Just saw CNTM yesterday. Excuse this uncharacteristic moment…but…Tricia Helfer is HOTTT.
A few hours ago, Gameshow Marathon was on. Today’s show was Press Your Luck. Man, I don’t think I was old enough to really remember when the original show first aired, but I remember catching reruns and what not. I loved that gameshow. The flashing board and the sound it made was just mesmerizing. There was always high tension among the contestants. And who could forget the whammies? To tell you the truth, when I was young, those suckers scared the crap out of me.
Anyway, tonight’s remake was pretty cool. I think the actor were really getting into it. It’s really the type of game where you just can’t help but feel a rush when things are going your way. The board was obviously not the same as the old board, but it’s obvious that some effort was made to recreate the look. I got stupidly giddy when the infamous “flokati rug” made a reappearance as a prize. The joke from the old show was that no one really knew just what a flokati rug was. I was also amused by the reappearance of “$470″ as a prize which was also on the old board. It sticks out among the nice, rounder numbers like “$500″ and “$1000″ and such. The dollar amounts in this new board were higher than the old numbers. “$10000 + ONE SPIN” seemed ridiculously high, but it makes sense nowadays with inflation and all, you know? The font used on the images was different from the old font. I dunno. I thought it wasn’t as nice to look at. As well, the dollar amounts didn’t seem to have a consistent font size. Some of the numbers were bigger than others, making me think that the designers got a bit lazy. The light bounce timing seemed slower than the original game. However, since this show has celebs playing for charity, it’s understandable. Last quibble I can think of is that I missed the old projector system of the old board. The screens kind of faded in whenever the numbers changed. These new screens were obviously computerized and had hard cuts between screen changes. It would have looked more genuine if it had that touch.
As for the actors, they didn’t seem to know much of what was going on, but they went along with it all anyway. I wish the director told them to yell out “STOP!” like the contestants of the old show used to do. Whenever these actors stopped the board without yelling it, things felt kind of empty. At first, I was wondering what the heck was missing. Was it a chime of some sort? A buzz? When I realized the answer, I thought “Aww…that sucks.” They also didn’t seem to know that the big mantra usually yelled out was “Big bucks!” When they were yelling “Big Money!” it just wasn’t quite right.
You know, I would love to see that show revived. I don’t mean revived like they tried to do with “Whammy! The New Press Your Luck.” I tried to get into that show, but it just wasn’t the same. There’s just something about the old board the sounds, and the classic rules that is just so awesome. Maybe one day soon, you know?
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