) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
Worst international sets...EVER!
Sept 8, 2013 4:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by Victor on Sept 8, 2013 4:11:18 GMT -5
The cookie cutter format of Millionaire demands that the set be the same wherever the show is produced. However, slight modifications are allowed. Sometimes they are made to fit a (much) smaller budget. Other times a local designer feels he needs to improve the legendary design.
I have a huge collection of Millionaire pictures from around the world...here are the worst sets I could find.
Let's start off with Afghanistan. Nobody expects their version's set to be really great...and it wasn't. This is how the original set looked which has since been upgraded and improved.
And here's Azerbaijan's set. Looks cheap, really cheap.
Same goes for Armenia.
In Croatia they clearly spent some money. A local designer added some elements to the set that look awful. Really awful.
In the Czech Republic, this is how the Millionaire set looks.
Here's another pic. Two things to notice about this set. Their hot seat island is really small. And their screens look like two laptops on a bad looking coffee table.
As you would expect, Ghana doesn't have a big set.
But worse, the materials used look really cheap. The carpet on the floor looks like it is ready to come off.
In Kazakhstan there's not a big budget for the show...EVIDENTLY. I think they just scrambled some things together from other sets and arranged them to look like the Millionaire set.
It doesn't look better from another angle. You do wonder why they just don't stay true to the original. I don't know what worse in the Kazakhstan set, the own yellow design elements or the low budget way the original design is recreated.
The set in Nigeria is really, really tiny. Look at those stairs.
In Norway they felt the original design was, well, lacking. So they did something to it that made it...ummm..great?
They redeemed themselves however. When they updated their set they removed the raised platform and stayed true to the original.
Russia used to have a good set. This is how it looked.
But then a local designer decided he could do better by adding...smoke and mirrors...literally.
Another angle. Why oh why!?
The set in Slovenia does not look too bad. But they really want you to know what show you are watching so they incorporated the logo in both the hot seat island and the backdrop. The result: too much branding, too little design. Classic mistake.
Finally, here's Ukraine's old set.
Yes, it looks terrible. Here's another pic.
But we end on a positive note. They upgraded their set and not it looks pretty decent. Not great, but decent. So they get the award for most improved. Congrats, guys.
I have a huge collection of Millionaire pictures from around the world...here are the worst sets I could find.
Let's start off with Afghanistan. Nobody expects their version's set to be really great...and it wasn't. This is how the original set looked which has since been upgraded and improved.
And here's Azerbaijan's set. Looks cheap, really cheap.
Same goes for Armenia.
In Croatia they clearly spent some money. A local designer added some elements to the set that look awful. Really awful.
In the Czech Republic, this is how the Millionaire set looks.
Here's another pic. Two things to notice about this set. Their hot seat island is really small. And their screens look like two laptops on a bad looking coffee table.
As you would expect, Ghana doesn't have a big set.
But worse, the materials used look really cheap. The carpet on the floor looks like it is ready to come off.
In Kazakhstan there's not a big budget for the show...EVIDENTLY. I think they just scrambled some things together from other sets and arranged them to look like the Millionaire set.
It doesn't look better from another angle. You do wonder why they just don't stay true to the original. I don't know what worse in the Kazakhstan set, the own yellow design elements or the low budget way the original design is recreated.
The set in Nigeria is really, really tiny. Look at those stairs.
In Norway they felt the original design was, well, lacking. So they did something to it that made it...ummm..great?
They redeemed themselves however. When they updated their set they removed the raised platform and stayed true to the original.
Russia used to have a good set. This is how it looked.
But then a local designer decided he could do better by adding...smoke and mirrors...literally.
Another angle. Why oh why!?
The set in Slovenia does not look too bad. But they really want you to know what show you are watching so they incorporated the logo in both the hot seat island and the backdrop. The result: too much branding, too little design. Classic mistake.
Finally, here's Ukraine's old set.
Yes, it looks terrible. Here's another pic.
But we end on a positive note. They upgraded their set and not it looks pretty decent. Not great, but decent. So they get the award for most improved. Congrats, guys.
