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Originally posted by invictus12:
I loved it. Apparently Michelle Ryan from bionic woman and doctor who is on it from what I heard. I only caught the last half but I liked it enough to want to see it next Sunday. Too bad it's so short it's only one season because it's already finished in British apparently...it's original and clever, a def 5 star series...

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I thought it was kind of... ihh...

It's "oh-kay", but I'm not crazy about it.

Wasn't Arthur supposed to just be some shlub from nowheresville until he pulled Excalibur from the stone? I guess I never really followed the Arthurian legends and myths that closely, but I didn't realize Uther Pendragon was a king. I mean, *I* didn't vote for 'im!



Michelle Ryan - OH! - I loved her in Jekyll! I thought that looked like her, but it's been a while...

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
... For the record, I'm fine with taking liberties, but I find it more engrossing when a story hews closer to canon and STILL makes me pay attention by bringing out tiny details that you never heard before or didn't consider, but which fit and mesh perfectly with canon. And THAT, Merlin doesn't do very well at all.

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Ahnal nathrack othvas bethod dotneahl deenvay!

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
... For the record, I'm fine with taking liberties, but I find it more engrossing when a story hews closer to canon and STILL makes me pay attention by bringing out tiny details that you never heard before or didn't consider, but which fit and mesh perfectly with canon. And THAT, Merlin doesn't do very well at all.

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Roger that. I have not seen this at all so far, and unless I start hearing some pretty righteous buzz I don't think I'll be going out of my way to include it in my viewing schedule. I saw a Merlin promo the other night in which young Arthur is apparently using magicalistic powers to clean his room, and Merlin walks in on him. I don't know / can't remember what the exact dialogue is, but in my mind it's like this:

"Ar-THUR! What-did-I-tell-you about using magic to clean your room?!"

(broom, bucket, various other items come crashing to the floor)

"Clean?!...magic?!...room?!...Oh golly no, Mr. Merlin, sir! I was just polishing my halberd...!"

(hilarity ensues)



But thank goodness for MP and the HG - otherwise I'm not sure any more how peeps would hear about the Lady-of-the-Lake version of the legend. Folks these days are so leapt-up over sticking swords in stones and then pulling them back out again...



donttalkbackjustdrivethecarshutyourmouthiknowwhatyouaredontsaynothinkeepyourhandsonthewheeldontturnaroundthisisforreal

Still...what would Rorschach do?

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Sadly, that dialog is about spot-on - only it was MERLIN who was using majicks to clean his room, and it was Dr. Gaius who walked in on him. Sorcery and majicks are outlawed in Camelot under Uther.

And wasn't "Camelot" itself Arthur's thing from the start? I don't recall Uther ruling over Camelot...

Anyway, I'm watching it, but I won't be terribly saddened when it's canceled.

And you don't get to be king just because some watery tart starts lobbing scimitars at you.

Mike

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And you don't get to be king just because some watery tart starts lobbing scimitars at you.

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WOMAN: Well, how did you become king then?
ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake,...
[angels sing]
...her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from
the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was
to carry Excalibur.
[singing stops]
That is why I am your king!
DENNIS: Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis
for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate
from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: Well, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just
'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some
moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
ARTHUR: Shut up, will you. Shut up!
DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help!
I'm being repressed!
ARTHUR: Bloody peasant!
DENNIS: Oh, what a give-away. Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh?
That's what I'm on about. Did you see him repressing me? You saw it,
didn't you?

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Anyway, I'm watching it, but I won't be terribly saddened when it's canceled.

Mike

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