A Conversation for 'The Crystal Maze' - the TV Show
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djryan Started conversation Oct 15, 2001
In the paragraph
>The last seen of Richard O'Brien was on the back of a Harley->Davidson with Mumsy (see below) at the start of the 1993 Children's >Special. The credits rolled, and lo and behold, a new host. This was
Shouldn't that be "The last scene"?
Great article otherwise.
Hiya!
Witty Ditty Posted Oct 15, 2001
Hiya!
CP's sis here... the sentence you're talking about is not a spelling mistake; she meant the 'last seen' of the man, as in the last visible appearence, and not the 'last scene', which would have implied that it was a play of some kind...
She's at school at the moment and they've messed up her workspace on their network, so that's why you've got me here instead... sorry about that 
I'll tell her you like the entry; it's going to be a great surprise when she gets home... finding that it's not only on the front page, but editor's choice!
Stay 
,
WD
Hiya!
Mr Prophet (General Purpose Genre Guru) Posted Oct 15, 2001
He has been seen around a little since then, including an appearance in the film Dungeons & Dragons, as the keeper of a maze.
And there's a crystal in it.
The Prophet.
Pedantic as ever...
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 16, 2001
That's a really good entry! Just one point:
"A digital time-keeper was used with red LCD to add to the futuristic feel"
I think you'll find it was a red LED (Light Emitting Diode) as opposed to LCD (Liquid Crystal Display - the ones that are commonly black-on-grey)... 
Pedantic as ever...
Witty Ditty Posted Oct 16, 2001
(CP's sis here)
... and you'd be right 
in all instances
Hiya!
djryan Posted Oct 16, 2001
Well I'd think that saying that the man was lastt seen rather then the last seen of the man would be more grammatically correct. Seen isn't a noun
Great article none the less, for a great show.
Hiya!
Tamara's another day Posted Oct 16, 2001
'The last seen of whoever' is a popular expression used correctly in this instance. It is common in tracking down criminals etc - as is the 'last heard of'. I'd keep it in your text as it adds humour and style !
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