the money and a high profile gig. They have leverage now and all her whining about not being asked to film this year shows she wants to come back. She'll have to take whatever Bravo offers because they've now proved two years they don't need her for ratings or press. Other than that that I don't have much to say about this episode. With the charity event I think Sheree and Kenya should be ashamed of how little they donated. Personally I would've given 100% of proceeds and doubled it out of pocket. Kenya and Sheree giving less that 600 just looked so cheap. I did enjoy Kenya and Phaedra having a normal relationship. I've always enjoyed them as friends and wish they could maintain that. Kandi also remains MVP for me. I feel she always delivers and is also one of the most real. She's not a true original missing season one but she'll always be the true OC for me. I don't always agree with her but she's vital to this show.
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The Politics Thread
Hillary would've always had a tough go of it, but I do think Russia is very much responsible by her loss and unpopularity. People say she was unlikable, but I think that is mostly the press and done for many reasons but primarily because she's a woman which has always been her biggest hurdle. The very real negative stories that DID leak about Trump I feel would've been enough to bury him had it not been for Wikileaks and that was Russia. Every day the press was reporting on yet another new story from Wikileaks. There is no doubt the email scandal hurt her, but that daily negative campaign from Russia, always perfectly designed to distract from the latest Trump scandal is what I feel gave him the win.
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The Politics Thread
I'm sure some of the Trump report isn't true, but we have to know a good amount of it was. They wouldn't have presented it to Trump and Obama had it not been. I feel like everything with Trump is going to be like an onion and we will continue peeling the layers. We all knew he had ties to Russia, this isn't news. Siding with them over everybody was puzzling to some but it makes sense considering. I'm sure this won't end well for him we just need to wait for them to finish unraveling and verifying this story. Many have compared Trump to The Manchurian Candidate, but this is truly a storyline lifted out of 24! By that I mean that it's so outlandish it can't be true, but everytime we think that Trump surprises us.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
It kills me that we're halfway in and still haven't seen where Sheree lives. We know she has a housewarming that is worse than Kenya's later this season, but she STILL isn't living in that house. She's back, but she's really spread thin for story. They're going to have to work on her if she remains next season. She needs a REAL love interest and story of her own. She is such a talk to and doesn't have interesting relationships with anybody. The Kenya stuff started good but fizzled out because Kenya has her own stuff going on.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Rumor has it that Kenya is upset Marlo and Sheree are friends, hence her comparison to Nene who stopped being friends with Marlo because she became with friends with Kenya who NENE introduced her to. I'm curious to see how that plays out. I believe Marlo will be around for the back half of the season. I know she went on the smaller cast trip with them. My guess is that this is when they'd decided Lena was done and brought Marlo back to stir things up a bit.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
That is Beverly Hills this year! No big feuds and heavy drama, just them loving life, working and having a good time. It's finally fun again. The fact that we're arguing over panties and not cancer or minchausens or whose an alcoholic is amazing.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
It makes me sad RHOC had such a bad season ten. I hate they didn't bring back wives and have more cameos. I hope NYC does that. Jill definitely needs to come back and the cast trip needs to be in Australia to visit Alex. Make it nostalgiac.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Jill filmed one scene that we know of. There is no doubt it'll make air and probably the trailer.
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Ladies of London
Call me crazy but I actually still like Caroline Stanbury. I understand her initial frustration with Julie and I feel had Sophie not gotten involved they could've worked it out and gotten over it. I understand how she feels since her two friends took the opposite side which must be frustrating. I'm curious if it will get better or worse though. Overall i do agree that this season is excellent. I love the cast and I've grown to love Caroline Fleming. I hope it doesn't get canceled with Caroline moving and the bad ratings.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Beverly Hills is PERFECT this season! I can't believe anyone has any complaints. It's like an old school housewives season, very New York meets Atlanta. They throw shade and bicker, but it's not serious. We get all the glamour we want and some fun scenes mixed in. I'm happy. This show has always gotten too dark and too serious. I'm glad everybody is trying to chill the hell out. I'm so over all that darkness. Atlanta has been a bit a bit of a dud for me but now that Kandi and Phaedra are feuding you can tell it's gonna heat up. Kandi was delicious in her take down and the fallout is obviously going to be amazing. Phaedra is very calculated and is smart to use Porsha to do her dirty work. This is about to get very good. Still, next season that HAVE to revamp the cast. At the very least do like OC/BH/NYC and filter in at least one full time wife each year. They shouldnt have gotten rid of Claudia in retrospect. And if they are gonna be lazy, just go ahead and cast Marlo already. This is getting stale.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
DaytimeFan, I completely understood Eileen's reaction. This is her third season dealing with a major death in her family. She's probably numb to it at this point. I have to give her credit because so many would be broken down but she's still trying to survive. Some people don't view death as a negative and try to focus on the positive and that the person is at peace. I'm going to say that's the approach she's taking. Overall I LOVED Eileen tonight! My queen was back! She drove me crazy last year but her talking heads and interactions with the ladies has been spot on so far. And can we have a moment for how GORGEOUS she looks?! Her style is so on point! This premiere was a revelation for me. It felt like old school HWs, particularly New York since we all remember how dark BH's first season was. We got lots of wealth and glamour, the interactions were good and whatever drama or shade we got was light. Even in the promos it looks like it'll remain that way. I hate the darkness and hatred some of the series get and I appreciate what they're giving after such a dark season last year. Without a doubt the best thing they could've done is get rid of Yolanda. Neither she nor Brandi should ever be invited back after how well the show is going without them. Good riddance. I think they have a very solid cast to work off and I hope Eden continues the trend towards an entertaining season.
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Star Trek returns with streaming series
I've been saying from the beginning that this is just a disaster. It's been a disaster since day one. This is a money grab for CBS and that's it. They completely forgot about Star Trek's 50th anniversary even with a movie coming out. I know many were excited about Fuller's involvement, but the second I found out he wanted to do yet another prequel I lost interest. Then I feel they must've had creative differences since they delayed filming. Now we have to deal with a new producer and writer, clearly they're having casting trouble and nobody has a clue what's going on. Lost In Space comes out in 2018 and we already have a full (and very exciting) cast. I'm to the point where I don't even believe this show will meet the May deadline. We will see, but I have absolutely no excitement until I see the product.
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The Lady Gaga Thread
She is a disaster. She knows her core fans will accept anything, but they aren't big enough to make her huge again. After the long break and her last album being a critical failure she needed to pull a Beyonce. Either a visual album, or considering it sounds more like a buzz track, I would've just released Perfect Illusion with no promotion and see how it does. That way if it flops, like it did, that's fine because you never said it was the lead single and you can have something bigger to throw out for the album release. I just don't think this was the right song for a standard album release.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I've felt this from the beginning, but Melbourne is truly the best of the best. The finale was HILARIOUS! These girls are just everything to me. I love the way they bicker with each other. Poor little Pettifleur is such an airhead and never knows when to shut up which leads to such great insults, Jackie is always a psycho, Lydiot can't admit a fault if her life depended on it, Gamble is a lovable airhead and Gina is just the queen of calm, collected shade. I live for Gina. When she said they all need to !@#$%^&*] off and go !@#$%^&*] themselves I died lol. I can't wait for the reunion and I am HEARTBROKEN AND DEVASTATED they haven't announced the new cast and started filming yet. Usually they would have by now, but for the first time it looks like they'll have to revamp the cast a bit so it's obviously taking more time. Plus they also have to re-negotiate the contracts for the original cast. Only "for sure" cast members would be Pettifleur, Susie and Gamble if the producers want them.
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The Politics Thread
I'm so excited for the debate, but not sure what to truly expect. I feel like Hilary's performance will be strong and Lester Holt is one of my favorite journalists so I'm trying to be optimistic. We know he'll be hard on Hilary, because everybody is and he *should* be hard on her. My biggest question is will a moderator/interviewer finally be equally as hard on Trump and actually hold him to answer questions? He typically doesn't say much relating to the actual question and he never provides insight into his ideas, nor does he show more than a basic knowledge of the issues at hand. That needs to be highlighted. Hilary will give very concise and detailed answers so I am hoping the contrast is stark. The biggest problem for Lester Holt I feel will be what questions he asks Trump. I believe he'll be equally tough on both, but there is so much ground to cover with him (since no one ever does) that you're bound to have people complaining about the additional things he couldn't ask.