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itry posted:Yeah, that's definitely better. Also liked the mat clause they added in. The train yard was a better place for it though. Train yard was an excellent place for it. Lots of good hiding spots. They should've done more tasks there.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The TMNZ task writers are evil I will never get over the last task from the first season, "Make the best desert".
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Really enjoying this season so far. I really hope Jeremy scored that super hero task like that on purpose, to make it all pointless. I love that sort of thing I thought it was weird how he kind of had to go out of his way to say that allergies aren't a big deal  . then 6 points for everyone lol
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Paul makes a small appearance in the new episode of NZ Today https://youtu.be/BaDDQ54UftA
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New NZ episode aired, probably the best one so far. The 'spot the difference' and 'enchanted forest' tasks were really good. For the first task, it was pretty weird overall but I kind of liked that there was no twist. What did make me wonder was the whole card machine thing though. As a European while cards are still very popular at stores, basically everyone here use phone apps to transfer money in these kinds of situations. At first I thought she didn't think of it cause she's on the older side, but even my 70 year old mom and all her friends do this on the regular. Is it just not a thing in NZ? E: I should say, this is not representative for all of Europe, I'm pretty sure Germans still believe card machines are the work of the devil and would burn you at the stake if you brought up apps for this purpose.
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I kind of expected the money task to have another part where the contestants purchase something within the limit of how much they had given and learn an important lesson about generosity. Some of the tasks this series are unexpectedly straightforward.
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I'm about halfway through TMNZ I understand that "loud, blustery rear end in a top hat" is his comedy gimmick. It was old after five minutes, and my wife -- a huge fan of all of the UK casts -- doesn't want to continue watching because of him. Maybe Kiwis find him funnier because they presumably don't have to deal with people who are earnestly like that on a daily basis? All three of the women on this cast are awesome in their own ways, and while Leigh Hart's style of comedy isn't my favorite, he's a good foil for the other contestants.
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I found him a bit overbearing at first, but the Libya song and the math quiz brought me around
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really strong episode, i feel like paul/co are doing some of the best task ideas of anyone
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Is it credit shenanigans that Alex is still the only writer listed for TM:UK, or is still really just him coming up with all the tasks? All other iterations appear to have a writing team, but for UK it's just Alex (with Tim Key doing task consulting.) Or maybe it's a "producing team come up with everything and are not technically writers" type of situation?
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I think that generally in interviews Alex has said its mostly him and one other lead producer/director/editor? who come up with the task ideas. The other guy is whoever is in charge of determining how to present and shoot the task if I recall correctly, which is why he has so much input. and sometimes comes up with tasks as well.
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eke out posted:really strong episode, i feel like paul/co are doing some of the best task ideas of anyone Completely agreed. They’re really killing it on riding the line of creativity and simplicity. I do wonder if the money task could have been solved differently or if there should have been a trick with the paper task. Disappointing Pie fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Aug 18, 2022 |
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Insurrectionist posted:New NZ episode aired, probably the best one so far. The 'spot the difference' and 'enchanted forest' tasks were really good. No, it's the same here. Paul was just covering his bases and if there's a contactless machine there all you have to do is vaguely wave your debit card at it.
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I wonder if the money task was one of those occasions when a tie-break gets elevated to a full task?
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Aug 18, 2022 13:34
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The money task may be one of the best initial reveal/reaction tasks I can recall. The actual task wasn’t that funny, but the concept is absolutely hilarious.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:The money task may be one of the best initial reveal/reaction tasks I can recall. The actual task wasn’t that funny, but the concept is absolutely hilarious. That one's actually a repeat of a task from one of the original Edinburgh shows iirc. Although frankly they might have come up with it coincidentally, it's a good one.
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Would have liked to see Al Murray do that one
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I really thought with the handwritten stuff/lack of seal, there was some fundamental twist -- like that the taskmaster's assistant had overstepped his bounds within the fiction and you weren't supposed to give him money, or there'd be other followup nonsense along those lines though "taskmaster chiding contestants for giving the assistant money" thing would be more greg/alex's character dynamic than jeremy/paul eke out fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Aug 18, 2022 |
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Thinking back to it, it's hilarious that Paul Ego not only was too cheap to give Paul actual money, but after etching a 2 dollar coin, he went down to 1 dollar, then down again to 20 cents, and finally to 10 cents (3.30 in total) instead of doing the biggest coin four times.
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eke out posted:I really thought with the handwritten stuff/lack of seal, there was some fundamental twist -- like that the taskmaster's assistant had overstepped his bounds within the fiction and you weren't supposed to give him money, or there'd be other followup nonsense along those lines I wonder if that was the original plan, or something else, but because no one really figured it out they just went with it as an actual task?
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:I wonder if that was the original plan, or something else, but because no one really figured it out they just went with it as an actual task? yeah I bet there was something there that got scrapped or didn't make the edit
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Jeremy's scoring continues to be bewildering, and it seems like he just really likes Josh. NZ Tasks continue to be top tier, loved all these ones.
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I really appreciate Jeremy’s scoring. Greg’s scoring comes off as his opinion (with the arrogance that his opinion is the only thing that matters,) while Jeremy’s scoring comes off as “I’m just stating a clear fact that nobody could possibly dispute.” It’s a small difference but I think both work really well.
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eke out posted:I really thought with the handwritten stuff/lack of seal, there was some fundamental twist -- like that the taskmaster's assistant had overstepped his bounds within the fiction and you weren't supposed to give him money, or there'd be other followup nonsense along those lines I honestly thought it was meant to suggest to some of them to just craft their own money just like Paul did with the task or Paul did with his money. Like someone draws some $100 bills or someone writes a fake $1,000,000 check
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I thought the door to the caravan really looked like a task envelope and if someone had investigated it they would have found the "real" task.
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i think my biggest criticism of tmnz is that it relies too heavily on improv comedy style tasks (like the best friend one in the most recent ep). or maybe nz comedians default to bad skits whenever they're told to be creative, idk.
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They had another good live studio task though.
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exmarx posted:i think my biggest criticism of tmnz is that it relies too heavily on improv comedy style tasks (like the best friend one in the most recent ep). or maybe nz comedians default to bad skits whenever they're told to be creative, idk. Jeremy's scoring is the worst part of TMNZ to me, he just tries to be to nice when he should be ruthless. For instance in the Doppelganger task, he just copped out and gave everyone 5 points. Greg would've actually scored them. Justine having a drag queen that looked just like her except all the dress colors swapped on the dresses would be an easy 5 points. Chris's obvious nothing alike could be the 4 point or the 1 point depending on if it Greg found it funny enough. Josh and Paul would be an easy middle and I think Kura would've been the weakest. Looking at the wiki, he gave matching scores to 3 people on the prize task, 4 people on the dummy task, everyone on the doppelganger task. The only non-objective task he scored normally was the live task.
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I agree with your larger point but I genuinely haven't a clue how you think Justine's was spot on and Kura's was the weakest. . So many routes he could've gone with the scoring and he chose the lamest option by far.
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pretty sure it wasn't a 'real' task, so everyone getting the same score kinda makes sense – all the doppelgängers are minor celebrities i think
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It was worth it for the savage burn at the end, "a collection of five Auckland personalities more desperate to be on TV than our usual five."
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I'm a big fan of White Josh, personally, even if the ultimately pointless task did break the flow of the episode a bit. Justine's elaborate dress is also up there with Mike Wozniak's mohawk as an example of great dedication to the show.
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I remember thinking that Josh in a suit looked an awful lot like Ray O'Leary, so the doppelganger task was a lot of fun
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If TMNZ Season 2 hadn't been so amazing, Season 3 would be being raved about. Chris and Josh are legendary
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Series 3 has been an incredibly slow burn for me; up until maybe episode 5 I would have said it was my least favorite of all the English language series. But the past few episodes have just been incredible, and the reveal of THE BOX was maybe the best moment of the show to date.
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Sugar Boogars got fuckin' robbed. "All Right" is charming, but comon'. The running plot thread on their 'best friend' has been great – as was that reveal by Chris dammmn. nerox posted:Jeremy's scoring is the worst part of TMNZ to me, he just tries to be to nice when he should be ruthless. Agree with this, but want to add that he also has a very... conservative? attitude towards task solutions where it doesn't feel like crazy solutions are rewarded as much. Greg throws a lot of curveballs, which is great, as a particularly insane solution sometimes still comes out ahead. Jeremy just plays it really straight. Still flabbergasted David only got one point for stripping down and jumping on a table in under 20 seconds.
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