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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: weaklink75 on April 07, 2014, 10:31:21 AM
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Weirdest part of the press release: “It’s as if Jack Bauer made brain love with Jeff Foxworthy.”
http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/fox-orders-game-show-boom-based-on-israeli-format-from-keshet-dcp/
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For a show based around ticking timebombs, the Isreali show is a bit dull.
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So they're remaking Greed and to heighten the tension now there's incendiary devices. How about that.
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Plus it I'll have play along too I think...
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Is there any video of the Israeli version anywhere?
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Is there any video of the Israeli version anywhere?
Keshet Broadcasting (which is responsible for Boom!) has the premiere episode streamed on one of its websites. The show is in Hebrew, but the format can easily be followed ...
http://www.mako.co.il/mako-vod-keshet/boom-s1/VOD-95255a632881541006.htm?sCh=3d385dd2dd5d4110&pId=1825219677
Another article in The Times of Israel suggests that some of the questions have a bit of a Million Pound Drop feel, as they are on very current events. One question had to do with the Malaysian Airlines tragedy.
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Let's be real. In today's politically correct world, there's no chance in hell of this making to air.
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Let's be real. In today's politically correct world, there's no chance in hell of this making to air.
I'll take that bet. This already airs in Israel, after years of the land dealing w suicide bombs?
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Let's be real. In today's politically correct world, there's no chance in hell of this making to air.
Because, as we all know, Israel has absolutely no history of bombings, unlike the US.
Seriously, though, if it flies there....
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Israel also has a culture where having a rifle slung over your back while walking down the street isn't discouraged one bit.
Israel also doesn't have a bunch of whiny touchy-feely action groups that would immediately utter howls of "insensitivity".
I'll stick with no chance in hell and you are free to mock me if I am wrong.
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I don't think it's mockworthy but I think the premise could be massaged (two different versions of The Mole have that a time bomb challenge) to fit the needs/desires of whoever picks it up. I wish that your second point wasn't such a big deal, but here we are.
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As much as I want to point to prior examples (Debt had the "Debtonator", Think Fast had a "Time Bomb"), I gotta remind myself that was at least 16 and 24 years ago, respectively. The former wasn't that big of a deal, and the PC movement was still a few years off with the latter.
Honestly, gimmicks and all, I'd prolly at least watch the premiere. I wanna say it shouldn't be a big deal, but it's going to absolutely be a big deal because of the era we live in. I'm more interested to see how the "explosions" look.
/Boom! is a Michael Bay Production
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Honestly, gimmicks and all, I'd prolly at least watch the premiere. I wanna say it shouldn't be a big deal, but it's going to absolutely be a big deal because of the era we live in.
I feel like it's a big deal because it's Fox and not the network that aired a game called Russian Roulette for two years excluding reruns.
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Honestly, gimmicks and all, I'd prolly at least watch the premiere. I wanna say it shouldn't be a big deal, but it's going to absolutely be a big deal because of the era we live in.
I feel like it's a big deal because it's Fox and not the network that aired a game called Russian Roulette for two years excluding reruns.
I knew there was a show post-2001 that had a very interesting, potentially controversial title, but couldn't place it. That was it....thanks!
One night in the summer of '02, I showed it to my friend, who was very surprised that a show with that name made it to air. When he mentioned it, I was a little surprised myself...
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What's interesting about that is I understood the metaphor/allegory of standing on the barrels of the revolver, chuckled at the premise and people dropping out of the game and went about my way without a second thought.
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"Boom"? More like "Thud." Nice set though.
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What's interesting about that is I understood the metaphor/allegory of standing on the barrels of the revolver, chuckled at the premise and people dropping out of the game and went about my way without a second thought.
The firearms expert in me requires that I replace "barrels" with "cylinder" in your sentence. ;)
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The firearms expert in me requires that I replace "barrels" with "cylinder" in your sentence. ;)
This is generally why I don't talk about guns: I know so very little about them. :)
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If you ever make it out to Virginia, I'll send you back with a qualification certificate. :D
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If you ever make it out to Virginia, I'll send you back with a qualification certificate. :D
I wish I had known that, I have family out there and enjoyed the area.
/is monocular vision an issue?
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So what was the show called in Russia...did they simply call it roulette?
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So what was the show called in Russia...did they simply call it roulette?
As it happens, they also called it "Russian Roulette":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3PQ_KxWBic&hd=1
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One night in the summer of '02, I showed it to my friend, who was very surprised that a show with that name made it to air. When he mentioned it, I was a little surprised myself...
Back when stuff like Family Challenge and What Would You Do, et al were on the air, one of the stunts would be essentially Russian Roulette, but with pies. Watching those things as a kid led to a basic understanding of RR as a teenager and thus no real aversion or shock.
If this was on GSN or some other cable channel, no one would likely pay attention, but on a broadcast network that lost the benefit of the doubt a long time ago, people are going to automatically assume the worst intentions.
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I wish I had known that, I have family out there and enjoyed the area.
/is monocular vision an issue?
It actually can be an advantage in certain tactical situations. :)
...and we're back.
Debt's "Debt-O-Nator" was a cheesy explosion sound with a cheesy camera shake on a cheesy show that didn't take itself "dark lighting" seriously.
Think Fast's "Time Bomb" was a cheesy 4 X 8 foot piece of fabric that was shown on screen for 0.5 seconds. the name actually had relevance to the gameplay because it controlled the amount of time for the second player (depending on what day you watched).
Russian Roulette with pies ain't Russian Roulette.
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Personally I think it's a fun idea and I'd laugh at it. But then there's others that think "Top Shot" glorifies gun violence.
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Personally I think it's a fun idea and I'd laugh at it. But then there's others that think "Top Shot" glorifies gun violence.
There's clearly no pleasing anyone. I would think that if there was a show that scrupulously went out of its way to promote safety and good habits and proper usage of firearms it would be Top Shot. I suppose if there's an activist group that's against violence toward dinner plates, they'd have a beef, but really now.
I don't know if you can pin this on the network itself but they did buy the show: given that Fifth Grader (and even moreso Lyrics could hardly be arsed to trek off-reservation to have an interesting format I can't imagine Boom! treading any significantly new ground.
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Personally I think it's a fun idea and I'd laugh at it. But then there's others that think "Top Shot" glorifies gun violence.
There's clearly no pleasing anyone. I would think that if there was a show that scrupulously went out of its way to promote safety and good habits and proper usage of firearms it would be Top Shot.
I don't think I'd be able to disagree with anyone who thought Top Shot was gun porn. On the other hand, my personal takeaway from the episodes I saw was that gun handling is a skill, one that you shouldn't just assume every Tom, Dick, or Harry has.
/They also use things other than guns. That's always interesting.