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3/13 Blockbusters on GSN
Steve McClellan:
[quote name=\'jcompton\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 09:25 PM\']it was pretty clear that the solo player had an advantage most of the time[/quote]
Try telling Pat and Liz McCarthy that. :-p
Seriously, If I'm recalling the last episode's stats correctly, I believe the family pairs came out slightly ahead. Of course, I'm sure there are those among us who can probably rattle off the numbers off the tops of their heads. :)
CaseyAbell:
--- Quote ---I think the show is quite underrated.
--- End quote ---
Welcome to the board! I don't know that Blockbusters is underrated around here. I seem to have brought out every fan the show ever had. I'm not saying the show is terrible. It's a nice amiable quizzer that ambles along. I just don't think that it was one of the greatest game shows ever.
Gotta wonder, what's your beef with Jeopardy?
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 09:08 AM\']
Welcome to the board! [/quote]
Jcompton was a regular on Usenet, even though it may be his first post on this board.
Fedya:
[quote name=\'jcompton\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 12:25 AM\'] [quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 9 2004, 08:21 AM\'] It's a pretty routine quizzer, kinda slow, not particularly suspenseful. Mr. Cullen still launches a zinger or two, but the gameplay just sort of moseys along. An okay time-filler on GSN weekends but hardly a gem of the genre, IMO. [/quote]
I think the show is quite underrated. [/quote]
I agree with you JCompton, but would like to add a few things you neglected: the format of having questions categorized by one-word answers beginning with a certain letter. The category types on shows like J!, TTD, TJW, and so on, seem fairly similar and conventional to me: History, British Lit, Movies, and so on.
The other good thing was that you could buzz in in the middle of a question and answer without hearing the end of it. On questions where the writers gave two definitions for the same word, this made both for some fun wrong answers, and some interesting risk-taking.
IMO the worst thing about Blockbusters was Cullen's pacing -- the show goes far too slow for my tastes.
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Mar 10 2004, 10:06 AM\']
IMO the worst thing about Blockbusters was Cullen's pacing -- the show goes far too slow for my tastes. [/quote]
CUllen didn't slow the pacing until maybe six months into the show's run. Maybe that was GT's request that he do that. This was around the time Password PLus changed its maingame format and added the progressive Alphabetics jackpots. Maybe NBC or GT didn't want more than one bonus round played per show in most cases, and these changes were done for that reason.
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