11-13-2023, 11:24 AM
It's a game show in the vein of Amazing Race where contestants go around the world, solve puzzles and win prize. In this iteration, though, they go to places familiar to Bond afficianados. In the first episode two pairs of people traipse the wilds of Scotland ala Skyfall and run around Venice like Casino Royale. The main reason to watch the show is just to view these stunning locations. The contestants all seem dumb as a box of rocks so there is a good portion of the show with me screaming at the TV for these people not to be dumb. (Gee, I wonder why there is a phone booth on this stretch of road? Especially when many if not all phone booths have been removed in Great Britain) I also can hear the contestants, in my own head, asking the cameramen if they are going the right way or doing the right thing.
Plus, the have Brian Cox, from succession, guiding the game. He speaks to them from his Lair, telling the contestants whether they got questions wrong or right. The contestants all have a penchant for breaking into locked buildings. I'm kind of waiting for some group to break into a building that isn't part of the game.
It's kind of a fun show, like I said, just to see the locations and reminisce about the Bond sequences filmed there. But it is also an easy skip.
Plus, the have Brian Cox, from succession, guiding the game. He speaks to them from his Lair, telling the contestants whether they got questions wrong or right. The contestants all have a penchant for breaking into locked buildings. I'm kind of waiting for some group to break into a building that isn't part of the game.
It's kind of a fun show, like I said, just to see the locations and reminisce about the Bond sequences filmed there. But it is also an easy skip.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm