A lot of cast members from the earlier seasons had a mature look to them, a more "real" look, if you will. And anything with Pedro still gets my teary eyed- that whole story is so sad, but it IS reality for far too many people these days.

if it was up to me, i make every penis come with a condom.

I watched the Awards last night and wasn't impressed. I am an old school fan and I felt that the cast members that I wanted to see were underrepresented. You know, the ones that have not been on 50 challenges and in our faces for the last 5-10 years....

The actual awards were stupid. Puck not winning worst roommate ever? Come on. Syrus not being the biggest pimp? Doubt it. Austin winning best season? As if!

Also it was ridiculous to have a guy that knows nothing about The Real World host the entire thing and I agree that the cast interactions (the reason I tuned in) were few and far between.


P.s. I was not sure that Stephen from Seattle could possibly grow into a bigger douche bag over the years. I was wrong. I was actually pulling for CT to lay him out. Talk about irony.

There was definitely a pronounced recency effect. It was irksome. I agree with you about the above awards (though I won't protest Colie too much, because she was pretty special in that department) and, much as I love Robin, how could anyone but Brad win best brush with the law? I mean, the guy was drunkenly telling the police that his hairline was f'ed up as they put him in the car. Robin and Johanna's arrests were entertaining, but Brad's was on another level entirely.
I'm not sure I buy that it was a coincidence that no single-person awards (apart from Irene) went to someone who couldn't attend. Very fortunate, that.

I thought the format ended up being restrictive--I would have preferred a show more like the tenth season reunion, where people sat down and talk. In this kind of show, we only heard from people who won awards (who were usually people we've just seen on challenges or hear from a lot) and a few select cast members.

What was wrong with Kaia? Yeah Johanna was being slutty but I still liked for Kaia to have finished her sentence? She has a nasty attitude I don't like. Didn't she also try to break up Colin and Amaya?

I think she has always been nasty. I couldn't stand her on The Real World Hawaii. I suspect her only redeeming quality was walking around naked all the time and that grew old fast. Thank God these days she stays clothed. The years have not been kind.

She took up smoking too. I never really liked the Hawaii season. None of the cast stuck out.

I watched it the other night, and obviously they could have made it MUCH better. And I agree that more cast interaction would have been nice. I thought the Stephen fight was hilarity. I also find it amusing he's going to call out Nathan for not aging well (which he hasn't). But at least Nathan wasn't hiding behind big ole stunna shades, a hat and a blazer? What are you trying to hide there Stephen?