Like other reviews, I watched every show I could (what with postponements!) and I enjoyed it for what it was, a light-hearted treatment of the D & D craze. Erik and Ariel were adequate, but Blackpool and the wizard Vector really stole the show. Vector, played by great character actor Clive Revill, was somewhat dimwitted, and Blackstone had to suffer him as best he could. I also remember the fondness Blackstone showed when speaking of torturing people, especially with his spiked boots! The episode I recall most was when Erik and Ariel were lured into an evil castle where the spirit of a former lord still lurked, and were tormented by shades of people they knew, such as Blackpool, the Queen, and Marco (even an evil version of Erik). At the end, when they finally meet up with the real Marco, he says something like, "I just killed Blackpool, the King, the Queen, and myself....did I do the right thing?" While this was going on, the real Blackpool and Vector were playing some sort of board game and getting drunk. I also remember that for each segment's fadeout for the commercial break, the scene would turn into a comic book drawing (kinda like in Creepshow). Someone mentioned Wizards & Warriors only lasted 8 episodes? Wow. Good luck ever getting released on DVD...best we could hope for is someone with old VHS tapes offering a set on DVD for sale (like on Ioffer or some such site).
Review of Wizards and Warriors
