Re: Bachelorette 7 Videos - Discussion - Thread #2

by Reidiscool Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:01 pm

mnmhughes wrote:
CarrieAlexander wrote:
Samantharose wrote:
Pattycake92 wrote:I think they edited out some good stuff beteen JP and Ash. We didn't even see their conversation after the boxing date. Reminded me of when they didn't show Roberto on the ice house date. I wish they would've shown more of he f2 but they were too busy promoting the ...

On the HTD JP said it was between Phuket and HK where things got serious between them. We missed a darn important conversation!!

Just like we missed Iceland with Ali and Robertito in the special cave she saved for him.

Exact same episode too, wasn't it?

Ali said in her blog that she knew in Iceland or it started in Iceland... I can remember Rob was hardly shown in that episode, his special cave time in the hot springs was not screened. That might have been where we got a clip at the RC where they kissed as they met and went for a chat outside. Frank was a big focus that episode, as she went out of her way to reassure him. Also CL was seen to be very attentive on the group date with giggles and kisses in the hotsprings.

Ash says it was HK her "honest" love story started. JP had his big date in HK and is very much in focus. For me that clue in her blog was just too obvious IMO.

by chaslom4 Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:05 pm

I learned a lesson after Brad's blogs. I kept thinking no way would he be that obvious, but he was! giggling

by Reidiscool Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:06 pm

chaslom4 wrote:I learned a lesson after Brad's blogs. I kept thinking no way would he be that obvious, but he was!

He had a reason to be...Emily was having a heat attack at home! giggling

ETA...I think Ash is like Ali and loves all the guessing! JMO

by chaslom4 Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:07 pm

Reidiscool wrote:
chaslom4 wrote:I learned a lesson after Brad's blogs. I kept thinking no way would he be that obvious, but he was!

He had a reason to be...Emily was having a heat attack at home!

True!

by Love_Me Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:44 pm

I think it all goes back to whoever gets a 1-1 date during episode 3 has a 50% chance of being the F1. I know it will be brought up that Mickey could have gotten a 1-1 date if JP won the coin toss to Vegas, but with how scripted this show has become I have a very hard time buying that. JMO

by bluwavz Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:53 pm

Love_Me wrote:I think it all goes back to whoever gets a 1-1 date during episode 3 has a 50% chance of being the F1. I know it will be brought up that Mickey could have gotten a 1-1 date if JP won the coin toss to Vegas, but with how scripted this show has become I have a very hard time buying that. JMO

Does anyone remember who actually flipped the coin? It wasn't JP or Mickey, right? I'd wondered if the coin toss was rigged somehow. I think I remember it being Ryan (their Bachelor backup plan) flipping it, which makes it more suspicious to me. I just find it interesting that JP conveniently gets his first 1-on-1 date after Bentley leaves, then gets his second 1-on-1 date after Bentley comes back and leaves again, and now from the episode description it sounds like Ashley talks to Ryan after her dates with Ben and Constantine, but before her date with JP. You just know Ryan probably arrived in Fiji around the same time as the other guys, but they were waiting to unleash him on Ashley at the perfect moment.

by CarrieA Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:01 pm

bluwavz wrote:
Love_Me wrote:I think it all goes back to whoever gets a 1-1 date during episode 3 has a 50% chance of being the F1. I know it will be brought up that Mickey could have gotten a 1-1 date if JP won the coin toss to Vegas, but with how scripted this show has become I have a very hard time buying that. JMO

Does anyone remember who actually flipped the coin? It wasn't JP or Mickey, right? I'd wondered if the coin toss was rigged somehow. I think I remember it being Ryan (their Bachelor backup plan) flipping it, which makes it more suspicious to me. I just find it interesting that JP conveniently gets his first 1-on-1 date after Bentley leaves, then gets his second 1-on-1 date after Bentley comes back and leaves again, and now from the episode description it sounds like Ashley talks to Ryan after her dates with Ben and Constantine, but before her date with JP. You just know Ryan probably arrived in Fiji around the same time as the other guys, but they were waiting to unleash him on Ashley at the perfect moment.

HHAHA he sounds like a caged animal when you say it like that bluwavz rotfl

by jurystillout Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:07 pm

No kidding, LOL.... okay calm down Ryan, calm down.... we know you are all excited but seriously, would you just take a seat man... !!!

by Shelby Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:08 pm

Love_Me wrote:I think it all goes back to whoever gets a 1-1 date during episode 3 has a 50% chance of being the F1. I know it will be brought up that Mickey could have gotten a 1-1 date if JP won the coin toss to Vegas, but with how scripted this show has become I have a very hard time buying that. JMO

Bachelorette 7 Videos - Discussion - Thread #2 - Page 40 1003998638

by Beeleever Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:11 pm

jurystillout wrote:No kidding, LOL.... okay calm down Ryan, calm down.... we know you are all excited but seriously, would you just take a seat man... !!!

:missclap: rofl

by deedreamer Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:18 pm

albean99 wrote:
Reidiscool wrote:
albean99 wrote:I just saw the preview on the Jimmy Kimmel show. We have it here but on my tv you couldn't see that it was Ben she was asking "want to get out of here?" so it looked like she was saying it to Constantine. They showed him looking down sadly and the only other spot they had him was when she greeted him at the pool but it's from the back so people could have thought it was Constantine. Are they trying to make it look like Ben's leaving? I found it interesting.

Jimmy also had a short bit about the show and there was a clip that showed them saying "like" "connection" and Ashley playing with her bangs. I guess we're not the only one noticing.

Haven't seen the clip but always though it must said to Ben, because she is wearing orange at dinner with Constantine and a black fancy dress with JP.

Random thought...casual attire with Ben (CL) vs dressed up with JP (Roberto). Given the other similarities with Ben/CL edits I will LMAO if we see Ash REMOVE, JP's white shirt....alla Ali/Roberto, especially after going to their "own private island". Clever little beggers these editors with a great sense of humor!!!! JMO

It was said to Ben but the commercial made it look like she was saying it to Constantine.

This was dinner. Hard to tell how casual but probably more so than with JP. Still can't tell if she's wearing the blue striped top here.

So it is really Chris L edit or just want us to think so. Kind of funny either way.

It looks like she is wearing a brownish short sleeved dress or top...there is a splash of turquoise but it looks like it might be a napking crumpled up on the table.

by lavenderred Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:20 pm

ironcat wrote:As to why Roberto was more hidden than JP, the producers saw Chris as more able to carry the show than they did Ben, IMO, and so highlighted him from the start, and helped make him the "star". They, for some reason, didn't see Ben as having the same "star power" as they did Chris. You work with what you have. Also, Frank stayed around until the penultimate episode, and served as a nice distraction. Bentley left early.

Sorry to quote just you, ironcat, but your words were handy. And I've seen this same line of thought posted by so many JP fans that I finally had to say something. Bachelorette 7 Videos - Discussion - Thread #2 - Page 40 Soapbo10

Bachelorette 7 Videos - Discussion - Thread #2 - Page 40 Soapbo10

And, IMO (all of this is IMO so I won't keep repeating my disclaimer), I think that reasoning is a load of caca!! Ben's edit is great and he's being shown to be a very kind and genuine man who is rediscovering his emotional side. Heck, he tells you this every episode, thanks to the editors. He is also being edited with a very playful and fun side which is 10 times the personality that Chris L was ever shown to have (and we know post TB how funny Chris L is). I personally think Ben is being edited to be just as fun and funny and entertaining as Reid was, and I should know since I'm a fan of both. Even Reid was shown going through some self-discovery and opening up about love during his season. I don't think that many would argue against Reid being a great Bachelor just like I definitely think Ben would would also be able to carry a Bachelor season with flying colors. And of course I hope, just like I hoped for Reid, that Ben won't do it.

So, what jumps out at me every time I see Ben's edited personality put down and blown off as not being strong enough to carry the show by JP fans is this -- I see fear, I see JP fans as still somehow threatened by Ben, even at this stage of the season. And then I wonder why?

If Ben's so boring and non-threatening to the ordained pairing of JP and Ashley, why is there the need to continually put him down?

Stepping off my soapbox now. Bachelorette 7 Videos - Discussion - Thread #2 - Page 40 Soapbo10

P.S. I don't like anything about JP. I don't like his looks or his cockiness or his attitude or his ego or his anything. But I do not feel the need to go around posting that in every thread. Nor do I feel a need to even venture into his dedicated threads. So IMO it would be nice if JP fans could show the same respect to Ben.

by Sponsored content