The Challenge
MTV ’s contention seriesThe Challengeis still kick the bucket unattackable than ever after 36 seasons on air , so clearly theproducers of the realness showare doing something very right . However , the fact that they ’ve got an amazing regular recurrence going does not imply that there is n’t room for betterment .
The show does a lot of things very well , but there are aspects of the series that could be deepen and reinvent in a fashion that would drastically improve the contention and entertainment value ofThe Challenge . What is it thatThe Challengecan variety to make the series even good ?
No More Bananarama
Many players throughout the secret plan have ground themselves as faces of the franchise , but no one is more recognizable than Johnny Bananas .
However , as this Banana - detached time of year has demonstrate , he sort of has a stranglehold on the narrative of every season he ’s on , and it feels like when he ’s gone the hearing actually set out to see some unexampled personality develop . The show would be much better off evening out it ’s glare , and revolving each season aroundone particular player(whether it ’s Bananas , Wes , CT , or Cara ) really belittle the development of new mavin role player .
More Independent Games
One of the best room in whichThe Challengeexploits the farsighted history that so many players share is by teaming them up with each other in unique way .
That by all odds create a engrossing moral force , but it would also be good to see more seasons where the players do n’t have to rely on one another completely , and it ’s frustrative to see some players never even get a shot to perform at their real power level solely because of who they ’re geminate with .
A Better Money Spread
late , The Challengehas gravel in the riding habit of create a lot of twists behind the money to purportedly make the competition more vivid .
And allowing one player to steal money from another or making the vast majority or entirety of the prize money up for grabs for one person definitely intensifies thing , but it also massively reduces most role player ’s likelihood of winning anything at all . Making the " plunder " for being eliminated first the same as add up in second or third in the net makes it even less likely that instrumentalist will get into the game and really make it fun or think about in general .
Dis-incentivize Throwing In The Same People Repeatedly
One constituent of the show that has definitely made things more boring is the habit of scapegoating one playerinto elimination repeatedlyuntil they ’re go , and then replicate the process again .
It is of path beneficialto every playerbesides the whipping boy , however the cognition thatonce a musician is thrown inonce , they ’re in all likelihood going to be thrown in over and over , make it far less entertaining . The show has essay to work around this with the skull construct , but that distinctly still is n’t having the consequence that the show wants it to have .
Cast Players That Are There To Compete
broaden the player that appear onThe Challengeis a good musical theme , but it seems like the show may have travel after contestants that are a defective fit for the show .
Namely , it feels like there are quite a few players who are there because they require to be on the show and lift their profile , not because they in reality desire to wager the game , and give birth so many people who are just angling for camera time really bog the show down .
A More Focused Talent Pool
While it ’s impressive thatThe Challengeis now perpetrate endowment like professional jock , and it says a lot that the rivalry can even be difficult for elite histrion , it also makes it feel like the playing study is a spot uneven .
For the rivalry to actually be interesting , the participant need to be relatively easy meet , and watching an athletic conflict between an Olympian and a formerReal Worldcast phallus is just too magnanimous of an power disruption to be intriguing .
More Vets
The Challengehas clearly been go out of it ’s room to vastly extend it ’s natural endowment pool in the last few years . founder that the show was originally theReal World / Road Rules Challenge , it did originally have a pretty little list of alternative for contender , but that ’s also what made the show unique .
Having a contest series betweenplayers with years or even decades of historybetween them is what setThe Challengeapart , and that ’s what the show needs to tap into again .
Less “Extremes”
The Challengeis a show that is excellent at up the ante , and at this point it has increase the insanity of it ’s content to the point thatThe Challengeof today is barely recognisable in comparison toThe Challengeof yesteryears .
However , at this point it feels like the series is using hat tricks like explosions , fire , fast cars , skydiving , and every other " extreme " idea that producers can come up with as a replacement for real creativity .
More Creativity
WhileThe Challenge ’s evolution into an athletic , uttermost - sportsman style competition has certainly been intriguing , it also makes the serial feel a bit one - note after time of year upon season of similarly vivid challenges with flashy element that are n’t particularly imaginative .
The show really needs to intercept relying on making everything hotter , colder , longer , large , or badder , and really needs to go back to the draught board and streamline their competitions . challenge need toactually be originative again .
Safer Competitions
Something that mostChallengefans have pick up on for yr is that as the competition has gotten more uttermost , it seems like the shape members are in a lot more physical peril .
The amount of competition that wind up getting medically disqualified from preserve on invoice of pointless injuries seems to be pretty steady , which is why the show needs to focalise on make challenges that are n’t as grievous for the contestants .
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