dearly beloved, we are gathered here to share our squee
As resident reality TV dork, it is my HONOR and PRIVILEGE to tell you all that info about BB12 has started leaking.
And by "info" I mean "unreliable sources talking about the layout of the house," but whatever, I'm excited. Every year, a bunch of members of the press get to visit the BB house and run through a day in there, where the behind-the-scenes people get to make sure everything's working and the people in the house get to provide the scoop on the house. They're not allowed to report it until Media Day, but there's always some anonymous jackass who feels the need to leak all of the info the day they visit.
Anonymous jackass, you're my favorite. *________*
As posted on BBDish by an anonymous poster:
Media day was yesterday. Here's what I can share.
* As expected, the BB12 house is decorated with mostly a beach/summer camp theme. One of the walls has been taken down and there are now only two bedrooms (not counting HOH).
Let's start here, with OMG SUMMER CAMP THEME. Summer camp and reality TV are two of my research areas of interest, and I've insisted for a while now that 24/7 reality shows are a lot like summer camp, featuring the ability to reinvent oneself and a set small number of people to interact with, none of whom know who you "really" are.
* The small bedroom looks like a beach with various size sandcastles (fake) and beach balls. There's a really pretty ocean mural painted on the wall with reeds running along it which makes it look very realistic. Two of the beds are beach lounge chairs and two of the beds are simply beach towels. In this room, there are no mattresses.
NGL, I'm glad they're getting rid of the not-haves room and just instituting a crappy bedroom for people unlucky enough to get to the house last. THAT'S WHAT BIG BROTHER WAS BUILT ON, DAMMIT.
* The big bedroom looks like a summer camp cabin. There are bunk beds along the wall and a big sleeping bag on the floor which fits more than one person. A giant (fake) moose head hangs from the wall. The dressers are adorned with lanterns and other cabin-esque accents.
More summer camp! And BUNK BEDS. My cup runneth over.
* In the living room, there's a big screen behind the couches and nomination chairs that plays a continuous loop of crashing waves. Fake palm trees stand on each side of it. The carpet is shag and sandy colored. The wall opposite the nomination chairs is decorated with an ocean sunset mural which is gorgeous. The whole room looks like a tropical paradise.
Oh, man. I can honestly say that if I were in the house, I would spend hours every day sitting indoors, watching the loop of crashing waves like it was the most exciting television show ever. (Hey, I watch the live feeds, right? *rimshot*) This is probably why I am not cast.
* There's a large fish tank between the living room and the kitchen with really exotic looking fish inside. It's the first thing you see when you walk into the house.
* The kitchen looks like a cabin. There's a big round picnic table in the corner. Glossy wood paneling covers the walls which lends to the summer camp cabin theme. The floors are hardwood. The memory wall is made of glossy wood paneling as well and it's designed to look like big (plastic) ladybugs are crawling all over it. Really cute.
Nothing interesting to say about either of those, except I'm really hoping that the plastic ladybugs are big enough to hang a potholder on if someone wants to cover their picture.
* The bathroom is really pretty. The walls are shiny and metallic and decorated with different shades of blue and the floor looks like sand (fake though). The seashell sinks are designed to look like they're floating in mid air. Big blue lava lamps hang on the wall on each side of the mirror. The bathroom gives off an "under the sea" vibe.
* The diary room looks the same as last year except the background is lit red instead of blue.
* The hallway to the HOH room is also beach themed, but instead of the usual couch/chess set on the upstairs landing, there's now a mini gazebo.
I'm surprised they're getting rid of the chess board (and WTF are they going to do with an indoor gazebo?) and I feel like if they really like this underwater theme so much, maybe they shouldn't have taken out the pool. But none of this is particularly interesting. It's not like...
* The HOH room is bizarre. It's sort of a creepy carnival theme which doesn't fit with the rest of the house at all. In one corner, there's a fortune telling arcade machine. In another corner, there's a tank with a giant (and I mean GIANT) tarantula inside. Along the walls are funhouse mirrors which make you look taller/shorter/fatter/skinnier as you walk past them.
HELL TO THE YES. This sounds terrible and more like a punishment than a reward to live there and DUDE I AM ON BOARD. Also I am not-so-secretly hoping that they end up reenacting BIG. Maybe they'll bring in a giant piano when they're down to four?
People at ONTDBB are speculating that they may have done this to match the way BBUK is going, and there may be communication between the shows. Which would be awesome.
* The backyard has a volleyball net but there are no volleyballs. Just beach balls. The pool table is gone and a foosball table has taken is place.
I like to pretend it's beach balls instead of volleyballs because after last year they don't want anything too hard that can be thrown. We'll probably discover that everything in the house is bolted to the ground.
Also, every time I hear about foosball, I think about Chandler and Joey getting a dining room table together. I guarantee this will entertain me for at least the first half of the season.
* The "green" room (formerly the spa/workout room) is perhaps the most bizarre room we've ever seen in all twelve seasons of Big Brother. It's decorated to look like a funeral parlor. In the middle of the room is a big white casket with an open lid. Behind the casket is a large frame that says "rest in peace" with a space for someone's picture in the middle. The casket is surrounded by funeral bouquets. With the exception of a small table in the corner and a candy dish, there is nothing else in this room. The walls are plain white with minimal decor.
IT'S DECORATED TO LOOK LIKE A FUNERAL PARLOR.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HEARTS IN THE WORLD.
Cross-posted at http://fox1013.dreamwidth.org/6784.html. Comment wherever you feel more comfortable.
And by "info" I mean "unreliable sources talking about the layout of the house," but whatever, I'm excited. Every year, a bunch of members of the press get to visit the BB house and run through a day in there, where the behind-the-scenes people get to make sure everything's working and the people in the house get to provide the scoop on the house. They're not allowed to report it until Media Day, but there's always some anonymous jackass who feels the need to leak all of the info the day they visit.
Anonymous jackass, you're my favorite. *________*
As posted on BBDish by an anonymous poster:
Media day was yesterday. Here's what I can share.
* As expected, the BB12 house is decorated with mostly a beach/summer camp theme. One of the walls has been taken down and there are now only two bedrooms (not counting HOH).
Let's start here, with OMG SUMMER CAMP THEME. Summer camp and reality TV are two of my research areas of interest, and I've insisted for a while now that 24/7 reality shows are a lot like summer camp, featuring the ability to reinvent oneself and a set small number of people to interact with, none of whom know who you "really" are.
* The small bedroom looks like a beach with various size sandcastles (fake) and beach balls. There's a really pretty ocean mural painted on the wall with reeds running along it which makes it look very realistic. Two of the beds are beach lounge chairs and two of the beds are simply beach towels. In this room, there are no mattresses.
NGL, I'm glad they're getting rid of the not-haves room and just instituting a crappy bedroom for people unlucky enough to get to the house last. THAT'S WHAT BIG BROTHER WAS BUILT ON, DAMMIT.
* The big bedroom looks like a summer camp cabin. There are bunk beds along the wall and a big sleeping bag on the floor which fits more than one person. A giant (fake) moose head hangs from the wall. The dressers are adorned with lanterns and other cabin-esque accents.
More summer camp! And BUNK BEDS. My cup runneth over.
* In the living room, there's a big screen behind the couches and nomination chairs that plays a continuous loop of crashing waves. Fake palm trees stand on each side of it. The carpet is shag and sandy colored. The wall opposite the nomination chairs is decorated with an ocean sunset mural which is gorgeous. The whole room looks like a tropical paradise.
Oh, man. I can honestly say that if I were in the house, I would spend hours every day sitting indoors, watching the loop of crashing waves like it was the most exciting television show ever. (Hey, I watch the live feeds, right? *rimshot*) This is probably why I am not cast.
* There's a large fish tank between the living room and the kitchen with really exotic looking fish inside. It's the first thing you see when you walk into the house.
* The kitchen looks like a cabin. There's a big round picnic table in the corner. Glossy wood paneling covers the walls which lends to the summer camp cabin theme. The floors are hardwood. The memory wall is made of glossy wood paneling as well and it's designed to look like big (plastic) ladybugs are crawling all over it. Really cute.
Nothing interesting to say about either of those, except I'm really hoping that the plastic ladybugs are big enough to hang a potholder on if someone wants to cover their picture.
* The bathroom is really pretty. The walls are shiny and metallic and decorated with different shades of blue and the floor looks like sand (fake though). The seashell sinks are designed to look like they're floating in mid air. Big blue lava lamps hang on the wall on each side of the mirror. The bathroom gives off an "under the sea" vibe.
* The diary room looks the same as last year except the background is lit red instead of blue.
* The hallway to the HOH room is also beach themed, but instead of the usual couch/chess set on the upstairs landing, there's now a mini gazebo.
I'm surprised they're getting rid of the chess board (and WTF are they going to do with an indoor gazebo?) and I feel like if they really like this underwater theme so much, maybe they shouldn't have taken out the pool. But none of this is particularly interesting. It's not like...
* The HOH room is bizarre. It's sort of a creepy carnival theme which doesn't fit with the rest of the house at all. In one corner, there's a fortune telling arcade machine. In another corner, there's a tank with a giant (and I mean GIANT) tarantula inside. Along the walls are funhouse mirrors which make you look taller/shorter/fatter/skinnier as you walk past them.
HELL TO THE YES. This sounds terrible and more like a punishment than a reward to live there and DUDE I AM ON BOARD. Also I am not-so-secretly hoping that they end up reenacting BIG. Maybe they'll bring in a giant piano when they're down to four?
People at ONTDBB are speculating that they may have done this to match the way BBUK is going, and there may be communication between the shows. Which would be awesome.
* The backyard has a volleyball net but there are no volleyballs. Just beach balls. The pool table is gone and a foosball table has taken is place.
I like to pretend it's beach balls instead of volleyballs because after last year they don't want anything too hard that can be thrown. We'll probably discover that everything in the house is bolted to the ground.
Also, every time I hear about foosball, I think about Chandler and Joey getting a dining room table together. I guarantee this will entertain me for at least the first half of the season.
* The "green" room (formerly the spa/workout room) is perhaps the most bizarre room we've ever seen in all twelve seasons of Big Brother. It's decorated to look like a funeral parlor. In the middle of the room is a big white casket with an open lid. Behind the casket is a large frame that says "rest in peace" with a space for someone's picture in the middle. The casket is surrounded by funeral bouquets. With the exception of a small table in the corner and a candy dish, there is nothing else in this room. The walls are plain white with minimal decor.
IT'S DECORATED TO LOOK LIKE A FUNERAL PARLOR.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HEARTS IN THE WORLD.
Cross-posted at http://fox1013.dreamwidth.org/6784.html. Comment wherever you feel more comfortable.