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AIBu to think "Traitors" is horrible?

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 19:26

I do not live in the UK, have no access to BBC media but my mum seems to be quite caught up in it. Apparently it's the grand final tonight.

I've watched the trailer on youtube but it just seems horrible. The information I've got from my mum is a bit garbled but wasn't there a woman vicar on it?

I don't want to sound like, "Outraged of Tumbridge Wells" but...

My mum was yakking on on about lying in a coffin, talking dolls, tarot cards...

I thought it was more like Taskmaster.

It all seems a bit rum to me. It's like, "Eyes Wide Shut" meets "Squid Game."

AIBU "It's just a bit of fun, stop clutching your pearls."
AINBU. "It’s horrible and I get mixed up between Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman."

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Autther · 24/01/2025 21:47

The dolls were funny and the clowns are probably drama school kids dressed up, c'mon!

MyIvyGrows · 24/01/2025 21:46

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:45

Thankyou. Quite appart from the occult aspect which is a bit silly, why should we celebrate people manipulating each other for material gain? Even if it is only a game?

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Are we celebrating it? Most viewers prefer the faithfuls to succeed.

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:45

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/01/2025 21:25

Fair enough @KnopkaPixie the Christians I knew from university would probably be against it. There's no real occult in it though, just highly dramatic clowns and such

Thankyou. Quite appart from the occult aspect which is a bit silly, why should we celebrate people manipulating each other for material gain? Even if it is only a game?

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HaddyAbrams · 24/01/2025 21:43

The dolls and the clowns were scary. But I'm scared of those things!

Autther · 24/01/2025 21:36

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 19:36

I know it's an extended parlour game and a bit of a scare at bedtime but:

1.) I'm not paying to watch it from France especially as I'll have to watch the complete progression from start to finish.
2.) I did Ouija boards as a kid and all that kind of stuff freaks me out to this day.

It's not scary in the slightest, I think you've got the wrong end of the stick

BG2015 · 24/01/2025 21:29

It's brilliant and very clever.

Apparently the producers are constantly on their toes as there's no way of predicting what will happen- they have to think on their feet.

Nice, easy watching about how people manipulate each other.

Loved all 3 seasons

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/01/2025 21:25

Fair enough @KnopkaPixie the Christians I knew from university would probably be against it. There's no real occult in it though, just highly dramatic clowns and such

PeppyGreenFinch · 24/01/2025 21:24

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:21

Because I live in the sticks and am a bit poor but it doesn't really trouble me on a daily basis unless I phone my 83 year old mum and I would like to know what is gripping the nation back in the old life.

It sounded a bit strange to me. You all like it. I don't. I'm risking yet another pile on but I am a Christian and I don't like this kind of messing about with backwards talking dolls and graves.

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I don’t think backward talking dolls or graves are banned in Christianity.

PeppyGreenFinch · 24/01/2025 21:23

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:21

Because I live in the sticks and am a bit poor but it doesn't really trouble me on a daily basis unless I phone my 83 year old mum and I would like to know what is gripping the nation back in the old life.

It sounded a bit strange to me. You all like it. I don't. I'm risking yet another pile on but I am a Christian and I don't like this kind of messing about with backwards talking dolls and graves.

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If you have a tablet and internet you can watch BBC iPlayer. You are a bit woe is me 🤣

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 21:21

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/01/2025 20:55

I don't have a television

Is this whole thread a wind up?

Why do you give a shit about a program you don't watch (or any program) in a country you don't live in?

Because I live in the sticks and am a bit poor but it doesn't really trouble me on a daily basis unless I phone my 83 year old mum and I would like to know what is gripping the nation back in the old life.

It sounded a bit strange to me. You all like it. I don't. I'm risking yet another pile on but I am a Christian and I don't like this kind of messing about with backwards talking dolls and graves.

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Wordau · 24/01/2025 21:19

It's reality TV made for the middle classes, with a real mix of real people, full of tongue in cheek campy creepiness and lots of fun twists and turns. Claudia is brilliant.

MrsPeterHarris · 24/01/2025 21:06

Allswellthatendswelll · 24/01/2025 19:28

😂 maybe just watch it.

It's basically a slightly camp, extended parlour game. I don't like reality TV as a rule but I love it. The people on it seem, for the most part, nice as well.

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This!

AmusedBouched · 24/01/2025 21:03

YABVU - Davina McCall is tolerable.

Claudia Winkleman is the most annoying female TV presenter to have ever existed.

FrannyScraps · 24/01/2025 21:01

KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 20:57

Thankyou. I realise that I'm coming across as very stupid but I just wanted other people's perspectives on it. It just sounded horrible but it's only a TV show after all. I live in a different world in many ways.

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Why didn't you ask then? Instead of being a wind up with provocative statements?

HalfMarathonWishItWasTheChoc · 24/01/2025 20:59

It’s brilliant!!!!!!

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 20:57

GameOfJones · 24/01/2025 20:52

It's not scary at all! Ok there were some "creepy dolls" this series but they sang nursery rhymes backwards and the contestants had to work out what they were singing. And three people were in "coffins" above ground for about ten minutes and the other contestants had to find them.

It's basically a murder mystery, where the audience know who the murderers are so the entertainment is in watching the rest of the contestants try to figure it out.

I actually find it very compelling viewing and it's rare to find a TV programme nowadays that hooks you with such a simple premise. I enjoy the gamesmanship and discussing with DH how we would play the game if we were in it. It is popular for a reason.

Thankyou. I realise that I'm coming across as very stupid but I just wanted other people's perspectives on it. It just sounded horrible but it's only a TV show after all. I live in a different world in many ways.

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HaddyAbrams · 24/01/2025 20:56

NinaOakley · 24/01/2025 20:41

It might be just me, but is anyone getting vibes Frankie and Alexander might turn into a romance?

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Isn't Frankie married?

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/01/2025 20:55

I don't have a television

Is this whole thread a wind up?

Why do you give a shit about a program you don't watch (or any program) in a country you don't live in?

goldmywrath · 24/01/2025 20:54

mouldygarlic · 24/01/2025 19:57

😂 Yeah, that is kind of the point..that the viewers know who the traitors are.

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Oh dear it just goes to show that I've never watched it and I'm clueless to the format. Still it's giving you a laugh at my expense 😂
I'm reading Denise Welch's book at the moment, The Unwelcome Visitor and there's just an accent of a hint there.

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 20:53

Fgfgfg · 24/01/2025 20:50

You said you live in France.
There's been two series of the French version already. Its called Les Traîtres

I don't have a television.

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GameOfJones · 24/01/2025 20:52

It's not scary at all! Ok there were some "creepy dolls" this series but they sang nursery rhymes backwards and the contestants had to work out what they were singing. And three people were in "coffins" above ground for about ten minutes and the other contestants had to find them.

It's basically a murder mystery, where the audience know who the murderers are so the entertainment is in watching the rest of the contestants try to figure it out.

I actually find it very compelling viewing and it's rare to find a TV programme nowadays that hooks you with such a simple premise. I enjoy the gamesmanship and discussing with DH how we would play the game if we were in it. It is popular for a reason.

Fgfgfg · 24/01/2025 20:50

You said you live in France.
There's been two series of the French version already. Its called Les Traîtres

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KnopkaPixie · 24/01/2025 20:48

Bumblebeestiltskin · 24/01/2025 20:31

Where did you get that it's a 'bit if a scare'? 😂

Blimey, your life must be incredibly dull to be starting a thread about something you've never watched and actually don't know much about.

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Yes. My life is incredibly dull.

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NinaOakley · 24/01/2025 20:41

ViolinsPlayGentlyOn · 24/01/2025 19:33

It's like, "Eyes Wide Shut" meets "Squid Game."

Damn, I missed the bit where they had the orgy

It might be just me, but is anyone getting vibes Frankie and Alexander might turn into a romance?

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 24/01/2025 20:39

PeppyGreenFinch · 24/01/2025 20:04

I like the concept but a lot of the good people get banished and murdered and we’re left with the dregs.

I’m not really rooting for any of the remainder, except Alexander a bit.

I think at the end of S1 one mumsnetter dubbed it survival of the thickest!