Spectromixer
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Millennials vs. Gen X is a weird title/theme.
This isn't deceptive editing, it's the editors/production enraged by the result and refusing to give it any dignity.Aubry and Cydney are two of my favorite players and favorite characters in recent memory....and I didn't like Michele at all and found Tai sorta overrated (funny and compelling, but his erratic style also irritated me honestly), so a Michele win and a Tai fan favorite prize is no bueno for me. Ah well. I still enjoyed the season.
I actually think the show has gone down a bad road of deceptive editing. I thought there was a good chance Michele would win, but only if Aubry got tragically cut before the final council. I could buy the narrative of the season as an Aubry win, or as Aubry not making the end and Michele beating Tai, but Aubry losing to Michele just didn't really have a foundation in the story IMO. They did the same thing last season laying on a super thick "Spencer has grown as a human and now makes the personal relationships he needs!" arc.......and then he got to the end and no one liked him still. I think they value "surprise" over coherency at this point, and I don't like it.
Zero chance.Hmmm, any chance they edit the show without knowing the final result?
Now, seriously. This is a season that shows how important and influential Ponderosa interactions can be.
The positive thing is that I hope this tones down the winners edit talk on the next threads. Or that at least, keeps people second guessing.
The edit for the season is literally "the jury's opinion is bad and they should feel bad and we're never ever asking them back ever"Zero chance.
The reason this season drove people nuts is because there were two threads. One was Michele's, the other was Aubry's, and the editors severely disliked Michele.
I wish they'd go back to sequestering Ponderosa.
Bu bu bu the editing! Why didnt they show something twice so that I would "get it".
I didn't watch a single Ponderosa video and yet knew why Scott and Jason were bitter, so did others. But people can keep calling "deceptive editing" when it wasn't.Wow @ those ponderosa / jury speaks videos!
Scot / Jason / Julia were so awful and bitter... it's clear that they equated Aubry with Cydney and refused to even consider her for the title. That Cydney Ponderosa video is just a pathetic display of immature behavior... I hope none of that trio is ever asked back on the show, because they don't seem worthy of our attention.
Given this information, the Michele win makes more sense... and it becomes more obvious why the editors might not have had the material to explain it to us.
It's the producers' jobs to GET THE MATERIAL. So if the producers are aware of the bitter reception at Ponderosa, they need to include Jury Confessionals during the finale, or explain better why Aubry loses their votes.Wow @ those ponderosa / jury speaks videos!
Scot / Jason / Julia were so awful and bitter... it's clear that they equated Aubry with Cydney and refused to even consider her for the title. That Cydney Ponderosa video is just a pathetic display of immature behavior... I hope none of that trio is ever asked back on the show, because they don't seem worthy of our attention.
Given this information, the Michele win makes more sense... and it becomes more obvious why the editors might not have had the material to explain it to us.
Firstly, can I just say that Michele was not a floater. At her first Tribal Council (not her fault for constantly winning!) she worked herself into the majority and planned to vote Aubry out (whom she immediately and correctly identified as her biggest competition).I really hate when floaters win this game, but I understand why they do. I can't completely hate on Michelle though because she won the final immunity challenge when it counted. What I really can't stand are the floaters who don't do shit, don't win shit, and still end up at the finals.
Yep. Aubry even agreed that Michele was a huge threat, but I have a feeling Cydney was quite dead-set on working with Michele, and so the target stayed on Jason.Hmmm, remember when Tai wanted to vote out Michelle, to the point of using his advantage on her, but the rest decided to take Jason out?
As much as I liked Aubry and I wish she had won at the end, Michelle also had to work to get to the end.
Firstly, can I just say that Michele was not a floater. At her first Tribal Council (not her fault for constantly winning!) she worked herself into the majority and planned to vote Aubry out (whom she immediately and correctly identified as her biggest competition).
Then she got unlucky when Neal was medevaced before Tribal, completely saving Aubry.
From then on, Michele was constantly in the minority, and rather than overplaying, rather than trying to put her neck on the line for Nick, or Julia, etc., she used a bit of Sandra's "anyone but me" to navigate to near the top, especially through her bond with Cydney, which was key.
And she won THREE individual immunity/advantage challenges.
I just think the editors did a bad job of showing how Michele's "floating" since the merge disaster was wiser than Aubry's number-crunching.
I wonder if Tai wasn't unable to properly speak; that he would win the vote. I would have voted him to win based on the gameplay. Him or Aubry. Probably leaning more toward Aubry. Michelle winning is a bit WTF but she did have A lot of beauty on the jury.
But Natalie was still protected, and you understood why people werent willing to vote for Russ. This is something else entirely.Yes, when you look at things now, you can see what Michele had to do to win. She did articulate what she did in her jury speech, and I think that her win speaks to her social game (and against Aubry's). I don't think she's a bad winner, but you can definitely feel that Jeff and/or the editors just outright hated this win.
In many ways this win does remind me of Natalie White, and I thought the editors were trying to leave that sort of thing behind. And before someone says it, I agree that they showed Russell as more detestable, but I definitely get the feeling that this was another spiteful edit.
But Natalie was still protected, and you understood why people werent willing to vote for Russ. This is something else entirely.
But the editing, the editing.Michele winning was pretty clear for awhile now tbh. Like, from the swap onwards.
Aubry's arc was amazing and compelling, but there were a lot of red flags that the editing team would never show in a winner. Her edit was always closer to Lisa Whelchel's than anyone else's. Overwhelmed and emotional in the beginning before turning into the strategic power player of the season.
It was a story of growth, not of winning. The edgic community (who tries to figure out the winner based on the edit) had Michele as their top pick for winning after episode 6.
They deliberately undermined the winner. They could have made the win "feel" better to the audience. They actively chose to do the opposite.On a serious note, just because people didnt like the winner or think they "read the editing", they think the producers are upset at the result.
But that's not the case, I and apparently a lot others saw Michelle's rise and setup pretty obvious. Like I said earlier, Michelle didnt have a sob story because she didnt need one.They deliberately undermined the winner. They could have made the win "feel" better to the audience. They actively chose to do the opposite.
Over 31 prior seasons, that never happened previously.
What about Sandra? Sandra didn't get shit on.But that's not the case, I and apparently a lot others saw Michelle's rise and setup pretty obvious. Like I said earlier, Michelle didnt have a sob story because she didnt need one.
And that hyperbole again, just relook at Sandra.
What did they do to make Michelle look bad several times? Michelle getting the "runner up edit" is as per you and a few other Aubry diehards in this thread. I'm not the only one as others also saw Michelle getting setup to win quite clearly. The chart posted above which shows the predicted winners based on editing also backs that up. Just because the editing make you like Aubry more (maybe she resonates with a particular group well) doesn't mean they intentionally undermined the audience.What about Sandra? Sandra didn't get shit on.
Yes, the setup was there. They also made sure to undermine Michele numerous times to make her look bad. It's not even a hollow edit, it's one where they actively decided to go in on her, which is why the Aubry/Michele war was going on, because Michele got a runner up edit even though she was the winner and vice versa. They are incredibly protective of winners. This is an insane anomaly due to the way the season ends.
It's not hard to read into production intent (kick the audience in the balls) when you look at the reaction to the season and that's exactly what people are describing.
"You don't need to practice fire"What did they do to make Michelle look bad several times? Michelle getting the "runner up edit" is as per you and a few other Aubry diehards in this thread. I'm not the only one as others also saw Michelle getting setup to win quite clearly. The chart posted above which shows the predicted winners based on editing also backs that up. Just because the editing make you like Aubry more (maybe she resonates with a particular group well) doesn't mean they intentionally undermined the audience.
What about Sandra? Sandra didn't get shit on.
Yes, the setup was there. They also made sure to undermine Michele numerous times to make her look bad. It's not even a hollow edit, it's one where they actively decided to go in on her, which is why the Aubry/Michele war was going on, because Michele got a runner up edit even though she was the winner and vice versa. They are incredibly protective of winners. This is an insane anomaly due to the way the season ends.
It's not hard to read into production intent (kick the audience in the balls) when you look at the reaction to the season and that's exactly what people are describing.
What about Sandra? Sandra didn't get shit on.
Yes, the setup was there. They also made sure to undermine Michele numerous times to make her look bad. It's not even a hollow edit, it's one where they actively decided to go in on her, which is why the Aubry/Michele war was going on, because Michele got a runner up edit even though she was the winner and vice versa. They are incredibly protective of winners. This is an insane anomaly due to the way the season ends.
It's not hard to read into production intent (kick the audience in the balls) when you look at the reaction to the season and that's exactly what people are describing.
This is ridiculous. Are you seriously suggesting that Michelle undermined Cydney but telling her not to practice fire? She wanted Cydney in the final 3, which is why she stuck to her vote or she could have easily changed it and skipped the whole fire making challenge."You don't need to practice fire"
"F Tai"
Ruining the mood in a segment about Jason's family when they're visiting adorable animals.
"Michele is clueless about Julia"
"Joe going is good for me"
They wanted the audience to be pissed and confused when she won. The fan reaction was exactly their intent.
Yes, it was the "winner edit", but it had a very specific goal, and that goal was NOT to protect the winner, as they had done in 31 prior seasons. Editing is storytelling, and they were telling a real specific story here that they hadn't before.
No. This is dead wrong. Causal fans are upset and confused. Look at the comments in Dalton's recap. This is not an accident, the editing was engineered to provoke this reaction.Again, the only people pissed her the Aubry diehards
Case in point.I missed the finale (didn't even know there was one) how in the flying fuck did Michele win?!? She did absolutely nothing all season, legit with that final 3 I have no idea how Aubry lost she was by far the best of the 3 and because Tai kept turning on people he wasn't going to get votes regardless. I'm at a loss for words, still a really good season though.
I missed the finale (didn't even know there was one) how in the flying fuck did Michele win?!? She did absolutely nothing all season, legit with that final 3 I have no idea how Aubry lost she was by far the best of the 3 and because Tai kept turning on people he wasn't going to get votes regardless. I'm at a loss for words, still a really good season though.
Cast complete a-holes, reap what you sow.I missed the back half of the season due to lots of work- and life-related stuff (nothing bad) and saw social media going nuts last night lol
it'll be interesting to catch up and see how this mess happened... this is the first season I haven't been able to watch consistently in almost a decade :/
Honestly, Michelle's win requires no further explanation than looking at what bitter shitheels Jason, Scott and Julia are. Michelle gets one more vote and boom (and she did). The editors were more interested in amping up the viewers for an Aubrey return than selling a Michelle win, which was never going to excite anybody. (the reaction of the 2 friends I watched it with as the votes were revealed: a low key "Huh. Really.")