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Dunno whether anyone's suggested this before...

Would a dramatised version of Knightmare ever be as appealing as the gameshow? And if it were, would you prefer a TV series or a film? And what do you think the plot should be?

I think a film would be better than a TV series, as the TV series would compete too much with a Gameshow series! Then again, film are usually the finale for a TV series so I really don't want the end of KM hinted at! LOL! Plot...well my fanfics have plenty of filmy plots in but as for something new...I'd have to think about that!

Fair enoof.

I'd like a film too. What I'd love to see is something a bit different from the usual D&D/Lord of the Rings stuff that they have in fantasy movies... a sort of Nineteen Eighty-Four type of dystopia story set in a world of swords and sorcery.

Lord Fear rules England as a dictator, but instead of holding the land in a rod of iron and brutally oppressing the masses (a la your bog-standard D&D villain), he dictates in a subtle, illusionary way that forces the brave resistance (the noble Northguard led by Treguard) to fight their own perceptions as much as their evil masters.

Treguard was always saying that everything here is an illusion, after all, but that angle has never really been exploited to its full potential.

And yeah, I've read your fanfics. They seem almost soap opera-like rather than film-like. (Not a criticism!)

Mine are more novel-ish, and as many have complained, are almost as long as the old Dave Morris books. Wouldn't say they'd make good TV or film.

This is true...

*goes to think*

I like to think that my fanfic would work as a TV episode, since I wrote and envisaged it that way...

Something that annoyed me about Knightmare was the incidental music, which I thought was superfluous and overused from Series 6 onwards. But I assume that music would feature prominently in a Knightmare drama or movie, for love scenes, death scenes etc.

Something that annoyed me about Knightmare was the incidental music, which I thought was superfluous and overused from Series 6 onwards.

With you a hundred per cent on that. It was a sign that the series was less scary than it used to be that they felt the need to resort to that so much more often. There was only a smattering of incidental music before S6, and it still managed to be much scarier than when they started crowbarring it in.

Something else I started to write once, and never got anywhere with...

And yeah, I've read your fanfics. They seem almost soap opera-like rather than film-like. (Not a criticism!)

Well, if you think Emii's fanfics are 'soap operatic', what do make of this?

http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1616118

LOL! For Velda, read Kat Slater.

I Would deffinatly like to see a KNIGHTMARE: THE MOVIE.

It Would Be LOVELY.

It has to be better then The LOTR Trilogy no offenc to any of its fans but I can't stomac it.

Me neither. There's so much of the usual pretentious cliche that's so typical of the sword & sorcery genre in it. Not that I agree with it, but this is the main reason why S&S fans are seen as nerdy.

I Would deffinatly like to see a KNIGHTMARE: THE MOVIE.

It Would Be LOVELY.

It has to be better then The LOTR Trilogy no offenc to any of its fans but I can't stomac it.

Ditto.

I mean ten hours of back-to-back Lord of the Rings - my time is far too precious....

LOTR is ok, but I like Finding Nemo and Bambi more. Plus I like humour more than fighting, special effects and wars.

Ahhh ya big softee . Anyway would a KM movie have dungeoneers in it or be all acting? Would there be dungeoneers but not the same type as in the series'. An idea if not already been thought of could be that there is dungeoneers but there is no team to advise them. They are on an adventure seeking clues and advice from people, objects, scrolls, etc. Thedungeoneer starts off in the antichamber meeting Treguard (and his assistant/s if any), who requests that the dungeoneer finds him a certain object. The helmet of justice is not worn thought as it's not needed. The dungeoneer goes on the quest to find that certain object which could last several days. The dungeoneer doesn't have the knapsack, or they do with supplies and they have to pick up food every so often, which they eat along their way. They could be seen from the antichamber but not advised though. They movie could be based around one dungeoneer and the whole of the quest, which they actually succeed. They dungeoneer gets a reward at the end. If it was a series instead of a film the whole series could be based around one dungeoneer or a dungeoneer per episode.

I hope you understand what I tried to say and I am sorry if I've coincidentally copied someones idea.