After being a fan of Game Changer I tried to watch Taskmaster because the shows are really close conceptually. But the format of "interview and pre recorded clips" bored me. The section were they play "live" against each other was way more funny.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hadn't heard of Game Changer, but it looks like a lot of people I like have been on it, so I'll have to take a look at that.

The things I like about the segments being pre-recorded is that sometimes the contestants will have forgotten certain things they did, they can add some post production to challenges where they create a video short or song, or they can play a joke on a contestant and then we see how it plays out over the season. I think it was the previous season they had a guy carry an egg in a necklace around, and whenever Alex blew the whistle, he'd have to stop whatever he was doing and present the egg. At first he thinks everyone has to do it, but as the season plays back, he learns it's just him, and as a viewer, after a while I'd forget it too, and the when randomly hearing the whistle, it's "ohhh, he better grab that egg fast!"

Also, when they present the clips and make it look like one person has won an event, and then they pull a "but wait!" and show them cheating or accidentally breaking a rule and they get disqualified is funny.

Nothing wrong with not liking it of course!

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 6 days ago

Try to watch it from the beginning (knowing the players and being para social with them is half the fun) but skip season 3 (covid season) except s03e01. That one is good.