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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 2:46:15 GMT
Someone ought to write a story just about the tragedy of Lady Igraine.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 2:51:59 GMT
Richard Bucket (Bouquet, dear, Bouquet)!
Fast transition from the Uther story to the Sword in the Stone.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 2:53:25 GMT
^^^Oh, Lord, I just saw that the actor, Clive Eaton, just passed away a few days ago, on Friday. Wow.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 2:55:28 GMT
Why is Arthur Irish?
Patrick Stewart has popped up
They’re somewhat underplaying this very important part.
Some of the dialogue is off. Just the disc, or...?
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:18:06 GMT
Is all of England this one forest and one castle in this movie? What’s his name who played Jane Birkin’s husband in Evil Under the Sun is a conflation of the Black Knight and Lancelot.
Ironically, Arthur is probably the worst part of this.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:21:57 GMT
Hm! I like how they solve the problem of Arthur receiving his sword twice. (In the legend, it’s two different swords, of course, a fact which rather derogates both the Sword in the Stone and Excalibur.)
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:26:14 GMT
Arthur’s his best friend already?!
Bizarre but interesting wedding sequence.
Do they never go inside?
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:29:55 GMT
The concern about the old gods of Merlin vs. the new Christian God was also repeated in the miniseries—interesting because in the myths Merlin was baptized.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:31:57 GMT
I think Clay should have played Mordred instead—he plays the “handsome, charming, likeable villain” so well.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Feb 5, 2019 3:32:58 GMT
what part are you at
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:34:16 GMT
Finally we’re somewhere else (inside the castle). I think they haven’t been out of that forest since Uther seduced Igraine!
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:35:31 GMT
We’re at Camelot; Merlin and Morgan le Fay/Morgana/Nimue, whatever they’re calling her here, are flirting.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:37:27 GMT
Young Liam Neeson as Sir Gawain, whose adventures with the Green Knight make for one of the best Arthurian legends.
I love the design of this Camelot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 3:46:52 GMT
Excalibur, eh?
Never Seen It.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Feb 5, 2019 3:48:12 GMT
Excalibur, eh? Never Seen It. UN-BRILLIANT!
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:50:22 GMT
Excalibur, eh? Never Seen It. Oo, that’s right, eh? I’m shocked at myself for not having seen this before. As a kid I loved anything with Arthur and the Round Table.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Feb 5, 2019 3:54:39 GMT
Excalibur, eh? Never Seen It. Oo, that’s right, eh? I’m shocked at myself for not having seen this before. DOUBLE UN-BRILLIANT!
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 3:58:12 GMT
Oo, that’s right, eh? I’m shocked at myself for not having seen this before. DOUBLE UN-BRILLIANT! Admittedly, I probably wouldn’t have been allowed to see this at 7 or 8, for, well, yeah. But I’m just surprised its existence never registered with me until you started telling me about it.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 5, 2019 4:01:15 GMT
I love the irony of Morgan’s seducing Arthur in the same way that Uther seduced Igraine. It’s an ingenious addition that drips with dramatic irony but that I’ve never seen any Arthurian adaptation do before.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Feb 5, 2019 4:02:06 GMT
Admittedly, I probably wouldn’t have been allowed to see this at 7 or 8, for, well, yeah. But I’m just surprised its existence never registered with me until you started telling me about it. yeah, we caught it on cable, so i was probably 12, otherwise i wouldn't have been able to see it either! we were all in, though ( fantasy was pretty hot at the time )
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