This isn’t the first time I’ve rushed here to post after seeing Joanne Heywood in an advert... and it won’t be the last.

23 years later said dance was renamed Gangnam Style and became a worldwide sensation...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIRW7h2_ZiA (not my video)

That's rather funny. That clip also suggests that Leo was guilty of tilting back his head to get a better view of what's in the room else there is no way he could have known there was a chair on the other side (the advisors don't mention it but I suppose that could have been cut!) I wonder if he was blindfolded for that or let off with a warning? When he's on the bridge after the Hordriss scene he specifically asks "is there any gaps or anything?" so at least he learns that if the floor looks solid to him that's not necessarily the case!

Later during the excellent mine-cart squenece Leo is extremely calm, perhaps they should have had a couple of production team giving it a shake to get a more genuine 'help I'm travelling in a runaway cart' feeling...

Some changes to Level 3 since we last saw it in series 2, for instance the gargoyle now has a moving mouth. However it doesn't have quite the same sense of peril and imminent danger it has last series, maybe it's just the lack of music?

"Err err ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ah. Dancing dancing I'm a pror queen falanfer. Oh will you ne'er release me from this awful music. Maraclit, maraclit arrabu oh will you no pear peas me. I'll do anything for thee."

That makes it much clearer, thank you... I would suggest that "Maraclit, maraclit arrabu" should read "Mercy, mercy, I beg of you", that being said I more or less stand by my comments of 2004. As it's taken us over ten years to work out what's being said I still think it's harsh to have expected the team to have been able to have heard it and reacted to it without any prompting. That and that fact that Merlin refers to it as 'diversionary' which suggests cast spell and run, not cast spell and debate whether to dispell.

Certainly a shame as this team were getting into their stride and would have stood a decent chance of a win if they made it to level three.

Anyway, while I remembered the DANCE/death debacle and debate I had forgotten about the little 'chase sequences' where Grimwold or the goblins follow the dungeoneer. I enjoyed these they certainly up the pace of the quests.

It was Friday night, it was getting dark and that meant it was time to watch a brand new episode of Knightmare! It's almost like the last twenty years never happened. Having watched it through again today here are a few thoughts...

I was surprised at how nostalgic the Series 8 theme made me feel (I suppose I had expected to see the cartoon version from the earlier series and from the current Challenge repeats.) I certainly felt it was more like a later series episode (sans Eyeshield) with the clue objects going in the knapsack; no riddles; spyglasses and scrolls; Lord Fear and Lissard obviously. Having said that I liked the use of the rooms from the earlier series.

I agree that a bit too much time was wasted at the start. I did like the internship quip though and thought it was pretty relevant to some of us original viewers! One thing I missed was Treguard's "physical" chamber - it must have been a bit surreal for the advisors and for Hugo in a blue room.

I felt that Isy Suttie generally seemed too constrained, perhaps reined in by the script and not as free to chip in as she might have been? Of course, she didn't have much time to develop the character and may have felt it wasn't really her place to be the centre of attention. Should there be a series I think she could well prove to be an inspired choice as Treguard's assistant. (Incidentally, I've never really watched Peep Show or Harry Potter but I found myself willing her to say "Hello, I'm Dobby the Elf" when she first appeared)

Of the other new characters neither were really 'stand out' based on their first appearances but again I thought that they had a lot of potential (should there be a series..) I was surprised to see a character called Sylvester the Jester pop up - I thought it was just a name thrown in to pay homage to Paul Valentine's characters!

I didn't quite understand the bomb at first - I had expected it to start running

With regards to the descender at the end of level one I suspect that both the key and the potion would have worked?

Things seemed a bit ragged production wise with people talking over each other and things happening out of sequence (talking about what was on the level 2 clue table and using the spyglass for instance.)

A nice mention for Garstang although he was actually very articulate in KMVR. I wonder if this is Tim poking fun at himself - isn't he on record as not rating his one and only vocal contribution to KM? (being rather harsh on himself I think.)

I can't quite decide if the final puzzle was impossible or not. It looked to me as if the dungeoneer actually landed a bit short with his first jump onto the letter, hence the quick cutaway, but wasn't let off a second time when the jump was far too small.

I really enjoyed the end section, very atmospheric and felt just like proper 'old' Knightmare. When I initially heard about Knightmare during "Geek Week" I actually thought it might be a series of short episodes over the course of the week and I wonder if this might have worked better?

I wasn't hugely keen on the team - a bit too hipsterish but maybe that's my age starting to show... Having said that the dungeoneer and the girl were both very good in fairness. I wasn't impressed with the 'ironic' "safe to assume something horrific will happen" remark. I know it's only a game but I think it has to be taken seriously to an extent. I didn't really like them having to say the name of the spell either - smacks too much of dumbing down to me. I had previously thought that a new version of Knightmare might work well with 20 and 30 somethings as contestants but having seen this episode I'm much more of the feeling that children as contestants would work better. My other observation is that if Knightmare is to come back then any CGI effects would have to be absolutely top drawer.

I don't want to come across as negative because I really did enjoy the episode but I think rather than being the finished article it showed how much potential is there is for the show to make a return. Should this be the start of something big I'd be delighted. If it's just a footnote in Knightmare history, it's a perfectly respectable one.

Yes please

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Community chest can have spells in it, and Chance cards don't need to change at all.

Or you could replace them with "Scroll" cards and "Spyglass" cards...

I added myself - nice to see a KM fan from Kilmarnock there too (Harvey Towers)

Hey, nice to see a Knightmare fan from along the road!

I didn't see you there behind me... (and I remember you who you are now too!)

So it's decided: we hold the convention at 10th Doctor Fan's house...

HStorm! You should remember me, maybe just, -ish...

Great to hear that you are making a long awaited return, so welcome back to the zone!

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But by crossing his palm...

A new one then:

Whilst wandering in Dunkley Wood

Nice idea this, I've added myself to the map making 15 places marked so far.

What would also be interesting would be a map showing where the dungeoneers and teams taking part in Knightmare came from...

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... when the Great Causeway is replaced by a Su Doku.

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