Because of a well-meaning Santa this year and several like-minded Santas in the last few years, I`m now looking to get rid of some Merlin DVDs ( Read more... )

This is the trailer for the new BBC show Atlantis.  If anyone had any doubts who produces it, they should be gone after seeing the clip. Holy recycling Batman. That cave. *facepalm ( Read more... )

Oh my god, how did I not know that Johnny Capps and Julian Jones are producing a new genre show for the Beeb, called Atlantis?

Seeing as normally Merlin would start up its fall Season again soonish, I wondered if the Beeb had any costume drama replacement for it. And sure enough, brought to you from the guys who thouroughly slaughtered one of the ( Read more... )

You know, if Julian Jones has no problem saying the things he said, even jokingly, in the DVD commentary for the final episode of Merlin, why the hell was he (and the other producers) such a douchenozzle (not jokingly) about it for Season 2 to 5? And why the hell did they write Seasons 2 to 3 and 4.5 to 5 the way they wrote them ( Read more... )

Last night, a (pretty much one-sided) conversation took place in my living room that went as follows:

Producers: "Okay, we screwed up the entire premise of our show due to writing that was out of touch with the basic principles of good storytelling."
Me: "I know, I watched your show."
Producers: "But there is still one thing we can kinda get right ( Read more... )

I never thought I`d say this, given the givens, but I flat-out loved a LOT out of the Merlin Series Finale.

In the end, it wasn`t what I expected when the show began and it wasn`t the ending of my dreams either but( spoilers )

Some very crazy Merlin spec here. Sorry for not shutting up about this show but I read some dialogue teasers for the Finale (I`m spoiled for the general plot but not the specific specifics, so to say) and some spec on the person that piece of dialogue is attributed to. And one particular line of dialogue is just... mindblowing. IF the respective ( Read more... )

I debated on doing the full recap after the final episode has aired or doing a review of them separately but heck, I was and am spoiled all to hell about what happens anyway (and very, very grateful for it) so I might as well look how the ep stands on its own merits.( Merlin 5.12 )

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One down, two to go... ( Merlin 5.11 )