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Was a fan -- Now HATE this show!!


At the beginning of the season I couldn't wait for new episodes, but this thing has become HORRIBLE.

-- The producer that comes on and talks in that "reality show*" speak makes me want to put a fist through my TV. The way he tries to create drama when you can easily tell it's scripted -- poorly scripted -- is maddeningly annoying.

*Voice goes up - Voice goes down - Voice goes up - Voice goes down

-- The obviously fake voice overs from the control room where they try to ramp up the drama is also a beating.

-- The story lines have become so ridiculous that the only person who would think this is real is Mantai Te'o. If Chase didn't actually call this out as fake, then he is an idiot, and no longer becomes someone you could root for.

The genius of the first season was that they made it about the characters and toned down the shtick.

-- The terrible editing. I get that the filming didn't go as planned and maybe there wasn't enough quality footage to fill a full season. But at that point, you bite the bullet, cut the season down a few episodes and make sure you keep it good enough to keep your audience. At this point, when you're watching Episode 4 and clearly see who's gone by Episode 7, what's the appeal?

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I'm enjoying the season but the producer "Oh noessss! He will figure it outttttt!" every 5 minutes is annoying. It's such BS, they wouldn't put themselves in that terrible of a position every time. Hey, lets take the girl who is afraid of being buried alive and..... bury her alive!

"Cool will get ya dead." -Former NBA Power Forward, Karl Malone

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I still like the show, but I won't try and defend it. Trying to follow their logic is impossible.

"Chase is still thinking about Skylar, and we don't know why" (maybe because the bombshell was just dropped 24 hours ago.

"We thought we had him back, but he's still worried, so we have to do something drastic"...uh, that's what got you in trouble in the first place. Maybe try cooling it for a few days.

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i still like it but yes, at this point the reveal will be....we're all actors...I KNOW!

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Seems like every episode in Joe Schmo 3 is about the Producers making MISTAKES. We didn't see that in Joe Schmo 1 and 2.

Do we have the same producers?

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I know one of the producers are the same. Because I can recognize him from the episodes. But they might have brought other people in. Joe Schmo 3 wasn't as well executed as the two others. But man i would love if it didn't get canceled. Spoof reality is my favorite genre

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The whole 'the glass is miraculously bigger" just ended this for me. How dumb am I supposed to be? At least have some intern cop to putting the wrong glass there. Maybe they did but I wasn't watching anymore.












I just want some bacon.

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Yeah, the glass thing was ridiculous. Please don't insult my intelligence with the "Oh, no...it's the wrong glass...damn you, prop department!!!"

This was fake drama.

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Yeah, that was cheesy.

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Yeah, I doubt they'd have him drink the whole thing at rehearsal anyway, just taste it. That made no sense...

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The glass thing did it for me too. That's when I turned the station and said, "I'm done." The only reason I'm here now is to see if anyone else felt the same way. lol

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<The story lines have become so ridiculous that the only person who would think this is real is Mantai Te'o.>

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Yea...it's getting so much weaker as it goes on. It was much better at the start. The prop dept messed up....OH RLY? It's just a glass....and you are filming a show. Why would jake care if someone spotted that mistake and came out and actually changed the glass....it's no big deal. I HATE the fake drama but I'm going to suffer thru this dang show at this point.

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