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[Ghost_Messiah]

I'm really liking Ayoade; which of his work are worth watching?

Probably the IT Crowd (he's fucking brilliant in that, especially the Countdown episode) and also Garth Merenghi's Dark Place. Both are hilarious.

He's also done some films but I didn't find him as good in those. Those two recommendations should get you started.

 

[JonnyKong]

Ayoade also wrote and I think directed the film Submarine which is superb.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Ayoade also wrote and I think directed the film Submarine which is superb.

Woah, didn't know that! Looks like it got rave reviews. Will definitely check it out. Thanks man.

 

[JonnyKong]

Woah, didn't know that! Looks like it got rave reviews. Will definitely check it out. Thanks man.

I've still not seen the film he released last year with Jesse Eissenberg (forgive my spelling). I didn't hear great things about it,

but Submarine is great, definitely watch that.

 

[Menome]

I'm really liking Ayoade; which of his work are worth watching?

As well as the above, his Travel Man show is a bit more grounded in reality but still hilarious at times as he awkwardly encounters new cultures and foods.

 

[mclem]

We suddenly seem to be in a glorious purple patch for adventure game shows all of a sudden. Hot on the heels of a new Crystal Maze, the DVD for The Adventure Game, the new series of Fort Boyard... Raven's coming back!

 

[JonathanEx]

We suddenly seem to be in a glorious purple patch for adventure game shows all of a sudden. Hot on the heels of a new Crystal Maze, the DVD for The Adventure Game, the new series of Fort Boyard... Raven's coming back!

If we get Jungle Run, we're all set.

 

[mclem]

If we get Jungle Run, we're all set.

To wrench things back to TCM, I did think I saw a conspicuous gold banana on the Aztec set, actually, I was wondering if that was a subtle nod.

 

[sammex]

Hopefully not Naked Jungle.

 

[Captain Skeleton]

I've still not seen the film he released last year with Jesse Eissenberg (forgive my spelling). I didn't hear great things about it,

but Submarine is great, definitely watch that.

The Double was a couple of years ago. I loved it but the reviews were a little mixed.

 

[Any Questions]

Probably the IT Crowd (he's fucking brilliant in that, especially the Countdown episode) and also Garth Merenghi's Dark Place. Both are hilarious.

He's also done some films but I didn't find him as good in those. Those two recommendations should get you started.

The dark place is altogether one of the best things ever made.

 

[sammex]

New episode about to start!

Got more hope for these celebs than the last lot.

 

[sammex]

Joey Essex.

A reality star.... from Essex!

 

[Kalor]

I'm hoping DC does well.

 

[Beefy]

Joey Essex's teeth have blinded me

 

[Beefy]

He doesn't even know what Rocket is.....

He is dumb as fuck 😂

 

[sammex]

Same game as last week. VP made this look simple.

 

[sammex]

That laser maze is really cool.

 

[Beefy]

Scarlett is even worse then Joey 😂


Joey: " is she locked in forever"

 

[sammex]

"You were doing very well. Until you lost"



Again only two games in the first zone, did they always do that? Seems shorter to me.

 

[Kalor]

"You were doing very well. Until you lost"



Again only two games in the first zone, did they always do that? Seems shorter to me.

They have to do the introduction so less time for games before the first break. I think they always did it.

 

[Memento Mori]

"Like a really nice Little Chef."

 

[Beefy]

Joey going on about praying....

 

[JonathanEx]

I mean celebrity ones are fair thing to be worried about, but god, they're brilliant for shout-at-the-tv-ability

and Richard's reactions to anyone from reality TV

 

[sammex]

They have to do the introduction so less time for games before the first break. I think they always did it.

Ah ok.



Wow they got one!

 

[Beefy]

Richard is ripping Joey apart

 

[JonathanEx]

Richard is ripping Joey apart

The prayer room was incredible

 

[Beefy]

The prayer room was incredible

"Could you use both hands" 😂

 

[sammex]

Impressed with that last one. Looked like he was def getting locked in and then made it out with the crystal.

 

[JonathanEx]

Impressed with that last one. Looked like he was def getting locked in and then made it out with the crystal.

For an idiot, he's done remarkably well to be 2 for 2 at this stage.

 

[Lucreto]

Is Joey allowed outside without adult supervision?

 

[JonathanEx]

4 repeated games already? Yeeeah they fucked up spacing them up.

 

[Kalor]

These old scrolls are really topical.

 

[sammex]

4 repeated games already? Yeeeah they fucked up spacing them up.

Hope it's just for the celeb thing as if it's for the full 20 episodes it'll get old fast.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

This team is so irritating it's going to kill me. I would've preferred it if Channel 4 just bussed in the usual suspects from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown for the celebrity specials.

 

[sammex]

Cake bell?

 

[JonathanEx]

Hope it's just for the celeb thing as if it's for the full 20 episodes it'll get old fast.

There's apparently 40 new games across the series, we're just, uh, not seeing them yet.

CAKE BELL

 

[Kalor]

Stumbled into the right balance there.

 

[Graphics Horse]

The Diamond Maze

 

[sammex]

7/10 crystals (without the lock in) - actually pretty decent that.

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

He can do maths! He's a fraud!


😂

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Didn't the Crystal Maze challenges used to be, well, challenging? Simple balancing games? Mild arithmetic?

Hope the non-celeb version will give some decent challenges.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Ugh come on, next week is a celeb special too! >_<

 

[JonathanEx]

Ugh come on, next week is a celeb special too! >_<

2 more, then 15 regular episodes.

 

[mclem]

They have to do the introduction so less time for games before the first break. I think they always did it.

Fewer games in general is down to the fact that the usual TV primetime hour has changed - there's now a lot more adverts there than there were in the 1990s. In particular, the format *used* to be:

Intros/Entering/First Zone
*BREAK*
Second Zone/Third Zone
*BREAK*
Final Zone/Dome

Which with the reduced numbers of breaks - and the breaks being shorter as well in general - meant they could get a lot more games in. I believe the policy for the new series is ten games per episode (so some version of 2/3/3/2), with the original run generally having 12-13 (and the very first series being in the 15/16 bracket)

Didn't the Crystal Maze challenges used to be, well, challenging? Simple balancing games? Mild arithmetic?

Hope the non-celeb version will give some decent challenges.

To be fair, not really, it's more the time pressure - and therefore the panic that causes - that made them particularly tough.

And in the case of the 'simple balancing games', there's been a couple in Medieval in the past, like this, for instance.

 

[JonnyKong]

Scarlett is so tiny!

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Only just catching up on it now, my god this lot is insufferable

Edit: oh for god sake, multiple repeated games? The hell is this?

 

[JonnyKong]

I feel like going to the London experience to do this wouldn't be as fun because we've all seen the games, there won't be anything new. So far every game my team and I played in Manchester have been completely different to what we've seen on TV, so at least that held some surprises.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Wow, those math questions in the cell game. That's just embarrassing.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

"To start with, back off with the tude!" lmao

He was just as hilarious as last week! Also it was nice seeing the team do really well. Enjoying this quite a lot. Definitely going to catch it every week.