Bachelor 19 - Chris Soules - General Discussion - *Spoilers*

nutty1 wrote:I think Chris should be judged for Chris, and not because you like or dislike Arie.

I am giving him a chance, just like I would have Arie.....

pander3575 wrote:

nutty1 wrote:I think Chris should be judged for Chris, and not because you like or dislike Arie.

I am giving him a chance, just like I would have Arie.....

Me too!  You never know until we get into the season how it will be.

ironcat wrote:

Sprite wrote:I think you can tell who I was rooting for as the next lead. That being said, different strokes for different folks. You can never please everyone.

I'm hoping for a season much like Sean's. I see similarities between the two. Both rather down to earth, taking "the process" seriously, humble, genuine, mature, yet with a goofiness that isn't immediately apparent. I think the difference is that we knew a lot more personal info about Sean thanks to his sister Shay's blogs. We felt we knew Uncle Shawnie before we ever met him on the Bette and that continued post Emily and before his own season started. We had nothing near that on Chris before his season.

Regardless of whether people like Chris or not...and I never get why people don't give a season a chance before it ever starts...the success will depend on the "ladies". They will bring the fun, the crazy, the tears, the delusion and possibly a match. One of the things that made Sean's so interesting for me is who he picked. Many people didn't see how he could pick Cat....they seemed like polar opposites...and yet, it clearly worked. Why? Because he surprised many and I'll wait and see if Chris does the same.

I agree with much of this.  I was not following Sean's sister's blogs, so I didn't understand why people thought that Sean's edit was so much more fleshed out (by producers) than Chris' was, but it makes sense that people thought they knew Sean better because of Shay's postings.  I also find it somewhat ironic that for years, we have been complaining that we want a "new" Bachelor like in the old days, where we knew almost nothing about him, only that he was a traditional "catch" (ie, rich, handsome, supposedly sincere), and yet, now that we are given almost exactly that, there are complaints.

stuckinsc wrote:I watched Jake, this guy can't be any worse than Jake.  

That is all.

Kashathediva wrote:Jesse hands down. The biggest joke.

bleuberry wrote:

ironcat wrote:

Sprite wrote:I think you can tell who I was rooting for as the next lead. That being said, different strokes for different folks. You can never please everyone.

I'm hoping for a season much like Sean's. I see similarities between the two. Both rather down to earth, taking "the process" seriously, humble, genuine, mature, yet with a goofiness that isn't immediately apparent. I think the difference is that we knew a lot more personal info about Sean thanks to his sister Shay's blogs. We felt we knew Uncle Shawnie before we ever met him on the Bette and that continued post Emily and before his own season started. We had nothing near that on Chris before his season.

Regardless of whether people like Chris or not...and I never get why people don't give a season a chance before it ever starts...the success will depend on the "ladies". They will bring the fun, the crazy, the tears, the delusion and possibly a match. One of the things that made Sean's so interesting for me is who he picked. Many people didn't see how he could pick Cat....they seemed like polar opposites...and yet, it clearly worked. Why? Because he surprised many and I'll wait and see if Chris does the same.

I agree with much of this.  I was not following Sean's sister's blogs, so I didn't understand why people thought that Sean's edit was so much more fleshed out (by producers) than Chris' was, but it makes sense that people thought they knew Sean better because of Shay's postings.  I also find it somewhat ironic that for years, we have been complaining that we want a "new" Bachelor like in the old days, where we knew almost nothing about him, only that he was a traditional "catch" (ie, rich, handsome, supposedly sincere), and yet, now that we are given almost exactly that, there are complaints.

Good point!

He's like a mix between Sean and Brad to me.

ironcat wrote:
I agree with much of this.  I was not following Sean's sister's blogs, so I didn't understand why people thought that Sean's edit was so much more fleshed out (by producers) than Chris' was, but it makes sense that people thought they knew Sean better because of Shay's postings.  I also find it somewhat ironic that for years, we have been complaining that we want a "new" Bachelor like in the old days, where we knew almost nothing about him, only that he was a traditional "catch" (ie, rich, handsome, supposedly sincere), and yet, now that we are given almost exactly that, there are complaints.

stuckinsc wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:Jesse hands down. The biggest joke.

Jesse was slightly better IMO as 1) He was better to look at and 2) Trish was crazy funny where as Vienna was just trailer park trash and this is from a woman who grew up in a trailer park in Florida, so I recognize the phenotype.

Eviebloom wrote:
I think that middle America will be Huge fans of Chris.  I was very happy to hear that they picked him!

stuckinsc wrote:I watched Jake, this guy can't be any worse than Jake.  

That is all.

chloep wrote:Sean published the results of his poll:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/seanlowe/2014/08/heres-who-my-readers-picked-to-be-the-next-bachelor/#signup

Mind you, both Arie and Nick wrote guest entries for Sean's blog. Arie even made a case for himself(Sean also supported his "buddy") and yet, it's Chris who got the most votes.