JonathanEx
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Their lack of passion for getting him back is wonderful.
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The Crystal Maze |OT| Will you restart the fans, please!
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Dirtyshubb
Member
A+ post, would read again.
Will have to check this out, the show was a family favourite and Richard was a hero of ours.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I am fairly confident that Ayoade's golden hand has a higher iq then the "celebs" combined
JonathanEx
Member
Ore was impressively bad at realising there was a top to the maze. Or that there was a challenge to it.
VP is MVP.
VP is MVP.
Oh that's a shame. I have missed half. Yeah you have to at least give it a go!
I fear I've missed best zone - Aztec.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Vp: "couldn't have done it without you guys"
Ayoade: "I think you could"
Hahahaha
Ayoade: "I think you could"
Hahahaha
LoveCake
Member
I don't see why all the hate for Louie Spence, it's just how he is (he may add a little extra for TV) and being ordinary is boring, he is a very good dancer and choreographer in the dance world.
Richard Ayoade is very good indeed.
I would like to see a episode with some intelligent people like,
Professor Brian Cox
Rachel Riley
Bear Grylls
Sandy Tovskig
Richard Osman
Richard Ayoade is very good indeed.
I would like to see a episode with some intelligent people like,
Professor Brian Cox
Rachel Riley
Bear Grylls
Sandy Tovskig
Richard Osman
EuricaeriS
Member
Was about to say the same!
Ayoade knocked it out of the park though, very excited for the new series. Curious to see if puzzles like the one without a time limit make it into the non-celeb version.
I suspect Mumsey was always inherently treated as a game without a time limit, even if it wasn't official. There was never really much in the way of time pressure in how it was delivered.
EuricaeriS
Member
Ah of course. I feel a bit bad for forgetting mumsey!
Thriftweed
Member
Why did they take the stairs from Industrial to Medieval, but then appear out of the tunnel to Aztec?
The new Future zone is pretty snazzy.
The new Future zone is pretty snazzy.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Genius.
Every. Damn. Episode.
Guaranteed I will shout at the telly every episode and tonight was no different.
"NO YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO GREEN ONES TOGETHER YOU STUPID COW"
"IT'S 16. 16. 16. IT'S BLOODY 16"
RustyNails
Member
Truth. Richard O'Brien was a huge, huge draw.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Just a heads up, but it looks like the first episode is up on 4od. Thanks for the positive impressions everyone, looks like this is what I'm watching later.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
That was awesome, and Richard was hilarious.
"I don't think there's enough crystal in Breaking Bad to bring him back" lmao
He's perfect for this, his quips were just hysterical. Loved it and can't wait to see more. So glad it's back.
"I don't think there's enough crystal in Breaking Bad to bring him back" lmao
He's perfect for this, his quips were just hysterical. Loved it and can't wait to see more. So glad it's back.
IIRC, that was all a sham anyway; they were told the game type that was ready next in the original.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Speaking of which, this was released a week or so ago, and arrived yesterday:
Looking forward to watching it, it's got almost the whole series (two episodes lost, unfortunately); I've only ever seen what I saw when I was very very young - which I barely recall - and bits of series 4 when it was shown on Challenge.
Heads up: I mentioned upthread that the new series of French Fort Boyard is starting today, and I'd strongly recommend it to people who like Crystal Maze. That starts at 8:00 BST - 5 mins from now. Be prepared to take most of your Saturday, mind, it's usually over two hours! I tend not to find the language barrier to be much of an issue.
Here is a pointer to various means to watch it.
A quick rundown of the format, because there's a lot to it
First of all, there's the cast; the Fort has a lot of characters, there's a lot of worldbuilding around it. There's the host, who's generally pretty much on the side of the players, and the master of the fort, Pere Fouras - played very much as a gamesmaster-style rather than the villainous approach handled by the UK adaptation.
This is last years' format, it *may* have changed:
First up, they have a time limit to collect a number of keys (I think it's currently nine, but it's varied over the series). Usual Crystal Maze style rules; win the game to get the key, lose the game fair enough, and you can get locked in (which in this means you're taken prisoner elsewhere.
Some time during this they'll get sent to the Cage, hosted by Rouge, a run of quick Gladiators-style strength/skill tests against a resident combatant, with a chance to get several quick keys for them.
After this, they'll probably not have nine keys, and they may have some people locked in - so they go and meet Blanche, Rouge's sister; they can risk people for the missing keys with a choice of skill or luck games. That's also an opportunity to free the imprisoned people, again for the same sort of games.
So now they have the keys, they need to try to get clues for the endgame. These are more 'face your fears' types of games; if you think Bushtucker Trials from I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, you won't be *too* far out. Win them, get a clueword for the finale.
Finally, they play for more or less time in the endgame. First up is The Great Escape, an assault course for the prisoners to run through - timed, and if they go past the time limit any extra time comes out of their treasure room reward. Then they go to the Council, a number of skill-based one-on-one games, with extra time for a win.
Finally, after all that, you get the treasure room; guess the codeword based on the clues, and use the time remaining on the clock to get coins out of the room.
It's a *lot* of show - the UK adaptation was a much simpler affair, and I think it might be interesting for people to see the original.
Here is a pointer to various means to watch it.
A quick rundown of the format, because there's a lot to it
First of all, there's the cast; the Fort has a lot of characters, there's a lot of worldbuilding around it. There's the host, who's generally pretty much on the side of the players, and the master of the fort, Pere Fouras - played very much as a gamesmaster-style rather than the villainous approach handled by the UK adaptation.
This is last years' format, it *may* have changed:
First up, they have a time limit to collect a number of keys (I think it's currently nine, but it's varied over the series). Usual Crystal Maze style rules; win the game to get the key, lose the game fair enough, and you can get locked in (which in this means you're taken prisoner elsewhere.
Some time during this they'll get sent to the Cage, hosted by Rouge, a run of quick Gladiators-style strength/skill tests against a resident combatant, with a chance to get several quick keys for them.
After this, they'll probably not have nine keys, and they may have some people locked in - so they go and meet Blanche, Rouge's sister; they can risk people for the missing keys with a choice of skill or luck games. That's also an opportunity to free the imprisoned people, again for the same sort of games.
So now they have the keys, they need to try to get clues for the endgame. These are more 'face your fears' types of games; if you think Bushtucker Trials from I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, you won't be *too* far out. Win them, get a clueword for the finale.
Finally, they play for more or less time in the endgame. First up is The Great Escape, an assault course for the prisoners to run through - timed, and if they go past the time limit any extra time comes out of their treasure room reward. Then they go to the Council, a number of skill-based one-on-one games, with extra time for a win.
Finally, after all that, you get the treasure room; guess the codeword based on the clues, and use the time remaining on the clock to get coins out of the room.
It's a *lot* of show - the UK adaptation was a much simpler affair, and I think it might be interesting for people to see the original.
JonathanEx
Member
Should still be available on All4 app/website in the UK.
Tizoc
Member
Thanks will look that up.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Speaking of which, this was released a week or so ago, and arrived yesterday:
Looking forward to watching it, it's got almost the whole series (two episodes lost, unfortunately); I've only ever seen what I saw when I was very very young - which I barely recall - and bits of series 4 when it was shown on Challenge.
Awesome, though I'm always wary of watching stuff like that in case it doesn't live up to my rosy memories.
plagiarize
Banned
Speaking of which, this was released a week or so ago, and arrived yesterday:
Looking forward to watching it, it's got almost the whole series (two episodes lost, unfortunately); I've only ever seen what I saw when I was very very young - which I barely recall - and bits of series 4 when it was shown on Challenge.
Ooooooh.
Yes! Imagine what they could do with current cgi/video effects. Was trying to think of some way they could use AR/VR but I guess that would defeat the point.
Daffy Duck
Member
That was awesome!
Richard Ayoade is hilarious.
Richard Ayoade is hilarious.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
You know, if he was interested in music, Richard Ayoade would be a perfect Buzzcocks host
AHA-Lambda
Member
Ok there's another charity episode next week, do regular episodes begin after that?
Delusibeta
Banned
Rumours is that there's going to be four celebrity episodes to start with.
COMPLETE SPECULATION AHEAD: I wouldn't be too surprised if the subsequent regular episodes are moved to a daytime slot, since that was the exact same strategy they used for the revival of Fifteen to One.
At some point they're swapping to Thursday for the World Para Championships; there's some speculation they'll stay there for the civilian episodes (possibly even in the classic slot!)
Doogy rev.