r/faceoff • u/BrandonIsWhoIAm • Jan 18 '22

Does Anyone Think That the Live Finales Don’t Really “Work” For a Show Like Face Off and Ink Master?

Imo, they just lack the pageantry and grandiosity like RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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u/vkIMF Jan 18 '22

I think they're okay for Face Off. But not for Ink Master. Those live finales just end up being people yelling at each other and the audience for 30 secs until Dave is like, "Unfortunately, I need to interrupt to move this along."

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u/EshinX Jan 19 '22

The Ink Master finales were massively bloated and moronic. I just wanted to see the master canvases and see who wins.

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u/vkIMF Jan 19 '22

Exactly!

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u/collins182 Jan 19 '22

I felt the final relied too much on the other eliminated people. I understand that the finalists are directing everyone, but it just felt too out of the hands of the individual.

I always wished they would let the finalist shine by giving them a week or 2 challenge. Like, spend some time to really make an amazing concept\design.

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u/Thebigkapowski Jan 19 '22

Totally agree!!

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u/MolotovDodgeball Jan 19 '22

Awful, compounded by the 'vote by Twitter' element. That led to some amazing tattoos never even being shown or judged... and the only time I actually tried to vote, all I got was spoilers because it wasn't actually live in my time zone.

edit: suddenly realizing this is the Faceoff sub and not Ink Master. Any live Face Off finales left no impression on me, which I guess says something.

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u/coyotesandcrickets Aug 10 '23

Yeah they just feel like massive ego stroking sessions with oh and by the way here are the results! It’s ridiculous. Not least because if we as an audience are supposed to look, the optimum for that would surely be bright studio lights, not dim stadium lights? It’s just all wrong