{"id":7512,"date":"2013-07-05T11:14:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T10:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2013-08-03T14:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T13:02:22","slug":"show-discussion-fort-boyard-france-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=7512","title":{"rendered":"Show Discussion: Fort Boyard France 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"boyardlogo\"<\/a>Saturdays, 19:45 UK time,<\/strong>
\nFrance 2 or naughty internet streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ah! It’s back.<\/p>\n

It’s funny to think we’ve gone from jumped-up outward bound centre to fully fledged fairy-tale-esque direction in the last few years, but if you can’t have an element of other-worldyness in a castle in the middle of the ocean where can<\/em> you have it? The big difference between the direction of the show 15-20 years ago and now is that it’s a much more knowing postmodern take – this year we have the Pere Fouras Show<\/em> (a gameshow within a gameshow with Rocky Horror<\/em> stylings – META) and characters played by actual proper celebrities who have been previous contestants.<\/p>\n

The new games look good – there’s a definite air of Wipeout-esque slapstick to many of the new key games – if last year was the year of the menotte, this year’s big game mechanic is turntables and things that spin. Looks like the council is now three games played for 10, 20 and 30 seconds for a possible four minutes in the treasure room, I think there’s less chance of something stupid like the fifteen minute segment leading to a five second final difference like last year, and even breaking even should feel like an event.<\/p>\n

I hope they’ve sorted their music out. We want TUNES!<\/p>\n

The UK kids version will air later in the year.<\/p>\n