Merlin S5 | Filming news (Wales) + ep 05.01-05.03 news + S6 news

[gealach_ros]

Filming in Wales on Friday, September 7th.
I saw the posts re filming in France. Merlin was still being filmed in Britain on Friday 7th September - at [location spoiler (Wales)]Speech House Lake in the Forest of Dean, so it must be next week in France.
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[po_nochka]

TBH I was still hoping there will be next season :( and I was also hoping this show will end on high note without the horrible Arthur being dead and Merlin stuck in stone.

[doylefan22]

It IS Arthurian legend so the ending is always depressing with the hope Arthur might come back some day.

But, yes, I thought with the nature of the show they'd rather end on the start of Arthur's reign proper. Now what with their continuing soundbites about it being more grown up and darker and them saying they know how Arthur dies, I do suspect the end will be Camlann and his death.

[sallyna_smile]

...with the hope Arthur might come back some day.
If they truly kill Arthur off this series, then I HOPE they make an allusion to the "coming back" thing and Merlin's immortality.

[doylefan22]

Yeah although I hope Merlin has some company or immortality waiting around for Arthur will kind of suck!

[sallyna_smile]

He could be reading fanfictions? With all the big bang, reel_merlin, challenges and one-shots he would never get bored XD

[darlulu]

But, yes, I thought with the nature of the show they'd rather end on the start of Arthur's reign proper. Me, too. Because of all the time jumps we really haven't gotten to see the golden age of King Arthur's Camelot for any length of time, let alone a proper united Albion so if he dies by the end of S5, it'll feel really premature. Like Arthur and all he was supposed to stand for didn't last long enough to truly matter in the grand scheme of things

[doylefan22]

Frankly if he dies at the end of series 5 I think it makes the whole show a giant waste - Arthur's golden reign, everything Merlin fought and killed for, will have been a grand total of about 4 years. Uther was on the throne for nearer 30. And for the majority of Arthur's time it seems that magic will still be illegal. Remind me again what Kilgharrah said Merlin was supposed to be fighting for? *headesk

[darlulu]

And for the majority of Arthur's time it seems that magic will still be illegal. Remind me again what Kilgharrah said Merlin was supposed to be fighting for? *headesk*Yeah, my mind hadn't even gone there, but you're absolutely right. I was thinking of the golden age of Camelot in more general terms, but the integration of magic was key to Kilgharrah and Merlin's ultimate vision for Albion so having maybe half an episode where Arthur accepts Merlin's magic before dying does make all the talk about destiny and purpose seem rather pointless

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[earlyparade]

Actually, by the end of S5 it will have been a total of 10 years - both onscreen and offscreen. There's more years dedicated to a time jump rather than the actual story... =/

[earlyparade]

"I still think there's a chance though that the writers will re-embrace their family entertainment roots and pull back at the last minute, have Merlin irrevocably alter Arthur's destiny to die at Mordred's hand

[marvelpku]

"Without Arthur pulling Excalibur from the stone because of his own destiny instead of Merlin's whispered command, without Gwen betraying Arthur for love of Lancelot, without Arthur dying by Mordred's hand, Merlin is just some generic medieval crap with a little magic thrown in."
This is the one of the most insightful comments I've ever seen on the website. Tptb just write themselves into a laughable, childish and superficial cornor after S2 (the first part of S2 is also tragedy).

[ella_rose88]

Personally I think Gwen not truly betraying Arthur as she loves Arthur is better and far more interesting that all the other versions. In fact Lancelot didn't exist in the earlier legends and A/G had children.

I think it's rather refreshing that Gwen doesn't have an affair with Lancelot and actually makes a choice. I'm sick of Gwen's character being blamed for the downfall of Camelot.