Merlin 409 Lancelot Du Laq Episode Review - I don’t have many good things to say

( I am increasingly sad about how much my reviews are less the squeeing about episodes I want them to be and more rants about episodes that increasingly tick me off. I will say this again: Merlin is an exercise in how a show can have shit writers and still manage to be good if *everything* else - special effects, costume and setting design, production, actors, ect. - are there to pick up the slack. I just feel sorry how everyone here is being so burdened by these terrible writers. )

My thoughts Merlin Episode 408: Lamia, which I just watched (late, I know, that’s what happens when you have midterms on a Saturday).

( On the plus side - knights, action, and whumped Merlin! ^_^ On the minus side - sexism and borderline misogyny! >.< )

I’ve been trying to do long play-by-play reviews but I never get around to writing them up, so I think I’ll just stick to short over-all reviews, and I’ll back-post my other reviews when I get to them.

( Episode Review of Merlin 405 His Father’s Son )

I just watched Ep 403 and...

WHAT THE FUCK?

What the ever-loving fuck just happened?

Okay, this season, I was planning to just *NOT* do episode reviews, but after that whammy I don't think I can miss out. I'll post the reviews for eps 1, 2, and 3 soon enough.

In the mean time, a very general/non-spoilery Season 4 and Merlin Review:I'm in the ( Read more... )

Short review is short but packed with analysis, and very, very late.

( The shipping is madness in this episode, and Merlin is badass and Gwaine is sexy and Arthur is adorable, oh, and there's a plot! With character development and everything! \o/ )

Every episode, I do a review/analysis of the individual episode and the characters within them. Now that we've hit the half-way mark of the season, I'm doing one for the season/show at large.

Warning: here be spoilers!

( Analysis of the Main Characters )

So, now that we're half-way through the season, I decided some serious speculation was in order. Mostly rambly incoherence.

WARNING: Spoilers like whoa! I'll be talking a lot about speculation and spoilers mentioned from various sources and press releases, outside of just show trailers and visions from the Crystal Cave. If you don't like them, don ( Read more... )

I'm doped up on acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, phenylephrine, and antihistamines, not to mention I'm sick, so my review may be quite rambly and incoherent in comparison to what I usually write. So, yeah, sorry about that.

( An epic episode with action, romance, and character development, with magic and mindfuckery abounding throughout the episode. )

Okay, so, between some anonymous comments which I probably shouldn't have deleted but did anyway, and some messages I've gotten both on here and at FFN (no, I won't reveal identities of who or what), all over of the course of the last several months to about a half-year, I've been wanting to clear up a lot of stuff about my fics, my journal, and my ( Read more... )

Clumsy princesses with epic horse-riding skill, forced marriages, tossed up romances, and badly, horribly hidden innuendo. This show is for either incredibly young children or incredibly immature adults, and I'm not really sure which one. :)

( Violence and romance and sex, er, magic fights, oh my! )