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Some people have to care a certain amount for the show to work. If it was five Jo Brands every season I think a lot of the comedic tension would be lost.
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I don't think it's that so much as:- Mae always feels a bit like they have their guard up, and Taskmaster contestants work best when they let that down and let you glimpse the little fragment of insanity everyone's hiding underneath?
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May 19, 2023 12:01
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I think it's more that the other "competent" or "competitive" people in the past managed to be funnier. I liked Dara O'Briain a lot, for example. e: Although, having watched the last episode, I gotta admit Bosco was pretty great. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 12:09 on May 19, 2023 |
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May 19, 2023 12:02
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I think past seasons have worked with a better split of creative tasks and objective tasks, where "competency" is less of a factor. If feels like there's been less judging by Gregg this season (and last season) so boring competence at actually doing stuff is taking up more screen time. Less arts and crafts tasks more "do this thing most/quickest/longest" tasks.
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I mean I do enjoy Mae’s casual reaction to anything that is thrown at them. Like telling Alex they’ve tried balancing things on jelly before. They do help provide a contrast to the high, manic energy of contestants like Ivo and Kiell. The hatred for being a bit boring is wild.
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It's that I'm watching the show wondering who is going to win and how. Frankie fishes 1 out of the water because he did it terribly, Kiell did it slightly better for 2. Then they see the extra pineapples and they both missed it and ooh I wonder if the others see it. Ivo sees them and gets those plus an extra couple from fishing. Jenny fishes 4 out of the water. Oh a wonder if Mae will spot the pineapples! Will they do better than Ivo? Just better than Jenny? Or is this some hilarious failure? Oh, it's just the series front-runner drawing 13 pineapples on a piece of paper to automatically beat everyone else for the most anti-climactic result possible. Awesome. It wasn't super crafty, or require skill, or luck. It's not funny and it's not making the contest more interesting by boosting a lower contestant. It just robs the show of part of its fun. I was genuinely excited to see how the task would play out and felt instantly deflated when Mae drew those pineapples. It gave good banter but the series just has good banter anyway and we already had is this win legit debates this season. I still like the episode and the season but it's lost an aspect of the show that typically adds to the fun. The tasks feel generally flatter this season and I think Mae is either part of the cause or a symptom of that. Phigs fucked around with this message at 12:16 on May 19, 2023 |
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May 19, 2023 12:14
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I thought drawing the pineapples was funny. You couldn't even be sure whether they'd get points for that because of Greg, but I found the banter surrounding it worth the effort. Also completely expected them to get all the other pineapples and just be Very Good at the task and fortunately that didn't happen.
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May 19, 2023 12:20
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you still have to think of it at the time and it's not a given that it'll come to your mind
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May 19, 2023 12:32
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The fact that it pisses people off is exactly the reason Greg give it the points...
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May 19, 2023 12:46
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While the drums should not have been allowed (they were making continuous wrist and hand motions through the entire thing, therefore there were multiple throws occurring), the drawn pineapples were fine imo. edit: also the thread being mad at someone for being good at the game is dumb
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May 19, 2023 13:11
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It's not the being good part, plenty of good at TM contestants were fun to watch
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Are people really, genuinely angry at Mae? They are too nice to dislike; but still just relaxed a little more they could be a perfect example of a competent yet entertaining contestant. Dara was great example of that, for me. RickRogers fucked around with this message at 15:35 on May 19, 2023 |
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May 19, 2023 15:15
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I'm not angry, I'm just bored
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vanity slug posted:I'm not angry, I'm just bored
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RickRogers posted:Are people really, genuinely angry at Mae? Nah, Mae seems impossible to hate as a person, I just don't enjoy their play here. Like seeing an actor you like in a movie where they just don't seem to fit.
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vanity slug posted:Maybe there should be a 'serious' Taskmaster for very serious people to genuinely compete in the tasks. Mae would do well there. It's called Champion of Champions, and Mae is a lock for it...
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Heavy_D posted:It's called Champion of Champions, and Mae is a lock for it... Yes Champion of Champions, where Bob Mortimer famously tried seriously.
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Frankie Boyle going full philosophical after the pineapple task had me howling.
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CoC III is looking like Sarah Kendal, Morgana Robinson, Sophie Duker, Dara Ó Briain and Mae. I think it of that lot I'll be rooting for Morgana as the best source of a bit of chaos.
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May 19, 2023 16:20
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Pablo Bluth posted:CoC III is looking like Sarah Kendal, Morgana Robinson, Sophie Duker, Dara Ó Briain and Mae. I think it of that lot I'll be rooting for Morgana as the best source of a bit of chaos. I didn't see S10 yet but I'm really looking forward to Morgana and Sophie again.
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Sorry, was that a spoiler?
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you should definitely see the series with Sarah Kendall because it also has Mike Wozniak in it
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Pablo Bluth posted:CoC III is looking like Sarah Kendal, Morgana Robinson, Sophie Duker, Dara Ó Briain and Mae. I think it of that lot I'll be rooting for Morgana as the best source of a bit of chaos. Imagine the team tasks  and M. is easily top 5 all time contestants for me, can't wait
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Imagine the team tasks Edit: no, 1+2+5, 3+4. Pablo Bluth fucked around with this message at 16:43 on May 19, 2023 |
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Banter is better this season then just about any other.
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Champion of Champions 3 is going to be awesome. Morgana and Sophie are two of my favorite contestants, and either one of them paired with Dara for Team tasks would be gold.
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That's kind of how Mae is in the stuff I've seen. In that show about last one to laugh with all the Canadian comics they were almost the same demeanor throughout.
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That's an episode I'd happily show to people as an example of what this Taskmaster thing is all about.
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:Banter is better this season then just about any other. It really is. Between them the contestants have nailed the sweet spot in the right amount of hostility toward each other to be funny without bringing the mood down. And all of them have their own approaches to that, with Mae trying to justify all their tryhard schemes, Frankie pushing it to insane leaps of logic, and Kiell getting outraged when it works for either of them. Ivo wilting under everything Greg says and Jenny off in her own little world half the time. They're a brilliant set for the banter.
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Jenny Eclair is, and I say this with the utmost respect and admiration, a dizzy old bat, and the world needs more of her.
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I'm in the same boat where I like Mae but most of their solutions just aren't all that entertaining. They come across like a fan of the show who knows how it works and is doing all the things that people say they'd do when they're playing along at home.
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I wonder if Kiell will pull through. He’s in with a chance, and I’d love to see it especially after Greg drubbed him so harshly in the first half of the season.
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I dunno, 15 point difference in two episodes, plus being on the same team as the current leader...
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Had a galaxy brain moment rewatching the jelly task; there was enough clearance that you could slice the top of the jelly off without disturbing the duck. You could then put whatever you want on top of the slice, and then get into an argument in the studio about the definition of 'the'.
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Not bad, though a thin slice of jelly probably breaks easier. My mind immediately went to freezing it. Then the time limit came in but now that I think about it, maybe you could have tried it with a fire extinguisher. Timing it so you set down something heavy right at the mark is probably still the cleverest way.
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I agree with the Mae stuff. I find them likeable and funny in a low key way, but I've started to zone out during their attempts. I started to think about Joe Thomas' rant about putting a bit of effort in. To that end, I think the tasks are weak this year. Conceptually they're not that interesting and don't lend themselves to variety all that much. It's been a testament to the cast how funny the show has been despite all that. But if I did another rewatch I think I'd skip this one entirely. Oh and Alex screwed Ivo on that jelly task. You could easily argue you were within the spirit of the task, but Alex continued insinuating he was doing it wrong.
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DrVenkman posted:Oh and Alex screwed Ivo on that jelly task. You could easily argue you were within the spirit of the task, but Alex continued insinuating he was doing it wrong. See I liked that because it fits in great with Ivo's persona. Alex just psyched him right out of what is a totally valid solution - the bricks were on the jelly, they were just also on other bricks, and nothing in the task said the jelly had to support the weight by itself. But Ivo folds easily under pressure so he gave up on the winning strategy and lost, it was great.
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To misquote Rhod Gilbert: it didn't say anything about being exclusively on the jelly.
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Eh, while Mae doesn't really shine in the studio banter they are a fantastic foil to Kiell.
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DrVenkman posted:Oh and Alex screwed Ivo on that jelly task. You could easily argue you were within the spirit of the task, but Alex continued insinuating he was doing it wrong. Yeah Ivo definitely had the right idea, his stuff was on the jelly in a way that Jenny's stuff wasn't. Also, thinking more on the pineapple task it said "pile the pineapples on the path". "The" can be quite contentious in terms of which x constitute 'the x', like the jelly solution neongrey mentioned above, but "the pineapples" would have to exist in some form at the beginning. So those drawn pineapples shouldn't count IMO. (reminder to people who like to interpret this kind of convo differently, I just find this kind of thinking/discussion fun)
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