Merlin

Jul. 22nd, 2009 09:00 am
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Have any of you been watching Merlin. I don’t even know what channel it’s on or what time. I’ve been watching it on Hulu.com and I’m enjoying it.

They’ve changed things a little bit from what I remember the story to be. Merlin and Arthur are the same age. Lady Morgana is Uther’s ward and not the sister (as far as we know). Gweneviere is Morgana’s maidservant.

It’s set in the time when Uther is ruling (Played by Buffy’s Giles! Anthony Stewart Head). And all of the main characters seem to be in their early 20’s though I’m sure they’re supposed to be younger. Uther has outlawed magic(poor Merlin! How is he supposed to learn it?). And there is a dragon living in the depths of the castle. Or rather, he’s been chained there. All other dragons have been killed.

A few of the episodes, I could have done without. Like the one about Lancelot, but the other ones aren’t so bad. It’s pretty much a monster of the week story so far, but they’re trying to weave in prophecy and destiny into the story. Some of the boys need better haircuts, but they really didn’t have great hairstylists back in Camelot.

Have you seen it? What do you think of it?

Crossposted to Samantha Ling, Dreamwidth and Livejournal

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Chris calls most of the shows I watch my murder shows: CSI, L&O, Bones, Criminal Minds, etc. People seem to be constatnly hacked up, burned up, chopped up, or in Bones' case, eaten up. He dislikes all the ways the writers find of killing people. He especially doesn't like L&O: Special Victims unit. He doesn't like people getting sexually messed around with. And I can understand that. So I watch that show when he's not around.

Bones though, he's got a love hate relationship with Bones. He finds the dialogue and the characters interactions amusing, but he finds it is one of the grossest shows too. Not only did they have someone melted in a bathtub full of lye, they have an ongoing mystery about secret society cannibals! Yes, cannibals! More than one! And unfortunately, Bones didn't get recorded yesterday. The DVR seemed to have decided that Bones started and ended at 8:00pm. It recorded that there was a show, just that there wasn't one for recording. Luckily, I can watch it on the FOX website. They have a FOX on demand online, but you have to install a move media plugin. The other option is to pay $2 from iTunes and watch it there.

I'm currently watching Criminal Minds and it looks like its adding Xander from Buffy to its lineup of characters. I find the CSIs and the L&Os mostly forgettable, but good to put in the background. And well, I like mysteries. And there isn't a mystery show out there that's not about murders. Do you know of one? At any rate, it's now past my bedtime, so have a good evening and I will see ya'll tomorrow!

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