Warning - Manifestation imminent...
Posted: 20 Jan 2003, 17:13
Whooo..I am (Ahem) The Floating White Skull...Whooo...

WOW, you should have seen my eyes BUG out of their sockets when I saw the repeats of Knightmare Sunday morning. It was like...well, a dream come true.
For years, I've hummed the theme to myself, just kinda missing the overall 'Fear' of the show that was SOOO very prominent when it was on. Think about it: Where ELSE can you run down a corridor of Saws, ride a dragons back, cast a few spells, nearly get shish-kebab'ed on a chess board, burned, lasered and STILL have time to complete a quest for the chalice/sword/shield AND defeat the bad guys ALL in one Kickass half hour?
NOWHERE, that's where.
TV's intelligence downward spiral has baffled me for years, as I progressively watch dumb shows like Tellytubbies and Tweenies eat up ratings, time slots, and merchandise undeservedly. Knightmare had 8 Series, a devoted fanbase, a fan club, BOOKS, a board game, heck, even an old C64 game...
NOW it can come back, and it's plain ignorance of ANY TV exec to assume it's gonna fail BECAUSE of the demographics. Current Demographics exist BECAUSE they put crap like Tellytubbies on for the under 10's, and then lose focus of the other age ranges BECAUSE of this. Knightmare was a multi-age program, and had some SERIOUS moral lessons hidden away in there somewhere.
Teamwork, Politeness and to NEVER trust anybody called 'Sly Hands'...
So, WHOOOO, I say, Bring the damned show back - It's a win-win situation.
I thank you all for listening to my jaw-wag...
{Floats around for a while...}

WOW, you should have seen my eyes BUG out of their sockets when I saw the repeats of Knightmare Sunday morning. It was like...well, a dream come true.
For years, I've hummed the theme to myself, just kinda missing the overall 'Fear' of the show that was SOOO very prominent when it was on. Think about it: Where ELSE can you run down a corridor of Saws, ride a dragons back, cast a few spells, nearly get shish-kebab'ed on a chess board, burned, lasered and STILL have time to complete a quest for the chalice/sword/shield AND defeat the bad guys ALL in one Kickass half hour?
NOWHERE, that's where.
TV's intelligence downward spiral has baffled me for years, as I progressively watch dumb shows like Tellytubbies and Tweenies eat up ratings, time slots, and merchandise undeservedly. Knightmare had 8 Series, a devoted fanbase, a fan club, BOOKS, a board game, heck, even an old C64 game...
NOW it can come back, and it's plain ignorance of ANY TV exec to assume it's gonna fail BECAUSE of the demographics. Current Demographics exist BECAUSE they put crap like Tellytubbies on for the under 10's, and then lose focus of the other age ranges BECAUSE of this. Knightmare was a multi-age program, and had some SERIOUS moral lessons hidden away in there somewhere.
Teamwork, Politeness and to NEVER trust anybody called 'Sly Hands'...

So, WHOOOO, I say, Bring the damned show back - It's a win-win situation.
I thank you all for listening to my jaw-wag...
{Floats around for a while...}