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T* 20-04-2015 08:27 PM

Listen to how calm Marcus used to narrate
 

What happened :umm2:

Cal. 20-04-2015 08:57 PM

Marcus said in the UBB final behind the scenes documentary that his narration was very much controlled in the beginning and that he actually hated his job for the first few years until they began allowing him to adapt his lines and write his own material. Obviously he has completely flee reign now, but I don't think he was given much leeway until BB6/BB7.

T* 20-04-2015 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Who Is She? (Post 7711927)
Marcus said in the UBB final behind the scenes documentary that his narration was very much controlled in the beginning and that he actually hated his job for the first few years until they began allowing him to adapt his lines and write his own material. Obviously he has completely flee reign now, but I don't think he was given much leeway until BB6/BB7.

He wasn't as mental doing it as he was now :worry: He was still quite calm throughout all C4 BB Series!

Cal. 20-04-2015 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tøm (Post 7711936)
He wasn't as mental doing it as he was now :worry: He was still quite calm throughout all C4 BB Series!

He was quite bad during BB11 - I only think he's that bad really during PREVIOUSLY and doing live show voice overs.

Glenn. 20-04-2015 09:05 PM

He's so cringe now.

Will. 20-04-2015 09:06 PM

Marcus needs the axe a long with Rylan!

zakman440 20-04-2015 09:06 PM

He really needs to reign it in for the summer, the way he 'introduced' Emma on finale night was just awful.


MB. 20-04-2015 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by zakman440 (Post 7711965)
He really needs to reign it in for the summer, the way he 'introduced' Emma on finale night was just awful.


I love Louis Armstrong

Will. 20-04-2015 09:10 PM

He sounds over excited, bet his local chemist does well on the sore throat tablets. He said Willis like wiiiggggglessss

Jason. 20-04-2015 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zakman440 (Post 7711965)
He really needs to reign it in for the summer, the way he 'introduced' Emma on finale night was just awful.



:omgno:
Christ almighty!
That was terrifying. That wasn't an introduction that was a ****ing roar.

I don't remember it being that bad, ever, when watching on TV.

Somebody needs to slit his vocal cords, before the theme tune becomes the sound of his own voice.

Gstar 20-04-2015 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Who Is She? (Post 7711927)
Marcus said in the UBB final behind the scenes documentary that his narration was very much controlled in the beginning and that he actually hated his job for the first few years until they began allowing him to adapt his lines and write his own material. Obviously he has completely flee reign now, but I don't think he was given much leeway until BB6/BB7.

he moreless sounded the same up until BB11

Scarlett. 20-04-2015 10:41 PM

I liked how he was almost just a narrator, and that he was presenting the housemates without opinions.

Brekkie 18-07-2015 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Who Is She? (Post 7711927)
Marcus said in the UBB final behind the scenes documentary that his narration was very much controlled in the beginning and that he actually hated his job for the first few years until they began allowing him to adapt his lines and write his own material. Obviously he has completely flee reign now, but I don't think he was given much leeway until BB6/BB7.

It should have remained controlled - rewatching BB1 now and the subtle approach works so much better. He became a parody of himself in the later C4 years and then it became even worse when the tone changed on C5.

I really don't think the show needs a narrator anymore - people knows how it works and can form their own opinion about what is happening.

RichardG 18-07-2015 08:05 PM

He's a mess

I don't know what made the guys behind the scenes think we want to have to turn the volume down every 5 seconds whenever Marcus reappears, I don't think they realise how ridiculous he sounds. D: We need to bring back that female robotic BB voice for adverts and evictions and just keep (a much quieter) Marcus for limited brief narration a throughout the episodes.



:flutter:

Jamesy 18-07-2015 08:31 PM

He either needs to be toned down or just sacked tbh. He's another thing that makes Big Brother a mess these days, the shouting is really unnecessary and the show appears very tacky/amateur with the way he narrates now... which is sad considering how long he has been working in the industry.

Jason. 18-07-2015 08:42 PM

Not to mention he's way too overused nowadays.

He's supposed to be the narrator. Now he also does the voting T&C, eviction countdown, please leave the house, previously/coming up, and intros.

Brekkie 18-07-2015 08:45 PM

He should have gone when C5 took it over. On the same note though it is where having a shorter tighter edited show might be of benefit - in the early days it was half an hour a day so they didn't have time to list where every single housemate was at the beginning of each scene. They just put the time up, perhaps showed another group of HMs briefly to establish where they were and then cut to the main action, with Marcus actually putting the scene into context rather than adding opinion and stating the obvious.

RichardG 18-07-2015 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BB6 (Post 8011757)
Not to mention he's way too overused nowadays.

He's supposed to be the narrator. Now he also does the voting T&C, eviction countdown, please leave the house, previously/coming up, and intros.

I've always thought it was completely pointless the way they get him to read the terms and conditions on the live shows. Why not just have Emma do it? It's just more Marcus for the sake of more Marcus, there really is no point. :laugh:

RichardG 18-07-2015 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RichardG (Post 8011764)
I've always thought it was completely pointless the way they get him to read the terms and conditions on the live shows. Why not just have Emma do it? It's just more Marcus for the sake of more Marcus, there really is no point. :laugh:

Though I guess the same thing could be said for most things they do these days

zakman440 18-07-2015 09:08 PM

I was watching Big Brother's Big DVD earlier and an episode from BB5 came on. He sounded so much better. Then I saw this and started cringing again.



Seriously, he was awful on finale night. Though I did laugh when he stumbled on the T&Cs :laugh:



(skip to 3:18)

Dominic 18-07-2015 09:20 PM

His narration makes me cringe.


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