Brooks Discussion Group

My opinion doesn't change just because it's followed by a picture of Des and Chris, but thanks?

It was never my assumption that he was bashing Des, and by all accounts, all three have been pretty nice to each other post show.

There was audio commentary of the slide show by Brooks and, I assume, his coworkers at the conference.  I don't have a way to assess it without being able to clearly hear what they said.  

Thanks for providing the slide show.  Labelling posters as haters is against forum rules.  You've been here a long time, so I'm surprised to read that in your post.

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alwaystulips wrote:There was audio commentary of the slide show by Brooks and, I assume, his coworkers at the conference.  I don't have a way to assess it without being able to clearly hear what they said.  

Thanks for providing the slide show.  Labelling posters as haters is against forum rules.  You've been here a long time, so I'm surprised to read that in your post.

To clarify, I was not calling you all "haters"...I meant hating what he did.
My entire post was referencing the presentation and people being mad about that.

Thanks for clarifying, sfrank.  

The slide show raises alot of interesting questions about casting, production, spoiler sites, fan club pages and Brooks's company's involvement with that.  I would absolutely love to hear what he had to say over all those slides of the breakup. Wish we could see a video of the presentation.

alwaystulips wrote:Thanks for clarifying, sfrank.  

The slide show raises alot of interesting questions about casting, production, spoiler sites, fan club pages and Brooks's company's involvement with that.  I would absolutely love to hear what he had to say over all those slides of the breakup.  Wish we could see a video of the presentation.

That slide show is creepy on it's own.  I would hope that any commentary going with it would explain away the creepiness of it.  :giggle:

Evidenced by slide 75/95, a photo with his cougar friend?  

Excuse me if this is a dumb question because I haven't exactly followed this Fit Marketing thing very well, but what exactly are they marketing?  Brooks?  I vaguely remember something 1F did post-show that had to do with marketing and how popular he got from the show.  Is this something similar?  

Chacharo wrote:

alwaystulips wrote:Thanks for clarifying, sfrank.  

The slide show raises alot of interesting questions about casting, production, spoiler sites, fan club pages and Brooks's company's involvement with that.  I would absolutely love to hear what he had to say over all those slides of the breakup.  Wish we could see a video of the presentation.

That slide show is creepy on it's own.  I would hope that any commentary going with it would explain away the creepiness of it.  :giggle:

Evidenced by slide 75/95, a photo with his cougar friend?  

Excuse me if this is a dumb question because I haven't exactly followed this Fit Marketing thing very well, but what exactly are they marketing?  Brooks?  I vaguely remember something 1F did post-show that had to do with marketing and how popular he got from the show.  Is this something similar?  

It's rather curious, isn't it, ChaCha? If I'm to draw conclusions based on their presentation, wouldn't I think, "Brooks used The Bachelorette as a self-marketing tool that now benefits his employer, Fit Marketing?" I don't see any takeaways from that presentation for marketing other than that TV brings you more attention.

I like Brooks plenty; I just am growing more and more skeptical of the Fit Marketing/Brooks/Bachelorette trifecta.

I have just watched all the episodes for the third time (des). I think she fell in love with Brooks when he got out of the limo. Noone else could compare. Brooks really liked her up until Germany when he saw her with James. (he snuck up on them). That is when I saw him change, and we all know what James was like. I have nothing but respect for Brooks, he was the only sane one on this show. I'm done watching it. Des doesn't realize that Brooks had her back on ATRC, when he said he saw the way she looked at Chris. He knew she was taking heat. I never saw her look at Chris the way she looked at Brooks. I think Brooks is a true gentleman, and realized he couldn't fall in love after 3 days. He needed more time. Nothing against Des and Chris, but they are in it for the $$$$$. Watching ATRC she still has feelings for Brooks

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Chacharo wrote:

alwaystulips wrote:Thanks for clarifying, sfrank.  

The slide show raises alot of interesting questions about casting, production, spoiler sites, fan club pages and Brooks's company's involvement with that.  I would absolutely love to hear what he had to say over all those slides of the breakup.  Wish we could see a video of the presentation.

That slide show is creepy on it's own.  I would hope that any commentary going with it would explain away the creepiness of it.  :giggle:

Evidenced by slide 75/95, a photo with his cougar friend?  

Excuse me if this is a dumb question because I haven't exactly followed this Fit Marketing thing very well, but what exactly are they marketing?  Brooks?  I vaguely remember something 1F did post-show that had to do with marketing and how popular he got from the show.  Is this something similar?  

It's rather curious, isn't it, ChaCha? If I'm to draw conclusions based on their presentation, wouldn't I think, "Brooks used The Bachelorette as a self-marketing tool that now benefits his employer, Fit Marketing?" I don't see any takeaways from that presentation for marketing other than that TV brings you more attention.

I like Brooks plenty; I just am growing more and more skeptical of the Fit Marketing/Brooks/Bachelorette trifecta.

 

karenap63 wrote:I have just watched all the episodes for the third time (des).  I think she fell in love with Brooks when he got out of the limo.  Noone else could compare.  Brooks really liked her up until Germany when he saw her with James. (he snuck up on them).  That is when I saw him change, and we all know what James was like.  I have nothing but respect for Brooks,  he was the only sane one on this show.  I'm done watching it.  Des doesn't realize that Brooks had her back on ATRC, when he said he saw the way she looked at Chris.  He knew she was taking heat.  I never saw her look at Chris the way she looked at Brooks.  I think Brooks is a true gentleman, and realized he couldn't fall in love after 3 days.  He needed more time.  Nothing against Des and Chris, but they are in it for the $$$$$.  Watching ATRC she still has feelings for Brooks

IMO, if they were in it for the money, wouldn't they of stayed in the LA area and took part in a chance there to further their $$$$ ?

Maybe I'm one of the "delusional" Des & Chris fans but the only look of love I saw from Des at the ATFR was directed at Chris. Yes she was infatuated with Brooks for a lot of the season but she seemed to be very into Chris on their dates. I don't find it odd that she was able to move on even if I would have preferred no engagement.

I'm sure Brooks is a decent guy and he has plenty of fans who find him attractive but I don't think he's irresistible. Plenty of people fall in love in the bubble and out just as fast or faster. Chris Lambton said he was over it on the plane ride home. I have this feeling that the editing & the spoilers caused a lot of us (including me) to see only Brooks as the f1 and to ignore Chris. I wish now I hadn't been spoiled because I had Chris as f1 until I was spoiled in the 4th episode. I still had doubts but mostly bought into the spoilers because there were so many of them. I love that from now on we can't trust them. I think I'm going to work harder to stay unspoiled next season. :Nod:

albean99 wrote:Maybe I'm one of the "delusional" Des & Chris fans but the only look of love I saw from Des at the ATFR was directed at Chris. Yes she was infatuated with Brooks for a lot of the season but she seemed to be very into Chris on their dates. I don't find it odd that she was able to move on even if I would have preferred no engagement.

I'm sure Brooks is a decent guy and he has plenty of fans who find him attractive but I don't think he's irresistible. Plenty of people fall in love in the bubble and out just as fast or faster. Chris Lambton said he was over it on the plane ride home. I have this feeling that the editing & the spoilers caused a lot of us (including me) to see only Brooks as the f1 and to ignore Chris. I wish now I hadn't been spoiled because I had Chris as f1 until I was spoiled in the 4th episode. I still had doubts but mostly bought into the spoilers because there were so many of them. I love that from now on we can't trust them. I think I'm going to work harder to stay unspoiled next season. :Nod:

Totally agree!!