[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the December 23 episode of Jeopardy!]
Some Jeopardy! followers weren’t entertained by cameos from Nosferatu stars Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp within the Monday, December 23 episode, calling their promo for the movie through the second spherical of the sport “tiring.”
Hoult and Depp learn clues for “The Cinematic Vampires” class within the Double Jeopardy spherical. The class featured clues in regards to the Interview With the Vampire 1994 film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, Kate Beckinsale‘s Underworld, Kathryn Bigelow‘s Close to Darkish, Catherine Deneuve‘s The Starvation, and the unique Nosferatu. Hoult and Depp star within the 2024 remake of the basic vampire story, which hits theaters Christmas Day, therefore the rationale for his or her digital go to to Jeopardy.
This isn’t the primary time Jeopardy! has partnered with a movie studio to assist promote a film, however followers on Reddit weren’t too happy with the cameos. Some mentioned these promotional partnerships are “tiring,” whereas others mentioned it felt that the actors didn’t appear excited to be filming the clues.
“These upcoming film advert classes are actually tiring tbh,” one Reddit person wrote. As one other replied, “And, per normal, the size of the clues means we don’t end DJ and this time left lots of money on the board! I like Hoult, however each he and Depp seemed to be actually depressing about studying these clues aloud, like somebody was torturing them and forcing them to do it beneath duress. No offense supposed to the gamers, however this was a dud of a recreation.”
One Reddit fan mentioned the present is misunderstanding what followers need out of the present’s particular friends. “Keep in mind, Davies thinks the viewers like having celebrities laboriously learn overlong clues that destroy the tempo of the present and assist end in leftovers,” a remark reads. “He thinks the celebrities are doing us a favor by agreeing to do it, not that the present is doing them a favor by permitting them to do it.”
One fan had an thought for enhance these classes so that they’re not “duds.” “They actually need to punch them up in the event that they’re gonna preserve doing them,” they wrote. “Make them shorter and spiffier. Additionally gamers may deliberately select these clues final?”
Outdoors of this class, followers have been nonetheless disenchanted with this episode, which featured returning participant Laura Faddah and newcomers Jenifer Miller and Sean Maguire.
“The sponsored class apart, that was only a brutal DJ board when it comes to issue,” one viewer mentioned. “If something, all of the unrevealed clues in the present day come from the quantity of triple stumpers, and I used to be proper there with the contestants on most of them — lots of the $1,200 to $2,000 clues felt like TOC, JIT, or Masters stage cuts. Edit: OK, trying again, perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit when it comes to issue, however lots of these clues appeared to have a really one-path ‘realize it otherwise you don’t’ fashion, and it simply felt bizarre.”
“What I ponder after an episode like that is, do the producers and writers acknowledge that it was a nasty present when it comes to leisure worth, and attempt to tackle the explanations it was dangerous so it doesn’t occur once more?” one viewer questioned in response. “Or do they assume it was simply wonderful?”
Laura turned a three-day champ on this episode with a remaining rating of $13,200. Sean positioned in second with $4,187, and Jenifer completed in final with -$2,000. What did you consider the episode? Was it a “dud”? Tell us within the feedback part, under.
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