If it helps, when I saw the episode I interpreted their name as “Carrier Knights” which sounded much creepier.. knights out to destroy us all. Its still rather weak, though, I agree.
I quite enjoyed the Shakespeare stuff - especially “57 academics just punched the air!” - CRACKER!! But to call the episode any good on the whole, you’d just have to pretend the villains didn’t exist at all. They were atrocious. Though, I imagine that if I were 8 years old, they would be OUTSTANDING!
One of my favourite bits was “expelliarmus!!” so perhaps I am an 8 year-old on the inside…
Tom 27 April 2007, 11:47 AM
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Mmmmm, I meant to point out this story’s Wikipedia page, which points out all the clever references — and the 57 academics line is by far the cleverest. But they were atrocious villains. What frustrates me is how many cool ideas there were behind the villains that never got explored because they were faffing about on broomsticks and such. Hence the review.
“Carrier Knights” does indeed sound marginally better.
I liked the first Harry Potter reference more than the second one. If you’re going to have Shakespeare save the day, then let him get the last word in. Poor bugger.
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Shannon
27 April 2007, 08:35 AM
If it helps, when I saw the episode I interpreted their name as “Carrier Knights” which sounded much creepier.. knights out to destroy us all. Its still rather weak, though, I agree.
I quite enjoyed the Shakespeare stuff - especially “57 academics just punched the air!” - CRACKER!! But to call the episode any good on the whole, you’d just have to pretend the villains didn’t exist at all. They were atrocious. Though, I imagine that if I were 8 years old, they would be OUTSTANDING!
One of my favourite bits was “expelliarmus!!” so perhaps I am an 8 year-old on the inside…
Tom
27 April 2007, 11:47 AM
Mmmmm, I meant to point out this story’s Wikipedia page, which points out all the clever references — and the 57 academics line is by far the cleverest. But they were atrocious villains. What frustrates me is how many cool ideas there were behind the villains that never got explored because they were faffing about on broomsticks and such. Hence the review.
“Carrier Knights” does indeed sound marginally better.
I liked the first Harry Potter reference more than the second one. If you’re going to have Shakespeare save the day, then let him get the last word in. Poor bugger.
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