New game show: Downfall
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I can't believe this is for real. Contestants have a certain amount of time to answer trivia questions as their prize is slowly moving down a conveyer belt located on a skyscraper. If they don't answer in time the prize drops off the conveyer belt and smashes.
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/0...skyscraper.php
Starts Tuesday June 22
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/0...skyscraper.php
Starts Tuesday June 22
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Chris Jericho of the WWE is hosting the show, so that in itself could make it entertaining.
But according to ABCs page on the show, they won't be sending the actual prizes over the edge, but "fabricated facsimiles" of the prizes.
But according to ABCs page on the show, they won't be sending the actual prizes over the edge, but "fabricated facsimiles" of the prizes.
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It'd be better if they put the contestants on said conveyer belt and every wrong question would push them closer to the edge.
If someone went over of course there'd be a net or inflatable thing to catch them. or maybe they're on a bungie cord.
I'd watch that though.
If someone went over of course there'd be a net or inflatable thing to catch them. or maybe they're on a bungie cord.
I'd watch that though.
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But according to ABCs page on the show, they won't be sending the actual prizes over the edge, but "fabricated facsimiles" of the prizes.
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When I saw the title, I thought it would be teams of players competing to come up with the best hitler subtitles.
Didn't Comedy Central have a game show where the prizes were destroyed when the contestants incorrectly answered questions?
Didn't Comedy Central have a game show where the prizes were destroyed when the contestants incorrectly answered questions?
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Ahh my fault, I see where you're coming from now. I can see that I guess but I still don't think it's that bad.
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Catch It Keep It did it better.
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dollar prize - the contestant will be standing on the conveyor belt - holding the cash -
if they don't answer 10 questions right before time runs out - they go over. Theres no net
or inflatable thing to catch them though - they are just hooked up to a harness - something
rock climbers use. Also if the contestant is struggling early in the game with the questions and
need to have the conveyor belt back up a notch or two - you can have a friend or relative be
put on the conveyor belt and if you don't beat the clock - they are the ones going over.
I'll be watching - I'm a fan of the host.
If you miss Tuesdays premiere and don't want to watch online - check out your local ABC
channel schedule for next weekend - mine is repeating the show next Sunday afternoon
from 1:00 pm ET to 2:00 pm ET. (The second episode scheduled for Tuesday, June 30 will
repeat on my local ABC channel on Sunday, July 4 from 2:30 pm ET to 3:30 pm ET.)
LB...
Last edited by LaxBandit; 06-20-10 at 01:57 PM.
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They should put the contestant on the ground at the end of the conveyer belt so they don't know what they're playing for. If they keep getting questions wrong then the item falls on the contestant. It's all good if they lose and the prize was a bunch of jelly beans but the real fun starts when the prize is a pick up truck.
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As mentioned earlier... Our games hows are usually toned-down copies of foreign shows. Latin American / Hispanic shows are borderline soft-core porn in this country and we'd never get away the stuff they do over in Japan. We seem to copy British shows without a second thought here. I'm actually surprised that this show is not an copy of a British show...
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yeah the boston guy was a doofus.
the only good thing about the show was that it reminded me to watch the show after it which was interesting.
the only good thing about the show was that it reminded me to watch the show after it which was interesting.
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I watched the first half. Jericho was an okay host, better than I thought he would be.
I also liked the structure of the game, answer 4 questions in a category, then 5, etc. to keep moving up the money ladder. Unfortunately, the addition of the conveyor belt makes the game move so fast that you barely have time to absorb the questions. And the actual idea of having a conveyor belt drop fake prizes or people is just too stupid. I probably won't watch again.
I also liked the structure of the game, answer 4 questions in a category, then 5, etc. to keep moving up the money ladder. Unfortunately, the addition of the conveyor belt makes the game move so fast that you barely have time to absorb the questions. And the actual idea of having a conveyor belt drop fake prizes or people is just too stupid. I probably won't watch again.
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^^ Agree with Charlie.
Watched about 30 minutes at work with my colleagues and we all thought it was lame. The questions were fine and Jericho is not a horrible host, but that coveyor belt with shit falling over got really distracting, especially knowing that all those prizes were fake props.
Watched about 30 minutes at work with my colleagues and we all thought it was lame. The questions were fine and Jericho is not a horrible host, but that coveyor belt with shit falling over got really distracting, especially knowing that all those prizes were fake props.
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