I did not know that all of the filming happened a long time ago. This explains a lot. And I guess you're right, I wouldn't have thought anyone was stupid enough to think that Leyan Lo is a fat white guy who can't solve a barely scrambled cube... hmm. Thanks. David Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Chris,
Yeah... I don't really want to respond to this one in public. I don't want some private investigator named Simone deSimone coming up behind me and capping a bullet in my head. I know Brandon would be scared too. Well, not really, but still... I'll just say that everything was honest, and I'm actually kind of tired of answering this question. You might as well go and doubt the authenticity of my blindfold solves while you're at it, but at the end of the day, I know I can solve the cube blindfolded, and I know I can do it in under 2-minutes. The show is honest, it was not rigged. Tyson Mao MSC #631 California Institute of Technology On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Chris Hunt wrote: > Well, > > 1) This show was filmed waaaaay before you are actually seeing it on > TV. It > is not live and has undergone significant editing before it has aired > on > your television. The individual interviews are just that, individual, > and > anything said in there is not played back to the other members in the > house. > This is typical of a reality show. People's comments will remain > private > unless those people decide to tell other members in the house. > > 2) There are many stupid people in the world and I'm sure the casting > process involved finding some not-as-bright girls to put on the show. > The > guys are suppose to be smart and the girls are suppose to be > beautiful... > > 3) I don't find it hard to believe at all. Chris is a jerk and that's > that. > > 4) When you have a camera on you for almost 24 hours a day, you'd be > surprised how much footage can be recorded. Just like any show, the > footage > will be edited and formatted for a 30-60 minute block of time for tv > episodes. Editing is easy and necessary. Moments of climax are always > placed > before a commercial break so that viewers will continue to watch the > show. > > 5) From what I understand, there was a fairly strong interview process. > Chris would obviously be a good guy to have on the show because he > makes it > interesting and creates 'drama'. People like to watch that stuff. > > > Obviosiosly any edited show will not reflect exactly what happened... > but I > highly doubt any of the people's reactions or comments are scripted. > > > -Chris > > On 2/5/06, David Pritts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> First let me say that i love the show, and although I have *never* >> really >> watched TV before, I have now seen every episode of this. However.. >> >> Perhaps other people have noticed some of the same things, maybe >> everyone will disagree with me... I don't know. But, here are a few >> of my >> observations which suggest (to me) that the show is (to some degree) >> scripted/rigged/NOT-real. >> >> 1) The "Asides" with the camera -- several times per episode, there >> will >> be a clip of one of the contestants alone in a room just talking to >> the >> camera. In these sessions, they have said things about how they don't >> like >> their partner, or they hate another contestant, etc. If the show were >> for >> real, nobody would say anything about another person that they didn't >> want >> the other person to know, beacuse the other person would find out >> about it. >> The only way to get around this is if everyone was completely >> isolated from >> the outside world, which obviously isn't true since, for example, >> Tyson was >> able to respond to his email, and (if i remember correctly) attend the >> Caltech cubing tournament which was during the BATG season. >> >> 2) Too dumb -- perhaps I have a skewed perspective, but I don't >> think >> that, for example, ANYBODY in the US doesn't know who John Kerry is. >> Maybe >> I'm completely wrong here, but I found that to be entirely too >> unrealistic. >> The same goes for plenty of other questions, etc. Remember that some >> of the >> girls have attended college. Perhaps it's not the ivy league, but >> anyone >> college student would know way more than some of those girls are >> portrayed >> as knowing. The same goes for some of the things the guys do. >> Example: If >> trying to impress females with your decorating abilities, would anyone >> actually write "in blood" on the wall? ehh not likely. >> >> 3) Chris incident -- kinda the same as my first reason, but if the >> show >> was for real, would anyone actually say "No I don't like my beauty". >> Furthremore, he lies about it.. he tells her he was trying to flatter >> the >> other girl.. BUT, then he tells the camera in private that he just >> "forgot >> about the hidden camera" or whatever. If the show was for real, I >> don't >> think he would have said what he said, and I don't think he would >> have gone >> out and admitted to lying about it to Tristin. >> >> 4) Camerawork/timing etc -- All of the timing etc is perfect, >> strange >> for a reality show. Example: on the first episode (or the second one, >> whcihever it was) when they did the competition to "get to change >> around any >> 2 teams"... They had everyone on the stairs as Chris was going to >> announce >> who they had chosen. "The first team that we picked... was us" >> <Commercial >> break right away>. Every commercial break is preceded by a dramatic >> moment, >> and there are the same number of dramatic moments in each episode, >> and they >> occur in regular increments. Perhaps this is stupid, beacuse I >> suppose they >> obviously film a lot more than actually gets onto the show, and >> consequently >> perfect timing etc could be achieved by good editing, but to me it >> still >> seems like everyhting works out too perfectly in this respect. >> >> 5) Nobody would ever be as big an asshole as Chris was. Seriously. >> It >> makes the show more exciting when there's a badguy.. how would the >> people >> who screened the show know that he would end up being such a loser? >> >> These are just a few of the things I noticed. I'm sure when I watch >> the >> show this week I'll be reminded of other things. I'm sure you will >> too, if >> you look for them. >> >> Anyways, perhaps I'm wrong, but it just seems to me that it's not >> real. >> Or, maybe i'm right and i'm the last person to know this? >> >> Sorry for rambling on for so long.. lol >> >> David >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! 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