Merlin S1-5 DVD Box press text and who's 'actually' responsible for the show's success

[gealach_ros]

Today I came across THIS article at Exmouth Journal about the Merlin Complete DVD Box (you can win one, see end of article at their site for details). Since the same text's been used on various other sites since October, it's safe to say it was provided by FremantleMedia (DVD box press release). The bolded part made me choke on my coffee...

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[whitedatura]

hahahahahahahahahaha are you kidding me?

[gealach_ros]

Haha. No! I wish I was...

Undoubtedly they are also responsible for the success of the show, but it wasn't 'pushed plot development' that made us keep watching and for sure the majority of people did NOT watch for the CGI.

[whitedatura]

I always thought the CGI was (mostly) laughably terrible. Definitely not a selling point, in any case.

[gealach_ros]

I never paid much attention to the CGI or find it overly terrible (because compared to some US TV productions they only had a rather small special effects budget at their disposal) but for sure it was neither on par with Hollywood nor a reason to watch the show. :P

[msdrieg]

I love your choice of laughing and quizzical faces to go with this absurd quote. Lovely to see them again: it brightened my evening. Thank you!

[gealach_ros]

Glad their laughs/smiles made your day a bit better. :)

[marguerite_26]

<3 <3 <3

There are two REALLY good reasons Merlin was successful. Neither of them have a first name starting with a J.

[gealach_ros]

♥ ♥ ♥

One more thing that convinces me the Js really never got what made the show so successful (and why they fail to repeat this success with Atlantis)...

[sallyna_smile]

We might need to abuse of Gaius/Richard's raised eyebrow here.

[gealach_ros]

It's only small but part of the above gif set!

[shiny4love]

The gifs say it all :D

[gealach_ros]

They say it better than I ever could! xD