"Merlin" and some other junk:

[skywaterblue]

I started watching 'Merlin' the other night with Cooper. We watched about seven straight episodes. Unfortunately I failed at DVD making and we watched some of them out of order, including the second episode as the first episode. Doubly unfortunate as that second episode is literally one of the worst hours of television I've ever seen.

Anyway, it's okay, I'll probably watch the rest of the season tonight. Cooper and I almost invented a drinking game which was 'every time Anthony Stewart Head gets to have range, take a drink', because most of the show involves his character being a complete douche to create third act drama. Strangely, they just gave interesting backstory to Gaius, which makes it two Gaiuses in a row who are interesting characters.

Mainly the whole thing makes me wonder why the BBC never made a good version of "The Once and Future King". And also why I can't find my copy for a reread.

Here's a video of a historian who made a working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism.

There's a movie coming out called Nothing But The Truth which is a thinly veiled version of the Valarie Plame scandal. It's written by Rob Lurie, who did 'Commander-in-Chief', that shit West Wing knockoff, and the much better film "The Contender". Interestingly, it not only has Alan Alda, but some guy named President Lyman who gets shot.

Comments

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Mainly the whole thing makes me wonder why the BBC never made a good version of "The Once and Future King".

That IS a good question, come to think of it. Hmpf.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

Especially since, uh, the sequels are in fact better than The Sword and the Stone, and you would think someone would want a piece of that. But no one does.

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

It's true. Everyone gets so hung up on the young Arthur/Merlin tutelage crap, when all the GOOD stuff comes after. Sigh.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

And what kills me is that The Sword in the Stone we have doesn't even accurately represent the material of the first book. It's all madcap Disney fun.