"Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You
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...yawn?
Already I can hear the knives coming out, ready to be thrust deep into my back...
Like most of us, I used to love Treguard's most famous line. How we always loved the gruesome moment of death, with blood flying, resonant chimes of a death knell, an electronic skull falling to bits, and all rounded off with Hugo Myatt's sinister tones.... "Ooooooo nasty!"
Truth is, it makes me yawn these days. There was a time when he was doing it on instinct, and it worked, sounded like he was being both accurate and understated.
But by S8 he was doing it every time, very deliberately, very consciously, and at times forcing it into the scene where it didn't feel very natural. I get bored with it, I really do.
I wish he'd have thrown in a few more of his disingenuous, "Oh dear, what a pity, never mind" sneers, just to vary it a bit.
Your thoughts everyone? (Please skip over the "I hate you and hope you die in horrified torment for daring to say such blasphemy, Storm!" thoughts as they kind of go without saying.)
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All it did toward the end was make a teams mistake official. Even then, I KNEW when they had missed something. No room exists for absolutely no purpose whatsoever.
Hence, when nothing happened, its just a case of when and where and how they would be killed off (used to hate it when they left it to hang over different episodes).
"OooooooooH Naaaaasty.... NEXT!!!"
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I hate you and hope you die in horrified torment for daring to say such blasphemy! throws knives
Um, in seriousness, it is a fair case to make, the longer the show went on, and if there weren't fresh things to compensate. Personally, I still enjoyed hearing it. It helps, of course, when the deaths themseves are interesting and original, so the main focus doesn't have to be on Treguard's line.
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Personally, I always loved that line. True, it did get a bit stale towards the end, but to be honest, it was part of the character, and made it quite fun! I remeber my friends and I used to bet on when he'd say it!
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Hee hee, exactly! That what was made it more fun, because you always got the impression that Treguard had a slightly sadistic streak, and enjoyed seeing the dungeoneers failing. Or is that just me?
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Yeah, especially when they do something really dumb! Heh, I was always yelling at the screen, "No, you want to go the other way!" Heh, they could be silly at times!
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