The Krypton Factor

Have they fixed that problem whereby the assault course couldn't take four people at once?

From the previous page: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post646084#post646084

It's not a bad 22 minutes of television at all. The rigour of the challenges remains, as far as they go, and the presenter seems a lot chirpier and confident now. The assault course is an improvement on last year, though it could do with less hill running and more obstacles to make for better viewing. I don't doubt it's tiring to run!

Alas, 2010 Krypton is not as good overall as last year's version: 5 rounds down to 4 with iconic Intelligence shorn; an unfair observation round - different questions for different players - why not standardise the round by having a set number of questions (maybe 7 or 8 ) for the whole group to answer via keypad?

I have to confess, after a straight first series in 2009 which was pleasingly in keeping with the original, I do fear that ITV will gradually get its claws into the remake and begin the dilution process. Already we're a round less. What next?

I don't think ITV will adjust much unless it becomes a big hit. Bearing in mind they don't actually pay for the series, I guess Sage have a fair bit of input on the budgets at least which I reckon would be the reason for dropping the Intelligence round?

Am I the only one who felt that the chat detracted from the nature of the programme? Do we really need people telling us how easy/difficult they found a certain round, when their performance is there for us all to see?
(Could be, of course, that I'm unconsciously harking back to the original...)

You totally are. What KF really needs is five minutes of slowmo footage of each contestant looking pensive in the green room accompanied by a narration detailing their battle with illness/drugs/booze/pies, a dedication to at least one dead relative (preferably a grandmother), all to the strains (pun intended) of an instrumental version of Take That's Greatest Day .* And couldn't we vote for who we want to win, rather than score then on silly things like ability and intelligence?

*I'm kidding, of course. It would be Rule the World .

All this is my long-winded way of saying that I was pretty surprised to see ITV bring back KF in the first place, more surprised (though pleased) to see it back for a second series, but now not expecting it back for a third.

David

I might've missed this in the earlier part of the thread but anyone know who designed the title and show graphics for Kypton Factor?

Were the main heats filmed in front of friends and family? Only the 2 semi finals and final were filmed in front of the public.

I noticed an error on Iain Weaver's part in this week's Weaver's Week. He mistook the rules of the General Knowledge round...



It's definitely two points on tonight's evidence!

I worry about Weaver on occasion because saying things like that seems to imply he's not paying enough attention. I notice the 2009 review Weaver did marked correctly the scoring section in the final round and the scoring hasn't changed this year.

With regads to Krypton itself, meh, still can't fathom out the heartbeat monitors. At least the archive material isn't cropped to high heaven and back but correctly pillar boxed. Point being use it properly or don't use it at all. Shephard's commentary over the Assault Course sounds more and more like Gordon Burns every week, plus that water looks REALLY cold. The points issue on the final round was a flaw of the original series too, if you were so far behind it was kind of fruitless to even attempt it.

I read it the same way as you, but then I read it again and thought it could be read like this...

[IT SHOULD BE] one point for a correct answer, not two, [WHICH WOULD] make it impossible for a general knowledge whizz to come from miles behind [WHICH IS A GOOD THING AS THE KRYPTON FACTOR SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABOUT TESTING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE].

I think the reference to "over-weighting" is the clue that yes, he's advocating that it should be one point, rather than that it is one point.