I think it is fair and reasonable to point out that the Krypton Factor as most people remember it didn’t really start until 1988, despite the show starting in 1977. For me, the first eleven years are interesting and intriguing but I can understand if people don’t like it.
I’m far more taken with Four Rooms than I thought I would be; it’s fascinating to see the dealers’ valuations differ by one or two orders of magnitude, and delightful to see a seller manage to get on the right side of them. It particularly neatly plays with the nature of contestants; are the sellers the contestants or are the dealers the contestants, competing against each other? Sadly it’s a little less didactic than I might like regarding antiques deal-making. When the dealer asks what the seller wants for it, sadly I haven’t yet seen the seller simply say that they want the buyer’s best price; I can’t help feeling that the dealers far too often get the better of the deal-making.
Odd – This is the first time I’ve seen a dealer refuse to give a price: “What do you want for it?” ‘I’d rather you made an offer’ is more usually followed by ‘<some sort of ballpark figure, often 2-3x below what it turns out the dealer is willing to go up to, but sometimes closer to the limit' than 'No, I think I'd rather know what you wanted for it.'
No sooner do I put that up as filler, I get a link to an entire episode of 1984 Krypton Factor on Youtube:
The new version of Krypton Factor was better. Any news on whether it’s coming back or not?
It didn’t come back in 2011, so I’d guess not.
Speaking of which, some Wikipedia editor reckons Britain’s Best Brain is coming back. I’m thinking, probably not.
So your latest dislike is Gordon Burns KF, is it?
I think it is fair and reasonable to point out that the Krypton Factor as most people remember it didn’t really start until 1988, despite the show starting in 1977. For me, the first eleven years are interesting and intriguing but I can understand if people don’t like it.
And now the same person put up the KF 1984 Grand Final…
http://youtu.be/taZsZdB0X2s
And also Lingo UK!
I’m far more taken with Four Rooms than I thought I would be; it’s fascinating to see the dealers’ valuations differ by one or two orders of magnitude, and delightful to see a seller manage to get on the right side of them. It particularly neatly plays with the nature of contestants; are the sellers the contestants or are the dealers the contestants, competing against each other? Sadly it’s a little less didactic than I might like regarding antiques deal-making. When the dealer asks what the seller wants for it, sadly I haven’t yet seen the seller simply say that they want the buyer’s best price; I can’t help feeling that the dealers far too often get the better of the deal-making.
Odd – This is the first time I’ve seen a dealer refuse to give a price: “What do you want for it?” ‘I’d rather you made an offer’ is more usually followed by ‘<some sort of ballpark figure, often 2-3x below what it turns out the dealer is willing to go up to, but sometimes closer to the limit' than 'No, I think I'd rather know what you wanted for it.'
Would you like a hilarious techno mix of the Krypton Factor theme? Yes, yes you would.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVMa0tQuDCk
He did one of The Crystal Maze, too! And it’s a lot better than my utter cock-up of it.
Can’t remember if I’ve posted this before, but I felt this was a remarkably good attempt at doing a TCM theme update:
That {Cyber Zone|Cyberzone} theme tune: terrible, but catchy.
Just like the ebola virus! Ahem.