27-06-2022, 12:40 AM
(26-06-2022, 05:43 PM)Steve Williams Wrote:(26-06-2022, 09:47 AM)eyeTV Wrote: I don't mind most of the Epic variants of the gameshows, but I can't forgive what they did to Bullseye. You just shouldn't mess to that extent with that format. Awful.
(26-06-2022, 03:51 PM)telebox2001 Wrote: Bullseye is a cherished format. You shouldn't mess with it full stop. You either do Bullseye faithfully or not at all.
Seems to be two threads on here discussing Epic Gameshow, but as has been mentioned before, it's not a revival of Bullseye, it's Epic Gameshow featuring Bullseye.
I'm not sure how much they were messing with it anyway, the first three rounds were absolutely identical to how it used to be. The only difference was that they played the first round twice with two pairs of contestants rather once with three pairs. Yes, there was a different final round but it's not like the original final round in Bullseye was any great innovation, it was just them playing darts and trying to get 101, the new final shows a bit more invention than that and I find it engaging enough.
Besides, Bullseye itself changed the format several times, the first series was very different with a completely different opening round, and they made other changes during the run regarding when contestants were eliminated and what they gambled and so on. So they were "messing" with the format from 1982. Which version of Bullseye should they have used?
How about not using it at all?
I can see why they chose Bullseye because it was a very popular show back in the day but the problem is that it is also very fondly remembered, so you can't change things and expect people to go along with it just because it's Bullseye.
