Rath Darkblade wrote:
Episode 15...
Yes, how unexpected (but fun!) that Peter's plan didn't work.
Alan the Astounding is back! Is he going to fall down drunk every time he says his name?
Also, what's with the
minotaur on the pier at the end?
Oh, and yes - where did that
pig farmer come from?
Alan the Astounding did make another appearance! And his falling, is all a reference to a real life event, when he had tried to out drink me, and passed out in mid stride.
As for the Minotaur at the end of the pier; he's there, because, well, I love Minotaurs. (If you're familiar with Dragonlance books, Minotaurs are natural sailors, so it seemed like a good place to put one... and who knows you might see one later on in Season 2!)
And the farmer is technically from Ator (he's a hint that Peter and Grayson were near the "Dessert" City, as Peter calls it) which is the city that Peter and Grayson are in as of this episode...
Rath Darkblade wrote:
Episode 16...
I like the guards on the gate, discussing the stereotypical adventures they could (theoretically) go on.
How specific -
meat on a stick! What is it - pork, beef, chicken, veal, lamb, fish... or rat?
I like the ending.
A
goblin dance floor? And yes, I can place it... one goblin with a bow, one with a sword, and one with an axe - would these be
the goblin Legolas, Aragorn and Gimli, by any chance?
So the Guards at the gate, are essentially dialoguing about (indirectly) poking fun at me, and my writing of the script. How they say, slaying a dragon, rescuing a damsel in distress, etc, are all "bad" ideas. Well, Season 1 is about slaying a dragon - can you guess the quest our heroes will get for Season 2?
When I began writing Neverending Nights, I used the DUNGEON MAGAZINE outline about submissions they would not take because they were too "typical and overused" as the basis of the series - to essentially use the story to poke fun at itself.
As for the goblins; you missed the reference! It's Albert = Sword = Grayson, Bob = Axe = Pawl the Dorf, Charlie = Bow = Peter the Ranger.
This was a fun episode to write, especially when we reference the Brothel (and I love that, even as they walk in, and there's scantly dressed women), they're still clueless (chalking it up for not wearing much because of the heat).
The "Entertainer's" name is Madame Rainbow.
As for Grayson's armor, when he first runs out of the room, he tells Peter, "Don't mess with me, I will put my armor on outside" (or something like that). So he has it, unfortunately there was no way to show him "carrying" the armor; a limitation with the animation.
And as for the fate of the weapon vendor... There's a story behind it.
So originally, the Weapon Vendor was known as "Eric the Elongated" (which is a reference to all his sexual remarks, when he references the weapons) and voiced by a friend at the time, Chris. Unfortunately, unrelated to Neverending Nights, we all had a huge falling out with him. So when we knew we would never be using that character again; and since we had Andrea the Assassin; originally she just questions him and moves on. But once the fall out happened, and we knew, we wouldn't be using "Eric the Elongated" anymore, I changed the script so that Andrea kills him. (This removes him, as a character, from appearing again; and also shows how lethal Andrea is, so it all kind of worked out). However, a year later, because of that fall out, we wanted to remove the episode with Chris voicing, because he was still having issues. So we opted to re-record the line with another person, and changed it to Ronald the Wreckless. (Ironically, the guy who voiced him, would part ways from the group as well, but peacefully).
So that's the story as to why the Weapon vendor bites it.
Let's see how these "heroes" fare when they meet an actual dragon. Or is it just a dragonling?