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meganbmooreYou know, the bad parts of the first episode of Camelot stand out a lot more on rewatch. Or when watching with someone who usually shares your general views on fiction.
Having watched the second episode, I'm still curious enough about what they're doing with some things to keep watching despite the massive amounts of Fail (one scene in particular almost made me ditch it mid-episode), but kind of wonder if I would without an investment in the mythology. Also, I keep getting startled when Ygraine shows up, as opposed to disappearing as soon as she gave birth. I also think this is the only version I've encountered in which Kay actually has a mother. Usually, Ector apparently found him under a head of cabbage or something.
But mostly, I kind of want Morgan, Guenevere, and Ygraine to take over and ditch everyone else. Kay and Leontes can come, I suppose, as they're the only men I don't hate. But every scene they have, I become more and more baffled at how we're supposed to find this Arthur and Merlin appealing at all, much less root for them. Part of it is the actors-Fiennes just comes across as creepy and sleezy and self-righteous, and Bower has no gravitas whatsoever and comes across and a kid throwing a temper tantrum in most of his scenes-but it's also the writing, where there seems to just be the typical "oh, they're the male needs, so naturally they will automatically be liked" thing while they run around being generally self-centered and unlikable.
Having watched the second episode, I'm still curious enough about what they're doing with some things to keep watching despite the massive amounts of Fail (one scene in particular almost made me ditch it mid-episode), but kind of wonder if I would without an investment in the mythology. Also, I keep getting startled when Ygraine shows up, as opposed to disappearing as soon as she gave birth. I also think this is the only version I've encountered in which Kay actually has a mother. Usually, Ector apparently found him under a head of cabbage or something.
But mostly, I kind of want Morgan, Guenevere, and Ygraine to take over and ditch everyone else. Kay and Leontes can come, I suppose, as they're the only men I don't hate. But every scene they have, I become more and more baffled at how we're supposed to find this Arthur and Merlin appealing at all, much less root for them. Part of it is the actors-Fiennes just comes across as creepy and sleezy and self-righteous, and Bower has no gravitas whatsoever and comes across and a kid throwing a temper tantrum in most of his scenes-but it's also the writing, where there seems to just be the typical "oh, they're the male needs, so naturally they will automatically be liked" thing while they run around being generally self-centered and unlikable.