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jrjgames:
I took out the person reference and the \"joke\" reference because I thought it might be offensive to some people.
I'd rather not say what was said. :)
John
ITSBRY:
John...I know I went on and on thanking you yesterday, but I must do so again! I tried to email you (at info@jrjgames.com) to personally thank you, but I got the message back.
I LOVED seeing those pilot clips. What I wouldn't give to see that in its entirety!
Interesting the things that didn't carry over to the series. I actually think the pilot had a much better \"look\". It's slightly darker, but that added a little drama. I liked how the background cycled from blue to pink and the sparkly star effect with the white lights.
The moving dice table was just AWESOME! Why didn't they keep this? That was really really cool. Sort of added the drama of the contestant \"confronting\" the board (very PYL-ish). The cheesy blue screen effect behind the players definately needed to go and what's up with the chimp??? I'm glad that game never made it to the series! Bizarre.
ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com
clemon79:
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Aug 19 2003, 04:46 PM\'] The moving dice table was just AWESOME! Why didn't they keep this? That was really really cool. Sort of added the drama of the contestant \"confronting\" the board (very PYL-ish). [/quote]
I completely agree...I like the concept of the contestant both literally and figuratively \"facing\" the Big Numbers.
I can't remember how they handled breaks during the show...did they ever go straight from Big Numbers into introducing a challenger and starting a new match? (Or, for that matter, straight from a match into Big Numbers?) If they did, that could be one reason the table transition never made it to series, because it only really works to use it if there is going to always be a break between the front and end games, as a transitional as they go to break, like they did on PYL.
I also like the bit of speedup they had in the Big Numbers flashing at the start of the show (after the sequential \"clap\" sequence). Total aesthetic effect, yes, but for some reason it made me feel like I was about to be presented with a more fast-paced game.
zachhoran:
They did go from the bonus to introducing a new challenger and starting a new match on occasion, as well as going from the end of a match to the bonus round without taking a break(though not often). THey've run out of time at the end of a show before getting to the Big Numbers(on the 1987 premiere for one episode), and even run out of time as well as taking commercial breaks before playing one of the mini-games on the 1987-88 run.
ITSBRY:
--- Quote --- can't remember how they handled breaks during the show...did they ever go straight from Big Numbers into introducing a challenger and starting a new match? (Or, for that matter, straight from a match into Big Numbers?) If they did, that could be one reason the table transition never made it to series, because it only really works to use it if there is going to always be a break between the front and end games, as a transitional as they go to break, like they did on PYL.
--- End quote ---
I think you're absolutely right. Since some matches could go very quickly, they did frequently go right from a match to the BN and vise versa. It would be kinda jarring to see the table moving all the time, but damn, it's still cool! :-)
ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com
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