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C'mon, Gordy Burns MUST present it. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I spent 30 minutes telling my very European office how bloody great the original show was to utter blank stares at why watching some random land a 747 at Hong Kong could be good tv.

This will bring back the viewers to ITV. Unless they muck it up royally. Which they probably will.

As long as they don't bring back Gordon Burns' haircut. It made me feel sick at the time, and 15 years on it looks even worse.
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Ooh, I'm such a bitch.

Anything had to be better than Busman's Holiday.

Doesn't Gordon Burns still sport the same 'do' on North West Tonight?

God, he's crap on that. Autocue defeats him every night.

I have never actually seen the Krypton Factor.

I do however remember the stupendously funny skit on Lee & Herring's 'Lionel Nimrod's Mysterious World'* where Gordon Burns (played by Armando Iannucci) was revealed to be from the planet Krypton, and insisted on competing in every game, easily winning them all with his superpowers. In his considered opinion this repeat tea-time TV win was ample enough evidence of why he should rule over puny mortals.

*May not be accurate title. Something like that.

His eyebrows have become more eyebrowsey.

I've been fancying seeing old Krypton factor again lately. It was ace. Best in the oldest series though.

I want some huge perspex puzzles now.

Three things happen as you get older. You get hairier everywhere except your head. Your ears grow. Your dick does too.

If we could somehow marry the Krypton Factor with Big Brother contestants and immediate death for failure to complete puzzles, that would be awesome.

If we're going to bring back an 80s TV show beginning with "K" (and it's their turn, really), Kickstart was better. Especially the theme tune.

Watch it, he's well connected.

Anyone remember 'Ooh, I Could Crush A Grape'? It was in the heyday of gunge, the stuff was everywhere it was the business.

Bah, he lives all the way in Manchester. By the time he assault-courses his way to merseyside, I'll have heard his creaking bones and promptly escaped using my flight simulator skills.

*too many fruit gums*

Noses too.

Also: Do fannys swell?

No idea.

It's on Challenge a fair bit.

Your knob gets bigger? Is that true?

Yes, but only when you rub your bus pass on it.

Sounds like a fervent prayer there

Re: Fannies.
Dunno, we should ask a girl. Myp, has your fanny swollen as you got older?

Yes.

I have mine slung under and half way up my back now or else it gets crushed when I cross my legs.

My Friday has been made, put it that way.
But seriously, any bigger and I'm going to have to start making my own pants.

If Gordon Burns is to present Krypton Factor 3.0, I do hope they employ some sort of post-production filter on him. In general, I'm vehemently opposed to any kind of jibe about someone's physical appearance (really, it's a cunts trick, especially on the internet. If the person making that comment looked like Brad sodding Pitt, they wouldn't be spending their time on internet fora, and should generally shut up), but now that my local TV news is once again North-West Tonight after a ten year break, I can't help but find his newly leathery skin inexplicably alarming. Maybe it's just because it provides a stark reminder of the passing of time and how we're all edging inexorably closer to the eternal blackness of death, maybe not. Either way it leaves me ruing the day I bought a Freeview box with HDMI upscaling.

I have a horrible feeling this will be used as yet another vehicle for Vernon Kay.

Fingers crossed for the return of Gordon Burns, though. And the legendary 'flight simulator' round.

Nah, it's all interlecktuel innit? They'll probably get one of their academic heavyweights on the phone. And after Melvyn and Sir Trevor tell them to bugger off, then it'll be Vernon.

Well no, it's ITV. It'll be all flashing lights and screaming audiences and things.

And there'll be at least one round where the pubic have to vote on something.

Cynical? Me?

I imagine Carol Vorderman's got a bit of free time now... she'll do.

That's... actually a decent idea. She might fit the show quite well, if they stick to the original formula.

But my money is still on Vernon. And a series of 'celebrity' editions.

One of the stations on Freeview was showing them back to back with Bullseye about a year ago. Can't remember who it was though. I know Challange show it on Sky and the station I was watching almost certainly had Challange involvement.

Landmines on the assualt course, and a anti aircraft gun at the finish line.

FTN, now Virgin 1, almost certainly.

The world according to The Sun says Ben Shepard may be presenting it.....

Sun in not completely wrong shocker!

But how in this day and age will they get freakish looking contestants who look like they've all been abducted by aliens and been transplanted back into society?

recruit from this forum ???

Ben Shephard is actually ace. I hope this will be good.

I'd have a heart attack just walking to the chair before filming began, never mind the assault course.

I'd love to give the assault course a go.

And the flight sim - possibly the best round in any gameshow ever.

Man, I loved the Krypton Factor.

The Can-Can?





Anyhoo, as someone who grew up watching the glorious Art-Of-Noise-soundtracked years of this show as a kid, I honestly hope to ETERNALISM that they don't fuck this up. Hopefully having this Ben Shephard guy will work - I don't know if his resumé has been all that impressive though?

I think he hosts or hosted GMTV. He can be very grown up and inoffensive, but when he was hosting 'The Xtra Factor' he was hilarious, and incredibly sarcastic without coming across as a dick. I dunno, he amused me so I have high hopes.

Did anyone watch this on new years day in the end?

Overall I thought it was pretty good if a bit rushed

But there is no flight simulator in this series

Aw, I'm cute. Look at me there, back in September, young and full of hope.

There's so much I wish I could tell you, September-me, and yet I cannot. Namely not to have created this thread on the grounds that the new series is a big bag of non-original-theme-music poo.

still had strange looking contestants though....

I did download this in the end, and...eurgh.

Made on a budget of 50p (the woman couldn't even open the door without it looking rickety), no flight-sim level, stupid "cool" WAAAP WAAAP alarm systems and gimmicky heartrate thing, stupid assault course with stupid editing.

And stupid GMTV man with his stupid face.

In summary, then; stupid.

I watched it and it was shit.

The assault course was dead weird. Why have them going in two heats, rather than all at once? Then again, it's not like the rest of the thing worked that well. One series and dead again, I suspect.

The assault course edit was horrible. The set was horrible. The awooga sirens as they went into a small box on set and looked at a TV for a minute or two was horrible. The presenter was horrible. The wonky eyed girl was lovely.