Merlin 2008
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dr-nix




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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 12:42    Post subject: Merlin 2008
Merlin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/

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http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18834/ wrote:
Merlin, an exciting fantasy series, takes viewers inside the world of Camelot but in a 21st century manner. Before Merlin and Arthur were legends, they were young men hungry for adventure. In search of love and their own true destinies, the duo make their share of mistakes along the way.



I just stumbled across the pilot for this series yesterday and watched it this morning. I really liked the first episode. I would love to hear what others thought about it.
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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 15:44    Post subject:
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I would love to hear what others thought about it.


Check the guy at poster, he looks like homosexual that escaped from mental institute.
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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 15:52    Post subject: Re: Merlin 2008
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Before Merlin and Arthur were legends, they were young men hungry for adventure


This simply baffles me. Merlin was much older then Arthur. Even if the age difference was only twenty years Merlin would be anything but young by the time Arthur became a young man and even then clearly he was much older than Arthur so even a twenty year difference wouldn't make sense.

Why must they rape one of the most known mythologies with this crap? Even the Disney cartoons do more justice than this. Hell I could even accept the
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inside the world of Camelot but in a 21st century manner
fine whatever have to make the show something different I can accept that. But why even put Arthur in it? And the search for love? Come on...
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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 16:03    Post subject:
Mussolinka wrote:
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I would love to hear what others thought about it.


Check the guy at poster, he looks like homosexual that escaped from mental institute.


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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 16:04    Post subject:
I'll stick to the Sam Neill Merlin Razz


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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 17:29    Post subject:
this reeks like a typical "great idea" from a business-suit. Yeah, Harry Potter is over now, so how do we cash in on all the magic-hungry teens now?
Oh wait, why not make a merlin-series, but more like the smallville or the adventures of the young indiana jones thrown into todays setting!

Its like doom without hell. It might be interesting to watch, but it doesnt deserve the name really (and if you think long enough about it your head might explode in rage).
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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 17:37    Post subject:
Hey they totally changed the Superman story with Smallville and that worked so it's proven that people don't care as much about past works as you are led to belive as long as the new one is good. If you watch the first episode with an open mind i think the ones of you who like fantasy will like this series.


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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 17:55    Post subject:
Mussolinka wrote:
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I would love to hear what others thought about it.


Check the guy at poster, he looks like homosexual that escaped from mental institute.


I was thinking the same Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 17:55    Post subject:
i never was a harry potter fan, so i wont touch this one with a ten-foot pole. I also never watched smallville because i wasnt that big a fan of superman either. But i know from stuff that i acutally cared about that making something a tv series often ends up in ruination of former greatness (see highlander / that new sarah connor series...).
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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 21:29    Post subject:
Lutzifer: it's not a harry potter wannabe and it's not like Smallville either i was just making a point.


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PostPosted: Sat, 27th Sep 2008 23:56    Post subject:
Mussolinka wrote:
Check the guy at poster, he looks like homosexual that escaped from mental institute.


so dr-nix is a homosexual. hello gay.


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 01:03    Post subject:
Are there no moderators on this board?!


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 01:52    Post subject:
dr-nix wrote:
Lutzifer: it's not a harry potter wannabe and it's not like Smallville either i was just making a point.


well, i was referring to my post above with that, where i said that somebody wanted to do a crossover of potter and smallville to gain points with the ex-potter viewers...
just to clarify that i actually dont have much experience with either potter or smallville (both may be great). It just looks like somebody wanted to go for the easy and proven "cash-cow".
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 01:57    Post subject:
Lutzifer wrote:
dr-nix wrote:
Lutzifer: it's not a harry potter wannabe and it's not like Smallville either i was just making a point.


well, i was referring to my post above with that, where i said that somebody wanted to do a crossover of potter and smallville to gain points with the ex-potter viewers...
just to clarify that i actually dont have much experience with either potter or smallville (both may be great). It just looks like somebody wanted to go for the easy and proven "cash-cow".


Oh ok, yeah obviously it's tapping into a market absolutely and i've only seen the first episode so i don't know how it will evolve.
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 02:08    Post subject:
well, if the next two or three eps will keep you interested, i might give it a try also. But judging from a pilot alone isnt good enough for the topic for me (with my prejudices about potter and the like Very Happy)
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 04:03    Post subject:
Mussolinka wrote:
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I would love to hear what others thought about it.


Check the guy at poster, he looks like homosexual that escaped from mental institute.


Laughing perfect description


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 04:06    Post subject:
Lutzifer wrote:
well, if the next two or three eps will keep you interested, i might give it a try also. But judging from a pilot alone isnt good enough for the topic for me (with my prejudices about potter and the like Very Happy)


i agree

merlin is supposed to be a dark character and such, atleast from the things ive read.
Turning into a teeny bopper tv show and or movie just kills the whole idea and image.

Thats hollywood for you, take something good and fuck it up to sell to the sheep who wouldnt know quality if it hit them in the face

Still, i guess its something for my 10 year old niece to watch. She'll probably like it (even tho when she's with me we watch stuff like 30 days of nights which she enjoys more...but her stupid parents always say "what would jesus watch?" and dont let her watch anything remotely interesting).


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 09:32    Post subject:
Syco: ok but it's a British tv-show done by bbc....

edit: also the story thing is just copy-pasted from tvrage.com..


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 13:25    Post subject:
Last time I tried to watch British show I couldn't stand it. Dr. Who and that spin-off.

I just wanted to slap all characters so, soo hard.

CGI Is bearable, acting is mediocre, but it's obviously mainstream crap for teens. Loser gets picked on by football team looking guys and merlin comes to rescue? Come on! There's so much crap like this show, we don't need anymore Sad.



This still makes me lawl pretty hard. They sum it up pretty nice at the end of that clip.
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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 05:43    Post subject:
Gay. He looks like he's reaching for some dude's "wand".
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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 09:55    Post subject:
dr-nix wrote:
Syco: ok but it's a British tv-show done by bbc....

edit: also the story thing is just copy-pasted from tvrage.com..


oh...I thought it was a hollywood movie....Sad

well, in any case, changing something to sell sucks...


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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Sep 2010 21:23    Post subject:
first 2 eps of series 3 were epic grinhurt
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Sep 2010 21:45    Post subject:
Heh actually i thought the show turned to crap pretty quickly. Not sure why there is a 3rd season of it.


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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Sep 2010 21:47    Post subject:
dood series 3 is epic so far! series 2 ended pretty well
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Sep 2010 21:52    Post subject:
Lutzifer wrote:
this reeks like a typical "great idea" from a business-suit. Yeah, Harry Potter is over now, so how do we cash in on all the magic-hungry teens now?
Oh wait, why not make a merlin-series, but more like the smallville or the adventures of the young indiana jones thrown into todays setting!

Its like doom without hell. It might be interesting to watch, but it doesnt deserve the name really (and if you think long enough about it your head might explode in rage).


Heh you were totally right. I was naive, i didn't think BBC would fucking try to a Smallville thing but with Merlin instead. Except crappier.

Snoop: glad someone is enjoying it. I gave it a chance but it lost me pretty much at episode 2 .
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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Sep 2010 06:37    Post subject:
Worlds slowest show. All i have to say, there is next to none progress in this show. Bet the show will be cancelled before Arthur gets to know that Merlin has powers.
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PostPosted: Sat, 1st Oct 2011 18:57    Post subject:
Season 4 starts in about 2 hours I think Smile.


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PostPosted: Sat, 1st Oct 2011 19:21    Post subject:
Stormwolf wrote:
Worlds slowest show. All i have to say, there is next to none progress in this show. Bet the show will be cancelled before Arthur gets to know that Merlin has powers.


Surprising it's still aired despite the show being a completely utter piece of shit
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