Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe

HStorm

Yes, certainly more rooms in the Knightmare than in Chevalier, and the quests were much longer, which made it more tense.

The quests in Chevalier are probably too short to have three lives, but I still found the episode on Illusion's site great fun to watch - and being difficult to please, I hadn't really expected to.

GrimaldineGrimwold

I hope you're still lurking somewhere, Fabien. I think most of us here shared your enjoyment of Chevalier, from this little we've seen of it. Most were at the very least pleasantly surprised.

zzt

Uhm... before I even think about downloading the clip, I want to know if there's going to be anything similar to the lifeforce skull in the clip... You know how that thing gives me the jibblies. ...come to think of it, the jibblie jibblies. Eergh.

HStorm

No, as far as we can tell there was no Life Force Clock in Labyrinthe.

zzt

So the death sequences aren't particularly creepy, then? Just making sure... The death skull belongs in the existing Knightmare, and it has no right to turn my dreams into low-quality ripoffs of the greater game... >_>

Kieran

The deaths are anything but scary, just a flash of light and they're gone, nothing special, but I guess it did have to be original in some ways.

Raven

Goodness me! First of all the team must suffer the traumas of that mad dungeon master yelling his head off. They must have been terrified, and he is meant to be the good guy. Then the dungeoneer died on the first room! Then the dungeon master makes them look silly by asking them what went wrong. Praise the english Knightmare!

Raven

Lol. 'touch the table, don't be afraid'

Is it going to eat him or something?

Fidjit

They die on the first room... How ironic!

Raven

The clip is on this site. I don't think it played all the rooms though, otherwise it was very short. The prize is quite naff 'Magic Games', I know you can't play with a frightknight trophy, but that is something you have got to be proud of.

HStorm

It does play the whole quest. Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe was a one quest per episode adventure, unlike Knightmare. I do prefer KM, but Chevalier wasn't necessarily better or worse, just different.

Raven

I think it was worse, and far too easy.

Kieran

I am not very happy with the format of the French/Spanish versions of KM. The teams have an extremely good chance of winning each and every week. This format would be more useful in RPG terms really, not for TV use.

I do prefer it over the Spanish KM however, that just made no sense to me in the slightest.

Raven

Where can I find clips of the spanish one?

HStorm

http://infosite.talkknightmare.co.uk/clips/others/talisman.rm

and

http://infosite.talkknightmare.co.uk/clips/others/talisman2.rm

And yes, Kieran's right, the Spanish version is simply awful. With the highly debatable exception of the quite neat outfits that the teams wore, there isn't a single aspect of El Rescate del Talisman that was done well

Raven

Thanks

Raven

Treguard is sort of cunning and knightly, whereas the two on Spanish and French are abosulte nutcases.

Kieran

The French Treguard is positively passive compared to the Spanish one! He is like Brian Blessed on a hyperactive day.

Raven

lol I wonder whats more scary, the dungeon or the dungeon master

Rainecloud

The children seemed to be a lot more intelligent. Their maneuvering was excellent (if you ignore the initial mishap in room one).

The dance of the Labyrinth monsters was also quite amusing. I would have been tempted to tell the Dungeon Master to take over if he'd have shouted at me like that.