[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 26 2003, 11:17 AM\']I echo your sentiments. I also think just \"Pyramid\" is a dull title. Doesn't \"The $250,000 Pyramid\" sound so much better, even if they make a rule to insure the top prize is never awarded? Heck, they could call it \"Winner's Circle\" and it would have more impact, my thought is to light up a rail segment for right answers that would connect to form a circle.[/quote]
As much as I hate to give Sony credit for putting any real thought into the show, I think they may have figured out what I did a long time ago. When the original show put a dollar figure in the title, they forced all future versions to raise the ante. (50 to 25 doesn't count because 50 was a flop.) While \"Pyramid\" may be a dull title, at least they put an end to having to up the ante.
I had an idea some time ago of how to go beyond 25/100. If anyone wins $10,000, he has an opportunity at the end of the show to double all his winnings from the Winners' Circle in another trip, that works this way. There's only one category. You get to give one clue (or maybe two), and your partner has 15 seconds to guess the category. This round and the new show would be called the Golden Pyramid. (If two players tie with $10,000, they play together. Other rules about who gives, who receives and which celeb joins you may be added.)
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Sep 26 2003, 10:45AM\']
I miss the celeb intros, the warm set, the trilons and an \"actual\" theme, but I can live with all of that if they'd just dump all those annoying 'jumpy' camera shots.
Here's my issue with this:
It was great that they added the on-stage score displays, but the camera jumps during the front games totally negate the rationale for having these. You don't see them while the players are playing a round. I don't really pay attention to the score because I'm used to having it in front of me. When it's not there, I get lost and forget what's going on. It sucks out the play-along value in my opinion.
In the WC, it's even worse. What's the point of even having the Pyramid there? The only time you actually see it is when they display the first subject. The rest of the WC round, the camera is jumping around to tight shots of the players and the Pyramid isn't even visible because the categories are displayed on the screen. And I'm sorry, but the \"doot, doot\" and the audience reaction between category changes is so necessary.[/quote]
I agree with much of what you said, too. I miss the old way of introducing celebs. (OTOH, isn't it ironic that this way was not the norm when Bill Cullen was playing?) I hope before too long, they'll start using clips of big wins.
As to the scoreboards, I'd like them to do what you say and a little more. Show the team's current scoreboard along with the clock, the answer and both players at all times. Here \"a little bit more\": In at least the sixth round, show the other team's score in a lower corner of the screen. If they're not going to do that, do what they presently do in Round 6, but also add \"n to tie\" when that's all they can do.
I don't think the audience reaction is important between categories in the WC, but I agree that you need the doot-doot.
