Ah, thanks for the info on Timeless! Or that follow up movie, rather. No, its not on Netflix, it seems. May be they still bring it later, who knows. The politics behind the rights of films was always a mystery to me. Sometimes they show one or two movies out of a franchise, but not the remaining ones. Or they only show some stuff for a certain limited time.
Oh well, there is always enough other things to watch anyway. I cannot keep up with it all even if I try. But at times I wonder myself about my choices. May be you remember a TV show called Quiz Taxi NYC? I like it for some reason, dont know why. Sad isn't it? Its 10 years old and always the same - but its entertaining.
But I do find something new at times. The movie Highwaymen for example was not bad. About 2 Texas Rangers (Costner/Harrelson) that chase down Bonnie and Clyde, may you have seen it? Not exactly a new story, but well made.
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Quiz Taxi! I looked it up, and it's the same show as the version I've seen over here, Cash Cab, except that one takes place in Las Vegas. I don't usually watch quiz shows, but only because of a lack of time--I caught Cash Cab a few times and thought it was a pretty interesting concept. I assume one is a spinoff of the other, or someone's getting sued!
Yes, Cash Cab New York City is the proper name, Quiz Taxi is the German version. I forgot, sorry.
I don't quite understand why I'm watching this. As I said, its basically always the same, just with different people and different questions. Some of which I don't have a clue about, because they are very specifically American. And yet its kinda interesting to see how the people do in the game.
In general, I don't watch game shows. With very few exceptions may be. There was one on German TV some time ago called "The Thingy from the Roof", perhaps you had a American version, too. It was a weird concept: people would send some item to the TV station, and a group of celebrities in the studio had to guess what these items are, what its used for ect. Sounds simple, but you wouldn't believe what strange items there are - especially if they are a bit older. That was quite interesting, to guess what it is myself, rather than watching what they guess.
I suspect a lot of game shows would be way more fun to participate in than to watch. There are exceptions: There was one called Match Game, in which celebrities would hear a sentence, then fill out the last word--usually with something from the gutters of their minds. It was fun to watch because they picked people with fast minds who were fun to listen to.
As for why we watch them ... I just don't know. Sometimes it seems like there's a horrified fascination.
Well, yeah... especially the part where you win the money would be more fun if you do it yourself, rather than watching someone else win. :)
But if the questions are a bit interesting its already a good start. Something better than "Which Rapper published the album XYZ in 2004?"
And yes, there is this factor of "will they make it?", especially also in Cash Cab. I guess we all have a certain perception when we see people the first time, and we make assumptions about their personality, intelligence ect. I guess thats also part of it.
When it comes to interesting questions, there's always Jeopardy!