Series 8 - Episode 7
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The bit in the Series guides detailing the end of Episode 6 should really be moved up to just before the paragraph starting with 'Met Sidriss by the sewers', as otherwise it looks like it happened after the team died, which would have been pointless.
This new team mangled up the proverb a bit- it's meant to be 'A bird in the hand is WORTH two in the bush' instead of 'is better than'. Still, amazingly. Brother Strange (or was it?) didn't have it. He probably had the 'worth' version.
The 'short-cut' that actually wasn't looked like a London Underground tunnel to me, for some reason!
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Anyone notice the following:
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As the new team head towards the dungeon gate the camera dipped up (probably as the cameraman stepped down from a step) and showed part of the studio ceiling.
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As Brother Strange / Lord Fear (not sure which) appeared he appeared from the middle of nowhere. The blue screen he was hiding behind was in the middle of the passage and not by a dungeon column.
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I somehow couldn't help but wonder if there was sound problems and Michael couldn't hear the advisors a lot of the time. I liked the banter between LF and Sly.
PS Billy I think that that was the real Brother Strange. We'll find out tomorrow if so. I think very much so we'd be able to tell if it was Sly and his "pooms".
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"Take this old habit Hands, it's the only dirty one you haven't got!"
I could be wrong, but was the first dungeoneer carrying three items at one point? (the bat, the stinkwort and the plainberries) But I take it that they weren't meant to have the stinkwort anyway.
The first team were too busy talking amongst themselves. Just before they went to the door instead of the trapdoor one of them ordered Treguard for help ("Give us some advice quick!") Too many teams have forgotten the fundamentals of the dungeon over the years, the only way is down, right hand path, no weapons etc.
I think it was the real Brother Strange too (loved that he proved how he was by pointing at himself!) Don't know if we'll see Sly Hands - Lord Fear gave the impression that he was going to do it!
I think that the team guessed the objects ("We could use that or trade it...") before working the scroll out later. Good to see Smirkenorff again!
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Yes but Lord Fear did say at the end that he would have to do it himself. Good to see Grippa and Rhark again over the last 2 episodes
Liked the troll that was moving towards the team in the number combination room.
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A Good episode, but I'm realy confused over their death.
What on earth did they actually need then to get to Level 3 cause I cant see how they could get another float spell. It was obvious they needed the first Float Spell to reach Level 2 so where on earth were they meant to get another one from?????
Some good moments in this episode though, love the combination room with the music and the troll noises, and then panicing to quickly get it done and go through.
Also there is a small blooper in the episode - When Treguard opens the gate for Rebecca to go through. He trys to close it but pulls the chain the wrong way, he is confused for about a second over why it wont close before realising
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The team didn't even step onto the trap door.. chances are it would have just opened up.
Nice way to go...
That was indeed the real brother strange.. but hoping we see the fake.. i don't understand why fear would want to do it? why not Raptor?
Oh well... if he does indeed to it him self then that could very well mean he did it the 1st time (season 6, Hordriss disguise)
Well can't Waite.. great stuff.
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Treguard did seem very harsh in this episode. When the first team said "Give us some advise" he just said "NO' in a dismissive tone.
I reckon that the gate leading from the antechamber into the Dungeon Dimension is pulled up by someone else and Treguard pulling that chain is just for effect. It does look very suspicous when it is being lifted up erratically and Treguard is pulling the chain smoothly. -
Anyone notice the following:
- As Brother Strange / Lord Fear (not sure which) appeared he appeared from the middle of nowhere. The blue screen he was hiding behind was in the middle of the passage and not by a dungeon column.
I did notice that, I also saw it on one of last weeks episodes, you can actually see him before he steps out.
My parents annoyed me today, by trying to tune in the radio over most of KM...when i complained I got told 'it isn't real you know' I know it's not real, give me some credit, but it still would be nice to be able to actually hear it...parents.....
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Treguard did seem very harsh in this episode. When the first team said "Give us some advise" he just said "NO' in a dismissive tone.
I reckon that the gate leading from the antechamber into the Dungeon Dimension is pulled up by someone else and Treguard pulling that chain is just for effect. It does look very suspicous when it is being lifted up erratically and Treguard is pulling the chain smoothly.That is very true...Occasionally you can see a hand reaching out to guide the blinded Dungeoneer down the steps.
I was not overly fond of this team, really, they seemed to think it was...more of a joke, than a fantasy-based game.
Still, they died as they forgot one of the main rules of the Dungeon: Onward and downward.
They failed to go downward, simply.
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Prehaps they should have used the hour glass.
Notice at one point they had 4 items in their knapsack:
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Stinkwart
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Bats Wings
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Berries (I think this was put in ready for the spell)
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Hour glass
So much for only 2 items in the knapsack.
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Notice at one point they had 4 items in their knapsack:
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Stinkwart
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Bats Wings
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Berries (I think this was put in ready for the spell)
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Hour glass
Looks to me that when they left Level 1, the hourglass was got rid of since it didn't have a use. Likewise with the Stinkwort, since they didn't have any use for it they probably discarded it before getting the berries.
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They didn't get rid of the stinkwort thou, they didn't have time before picking up the plainberrries - Snapper Jack was almost on top of them!
What were the brainpills for? - maybe Sidriss or someone would have given them a FLOAT spell for them
Treguard was quite harsh - didn't he help a team in series 3 that tried to go up a set of stairs instead of down? Saying "The Only Way is Down" would have been enough.
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I would have liked it if they had exited via the door only to find themselves in a bomb room (series 1-3) with no exit.
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i would like to know why mikes team didnt get any float spell wonder why thats why they went for the door and got fire balled??
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I think it might have been the suspence of the troll that made them panic(ok they weren't the brigtest bunch!) so they wen through the door and BONG wghich for me was quitye a shock to be fried! But if thry had maybe stood on the trap door and pointed the reach wand hmm it might have worked, ok it would have ben a nasty fall but whenn is landing in level 3 a pleasant experience???
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Wasn't there one other team in series 8 who didn't use any sort of floatation and still managed to make a safe descent through levels?
Team 3 used a RISKY potion to open the trapdoor but that seemed to only open the door and not actually aid them in floating. Hordriss didn't mention anything about floating to them in the descent from 2 to 3 either... he just opened the door for them. So Treguard's comment ("FLOAT spell or no FLOAT spell...") is perfectly justified as a previous team has demonstrated you don't need one to take a nasty, but not fatal, fall.
I think the Stinkwort was a red herring and that the Brain Pills were meant for Sidriss, but that by giving her the answers the team nullified this anyway - giving her the Brain Pills would have gotten her past Snapper-Jack but they did that another way. Either way, they helped Sidriss and she gave them what they needed; I don't think she would have given them anything else in particular.
What's sad about this quest is the fact that they'd finished Level 2 and their only mistake wasn't going into Level 3. They'd cleared all the challenges, so what was stopping Treguard making his comment before they died - "FLOAT spell or no FLOAT spell, there's only one way to Level 3, so why don't you take it?" Interesting.
I do like the death though. It may not be particularly fair, but they were killed off by making a mistake, and this was a real, deadly booby trap - not something Knightmare often has to offer.
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