#crystal maze

[chippersonofabitch]

"You seen that? You seen me as a chick? I look well fit!" 🫠

[muppet-hell]

Playing the game by making people on instagram think I hate Richard O'Brien, people on twitter think I wanna fuck Richard O'Brien, and here where it's both

[weaversweek]

The Crystal Maze at 35

At this hour in 1990, Richard O'Brien asked a simple question.

Can you win a time crystal?

Climb over walls, or take out a giant screwdriver? Find your way through a mirrored maze, or drive a dune buggy by remote control?

For the viewer, it was incredibly simple. We got a few shots to see what had to be done.

For the players, it was anything but simple. Sploosh! as the contestant fell off the log into the drink. Splat! as they fired a catapult at some greedy gods. Zap! as they shot at a robot guard.

And when they failed to get out in time, that'll be a lock in - as my learned friend @becrystalamazed noted recently, every game show has some element of prison or public school, and The Crystal Maze had lots of both.

Richard left The Crystal Maze after four very successful series. His replacement, Ed Tudor-Pole, was a great character, and brought energy to the role; his only drawback was that he wasn't Richard O'Brien. The Crystal Maze came off air in 1995.

Picked up by The Family Channel, and a mainstay of successor channel Challenge, The Crystal Maze kept all of us entertained and beguiled. And there was the live attraction which opened in 2016, and which begat a television revival hosted by Stephen Merchant and Adam Conover and some other bloke.

TV reviewer Mark Lawson was rather impressed by the first episode.

An entertaining new game show appears to be an elaborate attempt to evaluate how many yuppies it takes to change a lightbulb. A group of smooth youths attempts each of four tests (physical, mental, skill, mystery) in each of four "zones" (Aztec, industrial, mediaeval, futuristic). The tasks involve much clambering around mazes and towers (a visual pun on upwardly mobile!) and arrangement of gigantic puzzles. Those who best survive the tests stand under a construction called The Crystal Dome and grab large pieces of gold hurtling out of a spout. The game might therefore be said to have a first round of Darwinism and a final round of Thatcherism.

How many yuppies does it take to change a lightbulb? Six, if we're lucky.

[areseebee]

crystal maze | derry girls cast

for anyone interested in watching the crystal maze episode with the derry girls cast, you might want to click through to this link.

[mm2022ll]

Happy Birthday, Richard O'Brien, the most wonderful man on earth!

Let this magnificent creature be the happiest on the entire planet! May all the gods and fate protect him, may inspiration never leave his life, and may his heart be full of warmth and joy)))

I want to tell you a little about how I got into this beautiful universe, which was created by the amazing Richard O’Brien, which appeared thanks to the phenomenon of his existence and creativity, and which literally saved my life.

I was born and raised in a country and at a time where the bulk of my generation knew absolutely nothing about his “Rocky”, and I greatly regret this. Personally, I myself watched it relatively recently, a few years ago after I found out that it was one of Freddie Mercury’s favorite films (I just went to the cinema to see “Bohemian Rhapsody”, just for fun). I really liked Rocky. When I saw Riff Raff, I thought - wow, what a colorful guy! Very much to my taste). And how he sings, what energy is in his voice when he calls light into his life in “Over at the Frankenstein place”, what willpower is to defeat the main ... villain, or hero, depending on how you look at it). But “on the wave” of Freddie, I was captivated by Frank-n-Furter performed by Tim Curry. I also thought that the film was excellent, especially considering the years of release, everything was beautiful, high quality, understandable and appropriate. In general, a living classic and style icon. However, I still wasn't a fan). I didn’t even realize the significance of Richard for this creation, looking between the lines, and almost immediately conveniently forgetting who played whom. Because immediately after this, several events happened in my life that made me forget about films, and hobbies, and in general, all kinds of entertainment, in general, not very good events.

When, after a couple of years, everything went a little back to normal, I wanted to watch something in the noir style (I like, among other things, noir, as well as gothic and a little horror, although I watch everything that is filmed, in my opinion, good, because in almost any style you can find good examples). I read good reviews for the movie "Dark City" and decided to watch it.

My God! The effect was simply amazing! The film evoked a strong reaction and response in me! I just fell in love with it, with its idea, atmosphere, scenery, characters, and most of all I was hooked by the image of Mr. Hand. I was simply hypnotized by him, he was so good! What grace, what manners, figure, but most importantly - what eyes! Expressive and deep, bright, like stars, and piercing right through you, like two daggers, and at the same time looking a little reproachfully, but understanding everything! Beautiful eyes for which you can give your soul and heart, if demanded. And his smile! It was like I saw heaven when he smiled at Emma in the pier scene, it was just incredible! It was as if the warm sun warmed me in the middle of winter, as if the brightest star in the universe had been lit... He was simply amazing)

Oh, how I wanted to develop his storyline! How I wanted a battle between him and Murdoch, and not just with Mr. Book)) Considering the grace and artistry, skill and photogenicity, colorfulness and appearance of Richard O’Brien, it would be incredible and exciting! He was simply created for such things, and I sincerely don’t understand why so few of him were filmed, including in such films, because he is simply the decoration of everyone in which he played. I think martial arts with dance elements would suit him perfectly). And how I wanted to preserve the inquisitive and most humane of the Strangers! I cried at the end of the film - from the happiness that people will gain relative freedom and the joy of seeing the light, and also from the fact that Mr. Hand died. Some will consider me crazy, and probably very naive, but in my fan version of events it seems to me that if it were not for the memories of the killer that were injected into him, Mr. Hand would still have turned out to be a person, an individual.

Be that as it may, the image of Mr. Hand turned out to be simply magnificent, “Dark City” was a gorgeous film, and I became interested in the actor who played Hand (I didn’t recognize him right away, although I saw that his face seemed familiar to me, and especially his incredible eyes). When I realized that this was the same actor who played Riff Raff in Rocky, I was simply delighted and decided to continue my acquaintance by reading more about him).

And... I disappeared! I entered his world through the back door, fell through and fell like Alice through the rabbit hole into Wonderland, and this door to Richard O’Brien’s universe was Dark City, not Rocky). It turned out to be not just an actor, not just a person, but an absolutely incredible, unimaginable, bright and brilliant personality! Divinely talented, versatile, smart, sarcastic, but at the same time very kind, very complex and deep, beautiful, sophisticated, fragile and at the same time very strong and strong-willed - and all this is one incredible person! I embarked on a journey through his universe, and this journey is still ongoing, and he never ceases to amaze me, and never disappoints me. I learn many things from him, his philosophy of life, I can understand his point of view, I like his perception of this world, I feel the energy in him that is kindred to me (no matter how arrogant it may sound, sorry).

Thanks to Richard O'Brien, I came out of a deep depression. If I may say so, he saved my soul. I am incredibly grateful to him! The fact that I discovered his world, gave my life more color, I wanted to live again. I realized that this world is not as bad as I began to think. Looking through his work, listening to songs, interviews, enjoying shows with his participation - in particular, “The Crystal Labyrinth” (in which you can see him in all his beauty, live, close and a lot) and “The Ink Thief”, I heal my heart from old and new wounds, I draw inspiration and strength - and thank him for this, thank you a thousand times! I think he will never be forgotten; I think he left a mark on this world forever. I think that with his creativity he did something very important in life for each of his fans, helped a huge number of people realize themselves, and for the whole society he showed what real freedom is, what it means to truly live for art and embody art, to be yourself and a muse for others, to be the Sun, and inspire others with your pure, positive thousand-megawatt energy! Happy Birthday to the most wonderful person in the universe! Happy Birthday Richard O'Brien!

[arconinternet]

The Crystal Maze (In-browser/download, DOS/Acorn Archimedes, Digital Jellyfish Design, 1994)

You can download this game based on a classic British game show for use in DOSBox here, or download it, bundled with DOSBox and the all-important game manual, here.

The manual is important because different team members have different strengths and weaknesses in the various minigames.

[girl4music]

This is still such a great game. 10 years going strong. Played it god knows how many times.

Tried online. Hated it. Replayed the main campaign.

[magentaclassy]

Happy 80th Birthday, Richard O’Brien!