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Topic	Geekacea: Dose One Edition
Zeus 02/25/21 12:07:50 AM #266:	I keep meaning to talk about the Chase again, but I keep thinking I've already done it since I probably covered a bit of stuff in my first post about it. At any rate, apparently the reason Ken Jennings hasn't just kept on with Jeopardy is because of his commitments with the Chase (which hopefully will end, especially because the smarmy jackass executive producer they have doing it now pisses the fuck out of me and then the clown car of celebrity guest hosts is going to annoying). But that's only a small side discussion to what I've got to say about the Chase. I think I've seen 6 episodes of the Chase so far (probably however many are up) and it kinda reinforces what I said in the first place -- Jennings is wrong for the program, but so is Brad. You have teams playing against these Jeopardy champs and it's just too fucking easy to root against the contestants. Ken Jennings is a choir boy, so his trash-talking falls flat. Brad's ridiculous bowtie is distracting, but more importantly he's still a reasonably likeable guy. (There's also the sub issue that Brad is the weakest of the chasers by a very wide margin.) By contrast, James is made for the fucking role because he can play a convincing heel... although half the time I'm still rooting for him because he's a cool heel. For example, we learn that the third guy on a team is actually an 8-time Jeopardy champion. James's reaction? "I'm a 36-time Jeopardy champion. Welcome to the grown-ups table." (Of course, it's worth noting that Ken's run is much, much longer but I can't see Ken saying something like that, let alone having a great delivery.) The Brad episodes kinda feel like a waste, although they also pair him against weaker opponents. Speaking of a waste, contestants have an option of selecting other offers but offhand I can't really remember them ever going for the high/low. The Wave Master posted... The new Spider-Man. Movie has a title. Spider-Man: No Way Home. I can dig it. The Wave Master posted... After the events of Far From Home the tiyle6 enables sense. z0mg no spoilers! I guess because of the fucking Sony involvement, neither of the MCU Spideys is on D+. Revelation34 posted... Scorpion as the villain or bust. Would be nice. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:951045838] in Geekacea: ... [t:79211564]...</cite> <quote>I keep meaning to talk about the Chase again, but I keep thinking I've already done it since I probably covered a bit of stuff in my first post about it. At any rate, apparently the reason Ken Jennings hasn't just kept on with Jeopardy is because of his commitments with the Chase (which hopefully will end, especially because the smarmy jackass executive producer they have doing it now pisses the fuck out of me and then the clown car of celebrity guest hosts is going to annoying). But that's only a small side discussion to what I've got to say about the Chase. I think I've seen 6 episodes of the Chase so far (probably however many are up) and it kinda reinforces what I said in the first place -- Jennings is wrong for the program, but so is Brad. You have teams playing against these Jeopardy champs and it's just too fucking easy to root against the contestants. Ken Jennings is a choir boy, so his trash-talking falls flat. Brad's ridiculous bowtie is distracting, but more importantly he's still a reasonably likeable guy. (There's also the sub issue that Brad is the weakest of the chasers by a very wide margin.) By contrast, James is made for the fucking role because he can play a convincing heel... although half the time I'm still rooting for him because he's a cool heel. For example, we learn that the third guy on a team is actually an 8-time Jeopardy champion. James's reaction? "I'm a 36-time Jeopardy champion. Welcome to the grown-ups table." (Of course, it's worth noting that Ken's run is much, much longer but I can't see Ken saying something like that, let alone having a great delivery.) The Brad episodes kinda feel like a waste, although they also pair him against weaker opponents. Speaking of a waste, contestants have an option of selecting other offers but offhand I can't really remember them ever going for the high/low. The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>The new Spider-Man. Movie has a title. Spider-Man: No Way Home.</quote> I can dig it. The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>After the events of Far From Home the tiyle6 enables sense.</quote> z0mg no spoilers! I guess because of the fucking Sony involvement, neither of the MCU Spideys is on D+. Revelation34 posted... </cite> <quote>Scorpion as the villain or bust.</quote> Would be nice. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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