That being said, I’m intrigued to find out what was cut from the first episode of Solitary 4.0, as my problems with it (entertaining as it still was) went a bit deeper than what may or may not have been cut out by rubbish channel execs. Namely that the make-yourself-sweat task shouldn’t have eliminated someone, because Solitary isn’t about elimination by workload, it’s about elimination by giving up. Also whilst I approve of the strategy element (and indeed, Solitary‘s increasing strategy elements) of the unappetizing drinks treatment (contestants picked at random to combine two foodstuffs to form a drink but have to drink it themselves before everybody else has to do the same), my gut feeling is that strong stomach treatments should come mid-series, when you can play on the contestants’ hunger. Series opening treatment should be something more visual, I think.
In opther news, it is very important to take a minute to note that TV Ark have the titles for top army gameshow Combat, with Emelyn Hughes and Anneka Rice up right now.
I’d join that Save Solitary thing, but I absolutely disdain G4, so…oh no, it’s a head vs heart thing again.
Where can I watch the first episode of solitary 4.0? Please don’t make me create a US iTunes account, there must be another way…right?
Obviously with all the top producers and TV types that read Bother’s Bar I can’t explicitly say, only that the key to doing it was revealed merely a few days ago…
Hm. That would probably explain why it’s not showing up on Hulu… I suppose if your network’s going under, you might as well scrape up every last penny that you can.
That said, my finger’s hovering over the “Buy Season Pass” button.
Deal or No Deal is to be sponsored by Muller Yoghurts. Wow, that’s exciting, isn’t it? http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/02/03/12636-muller-corner-says-deal-to-deal-or-no-deal-sponsorship
One wonders if King.com’s sponsorship was actually all that successful…
Bought the first episode. I didn’t want to splurge on the full season because it looks like video clips are starting to trickle onto Hulu.
I definitely agree with the statement that the first competition was a bit unfair (as far as grounds for sending someone home), but on the other hand, the task itself was actually quite clever. The test was more physically demanding than any other initial test (in fact, only 3.0 had a remotely physical test), and in the initial stages of no food/sleep, probably wore the contestants down right from the get-go. It’s a shame they followed it with a school lunchroom drinking game.