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Old 02-14-2004, 01:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Monster House...

Okay so I never got to see the first one. And I want a house just like it. The Monster House Race Car House! Totally awesome. If you could get your house done. What episode is one of your favorites or what idea would you have in mind?
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Old 02-14-2004, 02:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 02-14-2004, 02:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 02-14-2004, 05:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I've seen most of the episodes. Some are interesting, some are hideous. Having lived no more than a few years in any one house, I can't help thinking just one thing. These people are out of their minds. Can you imagine trying to sell one of these horrors? I bet 99% of the potential buyers have been completely shut out.

I did enjoy the episode where the 'electrician' spent three days trying to hook up a simple light switch. They called him on it and he finally admitted that he had lied on the application form. He wasn't a sparky at all. They sent him walking.
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Old 02-15-2004, 03:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I've enjoyed it quite a lot -- I like the dynamic of people working together and figuring out how to get things done when they haven't a clue to start with; reminds me of software development.

Sometimes the producers try to goose up the conflict aspect too much -- they even incite it, I've read from some of the participants on the MH discussion board on the Discovery website -- but generally it's fun to watch. The crew I felt the most sorry for was the one that had to build a 20,000-Leagues-Under-the-Sea-type house, with a ton of welding to do -- but only one certified welder on the crew. The producers really set them up to suffer, especially the welder, but she carried it off.

My favorite show was the zen house -- these guys got along so well that they finished the whole job in just over three days -- to maintain any tension, the producers challenged them to several extra big projects in the remaining time, and the did it. Plus it was a pretty cool house that anybody would want to live in.

I do appreciate that the people that they get for this show are truly game for anything that's done; I guess they know what to expect. And although some of the mods are a little strange -- okay, a lot strange -- if you look at most of the houses, they're pretty much run-down older (read "cheap") tract homes owned by first-time buyers. On balance, I would say that the house's value usually goes up. I mean, who wouldn't want a personal pneumatic tube system that brings bottoms of beer directly from the kitchen to your easy chair? And sure, 95 percent of buyers wouldn't be interested in a house with a light-up dance disco floor, but you can bet that there are a few people out there who'd actually kill for one.

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Old 02-16-2004, 08:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I've seen a handful of episodes, and I'm wondering how real their time limit is. They've been working down to the "last second" a couple of times, but I've never seen them fail. Has it ever happened that they didn't finish?
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Old 02-16-2004, 09:06 AM   #7 (permalink)
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They did fail at least once. They brought in another crew to finish it. I don't think I would pick anyone house but it would be cool to have an assortment of items from them all. The disco floor was very cool!
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Old 02-17-2004, 10:15 AM   #8 (permalink)
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My favorite was the ultimate sports fan house a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was funny watching the family react excitedly until they went to the backyard and saw the bigass football helmet. You could clearly see the wife was not happy about that little detail. I'm sure when they revisit that build in the future the helmet will have disappeared.
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Old 02-17-2004, 03:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The dinosaur house was pretty cool. The neato rock furniture and the giant T-rex skeleton on the wall.
I haven't seen many episodes, but that one stands out in my mind.
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Old 02-17-2004, 10:18 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I've seen a handful of episodes, and I'm wondering how real their time limit is. They've been working down to the "last second" a couple of times, but I've never seen them fail. Has it ever happened that they didn't finish?
As diergray said, there was one failure. But most of the time, these guys don't really complete everything they've set out to do; they just reach a point that the producers accept as complete on the major projects; sometimes that means that a device that they put in the wall (the swing-out disco ball comes to mind) is installed and working, but they overlook the little detail that that the hole they tore in the wall still needs to be sheetrocked and plastered.


I 'm pretty sure that the production company has a clean-up crew of construction workers standing by who come in and finish the details (and also to finish the job if the team of the week screws up). Then the decorators move in.
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