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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.
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?!?
I've been watching Merlin, but I don't know how long I can bear the stupid.
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.
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?
No, she's supposed to be the daughter of a king that Arthur marries for political reasons.
Well, First Knight was a terrible, terrible movie.
Merlin is supposed to live backwards through time
I think of that as being a T. H. White thing, primarily, but I don't know if I am correct in thinking that.
However, Gwen being poor feels wrong. Is there any precedence for this?
Not that I know of. She was high enough status to help Arthur's claim to the throne, iirc.
I like how science and magic go together in the show. I also like how ASH's character does everything wrong, but he does it with all the best intentions.
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I think the living backwards thing was TH White's, based on the part of the legend that says Merlin made many prophesies that came true.
Off the top of my head, things that are not according to Mallory:
Merlin and Arthur are not contemporaries. Merlin brought about Arthur's birth by disguising Uther Pendragon by magic so he could, essentially, rape the Duke of Cornwall's wife Igraine (not a sorceress) at Tintagel.
Arthur doesn't know know who his father is and never meets him. Merlin spirits him off to be raised by Sir Ector, and his royal blood is revealed by his pulling the sword from the stone.
Arthur is not raised with Guinevere. It's fuzzy when they marry, but the Round Table comes from her father.
Morgana is an alternate name for Morgan Le Fay, Arthur's half sister, who works various magics against him. Again, they did not grow up together.