Camlot

[cc1]

Just watching this on V box, it's dire, could go on but if I start I'll be here all night!

[Zeuhl]

Yes.

From the people who brought us The O'Tudors.
Dreadful old Bollo to be sure and a waste of a good cast.
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[quizzywig]

Mr Q commented "there's a lot of rogering going on". That about sums it up. I agree with Zeuhl - good actors, bad series (of 10!)

[quizzywig]

Also I'm somewhat ashamed as I recommended it to people when I saw it was coming on TV as I loved most things to do with King Athur and thought it might be on the lines on BBC's Merlin - how wrong was I? I even set the TV to record the series. I will sort that out straight away!

[emmie]

i steered clear, having watched a snippet of the Tudors, and as bad Merlin the one with Richard Wilson, awful tosh.

[quizzywig]

em, don't you like the BBC's Merlin?

[emmie]

no i don't, i did watch a couple of episodes, but it didn't seem to have any relation to the stories i have read over the years of Merlin, Arthur and the Round Table. It never seemed clear what time it was supposed to be in, the language grated, and only seemed interested in some cgi or whatever passes for that on TV. If you want to see a decent take on Merlin and Arthur watch Excalibur a film by John Boorman.

[quizzywig]

I just loved the action and the romance - just right for a Saturday evening. I remember the tv series many many years ago about Arthur starring Olver Tobias called Arthur of the Britons and I enjoyed that too. But I agree Excalibur is a good film.

[emmie]

apologies if this seems a bit churlish, but many of these programmes seem to be catering to the younger element, i believe they call it dumbing down. I want something that treats me like an adult, that i have a brain, and can understand complicated plots, with good scripts, actors. Sadly i find much the same in films these days. A rare event to watch a tv show or film thats engaging, literate and not full of cgi, whizzbangs and endless sex.

[quizzywig]

I was inclined at first to watch The Tudors and I'm glad I didn't. I think that and Camelot were made purely to sell the sex and vague storyline to the rest of the world, especially America who doesn't give a toss about the facts.

[emmie]

exactly, i usually find something of interest and haven't watched Coast yet, so will put feet up and enjoy.

[cc1]

It did at least remind me of a book I read years ago called Mists of Avalon and I went onto Play.com to order it, so not a 100% waste of time, down to 99.9%!

[B00]

im the only one who liked Camelot last night then? LOL

[emmie]

I read the same book years ago, i wouldn't have remembered the name of it had you not said, and was an early introduction to the legend of Merlin and Arthur. But i have read quite a lot more since that time. I think we pander to the Americans too much these days in our historial dramas, it grates when i hear Arthur, Robin Hood etc with a nasally twang. And don't get me started on Mel Gibson in Braveheart....
I can just about go for Dick Van Dyke in Mareweee Poppinnnns, because he was funny and charming.

And no i won't be watching the new one.

[anagram]

I quite enjoyed it too Boo and will be watching again next week :)

[B00]

oh cheers anagram! Nice to know im not on my own :-)

[jno]

anyone who thinks Robin Hood spoke like Richard Greene could be in for a disappointment. He would have spoken the language of Chaucer. Filmmakers sensibly put it into a language that audiences will understand.

[emmie]

jno, but he wasn't an american was he. Richard Greene was quite a good Robin Hood for the time. British Film and tv producers know the market, and they look to the Americans because that's where the money is. I liked Errol Flynn as Robin even though he was from Tasmania, but at least he had the swashbuckling style and good looks to carry it off.

[BagPussAA]

I also liked it Boo.. so you are not alone.. I also loved the Tudors and I have got them all on DVD. I do not care that they are historically inaccurate. They are just fun to watch. The same goes for Camelot

[B00]

so very true Bagpuss. I too know they aren't historically factual in the slightest, I watch 'em to be entertained, and they delivered in that department as far as i was concerned.

[Zeuhl]

The Tudors and Camelot are Irish-Canadian productions so they are not too fussed about matching current British accents.