The British Are Better Than Us: The Cube (Part 1)

Here’s video of the new British game show “The Cube.”  You could basically call this a cross between “Beat the Clock” and an 80s video game, which kinda works.

Contestants are given a seemingly simple task to do (demonstrated by “The Body”) and they win money if they can successfully complete it.  However, if they fail, they lose a life (nine are given to start).  Use up all your lives, it’s game over, no money.  And where there’s a money chain, lifelines can’t be too far behind.  Here, there are two: “Simplify,” which obviously makes the game easier, but you don’t know how, and “Trial Run,” which basically gives you a free run at the task.  If you fail, you don’t lose a life, and if you succeed, you don’t win money (So, you’d have to complete it again to go to the next task).

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Other two parts of this show will be up some time tomorrow.

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17 responses to "The British Are Better Than Us: The Cube (Part 1)"

  • TheKid965 says:

    Great show so far, but personally, I could do without the Matrix-y effects. Just personal taste.

    This would probably do well in the US, but it'd have to be on the right network.

  • Game Show Man says:

    Gadzooks, that's cool. Simple, but super challenging games, with an incredibly cool presentation and execution. Me gusta mucho.

  • marc412 says:

    IAWAYC. (I agree with all your comments.) It just feels like a Fox show to me. It's almost perfect as it is. Just save the bullet-time for the instant replays.

  • Lex says:

    I think it's a tad….silly. I mean I like it myself, but I'm worried it's not gonna be taken seriously by any TV audience, especially if you got to a 50k or 100k game.

    As for the matrix and etc, I'd almost prefer to see the whole show done with just the cube and a disembodied voice and maybe The Body in a neighboring cube watching. Give it a more bizarre claustrophobic solitary feel. I think the blend of cube-of-doom and studio-audience feel isn't working. Take out the host and audience, and put it on gsn or g4

  • Jordan says:

    I could easily see FOX picking this game up, with a different prize ladder

    $1,000/$5,000/$10,000/$25,000/$50,000/$100,000/$500,000

    The only problem is that I feel Mark Thompson might host it.

  • Craig says:

    You're not just whistling dixie, my friend. I can just see it now:

    "It's the game where percision is key… reflexes must be swift… & patience is a MUST…. Do you have what it takes to beat…..THE CUBE? It's the show you'll be talking about tomorrow".

    Honestly, Matrix effects or not, can't they make it more obnoxous than that? I mean, you're litterally playing a real-life "video game". I can just imagine how that'll translate to Nintendo's Wii.

  • Alan says:

    It's Beat The Clock with BIGGER STAKES……..I think this would work in the U.S…..depending on the network, I can see a top prize from $ 100,000 to $ 1 MILLION……

  • David B says:

    Yes, because ten times the top prize means ten times the excitement, right? Ah, er… no.

  • Anomymous says:

    Well $1 Million top prizes are the norm these days though.

  • David B says:

    So, tactically, you have to either have to have a game so strong people would watch it even with a lower prize range, or a much bigger prize. I know which of these most TV companies would prefer.

  • David B says:

    So, tactically, you have to either have to have a game so strong people would watch it even with a lower prize range, or a much bigger prize. I know which of these most TV companies would prefer.

  • DeVares says:

    I agree. This has Fox written all over it. They could air this as either a time filler until American Idol is ready, or, as a lead in (or out) for Idol. As for the game, I love it. It got that feel of The Matrix and (as Alex mentioned) Beat the Clock.

  • LaJuan says:

    The Matrix stuff worked well on those close calls, but when he's jumping and heading the ball!?!?!? Not sure about that one.

  • Game Show Man says:

    Uh-uh. BAD idea. Removing the host and the audience makes an already over-the-top game downright ludicrous.

    It also makes it too much like a "reality-show" which I can't stand for the life of me. It's PERFECT the way it is.

  • asdf says:

    I say have a prize ladder that looks like this:
    $250,000
    $100,000
    $75,000
    $50,000
    $25,000
    $10,000
    $5,000

  • asdf says:

    Also add a bonus help that you can use an unlimited amount of times that is called jump where you can skip the task at the cost of $10,000 of your grand prize

  • asdf says:

    Also if you run out of lives you must go back two parts but if you are at 5 or 10 thousand you go home with 1 and 2 thousand respectively.

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