Least favourite!
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That's because they're not actaully "walking" during the Eye Shield sequences - they were pre-recorded and inserted into the quests as needed. That's why Treguard sometimes seemed very urgent when telling the teams to "hold up the Eye Shield!" - because they had to make it seem like the shield was providing the images.
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I didnt like it when the dungeoneer looked like he was going to walk through a wall.
That did happen on numerous occasions. I can't remember which one it was which you could actually hear the dungeoneer walk right into the wall. I thnk that it was the advisor kept asking him to sidestep to his left and he kept going right saying thet he it he was going to the left or something like that. It was one shown on Challenge, quite sure it was series three. The advisor also tried to direct the dungeoneer through a door that wasn't even there I think! My bad memory though!
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Sometimes the advisers keep trying to tell the dungeoneer to 'turn' and 'sidestep' even though it's obviously a pre-recorded segment! ;D
How about when a guide appears in the eye-shield sequence and they tell the dungeoneer to 'follow it' even though the dungeoneer obviously can't see what the shield is seeing...
Several times they tell the dungeoneer to 'stop' and the tape pauses until they tell them to go again. I also remember once they used a SPEED spell during one of the eye-shield sequences (to escape from goblins) and they just sped up the tape a little bit - the eye-shield sequence was still the same.
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There was something like that in Series 3. In the oracle's room, they thought there was a door to the right and guided him straight into a wall.
Treguard had to tell them:
"I don't think there's a door there team."
I loved that scene, I thought it was rather hilarious when they tried to walk through the wall thinking there was a door.
And Tom, I think that the Advisors may not have known everything about the Eye Shield parts, and anyway, then guiding during it makes scene look rather legitimate.
Actually there are times I believe that the walking through Dwarf Tunnels was sped up slightly.
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Some of the kids, bless 'em, thought (or seemed to think) that the Eye Shield sequences were actually happening for real and were actively guiding the dungeoneer! Oh, the embarrasement!
Mogdred's playpen scene really scared me when I saw it back in '88. I was only 6 years old.
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There was a team the other day who irritated me - the dungeoneer was standing at the end of the table in the kitchen after having spoken to Mrs Grimwold, and Treguard warned them that life force was critical, or something, and they tried to take some of Festus' bones (that was funny ;D) and then the dungeoneer said that he could see a cake - at the other end of the kitchen, on the sideboard! And then proceeded to cross almost the entire length of the kitchen to get it. Isn't the point of Knightmare that your friends guide you?! You're not supposed to be able to see that much - I was hoping that Mrs Grimwold would come back in and pull his helmet down a bit, hehe
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I also dislike it when the team is telling the dungeoneer to do something and he does it slowly, or they're dithering. I know they're only kids but still!
Nothing would frustrate me more as an advisor (it frustrates me as a viewer too) than saying to your dungeoneer 'hurry up' and they keep wondering along at the same pace, it's gotta be so frustrating!
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Nothing would frustrate me more than having to see a perfectly good 'skull' moment go to waste. They would just sit there, looking sinister, but actually do nothing to follow the threatening presence up.
I also didn't like the skull's being replaced with Storm-gheists. They looked dorky, and nowhere NEAR as evil looking as the originals...
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What do storm geists look like again?
In my old age I've forgotten
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Surely part of the fun is the idiocy of both parts of the team? The inept and fumblign dungeoneer, guided by his dull witted cohorts who can't get Treguards heavy handed hints...
I think my least favourite bits were when teams were obviously just allowed to win for no real reason than to actually have some winners. Series 4 when Merlin runs out of nowhere to save a team who have completed their quest springs to mind.
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Surely part of the fun is the idiocy of both parts of the team? The inept and fumblign dungeoneer, guided by his dull witted cohorts who can't get Treguards heavy handed hints...
Yeah, sometimes this can be funny, but sometimes like in Kellys Series 3 Quest (I think) it can be very frustrating and painful to watch. Their door was clearly marked with their Quest Object but they went through the wrong door....Still it can be humourous to see an incapable team get rather far into their quest.
I also have to agree on Floating White Skulls->StormGeists
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In Series 6, there are some darn spooky moments. These are:
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The Causeways with the Frightknight on them. When the sword was moving it was, like, "Eek! Get a move on!". I hated it when teams died on them, for example Team 1 - they were too slow. The incidental music used here was spooky too!
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Storm Geists. Horrible, ghastly things. Get them away from me! Pookas were a bit disturbing too (though not as scary an appearance as the S4 ones), especially with the added burbling noise they made.
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Dark Dwarf Tunnels - dark, spooky...I'm a dungeoneer-get-me-outta-here!
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Lord Fear putting his hand into the adventure.
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Dreadnort. Even when I see it now, it gives me chills! shudders
I don't hate any of these, they're my least favourite moments purely because they're scary as hell! :-[
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Yeah, sometimes this can be funny, but sometimes like in Kellys Series 3 Quest (I think) it can be very frustrating and painful to watch. Their door was clearly marked with their Quest Object but they went through the wrong door....Still it can be humourous to see an incapable team get rather far into their quest.
Yeah I agree - Kelly's team seemed completely inept - and even before they went through the wrong door, one of her advisors told her to go through the door striaght in front of her when she was standing behind the dice-table - she can't see it, you idiot! That's the point, you have to guide her! Does anyone else find themselves talking/yelling at the TV while watching Knightmare? I do so hope it's not just me...
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What do storm geists look like again?
In my old age I've forgotten
The series 6 Stormgeists looked like large skulls with eyes and were accompanied by a high-pitched whistling sound.
Prophet_Tenebre: Do you mean when the series 4 winning team picked up the crown and Treguard summoned Merlin? Those were the days before a team also had to redeem their quest object as well as find it.
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