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astri13Aaaand, we're back in the saddle.
We start with the old "something evil is unearthed accidentally" plot. Seeing as I like the Mummy-movies, I approve. Though maybe, if they had made this Cornelius guy more mysterious and menacing - seriously, the whisper-y sounds in his tomb were by far the coolest thing about him - he could have been the new baddie. Sigh. I miss Nimueh.
Arthur is being such a prat here. Especially to Merlin. I like it more when they have at least one lovey-dovey moment between them. For a second I thought we were getting one at the end but not quite. I guess I want, no DEMAND, a Vanstone ep. He is brilliant with Arthur/Merlin.
Of course there was lots of it in a way, shirtless!Arthur calling out for Merlin, the obvious jealousy over Cedric, the "I do it all for him, I wish he could see me" etc. But I'd like to have seen it a bit repricocated.
Did enjoy Arthur being brave and standing up for his people. I like Hero!Arthur.
Uther continues to be the guy you want to repeatedly whack over the head. First he ignores Gaius, then he ignores him some more and then he twists it all into saying he was right from the start. Guess those fancy jewels dazzled you, Uther, because usually you'd be the first one to brick up a sorcerer's tomb for all eternity. And then he was protective about Arthur again. Oh Uther, stop being complex. :D
Arthur/Gwen is... I like both characters - in fact I like every single character on this show - and I enjoyed the few interactions they had as friends (the save-Merlin's hometown-ep for example) but in the Season 1 Finale and now they are clearly starting to introduce the element of romance and it comes out of left field. We have seen certain plinks between Arthur/Merlin - of course - Arthur/Morgana, Gwen/Morgana, Gwen/Merlin, Lancelot/Gwen, Lancelot/Merlin, Lancelot/Arthur but the two pairings the show has not established are Arthur/Gwen and Morgana/Merlin, oh and Morgana/Lancelot. So where does it come from?
We saw in the Pilot that Gwen didn't think much of Arthur, back there with good reason, and by themselves they had little interaction with each other to not have come things out of left field now. When has her opinion changed? How? Why? I can totally see her being put off by Uther because the man had her father killed and I can see her realizing that Arthur will be a better king most likely. But feelings for him on a personal level? They are playing it sweet enough but "it's the legend" isn't good enough an explanation here. Offscreenville is not really my thing.
That said, of course, I want my Arthur/Merlin firmly for the time being. In fact in the future, I was looking forward to a great sham marriage between friends with Arthur/Gwen so that Arthur and Merlin and Lancelot/Gwen or Morgana/Gwen can be happy together. Or have happy group sex.
The last fight was a letdown again. We didn't really see anything and releasing bad CGI gargoyles didn't impress me personally. Where were the fireballs? Sigh, I miss Nimueh.
And he made up with the slash dragon. Or at least they are unwilling allies again.
All in all, I did enjoy it but hope to see more glorious Arthur/Merlin love by next week. When does Vanstone pen his first ep?
We start with the old "something evil is unearthed accidentally" plot. Seeing as I like the Mummy-movies, I approve. Though maybe, if they had made this Cornelius guy more mysterious and menacing - seriously, the whisper-y sounds in his tomb were by far the coolest thing about him - he could have been the new baddie. Sigh. I miss Nimueh.
Arthur is being such a prat here. Especially to Merlin. I like it more when they have at least one lovey-dovey moment between them. For a second I thought we were getting one at the end but not quite. I guess I want, no DEMAND, a Vanstone ep. He is brilliant with Arthur/Merlin.
Of course there was lots of it in a way, shirtless!Arthur calling out for Merlin, the obvious jealousy over Cedric, the "I do it all for him, I wish he could see me" etc. But I'd like to have seen it a bit repricocated.
Did enjoy Arthur being brave and standing up for his people. I like Hero!Arthur.
Uther continues to be the guy you want to repeatedly whack over the head. First he ignores Gaius, then he ignores him some more and then he twists it all into saying he was right from the start. Guess those fancy jewels dazzled you, Uther, because usually you'd be the first one to brick up a sorcerer's tomb for all eternity. And then he was protective about Arthur again. Oh Uther, stop being complex. :D
Arthur/Gwen is... I like both characters - in fact I like every single character on this show - and I enjoyed the few interactions they had as friends (the save-Merlin's hometown-ep for example) but in the Season 1 Finale and now they are clearly starting to introduce the element of romance and it comes out of left field. We have seen certain plinks between Arthur/Merlin - of course - Arthur/Morgana, Gwen/Morgana, Gwen/Merlin, Lancelot/Gwen, Lancelot/Merlin, Lancelot/Arthur but the two pairings the show has not established are Arthur/Gwen and Morgana/Merlin, oh and Morgana/Lancelot. So where does it come from?
We saw in the Pilot that Gwen didn't think much of Arthur, back there with good reason, and by themselves they had little interaction with each other to not have come things out of left field now. When has her opinion changed? How? Why? I can totally see her being put off by Uther because the man had her father killed and I can see her realizing that Arthur will be a better king most likely. But feelings for him on a personal level? They are playing it sweet enough but "it's the legend" isn't good enough an explanation here. Offscreenville is not really my thing.
That said, of course, I want my Arthur/Merlin firmly for the time being. In fact in the future, I was looking forward to a great sham marriage between friends with Arthur/Gwen so that Arthur and Merlin and Lancelot/Gwen or Morgana/Gwen can be happy together. Or have happy group sex.
The last fight was a letdown again. We didn't really see anything and releasing bad CGI gargoyles didn't impress me personally. Where were the fireballs? Sigh, I miss Nimueh.
And he made up with the slash dragon. Or at least they are unwilling allies again.
All in all, I did enjoy it but hope to see more glorious Arthur/Merlin love by next week. When does Vanstone pen his first ep?
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Date: 2009-09-20 04:43 am (UTC)Admittedly, I hate the Harry & Sally Syndrome thingy with a passion. There's no reason whatsoever to introduce any kinda serious romance into Merlin other than it's just the thing everyone does in any given show.
And I can totally see how this feels like coming out of left field. Gwen and Arthur only started to really interact in episode 1.10. Before that, there's never been anything noteworthy going on between them. And now they have her land on top of him like a frigging cliché!
Of course, I'll watch series 2 but I'm really not looking forward to another het pairing I gotta ignore as best I can. Series 1 did so much better in this respect.
Last but not least, I'd like to add that I wouldn't mind it at all if Gwen and Arthur decided to marry for the good of the kingdom (whatever) but would agree that they're just friends and Gwen would pursue a relationship with Lancelot. But Merlin being a family show this is so not gonna happen!
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Date: 2009-09-20 08:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-20 09:29 am (UTC)Yes, it was all very much like "good grief, we need to introduce it already". And, um, no. They put so much of their own spin on the legends already, they could easily make it different here, too, or hold it off till much longer. As it is, it looks like insta-romance.
Last but not least, I'd like to add that I wouldn't mind it at all if Gwen and Arthur decided to marry for the good of the kingdom (whatever) but would agree that they're just friends and Gwen would pursue a relationship with Lancelot. But Merlin being a family show this is so not gonna happen!
I know. And I guess the show will end with Arthur as king but even then they don't necessarily have to have him married to Gwen already. They could leave it open for the above implications. Just like they do with the slash. :)