I can be incredibly petty and bitter, apparently.

[redqueen]

I used to like that show Myth Busters. It was those two guys, doing neat stuff. Then they added a hot chick and nerdy guys. Ruined it for me. Can't watch anymore.

Last night I watched the Ghost Hunters premier, and they, too, have added a hot chick. All the other women that have been on the show have been normal-looking women. Ruined it for me. I don't know if I'll be able to watch anymore... I hope so... but it just bugs me every which way.

I have nothing against hot chicks, mind you... it's just that I can't get over the fact that when these shows add hot chicks to the group, they NEVER add a hot guy.

It's wrong and unfair and I hate it so THERE.

x(

:P

And as I already said, I know it's petty... and I guess this means I'm bitter... but I don't care. So THERE! Again!

[Pithlet]

1. I think Grant is cute, though, and he's a later addition.

He replaced the tattooed woman who always wore braids, I can't remember her name. Carrie does bug me sometimes, but I think she's actually more than just looks. She seems very knowledgeable. And their new intern is very smart. She was one of the contestants from their build a sun death ray episode. I love Mythbusters. But, generally speaking, yes, I hate it when they add the gratuitous hot babe to an otherwise intelligent show when it's obvious it's just about her looks.

[redqueen]

3. Grant, huh... I might have to check that out...

As for attractive and intelligent... well fine... as long as it's balanced and the guys they add are also attractive and intelligent. :)

[DS1]

2. You mean they added someone besides Kari on mythbusters?

I haven't watched the show in a very long time, but think she was cool and cute and just the right amount of nerdy - and also there from day one

:shrug:

[redqueen]

4. I don't know the name...

I just know there's a redhead that dresses all cutesy and most fans think she's soooo hot...

Oooh so that's another thing... if the cute woman dresses cutesy (to show off cleavage and what not), then I want the cute man to also dress to impress the ladies.

I'm not demanding or anything, though. :P

[DS1]

5. or throw a wrench in the works and put Lord Humungous in it

Lord Humungous would make any show 10,000 times cooler

Even Ghost Whisperer

[redqueen]

8. ...

:rofl:

You're such a DUDE!

[petronius]

6. That seems to be the kiss of death for a show

The final step before cancellation is to add in a smoking-hot actress (talent not required) playing a vaguely-defined role that has little relevance to the long-term story...

[redqueen]

9. Well the hot chick on myth busters isn't stupid...

but she's hot... and I want hot guys!

Parity for hotness! Or something! :crazy:

[petronius]

34. How is it unfair? If there's a hot chick on the show, then guys can see that she's hot,

and girls can see that she's hot, so everyone is looking at the same quantity of hotness. Isn't that parity? :silly:

(Anyway, when they put a hot guy on TV my wife starts looking at me funny and making comments about exercise - it makes me feel queasy...)

[redqueen]

37. That's rude!

You should... I don't know... fart on her or something. :crazy:

[VLC]

30. or a kid

[petronius]

33. Good point. For me, the sudden appearance of an 'adorable'

precocious little tyke is a complete dealbreaker...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. you are a hot chick.

[redqueen]

10. That's beside the point!

:P

:7

[Tyler Durden]

11. Pictures (NOT NUDE!)

Just have forgotten where the gallery is. Again.

[texas1928]

12. Hey, I always thought Donna on Ghost Hunters was HOT...

But she had to stop her work with them, due to the injuries she received from a head on collision with a drunk driver.

Paula was hot too. She left to raie her family.

[redqueen]

13. Donna is more like an average woman kind of hot.

And she didn't dress like this new lady does.

And I thought she was on the new episode last night... ?

[texas1928]

17. These first few episodes were shot before her accident.

She has since left. I get their magazine, and they reported it in the last issue I got.

[redqueen]

19. Oh that's awful...

I hope she comes back...

[krispos42]

14. Kari has always been on the show....

They used her butt to test the vacuum-sealed-to-an-airliner-toilet myth.

She's also talented, smart, artistic, and brainy in addition to her good looks. I admit I'm hot for her, but hey, I'm not alone. Something about coppertops...

But I will note that Grant and Tori are also pretty-good looking examples of manhood with brains and talent to boot. I'm pretty sure if I looked like Grant I'd be fending off the ladies with a stick!

[redqueen]

15. I have watched for years and it used to be just them...

mabye she was on once in a blue moon to help with something, but she became a regular and it ticked me off that there were no cute guys.

I don't know who Grant is but I saw the fist guys they added and they are just-average looking guys to me.

[krispos42]

28. Grant is the Asian guy, Tory is the Caucasian guy

I always thought that Grant would be the object of feminine affection.

Maybe we should do a poll!


And there was the woman Scottie as well, who was an expert metal fabricator for the first couple of seasons and I thought she was decent-looking, but no more than that.

[PeaceNikki]

40. She graduated Magna cum laude from SF State U.

She's more than just "eye-candy".

ETA.. Tory's cute


:D

[redqueen]

55. That guy's average.

And hardly anyone has tried to say she's JUST eye-candy.

:shrug:

[Connonym]

16. move over and make room on me for the bench, will ya?

I don't watch that particular show but gratuitous eye candy has long been a sore spot for me. I find it kind of insulting.

[redqueen]

18. It *is* insulting, IMO...

it conveys the message that it's okay to be an average looking guy, but only attractive women are acceptable.

x(

[GOPisEvil]

41. She's not gratutitous eye candy.

For God's sake, she's intelligent. A magna cum laude college graduate. She's creative, she can build things on her own. How interesting that you feel a pretty woman MUST be there for her looks and not her abilities.

[redqueen]

50. Yeah, she's not JUST eye-candy.

I've pointed that out more than once...

But still... how about some smart eye-candy for the ladies? :(

[GOPisEvil]

58. Now that is fair.

However, it was the post above yours to which I was replying. It was the assumption that she is just eye candy that set me off.

Eye candy fairness is a good thing. :)

[redqueen]

59. Yeah, I know what you meant.

I just like to talk / post. :P



Everybody likes eye candy! :bounce:

[LaraMN]

20. So you don't want the basis/character of a show you enjoy to be usurped

by the "sexiness" element.

I don't think that makes you bitter or petty.

:-)

[redqueen]

24. Thank you, Lara!

I wouldn't mind the sexiness element at all, as long as it's fairly applied. It's the unfairness that gets all up under my skin.

[Throd]

21. Kari is a lot more than just a "hot chick"

What really makes her sexy is her intelligence.

[redqueen]

22. Oh bullshit.

I'm sure her intelligence plays a part, but so does the cleavage and all over gold body paint! Or silver! Or whatever it was!

argh!

[Throd]

26. Television is about ratings

The harsh reality is that guys will not tune into a show where an ugly behemoth is slathered in metallic paint no matter how intelligent she is.

[redqueen]

27. 'the fuck?!

:puke:

To clear things up here... my problem is that there aren't any EQUALLY-ATTRACTIVE MALE ASSISTANTS.

Reading comprehension is a good skill to have... look into it.

[Throd]

29. Says you

I think the other two guys who do experiments with Kari are good looking and intelligent. The fact that they are good looking guys factored in to their being chosen for the show.

And yes, I DO acknowledge that there is a double standard for men and women.

[redqueen]

32. Yup, says me.

:7

Those guys have just average-guy looks IMO. :shrug:

[kitty44]

23. This was my beef about Dinner and a Movie

It used to be a guy and girl, both equally hot, equally funny, about the same age. This was maybe 5+ years ago.

Then, the girl went away, replaced by a series, of young hot chicks. The dude stayed tho. The other thing that changed, the girl was much more perkier and bubbly, while the dude slowly got quieter, as if he didn't have to try so hard anymore.

I know exactly what you mean - bugs the hell out of me, too.

[redqueen]

25. Right on!

Man, this is an eye-opener... anyone I've told about this little pet peeve of mine so far has been all over me about how petty I'm being.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that notices & gets ticked off by it. :hi:

[Parche]

31. Hmmm

I feel your pain.....I think.......:hi:

[Shell Beau]

35. I guess they think their audience is more men than women!

But yeah, where are the hot guys?

[redqueen]

38. Not on Mythbusters! Or Ghost Hunters!

x(

Okay, well... I am fond of Grant on Ghost Hunters, I'd, well nevermind... he's still not teevee hot! :P

[bullwinkle428]

36. You'll just have to watch more shows like "Survivor",

where they usually make an effort to balance the number of hot chicks with an equally number of hot guys, if you can get over the fact that they're not trying to teach rocket science!

[redqueen]

39. I'd sooner die!

:puke:

[Tian Zhuangzhuang]

42. So the myth buster guys don't look like Dylan McDermott.

I will never understand woman and there obsession with looks.




(yes I'm being snarky)


But on a more serious note if a firm hires a good looking guy other guys in the office don't even notice but hire an attractive woman and the female associates claws come out in some quite brutal ways.

It's a horrible thing woman do to each other constantly.

[redqueen]

43. Pff... the guys notice.

Don't even believe they don't.

But that's a lovely stereotype about women...

[Tian Zhuangzhuang]

52. see post 46.... no the guys don't notice other guys

unless they are gay or looking for a softball ringer. Guys do notice the new hot girl in the office I never meant to imply otherwise.

[redqueen]

56. Sorry... I don't agree that guys don't notice other guys. n/t

[fujiyama]

46. You are ABSOLUTELY right about female associates' claws coming out!

I saw this first hand. My ex-colleague was incredibly hot and was more or less fired because the manager was probably intimidated by her looks. Granted, I did hear rumors about the manager being obsessed with her own looks (her face does look botoxed)...and the girl is in her prime (mid twenties)...

[redqueen]

54. So because you saw this once, ALL women are like that?

Hmmmmm...

[fujiyama]

61. No of course not!

But I definitely think that at times SOME women can be pretty cruel to each other...

Also, I should add though that it's not just women that have these preconceived notions about good looking women...I think some guys do too...and I don't think that's fair either.

[redqueen]

63. Yeah...

It's true that women seem to be MUCH more cruel about it. *sigh* :(

[rug]

44. I'm adding a hot chick to this thread.

[fujiyama]

47. Now that's just gratuitous

C'mon, I want more :P

[redqueen]

57. So why not start a "Hot chicks" thread...

they're VERY popular.

[Debi]

45. Not just add the hot guy

but make him take his shirt off!

[redqueen]

48. hehehehehehe

The other day, driving to work, I happened to notice one of the ubiquitous construction workers had forgotten to wear a shirt under his reflective vest thingy.

All through that stop light I was craning my neck, thinking "Thank you, shirtless muscley construction guy!"

:rofl:

[Debi]

51. *sigh* Thank you for new home construction all this past summer!

:evilgrin:

[rug]

64. Now that's just gratuitous.

[Debi]

66. Nuh Uh! But this is

http://userpic.livejournal.com/62684979/7593271

My HERO!!!:P

[fujiyama]

49. I'll have to agree that you are being petty and bitter...and unfair

Give Kari credit. She's bright, creative and witty - and yes, I agree - she is hot. She fits in perfectly with the cast though.

Oddly enough, after seeing how things were for a hot female coworker of mine, I almost, kind of, have sympathy for real good looking women. It's almost like people have a preconceived notion that attractive women are a.) stuck up and b.)not intelligent. Hell, one of the other women in the group that interviewed her had the same immediate impression after seeing her, but her mind changed only after the interview.

[redqueen]

53. Did you read the whole post?

I said I DON'T MIND HOT WOMEN... and I KNOW she's smart! I just want fairness... if the female assistant is hot... they should give the women some eye-candy too.

[fujiyama]

60. I read it...I know you want "fairness"

But remember, a lot of it is subjective though...and depends on the hiring staff and marketers.

The majority of Mythbusters' audience is likely male...and the people who produce it likely are too.

And in all honesty, and maybe it's because I'm a straight guy I have no idea what women find attractive! Whatever it is, I know I'm not it!

[redqueen]

62. You're right aobut the subjectivity of it...

But I'm sure there are women involved in the production. IMO if a person isn't going to turn most heads walking into a bar, they aren't "TV" attractive. And those guys are just not double-take material.

I saw some double-take material downstairs earlier this afternoon though... too bad he had turned away as I was doing the double-take. :P

[DarkTirade]

65. They did it with Star Trek Voyager too... and viewership went up.

So it's not just the 'reality' shows.