Knightmare Review

... I don't get the "grenatas" joke oO do you have to be brittish or american to understand that one?

Also WTF questions about lord of the rings?

lol, given how some kids are I am surprised they didn't try to deliberately kill their teammates just for laughs. "Yeah, yeah, now walk left, don't worry about the giant saw blade, it's not anywhere near you." OH NASTY.

"OOH CHUNKY"

I lived in Ireland during the time this was filmed and aired on the 4 channels they had over there.. ahhh ITV... Count Duckula... hehe, but I watched this as a kid and it was THE BIZOMB as the children say now. ;) I thought the kids were dumb then too, i wish i'd been on the show I would have totally won haha

in almost every pen&paper dwarf-females have beards!

Ah yes, another show from my childhood. One of the things that I remember the most was the last trap in the later series. It was the one where they are on a moving platform with buzzsaws heading towards them. I didn't think that anyone would be able to pass it, however one team did manage it. How they did it I'll never know.

About the song in the beginning, I managed to find it thanks to Linkara putting it in one of his vids and crediting it in the end (thanks Linkara!). It's Building The Deathcoaster by Joseph LoDuca from Army of Darkness soundtrack. To be specific it's playing when Ash is creating his steam powered battle car.

Wikipedia has some links such as to offical fan sites who are clamoring for the show to be released on dvd. It even mentions attempts to do the show in other countries such as that pilots were even filmed so this could have come out in the states.

I don´t get that "Granatoss" joke with his name.Lol?

Am I the only one who knew that Greek mythology riddle? I answered it almost instantly.

there's actually a show on austrian television called "drachenschatz" which pretty much seems like an "indirect" sequel to knightmare.

I actually grew up watching this in the UK at the time and hated every person on it for being either A) a Dumbass or B) The kid who is never going to have sex. EVER.

What always got me was as spoony said, what moron would go on this show and not have a gameplan!!??
I mean you would apply, you would watch the show (hopefully) and think, hey guys the last thirty teams died because they could not turn forty five degrees to the bloody left and hopefully learn a frigging lesson. Right? (yes I did try to get on it)

Anyway, great review as always. It's refreshing to watch reviews that are well made, original and has not been done to death on youtube where everyone just stirs the same shit kettle until it boils.

“NOW............” That's all I can remember.

Acutally, the answer "Muses" was pretty easy. Even, if you only remotely dealt with greek history, you would know that.
Seems, like the US-American school education isn't up to par. ;-)

Um...didnt he say this show was from Britian? So......what exactly would that have anything to do with the USA's school education being "not up to par"?

Spoony wondered that how could any kid know what muses are. In Europe, Ancient Greece and Rome are basically third grade history. I can conclude that American schools don't teach Greek mythology in elementary schools.

Those kids were probably just fucking dumbasses, but I remember a similar question from my history test when I was 9 years old, and I remember getting it right.

oh the puss, the pain, the black voodoo, the wet jigsaw puzzle

I'm trying to watch this review but every time that little sign flashes up in the corner saying "'Bruce's Price is Right' up next!" I find myself going "shit no!" and reaching for TV remote so I can change the channel.

dispel:
y z z y x

it might just be me but i am hearing star wars cantina music in the background around minute ten i anyone also hears it please respond but im also using headphone so that might be why

I'm sorry, does anyone know where the tune that plays when Spoony first starts narrating in the british accent... starting around where 'those with courage, etc...'? he used it in the Warrior review as well. It's the exceedingly epic music that really sets the mood and such...

Xyzzy? how do you pronounce that?

Not a BBC show but ITV, produced by Broadsword...before kids tv went moronic and dumb

Oh and if you want a chuckle and rant I'd watch the french version of Knightmare which you can find on the Knightmare fansite. The riddles particularly fustrate me because some of them don't really have any kind of fictional history or relevance to that time period like how many bones are in the body. Biology in a flipping fantasy game!??? I don't think so.
The dungeon master's way to helpful, unlike Tregaurd who gave the kids a nudge and a wink to the right direction if they were particularly stuck. Also, in that one even on the first room you don't flip around. Just watch and see what I mean. None of the British oooooo look at the pretty card now find the door where you talk to the annoying jester in level 1.
It was a spinoff of the British version so you already know which is superior.

This review always has me in stitches.
I also love how Spoony doesn't realise the spelling fuck ups he mentions were made by the same team. That makes me chuckle harder with that thought.
There are some mistakes in what he says though. The kids were trying to spell "SPADE" and not "SHOVEL", and in the early seasons it didnt really matter how you dispelled as long as the words of the spell were in the wrong order. But all that aside, I still agree with Spoony's argument that these retards of children shouldn't be fucking up stuff as simple as that.
But still it's Akash's group in season 2 where they actually answer Bulldozer to one of the riddles. BULLDOZERS WERE NEVER IN THE WORLD OF MYSTICISM AND FANTASY!!!
Gotta love Knightmare. :D

Treguard is pretty damn awesome. Good find Spoony.

Loved knitmare when i was a kid thought it was so awaesome. It was an ITV show though, was never shown on BBC.

I remember seing this, it was on every morning on the TV channel CHALLENGE every morning before i went to school, but that was like 5 years ago. luckily Takeshi's castle is on every morning before i go to college =)

i've never even heard of this show, thanks for the heads up. maybe i can find some vids online.

Wow. That show is hilarious! They should air the repeats on BBC America! lol Those kids on there are total morons! And lifeless to boot!! I wonder if this show is available on DVD.

Great review, Spoony!!