Great idea, kiiiinda shoots itself in the foot
Lets make one thing clear, THIS is a game show, this is not an epic story with high stakes, no, this, is a game show. The survivors are contestants, you lose when you die. Those are the stakes.
I dont BLAME ANYONE for thinking otherwise because the show does a terrible job of presenting this fact and i had to look it up because i was confused. It also doesnt help that the actors aka the players, i THINK were encouraged or told to make characters out of themselves, to try and have a story going on of their own making,
This is where i think the show messes up, its trying to have a cake and eat it too, they dont play it straight enough. All this has is a psuedo narrative dissonance where the show acts like this is a real drama, but then the contestants are laughing smiling another moment. They really should of just dropped it. Have the only story being setting up the scenario in question, and treat it like a 100% game show.
That being said, as a game show it is pretty neat, theres very little guidance meaning the players basically get told the objectives, and work everything else from there! Sometimes not even that and have to figure out the objectives on the fly. Turning some of the scenarios into zombie flavored escape rooms
Have your finger on the fast forward button when you get bored of the fluff, and just enjoy a neat lil game show.
I dont BLAME ANYONE for thinking otherwise because the show does a terrible job of presenting this fact and i had to look it up because i was confused. It also doesnt help that the actors aka the players, i THINK were encouraged or told to make characters out of themselves, to try and have a story going on of their own making,
This is where i think the show messes up, its trying to have a cake and eat it too, they dont play it straight enough. All this has is a psuedo narrative dissonance where the show acts like this is a real drama, but then the contestants are laughing smiling another moment. They really should of just dropped it. Have the only story being setting up the scenario in question, and treat it like a 100% game show.
That being said, as a game show it is pretty neat, theres very little guidance meaning the players basically get told the objectives, and work everything else from there! Sometimes not even that and have to figure out the objectives on the fly. Turning some of the scenarios into zombie flavored escape rooms
Have your finger on the fast forward button when you get bored of the fluff, and just enjoy a neat lil game show.
- sunnyd-61001
- Aug 10, 2023