ATFR Taping: Discussion & Spoilers

Reidiscool wrote:

northernviewer wrote:

Reidiscool wrote:I think the editors did a fab job this season. With all of the CL/Roberto similarities I thought they were taking the pi@@.

San, Alanna both said it reminded them of Ali/Roberto and JP was Ash's rock. All of teamcup cake where screaming how simple it was, but I just couldn't see that MF would be so obvious. Guess I'm not like Ames...I prefer my love stories to be more complicated. My therapists are working on it

My therapists are going to wonder where I am this year as I'm such a regular post-Bach customer

Yet still we come back for more! What is even more crazy is that we leave for vacation in 5 hours and I'm still on this board Gotta pack. Everyone enjoy the finale. Hopefully I will be out of detox before then, but I doubt it. :pinkcry:

CarrieAlexander wrote:

ironcat wrote:To sort of test this theory of how influenced we are/were by RS, what if this season he came out from the beginning with Ben as F1? Would I have believed him? Would it have made me a fan of Ben and not JP? I know my answer to the second is definitely NO, and I honestly think I would have had an exceptionally hard time believing he wasn't Fleissed again watching the season play out both on screen as well as seeing so many things off screen post show, that pretty much screamed otherwise.

Some seasons, RS will be wrong, but some seasons, he will be right. I think too many people presumed one or the other to be absolutes.

I wonder if Ben just flat out told him.. to be honest if it ended the way it did, and it was me in that situation, I would be pissed.

MaggieMae wrote:To sleuth or not to sleuth, that is the question...

Personally, I say go for it regardless of what Reality Wing Ding and any other blogger says regarding future seasons but be aware that the ever lovely and talented promo and editing monkeys at ABC seem to have finally bought a clue and will mess with us.

What makes me hitch a pissy fit when reading these posts is when the conclusion goes against logic or the laws of physics and/or nature. (Yes, the sun really does set in the west). It's easy to flip screencaps to fool folks. But on the otherhand, I'm going to try not to give a hoot if other posters on the board don't agree with my conclusions. I don't evaluate my self-worth by what folks that I don't even know in real life think about me.

The other thing which has been beaten to death, given mouth-to-mouth and then dragged out and shot, is the idea that just because the aforementioned Wing Ding or any other blogger says that person X is the F1, that we collectively turn off our brains and reasoning abilities and say "Yes, Steve. We have been called Steve." What about the unspoiled masses including my circle of friends who broke down and asked who the final 4 were BUT were adament that they didn't want to know the F1?

When one of them texted me last night and said "OMG, It's JP isn't it?" does that mean that somehow she's been influenced by RS? (BTW - She's picked Reid, Roberto, Chantal in the past).

And as far as the wackadoodle obvious edit goes, well it's very shocking to wonder if Mike Fliess' small heart has grown three sizes since the Brad/Emily fandango. But perhaps he did stop and think that if he wants more successful couples, then he ought not to fan the flames by showing the lead having great fun/chemistry/passion/whatever with everyone but his/her choosen F1.

And this is all I have to say about that...

MaggieMae wrote:To sleuth or not to sleuth, that is the question...

Personally, I say go for it regardless of what Reality Wing Ding and any other blogger says regarding future seasons but be aware that the ever lovely and talented promo and editing monkeys at ABC seem to have finally bought a clue and will mess with us.

What makes me hitch a pissy fit when reading these posts is when the conclusion goes against logic or the laws of physics and/or nature. (Yes, the sun really does set in the west). It's easy to flip screencaps to fool folks. But on the otherhand, I'm going to try not to give a hoot if other posters on the board don't agree with my conclusions. I don't evaluate my self-worth by what folks that I don't even know in real life think about me.

The other thing which has been beaten to death, given mouth-to-mouth and then dragged out and shot, is the idea that just because the aforementioned Wing Ding or any other blogger says that person X is the F1, that we collectively turn off our brains and reasoning abilities and say "Yes, Steve. We have been called Steve." What about the unspoiled masses including my circle of friends who broke down and asked who the final 4 were BUT were adament that they didn't want to know the F1?

When one of them texted me last night and said "OMG, It's JP isn't it?" does that mean that somehow she's been influenced by RS? (BTW - She's picked Reid, Roberto, Chantal in the past).

And as far as the wackadoodle obvious edit goes, well it's very shocking to wonder if Mike Fliess' small heart has grown three sizes since the Brad/Emily fandango. But perhaps he did stop and think that if he wants more successful couples, then he ought not to fan the flames by showing the lead having great fun/chemistry/passion/whatever with everyone but his/her choosen F1.

And this is all I have to say about that...

northernviewer wrote:I know I'll never stop sleuthing, even though I'm nowhere as good as some of you are in how you go about gathering info. Will anybody ever believe RS 100% as to who the F1 is? I know I wont. I take his info and put it in my back pocket and continue on. If RS was right this year, it's because MF had his reasons for letting him be right....and if next season it suits MF to not let him spoil the season... he'll be wrong until the 9th hr like he has in the past. I say we use him to get what we want but at the same time continue to do what we do best

Samantharose wrote:Did JP call Ash cupcake?

sunshineandshit wrote:

Samantharose wrote:Did JP call Ash cupcake?

No.

GrahamGal wrote:

northernviewer wrote:I know I'll never stop sleuthing, even though I'm nowhere as good as some of you are in how you go about gathering info. Will anybody ever believe RS 100% as to who the F1 is? I know I wont. I take his info and put it in my back pocket and continue on. If RS was right this year, it's because MF had his reasons for letting him be right....and if next season it suits MF to not let him spoil the season... he'll be wrong until the 9th hr like he has in the past. I say we use him to get what we want but at the same time continue to do what we do best

No matter how many times RS is right he will always have been wrong about both Ali and Brad's seasons. Therefore, although I am not a super sleuther I will continue to do it. I have never relied on the sleuthing for my F1, but more on the B'ette body language and "it". Yet I enjoy the sleuthing aspect of the show. I only got one season of the B'ette wrong, but I figured it was Roberto by week six. As for the Bach I am terrible at finding "it" except for Emily. Must be that I cannot place myself in the shoes of the lead.