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Such a shame, I really wanted to watch this.

posted 11 years ago by Mychosenamewastaken
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However, after reading such reviews hailing this show as terrible and seeing the actor cast as Arthur, i will have to reluctantly give it a miss and just watch Excalibur again.
After reading the Once and Future King and at the moment reading Benard Cornwells The Winter Knight (almost finished and onto the next in the series) i am fascinated with Arthurian legends. And i will watch just about anything, except the musicals.. (Merlin with Same Neil was absolutely horrid and i just cant stand another let down like that.)
So thank you to the reviewers for saving my time :)

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[–] pol-edra 11 years ago

It's Winter King, not Knight ^^

If you like Cornwell's novels, you should definitely give this series a pass and stick with reading the Warlord Chronicles. Vastly superior. "Camelot", unfortunately, simply did not deliver - although it did have its few good moments, so if you're ever in dire need of something Arthurian and can't find anything else, you might want to give it a try. ;)

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[–] Mychosenamewastaken 11 years ago

Hey! Ah yes. The winter king. My bad ^_^.
I'm stalling on the last 100 pages while I wait for the next 2 to arrive. Great read, very addictive. The Saxons are German right?
I will take your advice and follow it. Thank you very much. :)
Is the mists of Avalon any good? The movie not the book. I want to watch it but it seems like a movie for women, like a romance and melodrama.
Anyways thanks for your reply :) much appreciated!

[–] pol-edra 11 years ago

I didn't get into the Mists of Avalon, but then I disliked the novels thoroughly, so I was probably set against it before even seeing it, I guess. The scenery was pretty enough, as I remember, and the casting was pleasant. I don't know what you mean by "a movie for women", women have different tastes, I know men who like romance and melodrama. I even happen to know very well a woman who absolutely loves the brutality, the gore and the violence of Cornwell's novels and characters. ;)

The Saxons were a Germanic tribe; like the Angles, the Jutes, the Frisians, the Burgundians, the Goths, etc... Those Germanic peoples that lived in the area of modern-day Germany only began referring to themselves as "Germans" during the High Middle Ages, so no "Germans" per se during the time in which The Winter King is set. Hope this helps, and hope your order arrives soon! Cornwell withdrawal symptoms are terrible... lucky for us he's such a prolific writer.

"Occasionally I'm callous and strange."

[–] Applejackson75 11 years ago

Wow. This is exactly the reaction I had. Was just checking to see if I wanted to check this show out (and in these situations I'm usually over forgiving and open-minded), but when I saw the reviews and saw "Arthur's" headshot in the cast listing, it was over. No way am I going to try to watch this take on a legend I know way too much about. Like you I've dived deep into Arthurian literature, just a lot longer ago. I feel that watching this would enrage me about the parts I DO remember, and infect the ones that my memory is getting hazy on. Pass.

[–] parkerzielinski 8 years ago

It wasn't perfect. I blame Jamie bower as arthur. He was miscast and looks like a sneaky villian in my opinion. Merlin and morganna were great as were some others. But it has some good qualities. The scenery, some of the acting and the music were good. And no its not the original tale at all. Its a let's deconstruct the myth into something plausible which sometimes goes overboard with the bad aspects of humans but I like it.