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From Bother's Bar:
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We've got Stephen going to an episode today and we look forward to his opinion. But Tom Scott also went yesterday and he's sent us this at 1:30am:
"YES it's pretty good and NO they haven't ruined it.
YES they've kept the Krypton K and YES it transforms (in a FANTASTIC new Transformers-movie style) into the round logos YES the assault course is back, and it's... odd, but interesting.
YES the set is bloody fantastic and possibly the best part of the whole revival. Seriously, watch it just for the set design, it's spectacular.
YES they've changed the theme tune and it's not remotely related to the Art of Noise one, but it's really very good YES I am annoyed that our section of the audience lost the quiz that the warm-up guy held during a set reshuffle, but that's because I'm overly competitive
NO, there is no Response Round. The flight simulator's been cut for time.
NO, the contestants do not wear something the same colour as their assigned seat.
NO, Ben Shephard is not Gordon Burns and he isn't trying to be.
NO, Ben Shephard does not say "the end of the round, the end of the contest" and NO, "Activate the Cube" is not a good replacement catchphrase. The heart monitor that they rig up during the Mental Agility test is a pretty good gimmick, though.
Interesting stuff: it's sponsored by a certain software company and it looks like the sponsor credit flows directly into the opening titles, which must surely be sailing very close to the wind as far as OFCOM regs are concerned...
Oh, and NO, it's not a particularly good show to watch being taped but I reckon it'll stand up well when compared to the original."
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"YES, Ben Shephard always sums up rounds with something like "in the lead, with a Krypton Factor of 30, is the milkman from Oswaldtwistle, Reginald Grumsbottom".
This is good."
Forget Web 2.0, Bother's Bar's already on Web 3.5 with it's user-generated content. Anyway, I think I'm now OFFICIALLY really excited. Thanks Tom!
The lack of response round isn't a deal-breaker by any means, but I think the show could probably do with a second physical-based test. Or perhaps they could double the points for the assault course... probably not.
"YES it's pretty good and NO they haven't ruined it.
YES they've kept the Krypton K and YES it transforms (in a FANTASTIC new Transformers-movie style) into the round logos YES the assault course is back, and it's... odd, but interesting.
YES the set is bloody fantastic and possibly the best part of the whole revival. Seriously, watch it just for the set design, it's spectacular.
YES they've changed the theme tune and it's not remotely related to the Art of Noise one, but it's really very good YES I am annoyed that our section of the audience lost the quiz that the warm-up guy held during a set reshuffle, but that's because I'm overly competitive
NO, there is no Response Round. The flight simulator's been cut for time.
NO, the contestants do not wear something the same colour as their assigned seat.
NO, Ben Shephard is not Gordon Burns and he isn't trying to be.
NO, Ben Shephard does not say "the end of the round, the end of the contest" and NO, "Activate the Cube" is not a good replacement catchphrase. The heart monitor that they rig up during the Mental Agility test is a pretty good gimmick, though.
Interesting stuff: it's sponsored by a certain software company and it looks like the sponsor credit flows directly into the opening titles, which must surely be sailing very close to the wind as far as OFCOM regs are concerned...
Oh, and NO, it's not a particularly good show to watch being taped but I reckon it'll stand up well when compared to the original."
Also:
"YES, Ben Shephard always sums up rounds with something like "in the lead, with a Krypton Factor of 30, is the milkman from Oswaldtwistle, Reginald Grumsbottom".
This is good."
Forget Web 2.0, Bother's Bar's already on Web 3.5 with it's user-generated content. Anyway, I think I'm now OFFICIALLY really excited. Thanks Tom!
The lack of response round isn't a deal-breaker by any means, but I think the show could probably do with a second physical-based test. Or perhaps they could double the points for the assault course... probably not.
PT
For Krypton Factor, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing.
InventThamesValley2 posted:
The set looks like it come out of the late eighties when every program had a 'space age' look but it looks nice.
For Krypton Factor, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing.
NU
I went to see this yesterday and I can agree with other poster that it's really not "dumbed-down" at all - the challenges seemed bloody hard to me!
The LED set is indeed very impressive - they can display pretty much anything on that, I can imagine it will look excellent on camera (although I couldn't really see the grid-mounted monitors from where I was sat).
The music didn't bear any resemblance to the Art Of Noise music - did anyone really expect it to?! It's quite dramatic, possibly overly so, but it sounded OK to me. Done by the same guy who did Weakest Link.
The contestant I knew won so I'm hoping to go back for the semis!
The LED set is indeed very impressive - they can display pretty much anything on that, I can imagine it will look excellent on camera (although I couldn't really see the grid-mounted monitors from where I was sat).
The music didn't bear any resemblance to the Art Of Noise music - did anyone really expect it to?! It's quite dramatic, possibly overly so, but it sounded OK to me. Done by the same guy who did Weakest Link.
The contestant I knew won so I'm hoping to go back for the semis!
:-(
A former member
Why all the fuss over the Art of Noise (not that I went out and bought one of their albums off the back of the Krypton Factor theme ) ?
What about the earlier themes? One of them's here
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What about the earlier themes? One of them's here
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It is, I was impressed by it, even though the art of noise is up there in the pantheon of great TV themes. Its something different, but I think its best to wait and find out, you'll be impressed (though some will say 'yet another non unique orchestral theme'). Its nothing like the old theme whatsoever. In fact, I don't think it could have been any different.
I'm glad to say our section won the quiz, with some ease i may add, who'd have thought there were 44 mr men, and i've never even heard of 'girlsworld'!
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YES they've changed the theme tune and it's not remotely related to the Art of Noise one, but it's really very good
YES I am annoyed that our section of the audience lost the quiz that the warm-up guy held during a set reshuffle, but that's because I'm overly competitive
YES I am annoyed that our section of the audience lost the quiz that the warm-up guy held during a set reshuffle, but that's because I'm overly competitive
It is, I was impressed by it, even though the art of noise is up there in the pantheon of great TV themes. Its something different, but I think its best to wait and find out, you'll be impressed (though some will say 'yet another non unique orchestral theme'). Its nothing like the old theme whatsoever. In fact, I don't think it could have been any different.
I'm glad to say our section won the quiz, with some ease i may add, who'd have thought there were 44 mr men, and i've never even heard of 'girlsworld'!