Fay, I'm enjoying Merlin - for the cheesiness.
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sumi - Jun 30, 2009 4:31:19 am PDT #8548 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Fay - Jun 30, 2009 5:39:58 am PDT #8549 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
And the pretty? It's very pretty.
I couldn't get into it for quite a few episodes. I was having flaily "But but but but" anachronism head-go-boom stuff. And then I said to myself: "Fay, this is not England. This is NOT any particular period. This is cloud cuckoo land. Which, as it transpires, looks a lot like a Waterhouse painting, with lots of rich blues and reds and porcelain white. Also, man, get a load of the Uther/Morgana over there! Mmmm...tasty!" And then it was all fine.
sumi - Jun 30, 2009 5:43:29 am PDT #8550 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
It is pretty.
We've been getting two episodes a week. Although this week - we just get episode 5 - the introduction of Lancelot (based on the promo). I'm looking forward to it.
Vortex - Jun 30, 2009 6:10:11 am PDT #8551 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I couldn't get into it for quite a few episodes. I was having flaily "But but but but" anachronism head-go-boom stuff. And then I said to myself: "Fay, this is not England. This is NOT any particular period. This is cloud cuckoo land. Which, as it transpires, looks a lot like a Waterhouse painting, with lots of rich blues and reds and porcelain white. Also, man, get a load of the Uther/Morgana over there! Mmmm...tasty!"
I suspend disbelief pretty easily, but this one takes the cake. And I just cringe at the complete and total shitting on the story. It's like when they make movies of Anne Rice novels. They take the characters and maybe a soupçon of the storyline and then fuck the story in the ass with no lube.
Oh, and I hate bullies. Arthur pisses me off. And the fact that he's a bully because he's the king's son irritates me because the whole reason that Arthur was a better king was because he WASN'T the ruling class. And . . . oh, my head hurts!
-t - Jun 30, 2009 6:21:03 am PDT #8552 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I could enjoy Merlin a lot if the characters all had different names and they didn't call the setting Camelot. I just can't switch off all the associations I already have for Arthurian whatnot. I tried, I really did.
Vortex - Jun 30, 2009 6:25:31 am PDT #8553 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I just can't switch off all the associations I already have for Arthurian whatnot. I tried, I really did.
Yep. There are things I like about it. I applaud them for color blind casting, there are beautiful costumes, etc. But, its so very wrong that it's not Camelot.
Morgana - Jun 30, 2009 10:54:28 am PDT #8554 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I had the same problem with the Richard Gere-as-Lancelot movie "First Knight." I hated it so much that I've managed to block a lot of it from my memory, but I remember yelling that if they were going to bastardize the storyline so much why didn't they just give them different names?!?
Ginger - Jun 30, 2009 10:57:56 am PDT #8555 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've been watching Merlin, but I don't know how long I can bear the stupid.
Vortex - Jun 30, 2009 10:59:35 am PDT #8556 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
At first, I wondered why they didn't make it Merlin as a young man in a kingdom that wasn't Camelot, then I remembered that Merlin is supposed to live backwards through time, so that wouldn't have worked either.
sj - Jun 30, 2009 11:03:06 am PDT #8557 of 30001
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I'm not very familiar with Authurian legend, so I too am enjoying the cheesiness of Merlin. However, Gwen being poor feels wrong. Is there any precedence for this?