Merlin 3.02 & other things
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selenakNot much to say on Merlin this week.
With the exception of the scene between Merlin and Morgana in the crypt, and perhaps Merlin and the dragon right at the start of the episode, it all felt awfully repetitive, be it Merlin and Arthur, or Gwen and Arthur, Arthur and Uther, Morgana and Morgause, Morgana's non-stop smirk... To me, it came across as basically rinse and repeat of something we've seen done before. Not really badly, just... repeatedly.
The Merlin and Morgana scene, otoh, was good, not least because it was the one point where Morgana did something outside her new villain role, and I continue to feel confirmed with my Morgana characterisation in Discordance - Morgana really has the same world view as Uther. If you're not for her, you're against her, and anything she does is justified because of that. I can even buy that it still doesn't occur to her Merlin could have magic as well because of the sheer black-and-whiteness in her.
Kilgarrah modifying his earlier position and declaring Morgana and Merlin do have things in common was interesting; also I loved the sheer glee Merlin felt when having the opportunity to fly (and that he didn't wait for it to be offered but asked for it). It's become rare that we see Merlin simply enjoying magic.
Battle scenes: someone liked The Two Towers too much, is all I'm saying. Also, the dead as an army has been done before (repeatedly) by this show more effectively, is all I'm saying.
Other than that, the trailer for next week had the most excitement to me; it's about time they give Richard Wilson more to do than just spouting exposition, a goblin in Gaius' body should be fun, and Merlin does indeed have an interesting dilemma there.
In other news, more pictures of the Franconian Musketeers. Pretty costumes! Also, of interest probably only to German readers, someone picked up the trend to mix classics with the horror genre (a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and did this with Karl May's Winnetou I, now "Winnetou unter Werewölfen". The result is pretty amusing as far as Karl May parodies go and shows the author has actually read the books ("Immer fällt mir, wenn ich an den Werwolf denke, der Indianer ein"), though I wouldn't call it a must have; just browse through it in a book store and giggle as I did.
With the exception of the scene between Merlin and Morgana in the crypt, and perhaps Merlin and the dragon right at the start of the episode, it all felt awfully repetitive, be it Merlin and Arthur, or Gwen and Arthur, Arthur and Uther, Morgana and Morgause, Morgana's non-stop smirk... To me, it came across as basically rinse and repeat of something we've seen done before. Not really badly, just... repeatedly.
The Merlin and Morgana scene, otoh, was good, not least because it was the one point where Morgana did something outside her new villain role, and I continue to feel confirmed with my Morgana characterisation in Discordance - Morgana really has the same world view as Uther. If you're not for her, you're against her, and anything she does is justified because of that. I can even buy that it still doesn't occur to her Merlin could have magic as well because of the sheer black-and-whiteness in her.
Kilgarrah modifying his earlier position and declaring Morgana and Merlin do have things in common was interesting; also I loved the sheer glee Merlin felt when having the opportunity to fly (and that he didn't wait for it to be offered but asked for it). It's become rare that we see Merlin simply enjoying magic.
Battle scenes: someone liked The Two Towers too much, is all I'm saying. Also, the dead as an army has been done before (repeatedly) by this show more effectively, is all I'm saying.
Other than that, the trailer for next week had the most excitement to me; it's about time they give Richard Wilson more to do than just spouting exposition, a goblin in Gaius' body should be fun, and Merlin does indeed have an interesting dilemma there.
In other news, more pictures of the Franconian Musketeers. Pretty costumes! Also, of interest probably only to German readers, someone picked up the trend to mix classics with the horror genre (a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and did this with Karl May's Winnetou I, now "Winnetou unter Werewölfen". The result is pretty amusing as far as Karl May parodies go and shows the author has actually read the books ("Immer fällt mir, wenn ich an den Werwolf denke, der Indianer ein"), though I wouldn't call it a must have; just browse through it in a book store and giggle as I did.
Heya
Date: 2010-09-20 01:42 am (UTC)Re: Heya
Date: 2010-09-20 08:24 am (UTC)Re: Gaius episode, I'm optimistic. Also I've seen Richard Wilson as Malvolio on stage earlier this year, and it would/will be really good so see him being given to do something beyond Gaius' usual exposition scenes...