Do you think they deliberately put thick, or thick to the right enough degree, people on gameshows so that viewers feel more intelligent and are likely to keep watching?
I loved that show, the opening theme was cool.
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Do you think they deliberately put thick, or thick to the right enough degree, people on gameshows so that viewers feel more intelligent and are likely to keep watching?
I loved that show, the opening theme was cool.
Completely agree about Yaphet Kotto. The guy was in some of the greatest films ever. Live and Let Die, Alien, Running Man... Yaphet oozed class.Quote:
Originally Posted by JCU
Oh and happy 4th of July to our American friends! :)
I meant thick as in "thick as shit". Knightmare was good, but the contestants usually made really boneheaded decisions. I might be being a little too harsh, but they did usually fail doing something stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by cleeg
I bloody loved Knightmare as a kid! Yeah you're right, some of the contestants were very slow, but to be fair it was a very difficult game and, if memory serves, only a handful of contestants ever actually beat the thing during the entire life of the show. "Welcome, watchers of illusion, to the castle of confusion." ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
I loved the theme music to Knightmare. I had forgotten how it went for a long time, then I heard it on a YouTube video. Great show.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
Yeah, it was a tough game, but I think most of them were cracking under pressure. Being on tv and whatnot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
Sorry Cleeg, I read your post early this morning when I was half-asleep and didn't read it properly. The kids were pretty geeky most of the time, I just think nerves got the best of them tbh. I don't think they were stupid in general, just they came across as morons when put on the spot like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by cleeg
Yeah, the whole lot's up on Youtube, including the 2013 special with Ashen. Even the godawful VR pilot is up on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by stu
No worries!
Hollywood needs more good giant robot/mech films. Tho Bumblebee and Pacific Rim are good. (Latter is one of my fave films) there are so few made and even fewer good ones. Robot Jox had good ideas but not enough giant robot fights. I struggle to even find any to watch. I'd love to find some form the 80s/90s and modern era. No not people in rubber suits. Seems anime is the only route.
Don’t forget about Robot Wars, Leynos.
^ Forgot about it thank you!. Turns out it's on Tubi TV.
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I just turned on my 360 for the first time in maybe over a year. It wanted to update but would not update. Took a while to get things sorted so it would update. About a half-hour. Thought the servers were shut down for a while there. I just wanted to turn it on and play some games. Modern systems and yes even 360 I still consider modern can be so annoying with updates. ugh...
Most of the contestants on Knightmare always seemed to be rich kids. They always sounded like posh geeks to me and my friends. There never seemed to be any working class kids, like me, on the show. Elitist bastards lol!
Or maybe the tv producers forced them to dress up nice and fucking behave on the telly!!!1Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
And talk like they had a mouthful of marbles? It's possible I suppose lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoVamp
Craig Charles presented a few of the early series of the show over here.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y985_Fnyq_k
Your comment reminds me of University Challenge, not gonna lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mega Drive Bowlsey
Not that Robot Wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
This one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBAUacDVwJo