I like fantasy too, lady. But this show was just too much. I couldn't get over how emo and whiny Arthur was (I wanted to smash his pussy face in with a sludgehammer the whole time), and Joseph Fiennes as Merlin... man, that character never made sense to me. It's like the writers had no idea which direction to take him, he was so creepy. The only good thing about the show was Eva Green as Morgaine (so hot, too) and the guy who played Gawain.
Arthur was lame, agreed, but Joseph Fiennes, I thought he added something insane to the part of merlin that made it new to me. Loads of books depict him as serious with a plan that spanned generations and that he would be brutal in making sure he carried them through for the good of the kingdom, so it was good to see a not so good merlin.
I couldn't decide if I sympathised with him or hated him and morganna was awesome.
I am gutted it was cancelled, I thought it was just getting good. All they had to do was toughen up arthur a little bit and make his whole love story less pathetic.
It is good at the whole "muscles and sex" thing, but I love how it becomes much more than that around the time
[SPOILER ALERT] his wife is killed. I started realizing that it was great quality when Illythia killed that other noble chick. And by the time of Varo's death I was like OMG WAT HOLY SHIT! The finale was almost too much for me. I was so invested in the characters that I cried over poor Naevia and Crixus. They have to get back together
Preach it, sista
Yep, the first few episodes it was only my lust that carried me through, but I love the way the story twisted and I began to sympathise with the characters. I have seen the trailer for the new season, and the replacement taking over because the original lead is ill, well he looks like he can do justice to the part.
The new season looks fucking wicked.