It's the adaptation of Bernard Cornwall's The Winter King novel.
It's a great trilogy, but it's explicitly noted that Merlin is old, even at the start of the series. There's only one black character, and that's so rare that the saxons think he's a demon.
I knew this was going to be a disaster the moment it was announced.
It is a superb trilogy. It really mixes up the Arthurian legend, basing the heroes as the early Britons fighting against the Anglo Saxon invaders. I really like the mixing of the Druidic religion with the Christian theologian, painting a picture of what kind of transition of religion we would’ve seen.
It’s a very gritty and dark telling of the Arthurian mythos where the heroes of Camelot are upended and seen in a different light.
What a stupid take. They aren't "actually bad" they are as good as their awful world lets them.
The historically accurate world of mass murder, slavery, torture, rape, and encroaching literal barbarity. A de-fablefied grimdark story, the opposite of anything Disney.
Cornwell is the king of realistic historical fiction and has been so for decades. Far, far removed from the subvert-your-expecations drivel that is churned out these days.
Their Twitter ceased any activity on this day (May 17) and there has been nothing released since then (which makes it the total of literally 4 screenshots) while it's premiering in 2 months.
Obviously 1 season and it's canceled, like Cursed. Also 1 season too much.
Considering the Arthurian mythos are in the public domain and any random schmuck can make something for it (which is why there are like 5 billion different movies of it), I would imagine it is.
I actually think this is a more desirable state for the protection of our cultural stories vs. IP law letting corporations own exclusive rights to a work of fiction and its characters. Yes the vast majority of something being "remade" in the public domain will be shit, and most of the time nobody pays any attention to it. Everyone knows the Arthurian legend. Some random schmuck with yet another take on the tale doesn't affect our shared understanding. When a large corporation (Disney, Amazon) is attached and has sole ownership of "canon", it adds an undeserved and unearned reputation to the production, making it easier for them to legitimately take old icons away from us and destroy our culture. You'd always have people trying, but the attempts wouldn't get much attention.
On the other hand if someone makes some really good and inspiring version of something that people love, like trekkies making better lore-accurate versions of Star Trek than what CBS puts out, that can become "canon" in the minds of fans. That's the free market of ideas at work.
Agreed. Its the same as how almost every Star Wars fan I know basically picks and choses from the Disney Star War the stuff that they like, and then everything else they enjoy about Star Wars is still the "Legends" continuity. And then much like with Trekkies, there are plenty of Star Wars fan made things that are beloved by the community.
There is a part of me that thinks we might actually be able to get to a point of more stuff being the public domain like that though. Mickey Mouse is coming up on the end of his time as the exclusive property of Disney. In the past, they could have just gotten an extension to their copyright and gone on with their thing. But now that there is growing anger from parents and consumers over the company (Disney has recently been polling in line with the likes of EA in terms of approval), and the fact they have alienated an entire political party who would have done it for them? Now, there is a good chance Mickey could go out to be used by anyone, just like Winnie the Pooh (another example of the woke not being able to effect his shared cultural reputation).
Is this an indie film? The account has barely any followers.
It's the adaptation of Bernard Cornwall's The Winter King novel.
It's a great trilogy, but it's explicitly noted that Merlin is old, even at the start of the series. There's only one black character, and that's so rare that the saxons think he's a demon.
I knew this was going to be a disaster the moment it was announced.
It is a superb trilogy. It really mixes up the Arthurian legend, basing the heroes as the early Britons fighting against the Anglo Saxon invaders. I really like the mixing of the Druidic religion with the Christian theologian, painting a picture of what kind of transition of religion we would’ve seen.
It’s a very gritty and dark telling of the Arthurian mythos where the heroes of Camelot are upended and seen in a different light.
Absolutely recommend it.
Sound like some subversive your heroes are actually bad storytelling. Your synopsis of the plot make this sound like the Disney trilogy.
What a stupid take. They aren't "actually bad" they are as good as their awful world lets them.
The historically accurate world of mass murder, slavery, torture, rape, and encroaching literal barbarity. A de-fablefied grimdark story, the opposite of anything Disney.
Also are you actually Billy.
Cornwell is the king of realistic historical fiction and has been so for decades. Far, far removed from the subvert-your-expecations drivel that is churned out these days.
It's a TV series on MGM+ (Amazon owned).
Their Twitter ceased any activity on this day (May 17) and there has been nothing released since then (which makes it the total of literally 4 screenshots) while it's premiering in 2 months.
Obviously 1 season and it's canceled, like Cursed. Also 1 season too much.
Considering the Arthurian mythos are in the public domain and any random schmuck can make something for it (which is why there are like 5 billion different movies of it), I would imagine it is.
I actually think this is a more desirable state for the protection of our cultural stories vs. IP law letting corporations own exclusive rights to a work of fiction and its characters. Yes the vast majority of something being "remade" in the public domain will be shit, and most of the time nobody pays any attention to it. Everyone knows the Arthurian legend. Some random schmuck with yet another take on the tale doesn't affect our shared understanding. When a large corporation (Disney, Amazon) is attached and has sole ownership of "canon", it adds an undeserved and unearned reputation to the production, making it easier for them to legitimately take old icons away from us and destroy our culture. You'd always have people trying, but the attempts wouldn't get much attention.
On the other hand if someone makes some really good and inspiring version of something that people love, like trekkies making better lore-accurate versions of Star Trek than what CBS puts out, that can become "canon" in the minds of fans. That's the free market of ideas at work.
Agreed. Its the same as how almost every Star Wars fan I know basically picks and choses from the Disney Star War the stuff that they like, and then everything else they enjoy about Star Wars is still the "Legends" continuity. And then much like with Trekkies, there are plenty of Star Wars fan made things that are beloved by the community.
There is a part of me that thinks we might actually be able to get to a point of more stuff being the public domain like that though. Mickey Mouse is coming up on the end of his time as the exclusive property of Disney. In the past, they could have just gotten an extension to their copyright and gone on with their thing. But now that there is growing anger from parents and consumers over the company (Disney has recently been polling in line with the likes of EA in terms of approval), and the fact they have alienated an entire political party who would have done it for them? Now, there is a good chance Mickey could go out to be used by anyone, just like Winnie the Pooh (another example of the woke not being able to effect his shared cultural reputation).