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tvmitch

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« on: April 21, 2009, 08:30:37 PM »
Just a reminder (since the network isn't on many of our favorite channel lists) that the new MTV show "The Phone" starts tonight at 10pm Eastern. Looks like a combination of "The Mole" and, umm, "24." $50K goes to a winning team that finishes a task first...tonight, something to do with a bomber. Looks fairly slick.

Here's a 2-minute trailer video.
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2009, 09:20:25 PM »
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'213672\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 08:30 PM\']
Just a reminder (since the network isn't on many of our favorite channel lists) that the new MTV show "The Phone" starts tonight at 10pm Eastern. Looks like a combination of "The Mole" and, umm, "24." $50K goes to a winning team that finishes a task first...tonight, something to do with a bomber. Looks fairly slick.

Here's a 2-minute trailer video.
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Executive producer: Justin Timberlake.

If this show is as consistently polished as that trailer was, I'll forgive him for "SexyBack".
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2009, 10:18:05 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'213676\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 06:20 PM\']
Executive producer: Justin Timberlake.[/quote]
"You've won the game and $1,000. Now, you can keep that or trade it for what Bob's put in this box he's holding in front of him..."
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2009, 10:31:12 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'213684\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 10:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'213676\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 06:20 PM\']
Executive producer: Justin Timberlake.[/quote]
"You've won the game and $1,000. Now, you can keep that or trade it for what Bob's put in this box he's holding in front of him..."
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You win one Internets. Congradulation!
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 01:38:36 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'213684\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 09:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'213676\' date=\'Apr 21 2009, 06:20 PM\']
Executive producer: Justin Timberlake.[/quote]
"You've won the game and $1,000. Now, you can keep that or trade it for what Bob's put in this box he's holding in front of him..."
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Now there's a show.

I saw an episode of the Aussie version of this a couple months back, and it came across as a fairly clever idea, and was an engaging program overall.  Haven't seen tonight's episode yet, but my fear going in is that, since it's for MTV, "clever" and "engaging" will get swapped out for "XXXTREME!!!"
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 04:11:04 AM »
It's a good thing I didn't watch this show since I removed MTV from my lineup a couple years ago.  With a show whose EP is Justin Timberlake, sorry but I'll stick with TNG/Catch-21 block on GSN.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 04:18:54 AM »
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'213702\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 03:11 AM\']It's a good thing I didn't watch this show since I removed MTV from my lineup a couple years ago.  With a show whose EP is Justin Timberlake, sorry but I'll stick with TNG/Catch-21 block on GSN.[/quote]
Wait a second... I thought you couldn't get digital cable from your home parent's basement?
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 11:02:55 AM »
[quote name=\'J.R.\' post=\'213703\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 04:18 AM\']
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'213702\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 03:11 AM\']It's a good thing I didn't watch this show since I removed MTV from my lineup a couple years ago.  With a show whose EP is Justin Timberlake, sorry but I'll stick with TNG/Catch-21 block on GSN.[/quote]
Wait a second... I thought you couldn't get digital cable from your home parent's basement?[/quote]
I'm curious what sort of cable arrangement allows you to surgically remove an individual channel from your lineup.  I'd think that MTV would be on even the most basic of a basic package.

Meanwhile, did anybody see this?  The promos actually looked kinda interesting.
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 11:17:08 AM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'213709\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 11:02 AM\']
I'm curious what sort of cable arrangement allows you to surgically remove an individual channel from your lineup.  I'd think that MTV would be on even the most basic of a basic package.
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See, some TVs (like mine) allow you to remove/block channels from its lineup without having a cable box. It's actually pretty convenient...allowed me to block Fox News however many months ago.
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 11:23:50 AM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'213709\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 04:02 PM\']

Meanwhile, did anybody see this?  The promos actually looked kinda interesting.
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The original Dutch and Aussie versions are good fun - quite Mole like in its feel and sense of humour. I largely suspect those aspects to have been taken away in favour of NON-STOP HARDCORE ACTION and EXPLOSIONS for this one by the looks of the trailers, but I live in hope that they've kept some of the charm. Hopefully I'll find out later.
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2009, 05:06:58 PM »
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'213709\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 10:02 AM\']
Meanwhile, did anybody see this?  The promos actually looked kinda interesting.
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I did, and it was better than I expected. Think cheesy action movie meets The Amazing Race. It's like tracking down Carmen Sandiego, with no major geographical knowledge needed.

Basically, the contestants build a bank up to $50,000 through a course of physical and mental challenges. All the while, it all intertwines with a "story". In the first episode, it was a serial bomber wreaking havoc throughout Seattle. At the end, however, the team has to play against one another for the entire bank in a trivia round, recalling "pay attention" facts from the mission (e.g. What color was the car that blew up when your game first started?). The winner of that round gets the choice of whether or not they want to split the bank with their teammate.

In a nutshell, it was an hour pretty well spent. I'll be watching next Tuesday.
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2009, 11:48:38 PM »
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'213702\' date=\'Apr 22 2009, 03:11 AM\']
It's a good thing I didn't watch this show since I removed MTV from my lineup a couple years ago.  With a show whose EP is Justin Timberlake, sorry but I'll stick with TNG/Catch-21 block on GSN.
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Once you dig the cable box out of your neighbor's azalea bushes, perhaps?
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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2009, 05:01:46 PM »
I've gotta say, I'm both surprised and impressed - maybe surprised because I'm impressed.  When it started off with the big 'splosion, I was worried about the tone the game would take.  But it seems pretty true to the Aussie version, just... bigger.  There are more of those Fear-Factor-type elements, but I don't feel like they detracted from the game or the overall viewing experience one bit.  The whole package comes across as a sharply-produced mix of Amazing Race meets Estate of Panic, and it's a combo that works well for me, at least through one episode.

/I'm setting the DVR for an MTV series?
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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2009, 08:16:18 PM »
Right, I've wacthed the first two episodes now.

The tasks in the main are quite good (if someone can tell me the quick way to measure the rope for episode 2's third mission I'd love to know what it is). The way losing teams are dispatched is quite darkly comic (although it would have been nice if they made a bit more of putting a second team in the format).

However The Operator is one-dimensional and seems to have all the charm of a particularly grey brick... I accept they want to make the storylines more traditionally filmlike to appeal to the US audience and in doing so have relegated his role somewhat, but the fun of the AussieDutch show is that the cluemaster is a charming millionaire bastard (basically) getting the contestants to do his dirty work for him for his own entertainment which gives a much better chance for comedy and room for more subtle tasks. The trade-off is fewer explosions but I think the writing is better. You pays your money...

Still, at least MTV haven't ruined it, so hurrah for that at least.
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2009, 08:23:05 PM »
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(if someone can tell me the quick way to measure the rope for episode 2's third mission I'd love to know what it is)[/quote]
I haven't seen it. What are they asking them to do?
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