Comments | hamsterwoman: Oh right, Hugo nominations; also more Taskmaster

hamsterwoman

Oh right, Hugo nominations; also more Taskmaster

Feb 12, 2022 17:21

I saw ambyr's post about how Hugo nominations close in a little over a month (deadline in March 15) and went "OH SHIT", because the late Hugo voting season last year means I keep thinking it's several months before the Hugos start up again, but it doesn't work like that. So I spent Friday night making a list of Hugo-eligible things I have consumed, and ( Read more... )

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qwentoozla February 13 2022, 05:40:03 UTC

I feel like in the later series the antagonism got shifted to Greg-vs-Alex first and foremost, and then Greg vs contestants.

Yeah, I agree and I definitely prefer that dynamic--it's nicer for the contestants to be a group together against the Taskmaster capriciously judging them. And Greg being mean to Alex is just funny! I think they both really like their roles in that dynamic, haha.

Tim is my favorite in series 1. I feel like he has more of a cheeky persona that makes his cheating come across differently than Dave's, whereas Dave seemed more like he was seriously trying to cheat? Tim's cheating is more like "Oh, he'll see what he can get away with!"

I do like Josh (and he is certainly very Hobbit-like!) but I feel like he's never that funny to me, either on Taskmaster or on other shows. He's a pleasant guy! I just don't think he has that sharpness and quickness that some comedians have, I guess.

For me, series 2 is mostly contestants I like but don't love. I do really like Jon too. But I actively dislike Joe Wilkinson, ( ... )

hamsterwoman February 13 2022, 17:27:24 UTC

and I definitely prefer that dynamic--it's nicer for the contestants to be a group together against the Taskmaster capriciously judging them

Agreed! (I'm now 2 episodes into series 7, and it's interesting from that perspective -- they do some of that inter-contestant sniping and undermining each other, but they're also doing some supporting and playing off each other, and the whole thing is funny, which means I still like it.

re: Tim vs Dave cheating -- yeah, I agree! Tim's felt like "can't blame a guy for trying", but Dave seemed to actually be trying to get away with it. And there was so much less plausible deniability with Dave.

I agree that I like Josh more than I find him hilarious; he was my favorite on series 1, but wouldn't rise to the list of favorite contestants across the series.

I actively dislike Joe Wilkinson, mostly because he's super tiresome on other shows

I could definitely see Joe get tiresome! especially in a format where he was less diluted by other people.

and I've often used the "concealing a ( ... )

_profiterole_ February 13 2022, 12:45:34 UTC

The Velocity of Revolution by Marshall Ryan Maresca and The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum are 2021 novel releases as well.

hamsterwoman February 13 2022, 17:09:25 UTC

I do want to read some Marshall Ryan Maresca at some point! (though it's very unlikely to happen in the next 30 days, alas)

gillo February 13 2022, 17:28:33 UTC

The rundown of Taskmaster was actually helpful. We watched an episode or two when it first started, decided we didn't really like the tone so didn't bother with any more. The TV channel "Dave" is easy to ignore, as it's about 80% repeats of things we've already seen on the BBC. I may go back and try a few more episodes.

You may not realise that the vast majority of the contestants are pretty well-known here, as actors, standups or both. Josh Widdicombe's asthma is quite well-known, for example. I see exactly what you mean by comparing him to a hobbit!

hamsterwoman February 13 2022, 17:59:51 UTC

I gathered from my Commonwealth flisters' reactions that the contestants tend to be pretty to very well known, but, yeah, for me, none of them are people I have watched before, and only a few were people I was vaguely aware of in secondhand ways (e.g. Noel Fielding, because a flister had gone to a show of his ( ... )