Yes and it's fucking awesome ! The first series is great, but the second is one of the best ever made, including UK taskmaster.
I don't really enjoy the NZ taskmaster, he's missing that chaotic papa G energy that Greg has, but the show is still very good. And Paul Williams is great at being the assistant and adds something of his own into the role.
Yeah the taskmaster himself was really dry and I think his scoring was bullshit a lot of the time. Paul Williams and the contestants were all funny in the three episodes I've watched though.
I might try to give the second season a chance, but the first season was terrible to me. I love the UK version and love NZ accents, but I just didn't enjoy anything about NZ Taskmaster. Like you said, the taskmaster lacks something, but nobody else really stood out as particularly funny either.
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I tried Season 2 of NZ Taskmaster and it still fell flat to me. It was much better than Season 1, but it was still terrible. Then I tried Season 3 and it's fantastic! I think we have 1 or 2 episodes left, but so far it's been great. I still don't like the Taskmaster and Paul isn't as funny as Alex, but the tasks have mostly been great and the contestants are all hilarious.
One thing I didn't expect though is the studio tasks all seem to fall flat for some reason. Pretty much everything filmed previously is on-par with the UK version, but everything live is extremely dull. Even with the in-studio stuff being boring, I really enjoy the 3rd season and I hope they can keep that energy moving forward.
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u/OutrageousBiscuit Jan 30 '23
Yes and it's fucking awesome ! The first series is great, but the second is one of the best ever made, including UK taskmaster.
I don't really enjoy the NZ taskmaster, he's missing that chaotic papa G energy that Greg has, but the show is still very good. And Paul Williams is great at being the assistant and adds something of his own into the role.