You Threw Off My Groove!!

[kabochan]

I officially am highly displeased with Megavideo. Not only have I *not* watched 72 minutes of video today (the day is young! I've watched about 30!!), but you keep CUTTING ME OFF RIGHT WHEN THE SHOW IS ALMOST OVER

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[kilerkki]

Merlin is awesome! It's a new BBC show--episode 10 just came out on Saturday--that, uh, takes the basic premise of the Arthurian legend and runs with it. ("There's this guy called Arthur! And he's gonna be the Once and Future King! Or something. Only he needs help from a wizard! Who is totally not this old dude, eww. And, hey, let's make him secretly a wizard and actually Arthur's servant! And let's throw in some dragons and undead spirits and beautiful opera singers who are really ugly old witches with ninja throwing knives! AWESOME!")

There's as little adherence to the real Matter of Britain as there is to historical accuracy, but somehow it's wonderfully compelling all the same. (A great deal of credit is due to the marvelously attractive actors who play Arthur and Merlin.) It's great fun, especially when it's been a long day and you just need to sit back and enjoy the pretty. Kind of like SPN, except with fewer monsters and less sense.

mistful gave a wonderful review here that addicted me without ever seeing the series. Rest assured, it's just as bizarre and charming as she says.

[kabochan]

Oh, wow, I'm becoming more and more fond of mistful's reviews of things, and I didn't know that was possible. I must see this show.

And I was thinking.. how interesting that the BBC has their rewritten-into-teen-angst-drama Merlin, and the likewise teen-angst drama Robin Hood, which draws on Britain's folk heroes... and what do we make teen-angst dramas out of? Superheroes. Does that mean superheroes are America's folk heroes? (Works for me!) How interesting!

[kabochan]

And now that I've watched one episode, I must say - this is rather fun! XD I rather like it! (And it's MUCH better done than that Robin Hood series I watched a couple episodes of, a few months ago.)

Thanks!! (*proceeds to episode two*)