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Post by fanofe2 on Aug 12, 2013 0:35:23 GMT -5
Seriously, and so many extra pieces need to be bought for every mission. Like every mission down to the finals have that teams colored parts. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Like think about it, especially in Endurance 5 they had to have all the team colored items for the final four 'Create Your Own Mission' which means they must have the same other three colors too that go unnoticed. Although some were probably used. But yeah just a lot of supplies, expensive location, and such made E6 sort of kill the show IMO. Miss it so much though and maybe someday when I'm older I will try to make something similar if I win the lottery or something.  Yeah Mitch that always amazed me, for every challenge, they had to make sets of equipment in EVERY SINGLE COLOR, even if it's like the final 3 or something! That's a lot of equipment that goes, like, unused. Maybe if the producers were more economical (e.g, waiting for results before making specific color-coded sets), then the show would've gone on longer. Or if thy were sponsored by a major company... Easy solution, as amplify suggested. You wait until the last possible minute to paint the colors on things. Alternatively, I'm sure a lot of that stuff was re-used. We all know that metal device that was frequently in the water was re-used a lot of times. Anyone remember Cherry Picker when Max and Jenna had the two-foot disadvantage and they had to put the balls in those towers by using those big poles? Well, those balls could have been the same balls that had to be moved up the ramps in Endurance Hawaii. If you go to a place and buy locally or even rent as much as possible (cameras, ropes, whatever), you wouldn't have to pay to truck it out there. |
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Post by fanofe2 on Aug 12, 2013 19:26:04 GMT -5
I think if E6 was on basic cable it would have helped a lot as well. Honestly none of my friends knew Endurance because where I live Endurance has been on channel 120 since the first few seasons.. I think that if Endurance was still on NBC, they might have had higher ratings, which would have led to more funding, and possibly may have aired in primetime a few years down the road. That is, with old enough contestants. Remember that the FCC has a requirement for broadcast channels (NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC) to have a certain amount of programming each week classified as "educational or informative." That's why Endurance always had that E/I logo on the screen during the early years. Well, eventually the "Discovery Kids on NBC" block went away and Endurance was only on DK. I think what started the downfall of Endurance was when it went off NBC. The finishing move was when they filmed in Fiji...or maybe they knew they wouldn't be around much longer and decided to go out with a bang. |
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tony2012
Won an Endurance Mission
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Post by tony2012 on Jan 19, 2014 22:41:55 GMT -5
I think that if Endurance was still on NBC, they might have had higher ratings, which would have led to more funding, and possibly may have aired in primetime a few years down the road. That is, with old enough contestants. Definitely. But that means reforming the entire show right then and there. How would the show have had to be reformatted? Would it have been another Survivor? I could easily see it being kinda like Kid Nation in a way. |
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