tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post1682484277106348970..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: New TV Quiz Game - Face the ClockLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-61208302600881196942013-01-21T08:22:40.302-08:002013-01-21T08:22:40.302-08:00I've just watched this truly dreadful "qu...I've just watched this truly dreadful "quiz" programme again. Never again! My opinion of Rory Bremner as host has been confirmed. He is continually fed lines that allow a witty rejoinder but every time he is unable to manage it. He may be amusing when pretending to be somebody else but as himself he has the personality of a rather bored petrol pump attendant on a damp Saturday morning.<br />The format is even more absurd than I first thought. The only slightly interesting section is the ‘face off’ when the last two contestants answer against a ticking clock. <br />Why not adopt this arrangement for the whole show? Give the six contestants 4 minutes each and keep going until just one is left?<br />That would take away the illogical circumstance whereby the very weakest contestant can win.<br />Terry Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084820870817578012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-35685787437838181422013-01-19T07:39:53.976-08:002013-01-19T07:39:53.976-08:00I watched this for the first time yesterday. I don...I watched this for the first time yesterday. I don't mind shows like "The Weakest Link" where the questions are relatively easy and the contestants are mainly non quizzers. However the format of this show does seem to make it just as likely for the poorer players to reach the final stages as the stronger players. As a matter of principle I think the strongest players on any given show should always have the best chance of winning. On the basis of yesterday (Friday)'s show the quality of contestants seems to be very low. I concede that people might under-perform due to nerves or other factors but the questions here are very gentle indeed and it makes for poor television watching people who are manifestly out of their depth struggle to answer any questions at all. <br /><br />In this particular show one contestant got 10 in a row wrong then passed to a stronger contestant just in time for the clock to run out. He then inherited the unfortunate contestant's £1300 and progressed to the final "head to head" where he answered one question correctly and his opponent managed to get precisely one right out of 9. Then in the final round against the clock he got 1 question right out of 10. So we had a run towards the climax of the show of 4 correct answers and 27 wrong answers (only 6 correct answers were offered in the entire second half of the show) with a bunch of questions of the level of "Who directed "Citizen Kane"?" and "Which novel by Herman Melville begins with the line "Call Me Ishmael"? <br /><br />I can't really see how watching people struggle to answer relatively simple questions constitutes entertainment. Even if we accept the artificial gimmicks that level the playing field between the quizzer and the non quizzer - the random nature of the clock, the ability to steal other people's gains (whether hard-earned or not) - it would surely be preferable to ensure that contestants had at least a rudimentary level of general knowledge?Ewan Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-88511850568268538722013-01-19T07:34:00.128-08:002013-01-19T07:34:00.128-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ewan Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634824712637908230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-21081119995028629562013-01-18T10:30:32.892-08:002013-01-18T10:30:32.892-08:00Hello terry, and welcome to LAm
Well, come on, do...Hello terry, and welcome to LAm<br /><br />Well, come on, don't sit on the fence. Do you like the show or not ? In all seriousness everyone is perfectly entitled to their own opinion, but I think it's no worse an example of the kind of show than it is than many others. I honestly don't think that it's meant to be a show for quizzers at all, so gaps in people's knowledge really shouldn't come as that much of a surprise. It can be a mistake to try to judge people's intelligence based on what you see them do on the TV. Nerves and all kinds of things can affect your performance, and stop you answering things you'd rattle off at home. <br /><br />The show is obviously not for you, and that's fair enough. But as I said, I don't mind it. Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-57111402036100396122013-01-18T08:13:58.815-08:002013-01-18T08:13:58.815-08:00This is an appalling show. Rory Bremner has zero ...This is an appalling show. Rory Bremner has zero charisma and no personality. He never says anything that is funny, interesting or clever.<br />The constants seem to be chosen for their lack of knowledge. It is ridiculous to watch question after question being answered with, "Pass" or "Don't know".<br />Why do people who know nothing, subject themselves to becoming a laughing stock? <br />The format is absurd. What difference would it make if they knew how much time was left? They are probably going to say "Pass" anyway.<br />The questions are going to have to become so easy that the programme will be more of a joke than it already is.Terry Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084820870817578012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-52889227531905936492013-01-17T01:12:37.903-08:002013-01-17T01:12:37.903-08:00Thank you, David.
I can't suggest, even on ...Thank you, David. <br /><br />I can't suggest, even on here, that anything's been 'misappropriated'.<br /><br />I also know I wouldn't have a prayer legally. I sent my idea out in July 2012, so perhaps 7 months isn't long enough or perhaps it is, I guess I'll never know.<br /><br />It just struck me that if someone had received my idea and had wanted to change it just enough to get away with it, FtC is what they might have come up with.<br /><br />Some you win...Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823009139696203273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-86342363864616411642013-01-16T13:36:47.151-08:002013-01-16T13:36:47.151-08:00Matthew, there are some similarities but not enoug...Matthew, there are some similarities but not enough to warrant any legal action that might be successful. If Objective can show that they came up with the idea independently, you wouldn't have a case.<br /><br />In order to get the programme on air in 2013, it's highly likely that this was in development as early as 2011. The lead times in TV production are very long.davidbodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06069767281654752637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-71226118029303928542013-01-16T09:18:14.521-08:002013-01-16T09:18:14.521-08:00Beg pardon: 'Face the Clock'Beg pardon: 'Face the Clock'Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823009139696203273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-48540497869489684012013-01-16T09:13:41.224-08:002013-01-16T09:13:41.224-08:00Can anyone tell me whether they think 'Beat th...Can anyone tell me whether they think 'Beat the Clock' bears any similarity to this concept that I sent out in 2012?<br /><br />Just asking...<br /><br />https://www.box.com/s/t3grnfubn3igyjor6q1lMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01823009139696203273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-3977851872749476512013-01-15T04:36:37.878-08:002013-01-15T04:36:37.878-08:00"OK,the mechanics of the show mean that the b..."OK,the mechanics of the show mean that the best quizzer is not necessarily more likely to make it through to the last two than any other player".<br /><br />You've hit the nail on the head, Dave. And that's why I won't be watching!joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923451190329968480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-45021803643755615052013-01-14T02:16:59.885-08:002013-01-14T02:16:59.885-08:00I think you sum it up best when you say its a &quo...I think you sum it up best when you say its a "game". Its certainly watchable if only for the game element of itDanielFullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635161450969202410noreply@blogger.com